# Ansible 2.4 gathering facts stuck

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-4-gathering-facts-stuck/26274>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [December 13, 2017, 6:16am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-4-gathering-facts-stuck/26274 "2017-12-13T06:16:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mona\_Gopal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Mona\_Gopal](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Mona_Gopal)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2017, 6:16am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-4-gathering-facts-stuck/26274/1 "2017-12-13T06:16:43Z")

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Hi,

Ansible2.4 is setup on CentOS7.4.  
The playbook execution gets stuck(for more than 5 mins) at gathering facts at times and few of the times it runs smoothly.  
What could be the reason for it?

Regards,  
Mona G

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**Author:** ![Dick\_Visser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@Dick\_Visser](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dick_Visser)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2017, 8:39am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-4-gathering-facts-stuck/26274/2 "2017-12-13T08:39:34Z")

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Does it get stuck at the same host(s) every time?  
If so, I would log in to such a host and check what is going on at the  
time of fact gathering.  
Could be busy, or I/O issues, etc.

Dick