# Issues with {{ ansible\_hostname }} in task name within a role

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/issues-with-ansible-hostname-in-task-name-within-a-role/36656>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Tags:** ansible-project\
**Created:** [May 24, 2022, 2:01pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/issues-with-ansible-hostname-in-task-name-within-a-role/36656 "2022-05-24T14:01:42Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 2:01pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/issues-with-ansible-hostname-in-task-name-within-a-role/36656/1 "2022-05-24T14:01:42Z")

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task names need to be the same across all hosts they are run on, so  
'host scoped variables' are not valid for templating in the task  
names.

[https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/3103#issuecomment-18835432](https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/3103#issuecomment-18835432)