Current state; https://archlinux.org/news/qemu-700-changes-split-package-setup/

roles/Node/files/bridge.conf

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+allow br0

roles/Node/tasks/main.yml

@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
    package:
      name:
        - edk2-ovmf
-       - qemu-headless
+       - qemu-base
+       - qemu-emulators-full
        - ddrescue
      state: present
       
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@
 
  - name: QEMU Bridge Config
    become: yes
+   register: qemubr
    copy:
      src: bridge.conf
      dest: /etc/qemu/bridge.conf
@@ -41,9 +43,10 @@
 
  - name: System bridge interface
    become: yes
+   when: qemubr.changed
    register: br0
-   copy:
+   template:
-     src: br0
+     src: netctl-bridge.j2
      dest: /etc/netctl/br0
      owner: root
      group: root
@@ -51,5 +54,10 @@
 
  - name: Enable bridge
    become: yes
-   when: br0.changed
+   when: qemubr.changed or br0.changed
    command: "/bin/bash -l -c 'netctl enable br0 && netctl restart br0'"
+
+ - name: Remind about restarting VMs
+   when: qemubr.changed or br0.changed
+   debug:
+     msg: You may need to restart VMs on the Node.

roles/Node/templates/netctl-bridge.j2

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Description="Bridged Network Interface for VMs"
+Interface=br0
+Connection=bridge
+BindsToInterfaces=({{ ipinterface }})
+IP=dhcp