# Get email alert if async task runs for more than XX mins/hours?

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/get-email-alert-if-async-task-runs-for-more-than-xx-mins-hours/19757>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [November 13, 2015, 2:49pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/get-email-alert-if-async-task-runs-for-more-than-xx-mins-hours/19757 "2015-11-13T14:49:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![tinyzais](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@tinyzais](https://forum.ansible.com/u/tinyzais)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2015, 2:49pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/get-email-alert-if-async-task-runs-for-more-than-xx-mins-hours/19757/1 "2015-11-13T14:49:06Z")

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Is it possible?

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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:** [November 13, 2015, 11:22pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/get-email-alert-if-async-task-runs-for-more-than-xx-mins-hours/19757/2 "2015-11-13T23:22:09Z")

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you can set a subsequent task to poll for it and have that use  
until/retry up to that limit, then register a result, next task can  
conditionally mail depending on that result