# Playbook | Prompt to confirm before to do some action **URL:** \ **Category:** Get Help\ **Created:** [October 3, 2025, 3:33pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbook-prompt-to-confirm-before-to-do-some-action/44608 "2025-10-03T15:33:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chumi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@chumi](https://forum.ansible.com/u/chumi)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2025, 3:33pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbook-prompt-to-confirm-before-to-do-some-action/44608/1 "2025-10-03T15:33:56Z")
Hi, I like to ask a confirmation at prompt before some action. But the plabook skipped all the tasks. Here is the plabook: > * * * > > - name: domain management > hosts: foo > gather\_facts: true Here is the output:\> > ok: [machine] > > TASK [Group hosts by distribution] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* > ok: [machine] > > TASK [Confirmation to quit the domain] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* > skipping: [machine] > > TASK [Run leave\_ad role] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* > skipping: [machine] > > TASK [Confirmation to join the domain] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* > skipping: [machine] > > TASK [Run join\_ad role] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* > skipping: [machine] > > PLAY RECAP \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* > machine : ok=2 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=0 skipped=4 rescued=0 ignored=0 Thanks for in advance. ---
**Author:** ![bcoca](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/bcoca/32/9269_2.png) [@bcoca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/bcoca)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2025, 3:35pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbook-prompt-to-confirm-before-to-do-some-action/44608/2 "2025-10-03T15:35:28Z")
In your case, the tasks are being skipped, probably because `"YES"` is not an exact match to the input, use a `debug` action to confirm the content. Just FYI, the prompts themselves are skipped in 2 cases: - no tty, ansible assumes it is in batch mode - The variable requested has already been provided at higher precedence, like via an extra var. ---
**Author:** ![chumi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@chumi](https://forum.ansible.com/u/chumi)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2025, 4:14pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbook-prompt-to-confirm-before-to-do-some-action/44608/3 "2025-10-03T16:14:55Z")
There are no extra variable. When running the playbook on a console, it does not _ask_ the confirmation, it just run and skipped the tasks. I expected a pause and the question into the console, but nothing. I remove the ‘vars’ and ‘user’ and ‘password’ in var\_prompt to see the behavior but it is not better. ---
**Author:** ![bcoca](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/bcoca/32/9269_2.png) [@bcoca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/bcoca)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2025, 4:19pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbook-prompt-to-confirm-before-to-do-some-action/44608/4 "2025-10-03T16:19:44Z")
i should have been more explicit, i used extra vars as an example, but you are setting the `domain_join_credentials` and `domain_join_user` already in `vars:` , those will never prompt, i’m guessing something similar is going on with the `action_leave_domain` ---
**Author:** ![chumi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@chumi](https://forum.ansible.com/u/chumi)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2025, 5:09pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbook-prompt-to-confirm-before-to-do-some-action/44608/5 "2025-10-03T17:09:05Z")
> [@bcoca](#): > > domain\_join\_credentials Yes, i am aware about that declaration. To try to debug, i disabled the ‘vars’ and ‘var\_prompt’ of these declarations. But i expected a different behaviour with join and leave domain action. But there is no prompt. ---
**Author:** ![utoddl](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/utoddl/32/249_2.png) [@utoddl](https://forum.ansible.com/u/utoddl)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2025, 1:10am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbook-prompt-to-confirm-before-to-do-some-action/44608/6 "2025-10-05T01:10:25Z")
Have you verified that `machine` is in `foo`? That would cause skips also I think. ---
**Author:** ![chumi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@chumi](https://forum.ansible.com/u/chumi)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2025, 3:52pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbook-prompt-to-confirm-before-to-do-some-action/44608/7 "2025-10-08T15:52:35Z")
It is probably the error that is from the way i enter the vault to run the playbook. > pass ansible/vault | head -1 | ansible-playbook --vault-password-file=/bin/cat -i inventories/template … stdin is already used. ---
**Author:** ![bcoca](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/bcoca/32/9269_2.png) [@bcoca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/bcoca)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2025, 3:56pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbook-prompt-to-confirm-before-to-do-some-action/44608/8 "2025-10-08T15:56:23Z")
that will fall under the ‘no tty’ reason why `vars_prompt` won’t prompt