--- - name: Use of become_user without become at play level hosts: localhost become_user: root tasks: - name: A task without issues ansible.builtin.debug: msg: hello - name: Use of become_user without become at task level hosts: localhost tasks: - name: Use of become_user without become task ansible.builtin.command: whoami become_user: postgres changed_when: false - name: Use of become_user without become at task level hosts: localhost tasks: - name: A block with become and become_user on different tasks block: - name: Sample become ansible.builtin.command: whoami become_user: true changed_when: false