I found a good workaround for this issue. I'm using the wait_for module. This module also works in strategy free. Just set a Timeout (in seconds) and a when condition.

- name: wait for something
  ansible.builtin.wait_for: 
    timeout: 20 
  when: 
    - some_condition

https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/ansible/builtin/wait_for_module.html