From 02e567730a90d0c83ab74a6b99cea2ccaec5587e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pavel <pavel.larkin@ikeja.co.za>
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2025 09:41:22 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] 0941

---
 files/ansible-playbooks/sot-updater.yml | 22 ++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/files/ansible-playbooks/sot-updater.yml b/files/ansible-playbooks/sot-updater.yml
index 0c4dfba..5475e56 100644
--- a/files/ansible-playbooks/sot-updater.yml
+++ b/files/ansible-playbooks/sot-updater.yml
@@ -218,8 +218,12 @@
       debug:
         msg: "Dev1 fw_version  {{ dev1_fw_clean | default('N/A') }}"
 
-    # ---- Coalesced read of NetBox custom field for Dev1 (handles different inventory shapes)
-    - name: NetBox | Current custom fw_version
+    # ---- Defensive deep grep (catches fw_version anywhere in hostvars JSON)
+    - name: Hostvars JSON (for deep grep)
+      set_fact:
+        _hostvars_json: "{{ hostvars[inventory_hostname] | to_nice_json }}"
+
+    - name: NetBox | Current custom fw_version (coalesced)
       set_fact:
         nb_fw_version: >-
           {{
@@ -242,6 +246,11 @@
               hostvars[inventory_hostname].fw_version
                 | default('', true)
             )
+            or
+            (
+              _hostvars_json | regex_search('\"fw_version\"\\s*:\\s*\"([^\"]*)\"', '\\1')
+                | default('', true)
+            )
           | string | trim
           }}
 
@@ -346,8 +355,8 @@
               | trim
           }}
 
-    # ---- Coalesced read of NetBox custom field for Dev2 (handles different inventory shapes)
-    - name: NetBox | Current custom indoor_fwver
+    # ---- Defensive deep grep (catches indoor_fwver anywhere in hostvars JSON)
+    - name: NetBox | Current custom indoor_fwver (coalesced)
       set_fact:
         nb_indoor_fwver: >-
           {{
@@ -370,6 +379,11 @@
               hostvars[inventory_hostname].indoor_fwver
                 | default('', true)
             )
+            or
+            (
+              _hostvars_json | regex_search('\"indoor_fwver\"\\s*:\\s*\"([^\"]*)\"', '\\1')
+                | default('', true)
+            )
           | string | trim
           }}