From 6b1d8985183f2af31104f0d08ff40bd68d058dbe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mustafa <63203400+MooseStack@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2026 15:51:43 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix: fall back to localhost when api_endpoint is unreachable
 (#558)

Signed-off-by: Mustafa Bell <63203400+MooseStack@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 roles/k3s_server/tasks/main.yml | 20 +++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/roles/k3s_server/tasks/main.yml b/roles/k3s_server/tasks/main.yml
index 4818d00..0eb6e1c 100644
--- a/roles/k3s_server/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/k3s_server/tasks/main.yml
@@ -334,12 +334,22 @@
       changed_when: false
 
 - name: Wait for control plane to be ready
-  ansible.builtin.wait_for:
-    host: "{{ api_endpoint }}"
-    port: "{{ api_port }}"
-    timeout: 60
   run_once: true
-  changed_when: false
+  block:
+    - name: Wait for control plane using api_endpoint
+      ansible.builtin.wait_for:
+        host: "{{ api_endpoint }}"
+        port: "{{ api_port }}"
+        timeout: 60
+      changed_when: false
+
+  rescue:
+    - name: Wait for control plane using localhost
+      ansible.builtin.wait_for:
+        host: localhost
+        port: "{{ api_port }}"
+        timeout: 60
+      changed_when: false
 
 - name: Wait for the servers started so far to be etcd voters
   when: