DOCUMENTATION: name: started author: Ansible Core version_added: "1.9" short_description: Was async task started description: - Used to check if an async task has started, will also work with non async tasks but will issue a warning. - This test checks for the existance of a C(started) key in the input dictionary and that it is C(1) if present options: _input: description: registered result from an Ansible task type: dictionary required: True EXAMPLES: | # test 'status' to know how to respond {{ (asynctaskpoll is started}} RETURN: _value: description: Returns C(True) if the task has started, C(False) otherwise. type: boolean