Rescue Example

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https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/playbooks_blocks.html#id4

---
- name: Rescue Example
  hosts: all
  gather_facts: false

  tasks:
  - name: Handle the error
    block:
      - name: Print a message
        ansible.builtin.debug:
          msg: 'I execute normally'

      - name: Force a failure
        ansible.builtin.command: /bin/false

      - name: Never print this
        ansible.builtin.debug:
          msg: 'I never execute, due to the above task failing, :-('

    rescue:
      - name: Print when errors
        ansible.builtin.debug:
          msg: 'I caught an error, can do stuff here to fix it, :-)'

    always:
      - name: Always do this
        ansible.builtin.debug:
          msg: "This always executes, :-)"

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