# \[ansible 2.2.0\] Blocks and When condiftion

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-2-0-blocks-and-when-condiftion/22980>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [November 8, 2016, 10:24am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-2-0-blocks-and-when-condiftion/22980 "2016-11-08T10:24:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Patrick\_Montanari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/50afbb/32.png) [@Patrick\_Montanari](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Patrick_Montanari)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 10:24am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-2-0-blocks-and-when-condiftion/22980/1 "2016-11-08T10:24:48Z")

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Hello,

Since ansible 2.2.0 when using a when condition for a block, inner when are no more evaluated and are executed.

Ex:

- blocks:

- include xxx.yml  
when: condition1

- include: yyy.yml  
when: condition2

when: block\_condition

It is fine with ansible 2.1.0

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**Author:** ![Josh\_Smift1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bcef8e/32.png) [@Josh\_Smift1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Josh_Smift1)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 2:16pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-2-0-blocks-and-when-condiftion/22980/2 "2016-11-09T14:16:01Z")

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> Since ansible 2.2.0 when using a when condition for a block, inner  
> when are no more evaluated and are executed.

Hmm, I can't reproduce this. In your example playbook, you say "blocks"  
rather than "block", but that gives an immediate syntax error.

Here's how I tried to reproduce it. foo.yml:

&nbsp;&nbsp;- hosts: localhost  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;tasks:  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- block:  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- include: alpha.yml  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;when: checkpoint\_alpha is defined  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- include: bravo.yml  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;when: checkpoint\_bravo is defined  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;when: checkpoints is defined

alpha.yml:

&nbsp;&nbsp;- debug: msg="checkpoint alpha"

bravo.yml:

&nbsp;&nbsp;- debug: msg="checkpoint bravo"

If I run foo.yml with:

&nbsp;&nbsp;(no extra-vars)  
&nbsp;&nbsp;--extra-vars "checkpoint\_alpha=1"  
&nbsp;&nbsp;--extra-vars "checkpoint\_alpha=1 checkpoints=1"  
&nbsp;&nbsp;--extra-vars "checkpoint\_alpha=1 checkpoint\_bravo=1 checkpoints=1"

The first two don't print any debug messages; the third prints the alpha  
debug message but not the bravo on; the fourth prints both debug messages.  
Same behavior in 2.1.1.0-1 and 2.2.0.0-1.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;-Josh (jbs@care.com)

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**Author:** ![James\_Cammarata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7c8e57/32.png) [@James\_Cammarata](https://forum.ansible.com/u/James_Cammarata)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 5:41pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-2-0-blocks-and-when-condiftion/22980/3 "2016-11-09T17:41:40Z")

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There are a few issues open on this on Github, currently digging into it to figure out why. It appears to be a more long-standing bug than 2.2, as forcing includes to be dynamic in 2.1 shows the same bug in most cases.