# Block & Playbooks

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/block-playbooks/21382>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [May 8, 2016, 9:08pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/block-playbooks/21382 "2016-05-08T21:08:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Tennis\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@Tennis\_Smith](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tennis_Smith)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2016, 9:08pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/block-playbooks/21382/1 "2016-05-08T21:08:49Z")

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Is the new “block” construct allowed in a playbook?

TIA,  
-T

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**Author:** ![Brian\_Coca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@Brian\_Coca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brian_Coca)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 9:10pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/block-playbooks/21382/2 "2016-05-20T21:10:10Z")

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​inside plays, block can only contain tasks.