# Demo Video: Ansible Block Rescue

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/demo-video-ansible-block-rescue/6782>\
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**Created:** [June 26, 2024, 12:49pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/demo-video-ansible-block-rescue/6782 "2024-06-26T12:49:16Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 26, 2024, 12:49pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/demo-video-ansible-block-rescue/6782/1 "2024-06-26T12:49:16Z")

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Rescue blocks specify tasks to run when an earlier task in a block fails. This approach is similar to exception handling in many programming languages. Ansible only runs rescue blocks after a task returns a ‘failed’ state. Bad task definitions and unreachable hosts will not trigger the rescue block.

[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/2X/a/ae97cef27a01876a85178f6587f1129ff25ddba5.jpeg "Ansible Block Rescue") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_EW8zdqJm8)