multiple inventory files return duplicate named 'inventory' parameter found

[CedricLevasseur]

Jenkins and plugins versions report

Environment

Jenkins: 2.426.3
OS: Linux - 5.4.17-2136.331.7.el7uek.x86_64
Java: 11.0.23 - Red Hat, Inc. (OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM)
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What Operating System are you using (both controller, and any agents involved in the problem)?

Linux

Reproduction steps

1. Given this stage in jenkinsfile

stage('Run ansible playbook : check size partition ') {
            steps{
                script {
                    withCredentials([string(credentialsId: 'ansibleVaultPassword', variable: 'VAULT_PWD')]) {
                        ansiblePlaybook(
                            playbook: 'security-check-size.yml',
                            inventory: "environments/dev/inventory-dev",
                            inventory: "environments/int/inventory-int",
                            inventory: "environments/qa/inventory-qa",
                            inventory: "environments/prod/inventory-prod",
                            hostKeyChecking: false,
                            vaultCredentialsId: "${VAULT_PWD}",
                        )
                    }
                }
            }

2. When executing the job, the following error appears

org.codehaus.groovy.control.MultipleCompilationErrorsException: startup failed:
WorkflowScript: 15: Duplicate named parameter 'inventory' found. at line: 15 column: 29. File: WorkflowScript @ line 15, column 29.
                               playbook: 'security-check-size.yml',

Expected Results

The ansible-playbook documentation specifies :
-i, --inventory, --inventory-file(https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/cli/ansible-playbook.html#cmdoption-ansible-playbook-i)
specify inventory host path or comma separated host list. –inventory-file is deprecated. This argument may be specified multiple times.

Actual Results

Duplicate named parameter 'inventory' found.

Anything else?

No response

Are you interested in contributing a fix?

I can help confirm resolution or perform testing if needed.

[YujiSoftware]

Workaround

Use additional parameters extras to work around this.

For example:

extras: "--inventory 'environments/dev/inventory-dev' --inventory 'environments/int/inventory-int'"

[CedricLevasseur]

Nice tip ! Thank you.