# ansible\_group\_priority documentation

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-group-priority-documentation/25698>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [October 8, 2017, 6:35pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-group-priority-documentation/25698 "2017-10-08T18:35:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jason3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jason3](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jason3)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2017, 6:35pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-group-priority-documentation/25698/1 "2017-10-08T18:35:49Z")

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The release notes for 2.4 mention a new ansible\_group\_priority variable. I can’t seem to find this in the docs anywhere. Am I just missing it?

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**Author:** ![Andrew\_Latham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Andrew\_Latham](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Andrew_Latham)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2017, 6:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-group-priority-documentation/25698/2 "2017-10-08T18:44:19Z")

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“”“Group loading follows parent/child relationships. Groups of the same ‘patent/child’ level are then merged following alphabetical order. This last one can be superceeded by the user via ansible\_group\_priority, which defaults to 0 for all groups.”“”

[https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/b233f3f2969f0f0b0bcd8101f94578149aca46dd/docs/docsite/rst/playbooks\_variables.rst#L871](https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/b233f3f2969f0f0b0bcd8101f94578149aca46dd/docs/docsite/rst/playbooks_variables.rst#L871)

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**Author:** ![Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19adc/32.png) [@Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kai_Stian_Olstad)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2017, 4:59pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-group-priority-documentation/25698/3 "2017-10-09T16:59:20Z")

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The feature is documented in PR 28777 [1] but someone forgot to include it in 2.4.

[1] [https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/28777](https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/28777)

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**Author:** ![Jason3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jason3](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jason3)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 6:20pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-group-priority-documentation/25698/4 "2017-10-10T18:20:08Z")

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Got it, thanks guys!