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+- name: Install and configure Plymouth
+  hosts: localhost
+  become: true
+
+  vars:
+    plymouth_theme: "bgrt"
+
+  handlers:
+    - name: rebuild initramfs
+      command: mkinitcpio -P
+
+    - name: rebuild grub config
+      command: "grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg"
+
+  tasks:
+    - name: Install plymouth
+      pacman:
+        name:
+          - plymouth
+        state: present
+        update_cache: true
+
+    - name: Enable plymouth services
+      systemd:
+        name: "{{ item }}"
+        enabled: true
+      loop:
+        - plymouth-start.service
+        - plymouth-quit-wait.service
+
+    # Mkinitcpio update
+
+    - name: Read HOOKS line only
+      shell: "awk '/^HOOKS=/{print $0; exit}' /etc/mkinitcpio.conf"
+      register: hooks_line
+      changed_when: false
+
+    - name: Fail if encrypt hook not present in HOOKS
+      fail:
+        msg: "encrypt hook not found in HOOKS=... in /etc/mkinitcpio.conf"
+      when:
+        - hooks_line.stdout == "" or (hooks_line.stdout is not search('(^|\\s)encrypt(\\s|$)'))
+
+    - name: Insert plymouth before encrypt (only on HOOKS line)
+      replace:
+        path: /etc/mkinitcpio.conf
+        regexp: '^(HOOKS=\(.*\s)(encrypt)(\s.*\))$'
+        replace: '\1plymouth \2\3'
+      when:
+        - hooks_line.stdout != ""
+        - hooks_line.stdout is search('(^|\\s)encrypt(\\s|$)')
+        - hooks_line.stdout is not search('(^|\\s)plymouth(\\s|$)')
+      notify: rebuild initramfs
+
+    - name: Set plymouth theme and rebuild initramfs
+      command: "plymouth-set-default-theme -R {{ plymouth_theme }}"
+      register: theme_set
+      changed_when: theme_set.rc == 0
+
+    # GRUB update
+
+    - name: Read GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT line only
+      shell: "awk -F= '/^GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=/{print $0; exit}' /etc/default/grub"
+      register: grub_cmdline_line
+      changed_when: false
+
+    - name: Fail if GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT not found
+      fail:
+        msg: "GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT not found in /etc/default/grub"
+      when: grub_cmdline_line.stdout == ""
+
+    - name: Ensure 'quiet' is present in GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT
+      replace:
+        path: /etc/default/grub
+        regexp: '^(GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=")([^"]*)(")$'
+        replace: '\1\2 quiet\3'
+      when:
+        - grub_cmdline_line.stdout is not search('quiet')
+      notify: rebuild grub config
+
+    - name: Ensure 'splash' is present in GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT
+      replace:
+        path: /etc/default/grub
+        regexp: '^(GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=")([^"]*)(")$'
+        replace: '\1\2 splash\3'
+      when:
+        - grub_cmdline_line.stdout is not search('splash')
+      notify: rebuild grub config