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+# Copyright 2017, Rackspace US, Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+import os
+
+import linear
+
+
+class StrategyModule(linear.StrategyModule):
+    def _queue_task(self, host, task, task_vars, play_context):
+        """Wipe the notification system and return for config tasks."""
+        task.notify = None
+        skip_tags = os.environ.get('OS_ANSIBLE_SKIP_TAGS', 'config')
+        skip_tags = skip_tags.split(',')
+        if any([True for i in skip_tags if i in task.tags]):
+            return
+        else:
+            return super(StrategyModule, self)._queue_task(
+                host,
+                task,
+                task_vars,
+                play_context
+            )