- hosts: localhost gather_facts: no tasks: - block: - name: "EXPECTED FAILURE" fail: msg: "fail to test single level block in rescue" rescue: - block: - debug: msg: Rescued! - block: - name: "EXPECTED FAILURE" fail: msg: "fail to test multi-level block in rescue" rescue: - block: - block: - debug: msg: Rescued! - name: "Outer block" block: - name: "Inner block" block: - name: "EXPECTED FAILURE" fail: msg: "fail to test multi-level block" rescue: - name: "Rescue block" block: - debug: msg="Inner block rescue"