DOCUMENTATION: name: failed author: Ansible Core version_added: "1.9" short_description: did the task fail aliases: [failure] description: - Tests if task finished in failure, opposite of C(succeeded). - This test checks for the existance of a C(failed) key in the input dictionary and that it is C(True) if present. - Tasks that get skipped or not executed due to other failures (syntax, templating, unreachable host, etc) do not return a 'failed' status. options: _input: description: registered result from an Ansible task type: dictionary required: True EXAMPLES: | # test 'status' to know how to respond {{ taskresults is failed }} RETURN: _value: description: Returns C(True) if the task was failed, C(False) otherwise. type: boolean