# Logging the beginning ant the end of a role execution

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/logging-the-beginning-ant-the-end-of-a-role-execution/13924>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [November 18, 2013, 11:29am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/logging-the-beginning-ant-the-end-of-a-role-execution/13924 "2013-11-18T11:29:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Marc\_Trudel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@Marc\_Trudel](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Marc_Trudel)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 11:29am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/logging-the-beginning-ant-the-end-of-a-role-execution/13924/1 "2013-11-18T11:29:57Z")

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Greetings,

Just wondering if there are plans to add log output for when a role start/finishes to execute? I am guessing that this may make it easier to follow up on which roles are currently being executed, instead of just seeing tasks and playbooks.

Best regards,

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**Author:** ![Michael\_DeHaan2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Michael\_DeHaan2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan2)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 1:59pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/logging-the-beginning-ant-the-end-of-a-role-execution/13924/2 "2013-11-18T13:59:01Z")

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In the latest development version of Ansible, the name of the role is prefixed to the beginning of the task in the output.

This will release in less than a week.

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**Author:** ![Marc\_Trudel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@Marc\_Trudel](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Marc_Trudel)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 4:23am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/logging-the-beginning-ant-the-end-of-a-role-execution/13924/3 "2013-11-19T04:23:54Z")

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Fantastic! Thanks for the update!