- name: Check for existence of /var/lib/systemd/linger/{{ service_name }}
  ansible.builtin.stat:
    path: "/var/lib/systemd/linger/{{ service_name }}"
    get_attributes: false
    get_checksum: false
    get_mime: false
    follow: false
  register: linger_stat
  changed_when: false

- name: Enable linger for the user
  ansible.builtin.command:
    cmd: "loginctl enable-linger {{ service_name }}"
  when: not linger_stat.stat.exists