XML Module don't delete node in multi namespace file

[embrocha]

Summary

On a XML file with multi namespace, I can't remove a node with criteria

<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
       xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
       xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd       http://activemq.apache.org/schema/core http://activemq.apache.org/schema/core/activemq-core.xsd">...
    <broker xmlns="http://activemq.apache.org/schema/core"
            brokerName="localhost" dataDirectory="${activemq.data}">
        <transportConnectors>
            <!-- DOS protection, limit concurrent connections to 1000 and frame size to 100MB -->
            <transportConnector name="openwire"
                                uri="tcp://0.0.0.0:61616?maximumConnections=1000&amp;wireFormat.maxFrameSize=104857600"/>
            <transportConnector name="amqp"
                                uri="amqp://0.0.0.0:5672?maximumConnections=1000&amp;wireFormat.maxFrameSize=104857600"/>
            <transportConnector name="stomp"
                                uri="stomp://0.0.0.0:61613?maximumConnections=1000&amp;wireFormat.maxFrameSize=104857600"/>
            <transportConnector name="mqtt"
                                uri="mqtt://0.0.0.0:1883?maximumConnections=1000&amp;wireFormat.maxFrameSize=104857600"/>
            <transportConnector name="ws"
                                uri="ws://0.0.0.0:61614?maximumConnections=1000&amp;wireFormat.maxFrameSize=104857600"/>
        </transportConnectors>
    </broker>
</beans>

- name: Désactiver les autres protocoles de publication de message
  xml:
    path: /mypath/activemq-modif.xml
    xpath: "/beans/broker:broker/broker:transportConnectors/broker:transportConnector[@name!='openwire']"
    state: absent
    namespaces:
      ns: http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
      broker: http://activemq.apache.org/schema/core

When I run this task, file not changed

Issue Type

Bug Report

Component Name

xml

Ansible Version

ansible [core 2.15.13]
  config file = None
  configured module search path = ['/root/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
  ansible python module location = /usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/ansible
  ansible collection location = /root/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections
  executable location = /usr/local/bin/ansible
  python version = 3.9.18 (main, Oct  4 2024, 00:00:00) [GCC 11.4.1 20231218 (Red Hat 11.4.1-3)] (/usr/bin/python3)
  jinja version = 3.1.5
  libyaml = True

Community.general Version

# /usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/ansible_collections
Collection        Version
----------------- -------
community.general 7.5.2  

Configuration

CONFIG_FILE() = None

OS / Environment

AlmaLinux release 9.4 (Seafoam Ocelot)

Steps to Reproduce

Just execute task in a playbook on localhost

ansible-playbook -i inventories/test playbook-test.yml 

Expected Results

Actual Results

no change (no error)

Code of Conduct

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[embrocha]

Finally, _ElementStringResult has been remove in lxml 5.1.1. Module xml cannot run with version >=5.1.1. Ok with 5.1.0
Code must be adapt with this modification

[felixfontein]

You are using an outdated and End of Life version of community.general. This problem has been long fixed (in March 2024: #8169). Please upgrade community.general, or stick to an older version of lxml.