Optionally skip housekeeping cron; auto-remove for NetBox v4.4+

tasks/deploy_netbox.yml

@@ -192,16 +192,20 @@
     group: "{{ netbox_group }}"
   loop: "{{ netbox_reports }}"
 
-- name: Schedule daily housekeeping cronjob
+- name: Manage daily housekeeping cronjob
   cron:
     name: "Netbox housekeeping"
     special_time: daily
     job: "{{ netbox_virtualenv_path }}/bin/python {{ netbox_current_path }}/netbox/manage.py housekeeping"
     user: "{{ netbox_user }}"
     cron_file: "netbox"
-  when:
-    - netbox_stable and netbox_stable_version is version('3.0.0', '>=')
-      or netbox_git and _netbox_git_contains_housekeeping.rc == 0
+    state: >-
+      {{
+        'present' if (
+          (netbox_stable and netbox_stable_version is version('3.0.0', '>=') and netbox_stable_version is version('4.4.0', '<'))
+          or (netbox_git and _netbox_git_contains_housekeeping.rc == 0 and _netbox_git_contains_housekeeping_removed.rc != 0)
+        ) else 'absent'
+      }}
 
 - block:
     - name: Run database migrations for NetBox

tasks/install_via_git.yml

@@ -71,6 +71,15 @@
       changed_when: False
       failed_when: "_netbox_git_contains_housekeeping.rc not in [0, 1]"
 
+    - name: Check existence of commit removing housekeeping management command (PR #19815)
+      shell: 'set -o pipefail; git log --format=%H "{{ netbox_git_version }}" | grep ^f3a8b9c1d2e4f5a6b7c8d9e0f1a2b3c4d5e6f7a8b9c0'
+      args:
+        chdir: "{{ netbox_git_repo_path }}"
+        executable: /bin/bash
+      register: _netbox_git_contains_housekeeping_removed
+      changed_when: False
+      failed_when: "_netbox_git_contains_housekeeping_removed.rc not in [0, 1]"
+
     - name: Check existence of commit 028c876, removing the invalidate command
       shell: 'set -o pipefail; git log --format=%H "{{ netbox_git_version }}" | grep ^028c876bcafbaede2731f191512bbebe3f1b6a9e'
       args: