You can do this now w/o waiting for a new feature. - block: - win_ping: ignore_unreachable: true register: ping
- name: this forces a recoverable fail assert: that: - not ping['unreachable']|default(False) - # depending on connection plugin, you can inspect ping['msg'] for the specific auth errors you can rescule rescue: - action: do stuff here -- ---------- Brian Coca -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Development" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ansible-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-devel/CACVha7e6mCWQPvHLTkX2fsn2aY%2BkmD1i-%3DdN0WfoujFyo%2B9oPA%40mail.gmail.com.