# Ignore Errors and Write Log Message?

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/ignore-errors-and-write-log-message/20030>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [December 16, 2015, 1:26pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ignore-errors-and-write-log-message/20030 "2015-12-16T13:26:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![dennis.benzinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dennis.benzinger](https://forum.ansible.com/u/dennis.benzinger)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2015, 1:26pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ignore-errors-and-write-log-message/20030/1 "2015-12-16T13:26:50Z")

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Hello Group,

how can I ignore errors for one task (ignore\_errors: yes) and if there was an error write  
a log message (e.g. debug task) ?

Thanks,  
Dennis Benzinger | SAP Hybris

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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:** [December 16, 2015, 1:32pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ignore-errors-and-write-log-message/20030/2 "2015-12-16T13:32:10Z")

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- task1:  
&nbsp;&nbsp;ignore\_errors: yes  
&nbsp;&nbsp;register: task1\_results

- debug: msg='lola'  
&nbsp;&nbsp;when: task1\_results|failed