# In the '/api/v2/job\_host\_summaries' path, does "dark" mean that the host was "unreachable"?

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/in-the-api-v2-job-host-summaries-path-does-dark-mean-that-the-host-was-unreachable/31199>\
**Category:** AWX Project\
**Created:** [September 4, 2019, 6:13pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/in-the-api-v2-job-host-summaries-path-does-dark-mean-that-the-host-was-unreachable/31199 "2019-09-04T18:13:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![David\_Safanyuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecd19e/32.png) [@David\_Safanyuk](https://forum.ansible.com/u/David_Safanyuk)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 6:13pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/in-the-api-v2-job-host-summaries-path-does-dark-mean-that-the-host-was-unreachable/31199/1 "2019-09-04T18:13:44Z")

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I have attached a snippet of the api response in question.

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**Author:** ![James\_D\_Ladd\_Jr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@James\_D\_Ladd\_Jr](https://forum.ansible.com/u/James_D_Ladd_Jr)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 6:31pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/in-the-api-v2-job-host-summaries-path-does-dark-mean-that-the-host-was-unreachable/31199/2 "2019-09-04T18:31:58Z")

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Runner docs [1] suggest that a dark host is one that could not be contacted

.. however, a (very old) code snippet [2] suggests they are "hosts which were contacted but never got a chance to return".

[1] [https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.3/dev\_guide/developing\_api.html#python-api-pre-2-0](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.3/dev_guide/developing_api.html#python-api-pre-2-0)  
[2] [https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/53d24ef002ec3225b9b8c9343279d64ac0642c54/lib/ansible/runner/\_\_init\_\_.py#L558](https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/53d24ef002ec3225b9b8c9343279d64ac0642c54/lib/ansible/runner/ __init__.py#L558)

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**Author:** ![David\_Safanyuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecd19e/32.png) [@David\_Safanyuk](https://forum.ansible.com/u/David_Safanyuk)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 6:35pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/in-the-api-v2-job-host-summaries-path-does-dark-mean-that-the-host-was-unreachable/31199/3 "2019-09-04T18:35:28Z")

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Thanks for your reply!

Appreciate the quick response. i love working with the AWX/Tower api!

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**Author:** ![James\_D\_Ladd\_Jr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@James\_D\_Ladd\_Jr](https://forum.ansible.com/u/James_D_Ladd_Jr)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 6:52pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/in-the-api-v2-job-host-summaries-path-does-dark-mean-that-the-host-was-unreachable/31199/4 "2019-09-04T18:52:12Z")

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yw! It was a good question - the job summary fields can feel a bit fuzzy to me, too