# Regression in variables when including playbooks **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [April 8, 2013, 1:24pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/regression-in-variables-when-including-playbooks/12648 "2013-04-08T13:24:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GW1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c89c15/32.png) [@GW1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/GW1)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 1:24pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/regression-in-variables-when-including-playbooks/12648/1 "2013-04-08T13:24:38Z")
Hi, I think I found a regression in Ansible 1.2 develop branch. Afaik the following worked in the 1.1 develop branch around 1 week ago. # \_test\_site.yml ---
**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:** [April 8, 2013, 3:32pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/regression-in-variables-when-including-playbooks/12648/2 "2013-04-08T15:32:14Z")
Ok, that’s worth chasing, please make sure there is a github ticket filed. However, I’ve never been a fan of task includes + with\_items – namely because it can’t traverse variables of inventory scope – and that frequent confusion is why task includes + with\_items is undocumented. It is much better to put the “with\_items” loop inside your tasks themselves, because then it has access to inventory scoped variables – suppose a list of users to set up is unique per group, etc. ---
**Author:** ![GW1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c89c15/32.png) [@GW1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/GW1)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 3:48pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/regression-in-variables-when-including-playbooks/12648/3 "2013-04-08T15:48:12Z")
Done. [https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/2612](https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/2612) Greetings, gw