From cc93dab0fd80952ceb913d42d5d0c4a651ee1180 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "patchback[bot]" <45432694+patchback[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2025 21:00:39 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [PR #11095/2b4333a0 backport][stable-12] Use raise from in
 plugins (#11129)

Use raise from in plugins (#11095)

* Use raise from.

* Add changelog fragment.

(cherry picked from commit 2b4333a033c9669737ad76fde0b464601f9a212a)

Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>
---
 changelogs/fragments/11095-raise-from.yml | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 plugins/action/shutdown.py                |  6 +--
 plugins/cache/redis.py                    |  8 ++--
 plugins/connection/chroot.py              | 22 +++++------
 plugins/connection/jail.py                | 24 ++++++------
 plugins/connection/lxc.py                 | 16 ++++----
 plugins/connection/lxd.py                 |  4 +-
 plugins/connection/wsl.py                 | 34 +++++++++--------
 plugins/connection/zone.py                | 24 ++++++------
 plugins/filter/counter.py                 |  2 +-
 plugins/filter/from_csv.py                |  4 +-
 plugins/filter/from_ini.py                |  2 +-
 plugins/filter/hashids.py                 |  4 +-
 plugins/filter/jc.py                      |  2 +-
 plugins/filter/json_query.py              |  4 +-
 plugins/filter/to_ini.py                  |  2 +-
 plugins/inventory/gitlab_runners.py       |  4 +-
 plugins/inventory/icinga2.py              |  6 ++-
 plugins/inventory/linode.py               |  2 +-
 plugins/inventory/lxd.py                  | 10 ++---
 plugins/inventory/nmap.py                 |  6 +--
 plugins/inventory/online.py               |  8 ++--
 plugins/inventory/opennebula.py           | 10 ++---
 plugins/inventory/scaleway.py             | 10 ++---
 plugins/inventory/virtualbox.py           |  4 +-
 plugins/lookup/binary_file.py             |  2 +-
 plugins/lookup/chef_databag.py            |  4 +-
 plugins/lookup/collection_version.py      |  2 +-
 plugins/lookup/consul_kv.py               |  4 +-
 plugins/lookup/credstash.py               |  6 +--
 plugins/lookup/cyberarkpassword.py        |  4 +-
 plugins/lookup/dependent.py               |  2 +-
 plugins/lookup/dig.py                     | 16 ++++----
 plugins/lookup/dnstxt.py                  |  2 +-
 plugins/lookup/dsv.py                     |  6 +--
 plugins/lookup/etcd3.py                   |  2 +-
 plugins/lookup/github_app_access_token.py | 16 ++++----
 plugins/lookup/lmdb_kv.py                 |  2 +-
 plugins/lookup/onepassword.py             |  8 ++--
 plugins/lookup/passwordstore.py           | 12 +++---
 plugins/lookup/redis.py                   |  2 +-
 plugins/lookup/revbitspss.py              |  2 +-
 plugins/lookup/shelvefile.py              |  2 +-
 plugins/lookup/tss.py                     | 14 +++----
 plugins/plugin_utils/keys_filter.py       |  8 ++--
 tests/unit/plugins/modules/uthelper.py    |  4 +-
 46 files changed, 218 insertions(+), 165 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 changelogs/fragments/11095-raise-from.yml

diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/11095-raise-from.yml b/changelogs/fragments/11095-raise-from.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..89a7aa59fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/11095-raise-from.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - shutdown action plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - redis cache plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - chroot connection plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - jail connection plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - lxc connection plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - lxd connection plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - wsl connection plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - zone connection plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - counter filter plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - from_csv filter plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - from_ini filter plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - hashids filter plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - jc filter plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - json_query filter plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - to_ini filter plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - gitlab_runners inventory plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - icinga2 inventory plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - linode inventory plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - lxd inventory plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - nmap inventory plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - online inventory plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - opennebula inventory plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - scaleway inventory plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - virtualbox inventory plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - binary_file lookup plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - chef_databag lookup plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - collection_version lookup plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - consul_kv lookup plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - credstash lookup plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - cyberarkpassword lookup plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - dependent lookup plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - dig lookup plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - dnstxt lookup plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - dsv lookup plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - etcd3 lookup plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - github_app_access_token lookup plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - lmdb_kv lookup plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - onepassword lookup plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - passwordstore lookup plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - redis lookup plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - revbitspss lookup plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - shelvefile lookup plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - tss lookup plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - keys_filter plugin_utils plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
diff --git a/plugins/action/shutdown.py b/plugins/action/shutdown.py
index fc59cd535f..1bf97a6fb4 100644
--- a/plugins/action/shutdown.py
+++ b/plugins/action/shutdown.py
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
             display.debug(f"{self._task.action}: distribution: {distribution}")
             return distribution
         except KeyError as ke:
-            raise AnsibleError(f'Failed to get distribution information. Missing "{ke.args[0]}" in output.')
+            raise AnsibleError(f'Failed to get distribution information. Missing "{ke.args[0]}" in output.') from ke
 
     def get_shutdown_command(self, task_vars, distribution):
         def find_command(command, find_search_paths):
@@ -124,10 +124,10 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
             incorrect_type = any(not is_string(x) for x in search_paths)
             if not isinstance(search_paths, list) or incorrect_type:
                 raise TypeError
-        except TypeError:
+        except TypeError as e:
             # Error if we didn't get a list
             err_msg = f"'search_paths' must be a string or flat list of strings, got {search_paths}"
-            raise AnsibleError(err_msg)
+            raise AnsibleError(err_msg) from e
 
         full_path = find_command(shutdown_bin, search_paths)  # find the path to the shutdown command
         if not full_path:  # if we could not find the shutdown command
diff --git a/plugins/cache/redis.py b/plugins/cache/redis.py
index f075f4720d..1465695513 100644
--- a/plugins/cache/redis.py
+++ b/plugins/cache/redis.py
@@ -147,8 +147,10 @@ class CacheModule(BaseCacheModule):
         """
         try:
             from redis.sentinel import Sentinel
-        except ImportError:
-            raise AnsibleError("The 'redis' python module (version 2.9.0 or newer) is required to use redis sentinel.")
+        except ImportError as e:
+            raise AnsibleError(
+                "The 'redis' python module (version 2.9.0 or newer) is required to use redis sentinel."
+            ) from e
 
         if ";" not in uri:
             raise AnsibleError("_uri does not have sentinel syntax.")
@@ -170,7 +172,7 @@ class CacheModule(BaseCacheModule):
         try:
             return scon.master_for(self._sentinel_service_name, socket_timeout=0.2)
         except Exception as exc:
-            raise AnsibleError(f"Could not connect to redis sentinel: {exc}")
+            raise AnsibleError(f"Could not connect to redis sentinel: {exc}") from exc
 
     def _make_key(self, key):
         return self._prefix + key
diff --git a/plugins/connection/chroot.py b/plugins/connection/chroot.py
index d55a69c73b..0812b37fd1 100644
--- a/plugins/connection/chroot.py
+++ b/plugins/connection/chroot.py
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
             try:
                 self.chroot_cmd = get_bin_path(self.get_option("chroot_exe"))
             except ValueError as e:
-                raise AnsibleError(str(e))
+                raise AnsibleError(str(e)) from e
 
         super()._connect()
         if not self._connected:
@@ -191,17 +191,17 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
                     count = ""
                 try:
                     p = self._buffered_exec_command(f"dd of={out_path} bs={BUFSIZE}{count}", stdin=in_file)
-                except OSError:
-                    raise AnsibleError("chroot connection requires dd command in the chroot")
+                except OSError as e:
+                    raise AnsibleError("chroot connection requires dd command in the chroot") from e
                 try:
                     stdout, stderr = p.communicate()
-                except Exception:
+                except Exception as e:
                     traceback.print_exc()
-                    raise AnsibleError(f"failed to transfer file {in_path} to {out_path}")
+                    raise AnsibleError(f"failed to transfer file {in_path} to {out_path}") from e
                 if p.returncode != 0:
                     raise AnsibleError(f"failed to transfer file {in_path} to {out_path}:\n{stdout}\n{stderr}")
-        except IOError:
-            raise AnsibleError(f"file or module does not exist at: {in_path}")
+        except IOError as e:
+            raise AnsibleError(f"file or module does not exist at: {in_path}") from e
 
     def fetch_file(self, in_path, out_path):
         """fetch a file from chroot to local"""
@@ -211,8 +211,8 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
         in_path = shlex_quote(self._prefix_login_path(in_path))
         try:
             p = self._buffered_exec_command(f"dd if={in_path} bs={BUFSIZE}")
-        except OSError:
-            raise AnsibleError("chroot connection requires dd command in the chroot")
+        except OSError as e:
+            raise AnsibleError("chroot connection requires dd command in the chroot") from e
 
         with open(to_bytes(out_path, errors="surrogate_or_strict"), "wb+") as out_file:
             try:
@@ -220,9 +220,9 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
                 while chunk:
                     out_file.write(chunk)
                     chunk = p.stdout.read(BUFSIZE)
-            except Exception:
+            except Exception as e:
                 traceback.print_exc()
-                raise AnsibleError(f"failed to transfer file {in_path} to {out_path}")
+                raise AnsibleError(f"failed to transfer file {in_path} to {out_path}") from e
             stdout, stderr = p.communicate()
             if p.returncode != 0:
                 raise AnsibleError(f"failed to transfer file {in_path} to {out_path}:\n{stdout}\n{stderr}")
diff --git a/plugins/connection/jail.py b/plugins/connection/jail.py
index 2eb6c0da18..cf48f26324 100644
--- a/plugins/connection/jail.py
+++ b/plugins/connection/jail.py
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
     def _search_executable(executable):
         try:
             return get_bin_path(executable)
-        except ValueError:
-            raise AnsibleError(f"{executable} command not found in PATH")
+        except ValueError as e:
+            raise AnsibleError(f"{executable} command not found in PATH") from e
 
     def list_jails(self):
         p = subprocess.Popen(
@@ -161,19 +161,19 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
                     count = ""
                 try:
                     p = self._buffered_exec_command(f"dd of={out_path} bs={BUFSIZE}{count}", stdin=in_file)
-                except OSError:
-                    raise AnsibleError("jail connection requires dd command in the jail")
+                except OSError as e:
+                    raise AnsibleError("jail connection requires dd command in the jail") from e
                 try:
                     stdout, stderr = p.communicate()
-                except Exception:
+                except Exception as e:
                     traceback.print_exc()
-                    raise AnsibleError(f"failed to transfer file {in_path} to {out_path}")
+                    raise AnsibleError(f"failed to transfer file {in_path} to {out_path}") from e
                 if p.returncode != 0:
                     raise AnsibleError(
                         f"failed to transfer file {in_path} to {out_path}:\n{to_native(stdout)}\n{to_native(stderr)}"
                     )
-        except IOError:
-            raise AnsibleError(f"file or module does not exist at: {in_path}")
+        except IOError as e:
+            raise AnsibleError(f"file or module does not exist at: {in_path}") from e
 
     def fetch_file(self, in_path, out_path):
         """fetch a file from jail to local"""
@@ -183,8 +183,8 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
         in_path = shlex_quote(self._prefix_login_path(in_path))
         try:
             p = self._buffered_exec_command(f"dd if={in_path} bs={BUFSIZE}")
-        except OSError:
-            raise AnsibleError("jail connection requires dd command in the jail")
+        except OSError as e:
+            raise AnsibleError("jail connection requires dd command in the jail") from e
 
         with open(to_bytes(out_path, errors="surrogate_or_strict"), "wb+") as out_file:
             try:
@@ -192,9 +192,9 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
                 while chunk:
                     out_file.write(chunk)
                     chunk = p.stdout.read(BUFSIZE)
-            except Exception:
+            except Exception as e:
                 traceback.print_exc()
-                raise AnsibleError(f"failed to transfer file {in_path} to {out_path}")
+                raise AnsibleError(f"failed to transfer file {in_path} to {out_path}") from e
             stdout, stderr = p.communicate()
             if p.returncode != 0:
                 raise AnsibleError(
diff --git a/plugins/connection/lxc.py b/plugins/connection/lxc.py
index 411a44e003..81e3a1ac8a 100644
--- a/plugins/connection/lxc.py
+++ b/plugins/connection/lxc.py
@@ -173,9 +173,9 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
             raise errors.AnsibleFileNotFound(msg)
         try:
             src_file = open(in_path, "rb")
-        except IOError:
+        except IOError as e:
             traceback.print_exc()
-            raise errors.AnsibleError(f"failed to open input file to {in_path}")
+            raise errors.AnsibleError(f"failed to open input file to {in_path}") from e
         try:
 
             def write_file(args):
@@ -184,10 +184,10 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
 
             try:
                 self.container.attach_wait(write_file, None)
-            except IOError:
+            except IOError as e:
                 traceback.print_exc()
                 msg = f"failed to transfer file to {out_path}"
-                raise errors.AnsibleError(msg)
+                raise errors.AnsibleError(msg) from e
         finally:
             src_file.close()
 
@@ -200,10 +200,10 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
 
         try:
             dst_file = open(out_path, "wb")
-        except IOError:
+        except IOError as e:
             traceback.print_exc()
             msg = f"failed to open output file {out_path}"
-            raise errors.AnsibleError(msg)
+            raise errors.AnsibleError(msg) from e
         try:
 
             def write_file(args):
@@ -217,10 +217,10 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
 
             try:
                 self.container.attach_wait(write_file, None)
-            except IOError:
+            except IOError as e:
                 traceback.print_exc()
                 msg = f"failed to transfer file from {in_path} to {out_path}"
-                raise errors.AnsibleError(msg)
+                raise errors.AnsibleError(msg) from e
         finally:
             dst_file.close()
 
diff --git a/plugins/connection/lxd.py b/plugins/connection/lxd.py
index 07aed32eca..4956b7df55 100644
--- a/plugins/connection/lxd.py
+++ b/plugins/connection/lxd.py
@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
 
         try:
             self._lxc_cmd = get_bin_path("lxc")
-        except ValueError:
-            raise AnsibleError("lxc command not found in PATH")
+        except ValueError as e:
+            raise AnsibleError("lxc command not found in PATH") from e
 
     def _host(self):
         """translate remote_addr to lxd (short) hostname"""
diff --git a/plugins/connection/wsl.py b/plugins/connection/wsl.py
index 9dd4b5abf1..9a3839bf02 100644
--- a/plugins/connection/wsl.py
+++ b/plugins/connection/wsl.py
@@ -478,11 +478,11 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
                 except IOError:
                     pass  # file was not found, but not required to function
                 except paramiko.hostkeys.InvalidHostKey as e:
-                    raise AnsibleConnectionFailure(f"Invalid host key: {to_text(e.line)}")
+                    raise AnsibleConnectionFailure(f"Invalid host key: {to_text(e.line)}") from e
             try:
                 ssh.load_system_host_keys()
             except paramiko.hostkeys.InvalidHostKey as e:
-                raise AnsibleConnectionFailure(f"Invalid host key: {to_text(e.line)}")
+                raise AnsibleConnectionFailure(f"Invalid host key: {to_text(e.line)}") from e
 
         ssh_connect_kwargs = self._parse_proxy_command(port)
         ssh.set_missing_host_key_policy(MyAddPolicy(self))
@@ -518,22 +518,24 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
                 **ssh_connect_kwargs,
             )
         except paramiko.ssh_exception.BadHostKeyException as e:
-            raise AnsibleConnectionFailure(f"host key mismatch for {to_text(e.hostname)}")
+            raise AnsibleConnectionFailure(f"host key mismatch for {to_text(e.hostname)}") from e
         except paramiko.ssh_exception.AuthenticationException as e:
             msg = f"Failed to authenticate: {e}"
-            raise AnsibleAuthenticationFailure(msg)
+            raise AnsibleAuthenticationFailure(msg) from e
         except Exception as e:
             msg = to_text(e)
             if "PID check failed" in msg:
-                raise AnsibleError("paramiko version issue, please upgrade paramiko on the machine running ansible")
+                raise AnsibleError(
+                    "paramiko version issue, please upgrade paramiko on the machine running ansible"
+                ) from e
             elif "Private key file is encrypted" in msg:
                 msg = (
                     f"ssh {self.get_option('remote_user')}@{self.get_options('remote_addr')}:{port} : "
                     f"{msg}\nTo connect as a different user, use -u <username>."
                 )
-                raise AnsibleConnectionFailure(msg)
+                raise AnsibleConnectionFailure(msg) from e
             else:
-                raise AnsibleConnectionFailure(msg)
+                raise AnsibleConnectionFailure(msg) from e
         self.ssh = ssh
         self._connected = True
         return self
@@ -609,7 +611,7 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
             msg = "Failed to open session"
             if text_e:
                 msg += f": {text_e}"
-            raise AnsibleConnectionFailure(to_native(msg))
+            raise AnsibleConnectionFailure(to_native(msg)) from e
 
         display.vvv(f"EXEC {cmd}", host=self.get_option("remote_addr"))
 
@@ -665,8 +667,8 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
             elif in_data == b"":
                 chan.shutdown_write()
 
-        except socket.timeout:
-            raise AnsibleError(f"ssh timed out waiting for privilege escalation.\n{to_text(become_output)}")
+        except socket.timeout as e:
+            raise AnsibleError(f"ssh timed out waiting for privilege escalation.\n{to_text(become_output)}") from e
 
         stdout = b"".join(chan.makefile("rb", bufsize))
         stderr = b"".join(chan.makefile_stderr("rb", bufsize))
@@ -699,7 +701,7 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
                     )
                 raise AnsibleError(f"{to_text(stdout)}\n{to_text(stderr)}")
         except Exception as e:
-            raise AnsibleError(f"error occurred while putting file from {in_path} to {out_path}!\n{to_text(e)}")
+            raise AnsibleError(f"error occurred while putting file from {in_path} to {out_path}!\n{to_text(e)}") from e
 
     def fetch_file(self, in_path: str, out_path: str) -> None:
         """save a remote file to the specified path"""
@@ -718,7 +720,7 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
             with open(out_path, "wb") as f:
                 f.write(stdout)
         except Exception as e:
-            raise AnsibleError(f"error occurred while fetching file from {in_path} to {out_path}!\n{to_text(e)}")
+            raise AnsibleError(f"error occurred while fetching file from {in_path} to {out_path}!\n{to_text(e)}") from e
 
     def reset(self) -> None:
         """reset the connection"""
@@ -772,16 +774,16 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
                         self._save_ssh_host_keys(tmp_keyfile_name)
 
                     os.rename(tmp_keyfile_name, self.keyfile)
-            except LockTimeout:
+            except LockTimeout as e:
                 raise AnsibleError(
                     f"writing lock file for {self.keyfile} ran in to the timeout of {self.get_option('lock_file_timeout')}s"
-                )
+                ) from e
             except paramiko.hostkeys.InvalidHostKey as e:
-                raise AnsibleConnectionFailure(f"Invalid host key: {e.line}")
+                raise AnsibleConnectionFailure(f"Invalid host key: {e.line}") from e
             except Exception as e:
                 # unable to save keys, including scenario when key was invalid
                 # and caught earlier
-                raise AnsibleError(f"error occurred while writing SSH host keys!\n{to_text(e)}")
+                raise AnsibleError(f"error occurred while writing SSH host keys!\n{to_text(e)}") from e
             finally:
                 if tmp_keyfile_name is not None:
                     pathlib.Path(tmp_keyfile_name).unlink(missing_ok=True)
diff --git a/plugins/connection/zone.py b/plugins/connection/zone.py
index 46501765e3..fcb5c33616 100644
--- a/plugins/connection/zone.py
+++ b/plugins/connection/zone.py
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
     def _search_executable(executable):
         try:
             return get_bin_path(executable)
-        except ValueError:
-            raise AnsibleError(f"{executable} command not found in PATH")
+        except ValueError as e:
+            raise AnsibleError(f"{executable} command not found in PATH") from e
 
     def list_zones(self):
         process = subprocess.Popen(
@@ -160,17 +160,17 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
                     count = ""
                 try:
                     p = self._buffered_exec_command(f"dd of={out_path} bs={BUFSIZE}{count}", stdin=in_file)
-                except OSError:
-                    raise AnsibleError("jail connection requires dd command in the jail")
+                except OSError as e:
+                    raise AnsibleError("jail connection requires dd command in the jail") from e
                 try:
                     stdout, stderr = p.communicate()
-                except Exception:
+                except Exception as e:
                     traceback.print_exc()
-                    raise AnsibleError(f"failed to transfer file {in_path} to {out_path}")
+                    raise AnsibleError(f"failed to transfer file {in_path} to {out_path}") from e
                 if p.returncode != 0:
                     raise AnsibleError(f"failed to transfer file {in_path} to {out_path}:\n{stdout}\n{stderr}")
-        except IOError:
-            raise AnsibleError(f"file or module does not exist at: {in_path}")
+        except IOError as e:
+            raise AnsibleError(f"file or module does not exist at: {in_path}") from e
 
     def fetch_file(self, in_path, out_path):
         """fetch a file from zone to local"""
@@ -180,8 +180,8 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
         in_path = shlex_quote(self._prefix_login_path(in_path))
         try:
             p = self._buffered_exec_command(f"dd if={in_path} bs={BUFSIZE}")
-        except OSError:
-            raise AnsibleError("zone connection requires dd command in the zone")
+        except OSError as e:
+            raise AnsibleError("zone connection requires dd command in the zone") from e
 
         with open(out_path, "wb+") as out_file:
             try:
@@ -189,9 +189,9 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
                 while chunk:
                     out_file.write(chunk)
                     chunk = p.stdout.read(BUFSIZE)
-            except Exception:
+            except Exception as e:
                 traceback.print_exc()
-                raise AnsibleError(f"failed to transfer file {in_path} to {out_path}")
+                raise AnsibleError(f"failed to transfer file {in_path} to {out_path}") from e
             stdout, stderr = p.communicate()
             if p.returncode != 0:
                 raise AnsibleError(f"failed to transfer file {in_path} to {out_path}:\n{stdout}\n{stderr}")
diff --git a/plugins/filter/counter.py b/plugins/filter/counter.py
index e903859ead..5f425daf69 100644
--- a/plugins/filter/counter.py
+++ b/plugins/filter/counter.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ def counter(sequence):
     except TypeError as e:
         raise AnsibleFilterError(
             f"community.general.counter needs a sequence with hashable elements (int, float or str) - {e}"
-        )
+        ) from e
     return result
 
 
diff --git a/plugins/filter/from_csv.py b/plugins/filter/from_csv.py
index 01329ec6dd..d565eee9a0 100644
--- a/plugins/filter/from_csv.py
+++ b/plugins/filter/from_csv.py
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ def from_csv(data, dialect="excel", fieldnames=None, delimiter=None, skipinitial
     try:
         dialect = initialize_dialect(dialect, **dialect_params)
     except (CustomDialectFailureError, DialectNotAvailableError) as e:
-        raise AnsibleFilterError(str(e))
+        raise AnsibleFilterError(str(e)) from e
 
     reader = read_csv(data, dialect, fieldnames)
 
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ def from_csv(data, dialect="excel", fieldnames=None, delimiter=None, skipinitial
         for row in reader:
             data_list.append(row)
     except CSVError as e:
-        raise AnsibleFilterError(f"Unable to process file: {e}")
+        raise AnsibleFilterError(f"Unable to process file: {e}") from e
 
     return data_list
 
diff --git a/plugins/filter/from_ini.py b/plugins/filter/from_ini.py
index 12dc3e8d9a..cef6e56051 100644
--- a/plugins/filter/from_ini.py
+++ b/plugins/filter/from_ini.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ def from_ini(obj):
     try:
         parser.read_file(StringIO(obj))
     except Exception as ex:
-        raise AnsibleFilterError(f"from_ini failed to parse given string: {ex}", orig_exc=ex)
+        raise AnsibleFilterError(f"from_ini failed to parse given string: {ex}", orig_exc=ex) from ex
 
     return parser.as_dict()
 
diff --git a/plugins/filter/hashids.py b/plugins/filter/hashids.py
index d67b857956..14505fd923 100644
--- a/plugins/filter/hashids.py
+++ b/plugins/filter/hashids.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def initialize_hashids(**kwargs):
         raise AnsibleFilterError(
             "The provided parameters %s are invalid: %s"
             % (", ".join(["%s=%s" % (k, v) for k, v in params.items()]), to_native(e))
-        )
+        ) from e
 
 
 def hashids_encode(nums, salt=None, alphabet=None, min_length=None):
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ def hashids_encode(nums, salt=None, alphabet=None, min_length=None):
     try:
         hashid = hashids.encode(*nums)
     except TypeError as e:
-        raise AnsibleTypeError(f"Data to encode must by a tuple or list of ints: {e}")
+        raise AnsibleTypeError(f"Data to encode must by a tuple or list of ints: {e}") from e
 
     return hashid
 
diff --git a/plugins/filter/jc.py b/plugins/filter/jc.py
index 05022baf14..076c705f6f 100644
--- a/plugins/filter/jc.py
+++ b/plugins/filter/jc.py
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ def jc_filter(data, parser, quiet=True, raw=False):
             return jc_parser.parse(data, quiet=quiet, raw=raw)
 
     except Exception as e:
-        raise AnsibleFilterError(f"Error in jc filter plugin: {e}")
+        raise AnsibleFilterError(f"Error in jc filter plugin: {e}") from e
 
 
 class FilterModule:
diff --git a/plugins/filter/json_query.py b/plugins/filter/json_query.py
index 9c98234c58..c18b7d50bb 100644
--- a/plugins/filter/json_query.py
+++ b/plugins/filter/json_query.py
@@ -141,10 +141,10 @@ def json_query(data, expr):
     try:
         return jmespath.search(expr, data)
     except jmespath.exceptions.JMESPathError as e:
-        raise AnsibleFilterError(f"JMESPathError in json_query filter plugin:\n{e}")
+        raise AnsibleFilterError(f"JMESPathError in json_query filter plugin:\n{e}") from e
     except Exception as e:
         # For older jmespath, we can get ValueError and TypeError without much info.
-        raise AnsibleFilterError(f"Error in jmespath.search in json_query filter plugin:\n{e}")
+        raise AnsibleFilterError(f"Error in jmespath.search in json_query filter plugin:\n{e}") from e
 
 
 class FilterModule:
diff --git a/plugins/filter/to_ini.py b/plugins/filter/to_ini.py
index d48532336a..ee46fd37a9 100644
--- a/plugins/filter/to_ini.py
+++ b/plugins/filter/to_ini.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ def to_ini(obj):
     try:
         ini_parser.read_dict(obj)
     except Exception as ex:
-        raise AnsibleFilterError(f"to_ini failed to parse given dict:{ex}", orig_exc=ex)
+        raise AnsibleFilterError(f"to_ini failed to parse given dict:{ex}", orig_exc=ex) from ex
 
     # catching empty dicts
     if obj == dict():
diff --git a/plugins/inventory/gitlab_runners.py b/plugins/inventory/gitlab_runners.py
index 514229708d..e9a6ac010b 100644
--- a/plugins/inventory/gitlab_runners.py
+++ b/plugins/inventory/gitlab_runners.py
@@ -124,7 +124,9 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable):
                 # Create groups based on variable values and add the corresponding hosts to it
                 self._add_host_to_keyed_groups(self.get_option("keyed_groups"), host_attrs, host, strict=strict)
         except Exception as e:
-            raise AnsibleParserError(f"Unable to fetch hosts from GitLab API, this was the original exception: {e}")
+            raise AnsibleParserError(
+                f"Unable to fetch hosts from GitLab API, this was the original exception: {e}"
+            ) from e
 
     def verify_file(self, path):
         """Return the possibly of a file being consumable by this plugin."""
diff --git a/plugins/inventory/icinga2.py b/plugins/inventory/icinga2.py
index 1849c6222e..5357408558 100644
--- a/plugins/inventory/icinga2.py
+++ b/plugins/inventory/icinga2.py
@@ -166,8 +166,10 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable):
             except Exception:
                 error_body = {"status": None}
             if e.code == 404 and error_body.get("status") == "No objects found.":
-                raise AnsibleParserError("Host filter returned no data. Please confirm your host_filter value is valid")
-            raise AnsibleParserError(f"Unexpected data returned: {e} -- {error_body}")
+                raise AnsibleParserError(
+                    "Host filter returned no data. Please confirm your host_filter value is valid"
+                ) from e
+            raise AnsibleParserError(f"Unexpected data returned: {e} -- {error_body}") from e
 
         response_body = response.read()
         json_data = json.loads(response_body.decode("utf-8"))
diff --git a/plugins/inventory/linode.py b/plugins/inventory/linode.py
index 05522087b0..9538496b38 100644
--- a/plugins/inventory/linode.py
+++ b/plugins/inventory/linode.py
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
         try:
             self.instances = self.client.linode.instances()
         except LinodeApiError as exception:
-            raise AnsibleError(f"Linode client raised: {exception}")
+            raise AnsibleError(f"Linode client raised: {exception}") from exception
 
     def _add_groups(self):
         """Add Linode instance groups to the dynamic inventory."""
diff --git a/plugins/inventory/lxd.py b/plugins/inventory/lxd.py
index aee5d43ab1..0b85036a74 100644
--- a/plugins/inventory/lxd.py
+++ b/plugins/inventory/lxd.py
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin):
             with open(path, "r") as json_file:
                 return json.load(json_file)
         except (IOError, json.decoder.JSONDecodeError) as err:
-            raise AnsibleParserError(f"Could not load the test data from {to_native(path)}: {err}")
+            raise AnsibleParserError(f"Could not load the test data from {to_native(path)}: {err}") from err
 
     def save_json_data(self, path, file_name=None):
         """save data as json
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin):
             with open(os.path.abspath(os.path.join(cwd, *path)), "w") as json_file:
                 json.dump(self.data, json_file)
         except IOError as err:
-            raise AnsibleParserError(f"Could not save data: {err}")
+            raise AnsibleParserError(f"Could not save data: {err}") from err
 
     def verify_file(self, path):
         """Check the config
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin):
             else:
                 path[instance_name][key] = value
         except KeyError as err:
-            raise AnsibleParserError(f"Unable to store Information: {err}")
+            raise AnsibleParserError(f"Unable to store Information: {err}") from err
 
     def extract_information_from_instance_configs(self):
         """Process configuration information
@@ -853,7 +853,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin):
         except ValueError as err:
             raise AnsibleParserError(
                 f"Error while parsing network range {self.groupby[group_name].get('attribute')}: {err}"
-            )
+            ) from err
 
         for instance_name in self.inventory.hosts:
             if self.data["inventory"][instance_name].get("network_interfaces") is not None:
@@ -1203,6 +1203,6 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin):
             self.trust_password = self.get_option("trust_password")
             self.url = self.get_option("url")
         except Exception as err:
-            raise AnsibleParserError(f"All correct options required: {err}")
+            raise AnsibleParserError(f"All correct options required: {err}") from err
         # Call our internal helper to populate the dynamic inventory
         self._populate()
diff --git a/plugins/inventory/nmap.py b/plugins/inventory/nmap.py
index 2b8001828c..f22622d895 100644
--- a/plugins/inventory/nmap.py
+++ b/plugins/inventory/nmap.py
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
         try:
             self._nmap = get_bin_path("nmap")
         except ValueError as e:
-            raise AnsibleParserError(f"nmap inventory plugin requires the nmap cli tool to work: {e}")
+            raise AnsibleParserError(f"nmap inventory plugin requires the nmap cli tool to work: {e}") from e
 
         super().parse(inventory, loader, path, cache=cache)
 
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
                 try:
                     t_stdout = to_text(stdout, errors="surrogate_or_strict")
                 except UnicodeError as e:
-                    raise AnsibleParserError(f"Invalid (non unicode) input returned: {e}")
+                    raise AnsibleParserError(f"Invalid (non unicode) input returned: {e}") from e
 
                 for line in t_stdout.splitlines():
                     hits = self.find_host.match(line)
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
                     results[-1]["ports"] = ports
 
             except Exception as e:
-                raise AnsibleParserError(f"failed to parse {to_native(path)}: {e} ")
+                raise AnsibleParserError(f"failed to parse {to_native(path)}: {e} ") from e
 
         if cache_needs_update:
             self._cache[cache_key] = results
diff --git a/plugins/inventory/online.py b/plugins/inventory/online.py
index 6034ba8349..19c6369ecf 100644
--- a/plugins/inventory/online.py
+++ b/plugins/inventory/online.py
@@ -141,13 +141,13 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin):
 
         try:
             raw_data = to_text(response.read(), errors="surrogate_or_strict")
-        except UnicodeError:
-            raise AnsibleError("Incorrect encoding of fetched payload from Online servers")
+        except UnicodeError as e:
+            raise AnsibleError("Incorrect encoding of fetched payload from Online servers") from e
 
         try:
             return json.loads(raw_data)
-        except ValueError:
-            raise AnsibleError("Incorrect JSON payload")
+        except ValueError as e:
+            raise AnsibleError("Incorrect JSON payload") from e
 
     @staticmethod
     def extract_rpn_lookup_cache(rpn_list):
diff --git a/plugins/inventory/opennebula.py b/plugins/inventory/opennebula.py
index cc4e802c3d..176f1ba0ff 100644
--- a/plugins/inventory/opennebula.py
+++ b/plugins/inventory/opennebula.py
@@ -122,10 +122,10 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable):
                 with open(authfile, "r") as fp:
                     authstring = fp.read().rstrip()
                 username, password = authstring.split(":")
-            except (OSError, IOError):
-                raise AnsibleError(f"Could not find or read ONE_AUTH file at '{authfile}'")
-            except Exception:
-                raise AnsibleError(f"Error occurs when reading ONE_AUTH file at '{authfile}'")
+            except (OSError, IOError) as e:
+                raise AnsibleError(f"Could not find or read ONE_AUTH file at '{authfile}'") from e
+            except Exception as e:
+                raise AnsibleError(f"Error occurs when reading ONE_AUTH file at '{authfile}'") from e
 
         auth_params = namedtuple("auth", ("url", "username", "password"))
 
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable):
         try:
             vm_pool = one_client.vmpool.infoextended(-2, -1, -1, 3)
         except Exception as e:
-            raise AnsibleError(f"Something happened during XML-RPC call: {e}")
+            raise AnsibleError(f"Something happened during XML-RPC call: {e}") from e
 
         return vm_pool
 
diff --git a/plugins/inventory/scaleway.py b/plugins/inventory/scaleway.py
index 3410828f76..70684fb0b8 100644
--- a/plugins/inventory/scaleway.py
+++ b/plugins/inventory/scaleway.py
@@ -143,16 +143,16 @@ def _fetch_information(token, url):
         try:
             response = open_url(paginated_url, headers={"X-Auth-Token": token, "Content-type": "application/json"})
         except Exception as e:
-            raise AnsibleError(f"Error while fetching {url}: {e}")
+            raise AnsibleError(f"Error while fetching {url}: {e}") from e
         try:
             raw_json = json.loads(to_text(response.read()))
-        except ValueError:
-            raise AnsibleError("Incorrect JSON payload")
+        except ValueError as e:
+            raise AnsibleError("Incorrect JSON payload") from e
 
         try:
             results.extend(raw_json["servers"])
-        except KeyError:
-            raise AnsibleError("Incorrect format from the Scaleway API response")
+        except KeyError as e:
+            raise AnsibleError("Incorrect format from the Scaleway API response") from e
 
         link = response.headers["Link"]
         if not link:
diff --git a/plugins/inventory/virtualbox.py b/plugins/inventory/virtualbox.py
index 065188bf38..3fc53b9e32 100644
--- a/plugins/inventory/virtualbox.py
+++ b/plugins/inventory/virtualbox.py
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
         try:
             self._vbox_path = get_bin_path(self.VBOX)
         except ValueError as e:
-            raise AnsibleParserError(e)
+            raise AnsibleParserError(e) from e
 
         super().parse(inventory, loader, path)
 
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
             try:
                 p = Popen(cmd, stdout=PIPE)
             except Exception as e:
-                raise AnsibleParserError(str(e))
+                raise AnsibleParserError(str(e)) from e
 
             source_data = p.stdout.read().splitlines()
 
diff --git a/plugins/lookup/binary_file.py b/plugins/lookup/binary_file.py
index e13653f6a0..2857ed2e20 100644
--- a/plugins/lookup/binary_file.py
+++ b/plugins/lookup/binary_file.py
@@ -107,6 +107,6 @@ class LookupModule(LookupBase):
                 with open(path, "rb") as f:
                     result.append(base64.b64encode(f.read()).decode("utf-8"))
             except Exception as exc:
-                raise AnsibleLookupError(f"Error while reading {path}: {exc}")
+                raise AnsibleLookupError(f"Error while reading {path}: {exc}") from exc
 
         return result
diff --git a/plugins/lookup/chef_databag.py b/plugins/lookup/chef_databag.py
index c9ea98e273..0f5425e7e0 100644
--- a/plugins/lookup/chef_databag.py
+++ b/plugins/lookup/chef_databag.py
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ class LookupModule(LookupBase):
                     continue
                 parsed = str(arg_raw)
                 setattr(self, arg, parsed)
-            except ValueError:
-                raise AnsibleError(f"can't parse arg {arg}={arg_raw} as string")
+            except ValueError as e:
+                raise AnsibleError(f"can't parse arg {arg}={arg_raw} as string") from e
         if args:
             raise AnsibleError(f"unrecognized arguments to with_sequence: {list(args.keys())!r}")
 
diff --git a/plugins/lookup/collection_version.py b/plugins/lookup/collection_version.py
index 17745973fc..ab43d1b79c 100644
--- a/plugins/lookup/collection_version.py
+++ b/plugins/lookup/collection_version.py
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ class LookupModule(LookupBase):
             try:
                 data = load_collection_meta(collection_pkg, no_version=no_version)
             except Exception as exc:
-                raise AnsibleLookupError(f"Error while loading metadata for {term}: {exc}")
+                raise AnsibleLookupError(f"Error while loading metadata for {term}: {exc}") from exc
 
             result.append(data.get("version", no_version))
 
diff --git a/plugins/lookup/consul_kv.py b/plugins/lookup/consul_kv.py
index 805b9ee0cd..c52c52b872 100644
--- a/plugins/lookup/consul_kv.py
+++ b/plugins/lookup/consul_kv.py
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ class LookupModule(LookupBase):
                     else:
                         values.append(to_text(results[1]["Value"]))
         except Exception as e:
-            raise AnsibleError(f"Error locating '{term}' in kv store. Error was {e}")
+            raise AnsibleError(f"Error locating '{term}' in kv store. Error was {e}") from e
 
         return values
 
@@ -194,6 +194,6 @@ class LookupModule(LookupBase):
                         raise AnsibleAssertionError(f"{name} not a valid consul lookup parameter")
                     paramvals[name] = value
         except (ValueError, AssertionError) as e:
-            raise AnsibleError(e)
+            raise AnsibleError(e) from e
 
         return paramvals
diff --git a/plugins/lookup/credstash.py b/plugins/lookup/credstash.py
index 6d9490cb89..8188c7d8c6 100644
--- a/plugins/lookup/credstash.py
+++ b/plugins/lookup/credstash.py
@@ -145,9 +145,9 @@ class LookupModule(LookupBase):
         for term in terms:
             try:
                 ret.append(credstash.getSecret(term, version, region, table, context=context, **kwargs_pass))
-            except credstash.ItemNotFound:
-                raise AnsibleError(f"Key {term} not found")
+            except credstash.ItemNotFound as e:
+                raise AnsibleError(f"Key {term} not found") from e
             except Exception as e:
-                raise AnsibleError(f"Encountered exception while fetching {term}: {e}")
+                raise AnsibleError(f"Encountered exception while fetching {term}: {e}") from e
 
         return ret
diff --git a/plugins/lookup/cyberarkpassword.py b/plugins/lookup/cyberarkpassword.py
index 660abcdd1c..ac48187819 100644
--- a/plugins/lookup/cyberarkpassword.py
+++ b/plugins/lookup/cyberarkpassword.py
@@ -164,11 +164,11 @@ class CyberarkPassword:
                     result_dict[output_names[i]] = to_native(output_values[i])
 
         except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
-            raise AnsibleError(e.output)
+            raise AnsibleError(e.output) from e
         except OSError as e:
             raise AnsibleError(
                 f"ERROR - AIM not installed or clipasswordsdk not in standard location. ERROR=({e.errno}) => {e.strerror} "
-            )
+            ) from e
 
         return [result_dict]
 
diff --git a/plugins/lookup/dependent.py b/plugins/lookup/dependent.py
index 3dafe38abd..0168719801 100644
--- a/plugins/lookup/dependent.py
+++ b/plugins/lookup/dependent.py
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ class LookupModule(LookupBase):
             try:
                 values = self.__evaluate(expression, templar, variables=vars)
             except Exception as e:
-                raise AnsibleLookupError(f'Caught "{e}" while evaluating {key!r} with item == {current!r}')
+                raise AnsibleLookupError(f'Caught "{e}" while evaluating {key!r} with item == {current!r}') from e
 
         if isinstance(values, Mapping):
             for idx, val in sorted(values.items()):
diff --git a/plugins/lookup/dig.py b/plugins/lookup/dig.py
index b89609931e..aa11cc78f1 100644
--- a/plugins/lookup/dig.py
+++ b/plugins/lookup/dig.py
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ class LookupModule(LookupBase):
         try:
             rdclass = dns.rdataclass.from_text(self.get_option("class"))
         except Exception as e:
-            raise AnsibleError(f"dns lookup illegal CLASS: {e}")
+            raise AnsibleError(f"dns lookup illegal CLASS: {e}") from e
         myres.retry_servfail = self.get_option("retry_servfail")
 
         for t in terms:
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ class LookupModule(LookupBase):
                             nsaddr = dns.resolver.query(ns)[0].address
                             nameservers.append(nsaddr)
                         except Exception as e:
-                            raise AnsibleError(f"dns lookup NS: {e}")
+                            raise AnsibleError(f"dns lookup NS: {e}") from e
                 continue
             if "=" in t:
                 try:
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ class LookupModule(LookupBase):
                     try:
                         rdclass = dns.rdataclass.from_text(arg)
                     except Exception as e:
-                        raise AnsibleError(f"dns lookup illegal CLASS: {e}")
+                        raise AnsibleError(f"dns lookup illegal CLASS: {e}") from e
                 elif opt == "retry_servfail":
                     myres.retry_servfail = boolean(arg)
                 elif opt == "fail_on_error":
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ class LookupModule(LookupBase):
                 except dns.exception.SyntaxError:
                     pass
                 except Exception as e:
-                    raise AnsibleError(f"dns.reversename unhandled exception {e}")
+                    raise AnsibleError(f"dns.reversename unhandled exception {e}") from e
             domains = reversed_domains
 
         if len(domains) > 1:
@@ -487,20 +487,20 @@ class LookupModule(LookupBase):
                             ret.append(rd)
                         except Exception as err:
                             if fail_on_error:
-                                raise AnsibleError(f"Lookup failed: {err}")
+                                raise AnsibleError(f"Lookup failed: {err}") from err
                             ret.append(str(err))
 
             except dns.resolver.NXDOMAIN as err:
                 if fail_on_error:
-                    raise AnsibleError(f"Lookup failed: {err}")
+                    raise AnsibleError(f"Lookup failed: {err}") from err
                 if not real_empty:
                     ret.append("NXDOMAIN")
             except (dns.resolver.NoAnswer, dns.resolver.Timeout, dns.resolver.NoNameservers) as err:
                 if fail_on_error:
-                    raise AnsibleError(f"Lookup failed: {err}")
+                    raise AnsibleError(f"Lookup failed: {err}") from err
                 if not real_empty:
                     ret.append("")
             except dns.exception.DNSException as err:
-                raise AnsibleError(f"dns.resolver unhandled exception {err}")
+                raise AnsibleError(f"dns.resolver unhandled exception {err}") from err
 
         return ret
diff --git a/plugins/lookup/dnstxt.py b/plugins/lookup/dnstxt.py
index 1ad8e07add..9b641c405f 100644
--- a/plugins/lookup/dnstxt.py
+++ b/plugins/lookup/dnstxt.py
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ class LookupModule(LookupBase):
                     continue
                 string = ""
             except DNSException as e:
-                raise AnsibleError(f"dns.resolver unhandled exception {e}")
+                raise AnsibleError(f"dns.resolver unhandled exception {e}") from e
 
             ret.append("".join(string))
 
diff --git a/plugins/lookup/dsv.py b/plugins/lookup/dsv.py
index 6bb73e2f19..92cc8b8136 100644
--- a/plugins/lookup/dsv.py
+++ b/plugins/lookup/dsv.py
@@ -109,8 +109,8 @@ class LookupModule(LookupBase):
         try:
             vault = SecretsVault(**vault_parameters)
             return vault
-        except TypeError:
-            raise AnsibleError("python-dsv-sdk==0.0.1 must be installed to use this plugin")
+        except TypeError as e:
+            raise AnsibleError("python-dsv-sdk==0.0.1 must be installed to use this plugin") from e
 
     def run(self, terms, variables, **kwargs):
         if sdk_is_missing:
@@ -140,5 +140,5 @@ class LookupModule(LookupBase):
                 display.vvv(f"DevOps Secrets Vault GET /secrets/{path}")
                 result.append(vault.get_secret_json(path))
             except SecretsVaultError as error:
-                raise AnsibleError(f"DevOps Secrets Vault lookup failure: {error.message}")
+                raise AnsibleError(f"DevOps Secrets Vault lookup failure: {error.message}") from error
         return result
diff --git a/plugins/lookup/etcd3.py b/plugins/lookup/etcd3.py
index 46873af89e..f38f9a602c 100644
--- a/plugins/lookup/etcd3.py
+++ b/plugins/lookup/etcd3.py
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ def etcd3_client(client_params):
         etcd = etcd3.client(**client_params)
         etcd.status()
     except Exception as exp:
-        raise AnsibleLookupError(f"Cannot connect to etcd cluster: {exp}")
+        raise AnsibleLookupError(f"Cannot connect to etcd cluster: {exp}") from exp
     return etcd
 
 
diff --git a/plugins/lookup/github_app_access_token.py b/plugins/lookup/github_app_access_token.py
index d8b7e64f5e..b209e24852 100644
--- a/plugins/lookup/github_app_access_token.py
+++ b/plugins/lookup/github_app_access_token.py
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ class PythonJWT:
             with open(path, "rb") as pem_file:
                 return jwk_from_pem(pem_file.read())
         except Exception as e:
-            raise AnsibleError(f"Error while parsing key file: {e}")
+            raise AnsibleError(f"Error while parsing key file: {e}") from e
 
     @staticmethod
     def encode_jwt(app_id, jwk, exp=600):
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ class PythonJWT:
         try:
             return jwt_instance.encode(payload, jwk, alg="RS256")
         except Exception as e:
-            raise AnsibleError(f"Error while encoding jwt: {e}")
+            raise AnsibleError(f"Error while encoding jwt: {e}") from e
 
 
 def read_key(path, private_key=None):
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ def read_key(path, private_key=None):
                 key_bytes = pem_file.read()
         return serialization.load_pem_private_key(key_bytes, password=None)
     except Exception as e:
-        raise AnsibleError(f"Error while parsing key file: {e}")
+        raise AnsibleError(f"Error while parsing key file: {e}") from e
 
 
 def encode_jwt(app_id, private_key_obj, exp=600):
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ def encode_jwt(app_id, private_key_obj, exp=600):
     try:
         return jwt.encode(payload, private_key_obj, algorithm="RS256")
     except Exception as e:
-        raise AnsibleError(f"Error while encoding jwt: {e}")
+        raise AnsibleError(f"Error while encoding jwt: {e}") from e
 
 
 def post_request(generated_jwt, installation_id, api_base):
@@ -178,15 +178,15 @@ def post_request(generated_jwt, installation_id, api_base):
         except Exception:
             error_body = {}
         if e.code == 404:
-            raise AnsibleError("Github return error. Please confirm your installation_id value is valid")
+            raise AnsibleError("Github return error. Please confirm your installation_id value is valid") from e
         elif e.code == 401:
-            raise AnsibleError("Github return error. Please confirm your private key is valid")
-        raise AnsibleError(f"Unexpected data returned: {e} -- {error_body}")
+            raise AnsibleError("Github return error. Please confirm your private key is valid") from e
+        raise AnsibleError(f"Unexpected data returned: {e} -- {error_body}") from e
     response_body = response.read()
     try:
         json_data = json.loads(response_body.decode("utf-8"))
     except json.decoder.JSONDecodeError as e:
-        raise AnsibleError(f"Error while dencoding JSON respone from github: {e}")
+        raise AnsibleError(f"Error while dencoding JSON respone from github: {e}") from e
     return json_data.get("token")
 
 
diff --git a/plugins/lookup/lmdb_kv.py b/plugins/lookup/lmdb_kv.py
index 236588a965..d5dbde56cb 100644
--- a/plugins/lookup/lmdb_kv.py
+++ b/plugins/lookup/lmdb_kv.py
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ class LookupModule(LookupBase):
         try:
             env = lmdb.open(str(db), readonly=True)
         except Exception as e:
-            raise AnsibleError(f"LMDB cannot open database {db}: {e}")
+            raise AnsibleError(f"LMDB cannot open database {db}: {e}") from e
 
         ret = []
         if len(terms) == 0:
diff --git a/plugins/lookup/onepassword.py b/plugins/lookup/onepassword.py
index 9fc4142724..680e802aa2 100644
--- a/plugins/lookup/onepassword.py
+++ b/plugins/lookup/onepassword.py
@@ -198,13 +198,13 @@ class OnePassCLIBase(metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):
         based on the current version."""
         try:
             bin_path = get_bin_path(cls.bin)
-        except ValueError:
-            raise AnsibleLookupError(f"Unable to locate '{cls.bin}' command line tool")
+        except ValueError as e:
+            raise AnsibleLookupError(f"Unable to locate '{cls.bin}' command line tool") from e
 
         try:
             b_out = subprocess.check_output([bin_path, "--version"], stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
         except subprocess.CalledProcessError as cpe:
-            raise AnsibleLookupError(f"Unable to get the op version: {cpe}")
+            raise AnsibleLookupError(f"Unable to get the op version: {cpe}") from cpe
 
         return to_text(b_out).strip()
 
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ class OnePass:
                         self.connect_token,
                     )
                 except TypeError as e:
-                    raise AnsibleLookupError(e)
+                    raise AnsibleLookupError(e) from e
 
         raise AnsibleLookupError(f"op version {version} is unsupported")
 
diff --git a/plugins/lookup/passwordstore.py b/plugins/lookup/passwordstore.py
index f427f4ab61..f0ff9fdea5 100644
--- a/plugins/lookup/passwordstore.py
+++ b/plugins/lookup/passwordstore.py
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ class LookupModule(LookupBase):
                 )
                 self.realpass = "pass: the standard unix password manager" in passoutput
             except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
-                raise AnsibleError(f"exit code {e.returncode} while running {e.cmd}. Error output: {e.output}")
+                raise AnsibleError(f"exit code {e.returncode} while running {e.cmd}. Error output: {e.output}") from e
 
         return self.realpass
 
@@ -329,14 +329,14 @@ class LookupModule(LookupBase):
                         raise AnsibleAssertionError(f"{name} not in paramvals")
                     self.paramvals[name] = value
             except (ValueError, AssertionError) as e:
-                raise AnsibleError(e)
+                raise AnsibleError(e) from e
             # check and convert values
             try:
                 for key in ["create", "returnall", "overwrite", "backup", "nosymbols"]:
                     if not isinstance(self.paramvals[key], bool):
                         self.paramvals[key] = boolean(self.paramvals[key])
             except (ValueError, AssertionError) as e:
-                raise AnsibleError(e)
+                raise AnsibleError(e) from e
             if self.paramvals["missing"] not in ["error", "warn", "create", "empty"]:
                 raise AnsibleError(f"{self.paramvals['missing']} is not a valid option for missing")
             if not isinstance(self.paramvals["length"], int):
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ class LookupModule(LookupBase):
         except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
             # 'not in password store' is the expected error if a password wasn't found
             if "not in the password store" not in e.output:
-                raise AnsibleError(f"exit code {e.returncode} while running {e.cmd}. Error output: {e.output}")
+                raise AnsibleError(f"exit code {e.returncode} while running {e.cmd}. Error output: {e.output}") from e
 
         if self.paramvals["missing"] == "error":
             raise AnsibleError(f"passwordstore: passname {self.passname} not found and missing=error is set")
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ class LookupModule(LookupBase):
         try:
             check_output2([self.pass_cmd, "insert", "-f", "-m", self.passname], input=msg, env=self.env)
         except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
-            raise AnsibleError(f"exit code {e.returncode} while running {e.cmd}. Error output: {e.output}")
+            raise AnsibleError(f"exit code {e.returncode} while running {e.cmd}. Error output: {e.output}") from e
         return newpass
 
     def generate_password(self):
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ class LookupModule(LookupBase):
         try:
             check_output2([self.pass_cmd, "insert", "-f", "-m", self.passname], input=msg, env=self.env)
         except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
-            raise AnsibleError(f"exit code {e.returncode} while running {e.cmd}. Error output: {e.output}")
+            raise AnsibleError(f"exit code {e.returncode} while running {e.cmd}. Error output: {e.output}") from e
 
         return newpass
 
diff --git a/plugins/lookup/redis.py b/plugins/lookup/redis.py
index f71f398135..2de4d65ba4 100644
--- a/plugins/lookup/redis.py
+++ b/plugins/lookup/redis.py
@@ -112,5 +112,5 @@ class LookupModule(LookupBase):
                 ret.append(to_text(res))
             except Exception as e:
                 # connection failed or key not found
-                raise AnsibleError(f"Encountered exception while fetching {term}: {e}")
+                raise AnsibleError(f"Encountered exception while fetching {term}: {e}") from e
         return ret
diff --git a/plugins/lookup/revbitspss.py b/plugins/lookup/revbitspss.py
index 8451994e06..134c2df443 100644
--- a/plugins/lookup/revbitspss.py
+++ b/plugins/lookup/revbitspss.py
@@ -98,5 +98,5 @@ class LookupModule(LookupBase):
                 display.vvv(f"Secret Server lookup of Secret with ID {term}")
                 result.append({term: secret_server.get_pam_secret(term)})
             except Exception as error:
-                raise AnsibleError(f"Secret Server lookup failure: {error.message}")
+                raise AnsibleError(f"Secret Server lookup failure: {error.message}") from error
         return result
diff --git a/plugins/lookup/shelvefile.py b/plugins/lookup/shelvefile.py
index 5166daa704..158657e07e 100644
--- a/plugins/lookup/shelvefile.py
+++ b/plugins/lookup/shelvefile.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ class LookupModule(LookupBase):
 
             except (ValueError, AssertionError) as e:
                 # In case "file" or "key" are not present
-                raise AnsibleError(e)
+                raise AnsibleError(e) from e
 
             key = paramvals["key"]
 
diff --git a/plugins/lookup/tss.py b/plugins/lookup/tss.py
index 2b15f68ca0..f3bddcfe6f 100644
--- a/plugins/lookup/tss.py
+++ b/plugins/lookup/tss.py
@@ -377,8 +377,8 @@ class TSSClient(metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):  # noqa: B024
                             file_content = i["itemValue"].content
                             with open(os.path.join(file_download_path, f"{obj['id']}_{i['slug']}"), "wb") as f:
                                 f.write(file_content)
-                        except ValueError:
-                            raise AnsibleOptionsError(f"Failed to download {i['slug']}")
+                        except ValueError as e:
+                            raise AnsibleOptionsError(f"Failed to download {i['slug']}") from e
                         except AttributeError:
                             display.warning(f"Could not read file content for {i['slug']}")
                         finally:
@@ -403,15 +403,15 @@ class TSSClient(metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):  # noqa: B024
     def _term_to_secret_id(term):
         try:
             return int(term)
-        except ValueError:
-            raise AnsibleOptionsError("Secret ID must be an integer")
+        except ValueError as e:
+            raise AnsibleOptionsError("Secret ID must be an integer") from e
 
     @staticmethod
     def _term_to_folder_id(term):
         try:
             return int(term)
-        except ValueError:
-            raise AnsibleOptionsError("Folder ID must be an integer")
+        except ValueError as e:
+            raise AnsibleOptionsError("Folder ID must be an integer") from e
 
 
 class TSSClientV0(TSSClient):
@@ -493,4 +493,4 @@ class LookupModule(LookupBase):
                     for term in terms
                 ]
         except SecretServerError as error:
-            raise AnsibleError(f"Secret Server lookup failure: {error.message}")
+            raise AnsibleError(f"Secret Server lookup failure: {error.message}") from error
diff --git a/plugins/plugin_utils/keys_filter.py b/plugins/plugin_utils/keys_filter.py
index 2f12e9e04c..01c4423cd7 100644
--- a/plugins/plugin_utils/keys_filter.py
+++ b/plugins/plugin_utils/keys_filter.py
@@ -78,9 +78,9 @@ def _keys_filter_target_str(target, matching_parameter):
                 r = target[0]
         try:
             tt = re.compile(r)
-        except re.error:
+        except re.error as e:
             msg = "The target must be a valid regex if matching_parameter=regex. target is %s"
-            raise AnsibleFilterError(msg % r)
+            raise AnsibleFilterError(msg % r) from e
     elif isinstance(target, str):
         tt = (target,)
     else:
@@ -129,12 +129,12 @@ def _keys_filter_target_dict(target, matching_parameter):
         try:
             tr = map(re.compile, before)
             tz = list(zip(tr, after))
-        except re.error:
+        except re.error as e:
             msg = (
                 "The attributes before must be valid regex if matching_parameter=regex."
                 " Not all items are valid regex in: %s"
             )
-            raise AnsibleFilterError(msg % before)
+            raise AnsibleFilterError(msg % before) from e
     else:
         tz = list(zip(before, after))
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/plugins/modules/uthelper.py b/tests/unit/plugins/modules/uthelper.py
index 2f0435da22..7058055c6c 100644
--- a/tests/unit/plugins/modules/uthelper.py
+++ b/tests/unit/plugins/modules/uthelper.py
@@ -151,8 +151,8 @@ class ModuleTestCase:
         for mock_name, mock_spec in self.mock_specs.items():
             try:
                 mock_class = mocks_map[mock_name]
-            except KeyError:
-                raise Exception(f"Cannot find TestCaseMock class for: {mock_name}")
+            except KeyError as e:
+                raise Exception(f"Cannot find TestCaseMock class for: {mock_name}") from e
             self.mocks[mock_name] = mock_class.build_mock(mock_spec)
 
             self._fixtures.update(self.mocks[mock_name].fixtures())