# 'always' tag doesn't match the documentation

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/always-tag-doesnt-match-the-documentation/18118>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [April 28, 2015, 11:06pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/always-tag-doesnt-match-the-documentation/18118 "2015-04-28T23:06:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![John\_McNulty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9a140/32.png) [@John\_McNulty](https://forum.ansible.com/u/John_McNulty)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 11:06pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/always-tag-doesnt-match-the-documentation/18118/1 "2015-04-28T23:06:22Z")

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Hi. The docs ([http://docs.ansible.com/playbooks\_tags.html](http://docs.ansible.com/playbooks_tags.html)) say that the ‘always’ tag will always run a task even if running a playbook with another tag, but it doesn’t do that for me.

I have a role called ‘common’ with a list of dependencies. The first of which is called ‘dynamic\_groups’:

`  
dependencies:

- dynamic\_groups
- . . .

`

The dynamic\_groups role just has the one task:

`

- name: Build dynamic OS and Platform groups from system facts  
group\_by: key={{ item }}  
with\_items:
- “{{ ansible\_virtualization\_type }}_{{ ansible\_distribution }}_{{ ansible\_distribution\_major\_version }}”
- “{{ ansible\_distribution }}\_{{ ansible\_distribution\_major\_version }}”  
tags:
- always

`

I have several group\_var files to match the different permutations this produces, and an inventory file to organize them into the hierarchy I want. But if I restrict a run with a tag (that is not ‘always’) the task is just ignored, contrary to the documentation.

I’m currently running ansible 1.8.2

Can you confirm if I’m doing this right?

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![sivel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/sivel/32/1198_2.png) [@sivel](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sivel)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 11:11pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/always-tag-doesnt-match-the-documentation/18118/2 "2015-04-28T23:11:21Z")

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I believe that functionality was added in 1.9.