--- - name: verify listening handlers hosts: A gather_facts: False tasks: - name: notify some handlers command: echo foo notify: - notify_listen - name: notify another handler debug: changed_when: true notify: another_listen - name: nofity another handler 2 debug: changed_when: true notify: another_listen post_tasks: - name: assert all defined handlers ran without error assert: that: - "notify_listen_ran_1 is defined" - "notify_listen_ran_2 is defined" - "another_listen_ran is true" handlers: - name: first listening handler has a name set_fact: notify_listen_ran_1: True listen: notify_listen # second listening handler does not - set_fact: notify_listen_ran_2: True listen: notify_listen - set_fact: another_listen_ran: '{{ False if another_listen_ran is defined else True }}' listen: another_listen