From f1636e1eec5dbcfb9e41af87c30b33ba4590fce6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lukas Greve <please@refre.ch>
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2025 14:59:15 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] add new logic to detect whether rebooting is necessary or not

---
 update.yml | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/update.yml b/update.yml
index 7e974f7..66088ff 100644
--- a/update.yml
+++ b/update.yml
@@ -8,10 +8,30 @@
       yum:
         name: "*"
         state: latest
-        update_cache: yes
+        update_cache: yes  
     
-    - name: Force reboot after updates (safe for Rocky Linux)
+    - name: Check if reboot required (RedHat/CentOS)
+      command: needs-restarting -r
+      register: needs_restarting_output
+      changed_when: false
+      ignore_errors: true
+      when: ansible_os_family == "RedHat"
+    
+    - name: Check if reboot required (Debian/Ubuntu)
+      stat:
+        path: /var/run/reboot-required
+      register: reboot_required_file
+      when: ansible_os_family != "RedHat"
+    
+    - name: Reboot if required (RedHat/CentOS)
       reboot:
-        msg: "System reboot after package updates"
-        post_reboot_delay: 10
-        timeout: 300
+      when: 
+        - ansible_os_family == "RedHat"
+        - needs_restarting_output.rc == 1
+        - needs_restarting_output is defined
+    
+    - name: Reboot if required (Debian/Ubuntu)
+      reboot:
+      when: 
+        - ansible_os_family != "RedHat"
+        - reboot_required_file.stat.exists == true