Fix failing Collection CI Checks (#16157)

* Fix CI: Use Python 3.13 for ansible-test compatibility

  ansible-test only supports Python 3.11, 3.12, and 3.13.
  Changed collection-integration jobs from '3.x' to '3.13'
  to avoid using Python 3.14 which is not supported.

* Fix ansible-test Python version for CI integration tests

  ansible-test only supports Python 3.11, 3.12, and 3.13.
  Added ANSIBLE_TEST_PYTHON_VERSION variable to explicitly pass
  --python 3.13 flag to ansible-test integration command.

  This prevents ansible-test from auto-detecting and using
  Python 3.14.0, which is not supported.

* Fix CI: Execute ansible-test with Python 3.13 to avoid
  unsupported Python 3.14

* Fix CI: Use Python 3.13 across all jobs to avoid Python
  3.14 compatibility issues

* Fix CI: Use 'python' and 'ansible.test' module for Python
   3.13 compatibility

* Fix CI: Use 'python' instead of 'python3' for Python 3.13
   compatibility

* Fix CI: Ensure ansible-test uses Python 3.13 environment
  explicitly

* Fix: Remove silent failure check for ansible-core in test suite

* Fix CI: Export PYTHONPATH to make awxkit available to ansible-test

* Fix CI: Use 'python' in run_awx_devel to maintain Python
  3.13 environment

* Fix CI: Remove setup-python from awx_devel_image that was resetting Python 3.13 to 3.14

.github/actions/awx_devel_image/action.yml

@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ inputs:
 runs:
   using: composite
   steps:
-    - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-python
-
     - name: Set lower case owner name
       shell: bash
       run: echo "OWNER_LC=${OWNER,,}" >> $GITHUB_ENV

.github/actions/run_awx_devel/action.yml

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ runs:
 
     - name: Upgrade ansible-core
       shell: bash
-      run: python3 -m pip install --upgrade ansible-core
+      run: python -m pip install --upgrade ansible-core
 
     - name: Install system deps
       shell: bash

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-python
         with:
-          python-version: '3.x'
+          python-version: '3.13'
 
       - uses: ./.github/actions/run_awx_devel
         id: awx
@@ -188,11 +188,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup python, referencing action at awx relative path
         uses: ./awx/.github/actions/setup-python
         with:
-          python-version: '3.x'
+          python-version: '3.13'
 
       - name: Install playbook dependencies
         run: |
-          python3 -m pip install docker
+          python -m pip install docker
 
       - name: Build AWX image
         working-directory: awx
@@ -206,8 +206,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run test deployment with awx-operator
         working-directory: awx-operator
         run: |
-          python3 -m pip install -r molecule/requirements.txt
-          python3 -m pip install PyYAML # for awx/tools/scripts/rewrite-awx-operator-requirements.py
+          python -m pip install -r molecule/requirements.txt
+          python -m pip install PyYAML # for awx/tools/scripts/rewrite-awx-operator-requirements.py
           $(realpath ../awx/tools/scripts/rewrite-awx-operator-requirements.py) molecule/requirements.yml $(realpath ../awx)
           ansible-galaxy collection install -r molecule/requirements.yml
           sudo rm -f $(which kustomize)
@@ -294,7 +294,11 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-python
         with:
-          python-version: '3.x'
+          python-version: '3.13'
+
+      - name: Remove system ansible to avoid conflicts
+        run: |
+          python -m pip uninstall -y ansible ansible-core || true
 
       - uses: ./.github/actions/run_awx_devel
         id: awx
@@ -305,8 +309,9 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install dependencies for running tests
         run: |
-          python3 -m pip install -e ./awxkit/
-          python3 -m pip install -r awx_collection/requirements.txt
+          python -m pip install -e ./awxkit/
+          python -m pip install -r awx_collection/requirements.txt
+          hash -r  # Rehash to pick up newly installed scripts
 
       - name: Run integration tests
         id: make-run
@@ -318,6 +323,7 @@ jobs:
           echo 'password = password' >> ~/.tower_cli.cfg
           echo 'verify_ssl = false' >> ~/.tower_cli.cfg
           TARGETS="$(ls awx_collection/tests/integration/targets | grep '${{ matrix.target-regex.regex }}' | tr '\n' ' ')"
+          export PYTHONPATH="$(python -c 'import site; print(":".join(site.getsitepackages()))')${PYTHONPATH:+:$PYTHONPATH}"
           make COLLECTION_VERSION=100.100.100-git COLLECTION_TEST_TARGET="--requirements $TARGETS" test_collection_integration
         env:
           ANSIBLE_TEST_PREFER_PODMAN: 1
@@ -372,10 +378,14 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-python
         with:
-          python-version: '3.x'
+          python-version: '3.13'
+
+      - name: Remove system ansible to avoid conflicts
+        run: |
+          python -m pip uninstall -y ansible ansible-core || true
 
       - name: Upgrade ansible-core
-        run: python3 -m pip install --upgrade ansible-core
+        run: python -m pip install --upgrade ansible-core
 
       - name: Download coverage artifacts
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
@@ -390,11 +400,12 @@ jobs:
           mkdir -p ~/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/awx/awx/tests/output/coverage
           cp -rv coverage/* ~/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/awx/awx/tests/output/coverage/
           cd ~/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/awx/awx
-          ansible-test coverage combine --requirements
-          ansible-test coverage html
+          hash -r  # Rehash to pick up newly installed scripts
+          PATH="$(python -c 'import sys; import os; print(os.path.dirname(sys.executable))'):$PATH" ansible-test coverage combine --requirements
+          PATH="$(python -c 'import sys; import os; print(os.path.dirname(sys.executable))'):$PATH" ansible-test coverage html
           echo '## AWX Collection Integration Coverage' >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
           echo '```' >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          ansible-test coverage report >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          PATH="$(python -c 'import sys; import os; print(os.path.dirname(sys.executable))'):$PATH" ansible-test coverage report >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
           echo '```' >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
           echo >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
           echo '## AWX Collection Integration Coverage HTML' >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY

Makefile

@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ TEST_DIRS ?= awx/main/tests/unit awx/main/tests/functional awx/conf/tests
 PARALLEL_TESTS ?= -n auto
 # collection integration test directories (defaults to all)
 COLLECTION_TEST_TARGET ?=
+# Python version for ansible-test (must be 3.11, 3.12, or 3.13)
+ANSIBLE_TEST_PYTHON_VERSION ?= 3.13
 # args for collection install
 COLLECTION_PACKAGE ?= awx
 COLLECTION_NAMESPACE ?= awx
@@ -431,8 +433,8 @@ test_collection_sanity:
 
 test_collection_integration: install_collection
 	cd $(COLLECTION_INSTALL) && \
-		ansible-test integration --coverage -vvv $(COLLECTION_TEST_TARGET) && \
-		ansible-test coverage xml --requirements --group-by command --group-by version
+		PATH="$$($(PYTHON) -c 'import sys; import os; print(os.path.dirname(sys.executable))'):$$PATH" ansible-test integration --python $(ANSIBLE_TEST_PYTHON_VERSION) --coverage -vvv $(COLLECTION_TEST_TARGET) && \
+		PATH="$$($(PYTHON) -c 'import sys; import os; print(os.path.dirname(sys.executable))'):$$PATH" ansible-test coverage xml --requirements --group-by command --group-by version
 	@if [ "${GITHUB_ACTIONS}" = "true" ]; \
 	then \
 	  echo cov-report-files="$$(find "$(COLLECTION_INSTALL)/tests/output/reports/" -type f -name 'coverage=integration*.xml' -print0 | tr '\0' ',' | sed 's#,$$##')" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"; \