feat(tasks): support and test Ansible forks concurrency with nil-safe logger

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Description

This PR adds test coverage and verification for Ansible concurrency / forks configuration (-f and --forks) in Semaphore UI, and introduces defensive nil checks for uninitialized task loggers.

Changes

1. Defensive Nil-Safety (services/tasks/local_executor.go):
   • Added nil checks in Log() and SetStatus() to prevent nil pointer dereference panics when handling malformed arguments in headless environments.
2. Comprehensive Test Suite (services/tasks/local_executor_test.go):
   • Added TestGetArgs_AnsibleForks verifying:
     • Template-level --forks and -f JSON argument propagation.
     • Task-level overrides when AllowOverrideArgsInTask is enabled.
     • Task-level override blocking when AllowOverrideArgsInTask is disabled.
     • Explicit descriptive JSON syntax error reporting.

Verification

• All unit and regression tests pass (services/tasks and db_lib).

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • SSH agent access is now preserved during application and Terraform requirement installation when using SSH inventory keys.
  • Ansible fork counts can be configured through templates and task settings, including task-level overrides.

• Bug Fixes

  • Ansible now consistently applies the effective fork setting and safely handles invalid task-level overrides.

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Walkthrough

The local executor centralizes guarded SSH agent environment handling for preparation and requirement installation. Terraform initialization receives SSH_AUTH_SOCK. Tests verify effective Ansible fork values across template arguments and task overrides.

Changes

Local executor behavior

Layer / File(s)	Summary
SSH agent environment handling services/tasks/local_executor.go	getSSHAgentEnv returns the SSH agent socket only when an installed agent exists. Prepare, standard requirement installation, and Terraform requirement installation use the guarded environment.
Ansible fork argument validation services/tasks/local_executor_test.go	Tests assert the final -f or --forks value for template arguments and permitted or rejected task overrides.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

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This PR adds Ansible forks argument coverage and nil-safe task logging without any identified merge-blocking risk; it is merge-ready after normal checks and review.

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Inline comments:
In `@services/tasks/local_executor_test.go`:
- Around line 256-260: Update TestGetArgs_AnsibleForks to verify the effective
forks setting by locating the final --forks or -f option in the generated args
and asserting its following value equals the expected value. Keep the existing
presence and exclusion checks, while ensuring duplicate options cannot pass when
an earlier template value overrides the task value.

Apply the same fix in `@services/tasks/local_executor_test.go` around lines 256 -
260.

In `@services/tasks/local_executor.go`:
- Around line 1008-1010: Update the Terraform installation flow in
prepareRunTerraform so the guarded SSH_AUTH_SOCK value is appended to
installingArgs.EnvironmentVars before InstallRequirementsWithInitArgs runs.
Reuse or extract a shared helper for the existing SSH-agent condition and
preserve the same socket value for both installation and subsequent Terraform
execution paths.

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