Initial commit after reviewing this with Claude Opus.

roles/arch_update/tasks/repo_upgrade.yaml

@@ -6,12 +6,10 @@
     upgrade: true
     extra_args: "--noconfirm"
   register: arch_upgrade_result
-  #- name: Debug full Arch upgrade output
-  #  ansible.builtin.debug:
-  #    var: arch_upgrade_result
   failed_when: 
     - arch_upgrade_result.failed == true
-    # We ignore the failure if it's just 'nothing to do', 
-  #  # but otherwise, we let it fail so you can step in.
-    - "'Nothing to upgrade' not in arch_upgrade_result.msg"
+    - "'there is nothing to do' not in (arch_upgrade_result.stdout | default('') | lower)"
+- name: Debug full Arch upgrade output
+  ansible.builtin.debug:
+    var: arch_upgrade_result