# Order of roles execution in playbook **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [April 27, 2016, 3:35am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/order-of-roles-execution-in-playbook/21286 "2016-04-27T03:35:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jim\_Richard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b19c9b/32.png) [@Jim\_Richard](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jim_Richard)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 3:35am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/order-of-roles-execution-in-playbook/21286/1 "2016-04-27T03:35:25Z")
I have the following that as of 1.9.4, executed the roles in the order in which they are listed: - hosts: all max\_fail\_percentage: 0 gather\_facts: no roles: - repositories - yum-packages - pip-packages - java With Ansible 2.X, this playbook begins by executing the java role. Can I no longer assume a playbook like this will be executed in the listed order? I’m stumped, am I missing something fundamental here re: Ansible 2.X ? Thanks ! ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_Richard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b19c9b/32.png) [@Jim\_Richard](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jim_Richard)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2016, 12:18am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/order-of-roles-execution-in-playbook/21286/2 "2016-04-30T00:18:52Z")
nobody? ---
**Author:** ![viper233](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/viper233/32/2060_2.png) [@viper233](https://forum.ansible.com/u/viper233)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2016, 2:19am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/order-of-roles-execution-in-playbook/21286/3 "2016-04-30T02:19:24Z")
The only thing I could suggest is that maybe you have/were or your Ansible environment is using a different strategy plugin. [http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/playbooks\_strategies.html](http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/playbooks_strategies.html) or that you are using tags? Do all the roles get executed? Is there any indents or tabs that have been added to the playbook so only some roles work?