From c2eadba9ed02f74548123d6a3ff34dd65843e93e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Naincy Chourasia <nchourasia-sonata@2u.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2026 06:48:41 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: make xqueue app dir traversable so automated jobs can
 source xqueue_env

---
 playbooks/roles/xqueue/tasks/main.yml | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/playbooks/roles/xqueue/tasks/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/xqueue/tasks/main.yml
index 8e0b75cda..15c666348 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/xqueue/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/xqueue/tasks/main.yml
@@ -172,6 +172,17 @@
     - install
     - install:configuration
 
+# On jammy, useradd creates home dirs as 0750, which blocks automated users
+# (e.g. xqueue_mgmt_commands) from sourcing xqueue_env.
+- name: Ensure xqueue app directory is traversable
+  file:
+    path: "{{ xqueue_app_dir }}"
+    state: directory
+    mode: "0755"
+  tags:
+    - install
+    - install:base
+
 - name: setup the app env file
   template:
     src: "xqueue_env.j2"