# debug output in red?

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/debug-output-in-red/37967>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [May 5, 2023, 8:33am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/debug-output-in-red/37967 "2023-05-05T08:33:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![dnmvisser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8e8cbc/32.png) [@dnmvisser](https://forum.ansible.com/u/dnmvisser)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2023, 8:33am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/debug-output-in-red/37967/1 "2023-05-05T08:33:02Z")

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Hii

I’d like to signal something important during a playbook run.

Currently I’m using the assert module to test for a condition, and then fail, and then use ignore\_errors: true. But that seems a bit kludgy.  
Is there another way to achieve the same goal?  
I know it may sound lame but is it possible to have the output of debug be in red?  
I can then just add a when condition to it and be done.

thx!

Dick