--- - name: verify ansible_run_tags work as expected hosts: testhost gather_facts: False tasks: - debug: var: ansible_run_tags tags: - always - debug: var: expect tags: - always - assert: that: - ansible_run_tags == ['all'] when: expect == 'all' tags: - always - assert: that: - ansible_run_tags|sort == ['tag1', 'tag3'] when: expect == 'list' tags: - always - assert: that: - ansible_run_tags == ['untagged'] when: expect == 'untagged' tags: - always - assert: that: - ansible_run_tags|sort == ['tag3', 'untagged'] when: expect == 'untagged_list' tags: - always - assert: that: - ansible_run_tags == ['tagged'] when: expect == 'tagged' tags: - always