combining set_fact with --start-at-task

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Hi,

I have a play that sets some facts at the very beginning, using set_fact (I cannot use group_vars for defining these variables). Now, if this playbook fails and I rerun it using --start-at-task=something, the set_fact won’t be ran and the playbook will fail.

Is there any way of forcing “set_fact” tasks to always run? (using “tags: always” doesn’t help). Or some other way that would allow me to define special variables but at the same time be able to start the playbook at any task?

thanks,
Janek

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The ‘always’ tag only affects the --tags option, there is currently no way to override --start-at-task.

I would recommend using --step to run the set_fact tasks and then skip the others.