# Async jobs fail with "could not find job"

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/async-jobs-fail-with-could-not-find-job/22280>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [August 12, 2016, 1:41pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/async-jobs-fail-with-could-not-find-job/22280 "2016-08-12T13:41:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jakov\_Sosic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Jakov\_Sosic](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jakov_Sosic)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2016, 1:41pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/async-jobs-fail-with-could-not-find-job/22280/1 "2016-08-12T13:41:08Z")

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Hi guys,

I'm using 2.0.2.0, and this occurs with my playbook/role:

fatal: [test.vagrant]: FAILED! =\> {"ansible\_job\_id": "108438168033.26787", "changed": false, "failed": true, "finished": 1, "msg": "could not find job", "started": 1}

I'm trying to create a test role to replicate this, but has anyone seen anything similar ?

I have a short task running first (~10 minutes) with `poll: 0`, then a longer task (~2 hours) running with `poll: 30`, and after it's finished I try to print results of the first task but get error...

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**Author:** ![thokari81](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9c0ed/32.png) [@thokari81](https://forum.ansible.com/u/thokari81)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 3:26pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/async-jobs-fail-with-could-not-find-job/22280/2 "2016-12-19T15:26:35Z")

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> I’m trying to create a test role to replicate this, but has anyone seen  
> anything similar ?

Happens for me too, running ‘make reinstall’ with async: 3600 and poll: 10 and after 4 minutes it fails with:

```auto
FAILED! => {"ansible_job_id": "664102975902.6606", "changed": false, "failed": true, "finished": 1, "msg": "could not find job", "started": 1}

```