# Problem with conditional execution in playbook & hostvars

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/problem-with-conditional-execution-in-playbook-hostvars/11602>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [June 6, 2012, 1:20pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/problem-with-conditional-execution-in-playbook-hostvars/11602 "2012-06-06T13:20:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![jpmens1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jpmens1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jpmens1)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 1:20pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/problem-with-conditional-execution-in-playbook-hostvars/11602/1 "2012-06-06T13:20:06Z")

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Hello,

I'm trying to understand conditional execution in a playbook and use  
hostvars in a template. I'm using latest dev snapshot of ansible.

hosts:

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**Author:** ![Michael\_DeHaan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2012, 2:10am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/problem-with-conditional-execution-in-playbook-hostvars/11602/2 "2012-06-08T02:10:16Z")

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The error path clearly has a bug in trying to report the actual problem – by favorite class of error – the error trying to report an error.

Please make sure there’s a github ticket on this.