# \--start-at-task not working in devel

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/start-at-task-not-working-in-devel/13741>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [October 22, 2013, 10:57am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/start-at-task-not-working-in-devel/13741 "2013-10-22T10:57:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Byron\_Schlemmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@Byron\_Schlemmer](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Byron_Schlemmer)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 10:57am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/start-at-task-not-working-in-devel/13741/1 "2013-10-22T10:57:14Z")

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Hi,

It seems that --start-at-task for ansible-playbook isn’t working in:

# ./ansible-playbook --version

ansible-playbook 1.4 (devel 4f13967386) last updated 2013/10/22 11:38:51 (GMT +100)

but works fine in :

# ansible-playbook --version

ansible-playbook 1.3.3 (release1.3.3 291649c15d) last updated 2013/10/22 11:48:37 (GMT +100)

Probably shouldn’t be using devel, but is that expected or a regression?

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:** [October 22, 2013, 2:41pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/start-at-task-not-working-in-devel/13741/2 "2013-10-22T14:41:19Z")

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Yes, we’re aware.

The issue is that roles prefix the task names and there is a ticket open on this.

As many of us are at AnsibleFest right now, we would recommend if this bothers you that you use a production release.

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**Author:** ![Byron\_Schlemmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@Byron\_Schlemmer](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Byron_Schlemmer)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 2:59pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/start-at-task-not-working-in-devel/13741/3 "2013-10-22T14:59:56Z")

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Righto. Enjoy the festival.

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**Author:** ![Kesten\_Broughton2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecc23a/32.png) [@Kesten\_Broughton2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kesten_Broughton2)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 5:37pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/start-at-task-not-working-in-devel/13741/4 "2013-10-22T17:37:26Z")

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byron, i have --start-at-task working off head branch by pre-fixing the task name with the " | " just as you see it when you run the playbook.  
can anyone else confirm that works? (the only caveat is that it fails for me if the hosts: is from a group-by.)