# intentionally stop execution of the play before reaching the include below # if the include is dynamic as expected it will not trigger a syntax error # however, if the include is static a syntax error will occur - name: EXPECTED FAILURE fail: msg: This task should always execute. The playbook would have failed due to a syntax error in 'syntax_error.yml' when attempting a static include of that file. # perform an include task which should be static if all of the task's parents are static, otherwise it should be dynamic # this file was loaded using include_tasks, which is dynamic, so this include should also be dynamic - include: syntax_error.yml