Service is in unknown state

[mafalb]

TASK [mafalb.openssh.sshd : sshd is started] ***********************************
fatal: [ci_ubuntubionic]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "Service is in unknown state", "status": {}}

on

ubuntu 16.04
ubuntu 18.04
debian 9

[mafalb]

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1853736
https://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=17747
ansible/ansible#71528

according to the last link it will be fixed in ansible 2.10.4 and 2.9.16