{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ansible/ansible-modules-core/issues/2280","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ansible/ansible-modules-core/issues/2280/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ansible/ansible-modules-core/issues/2280/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ansible/ansible-modules-core/issues/2280/events","html_url":"https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/issues/2280","id":111550361,"number":2280,"title":"Documentation Bug: AWS EC2 idempotency","user":{"login":"mistaka0s","id":4985674,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4985674?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/mistaka0s","html_url":"https://github.com/mistaka0s","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mistaka0s/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mistaka0s/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mistaka0s/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mistaka0s/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mistaka0s/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mistaka0s/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mistaka0s/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mistaka0s/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mistaka0s/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":2,"created_at":"2015-10-15T05:53:01Z","updated_at":"2015-10-21T12:53:56Z","closed_at":null,"body":"**Summary:**\r\nIdempotency is not documented in the EC2 module even though it's supported.\r\n\r\n**Description:**\r\nThe AWS EC2 cloud module supports idempotency, by passing 'id' to the module.\r\nThis used to be documented, but in commit c6b0d469, the following lines were removed. \r\n\r\n```diff\r\n-  id:\r\n-    description:\r\n-      - identifier for this instance or set of instances, so that the module will be idempotent with respect to EC2 instances. This identifier is valid for at least 24 hours after the termination of the instance, and should not be reused for another call later on. For details, see the desc\r\n-    required: false\r\n-    default: null\r\n-    aliases: []\r\n```\r\n\r\n**Expected Results:**\r\nIdempotency should be documented.\r\n\r\n**Actual Results:**\r\nAblility to use the ec2 module idempotently is not documented."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ansible/ansible-modules-core/issues/comments/149885449","html_url":"https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/issues/2280#issuecomment-149885449","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ansible/ansible-modules-core/issues/2280","id":149885449,"user":{"login":"robynbergeron","id":3236604,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3236604?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/robynbergeron","html_url":"https://github.com/robynbergeron","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/robynbergeron/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/robynbergeron/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/robynbergeron/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/robynbergeron/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/robynbergeron/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/robynbergeron/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/robynbergeron/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/robynbergeron/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/robynbergeron/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-10-21T12:53:56Z","updated_at":"2015-10-21T12:53:56Z","body":"Hi @mistaka0s -- thanks for this bug report/feature idea, and thanks as well to @adenot for adding your support for this. I'm labelling it as a bug report since it looks like the documentation was removed which seems less than ideal IMO :)\r\n\r\n@tgerla @lwade --  thanks in advance for taking a look at this bug report and for your ongoing work in maintaining this module."}}