# tags within included\_tasks do not work?

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/tags-within-included-tasks-do-not-work/25910>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [November 2, 2017, 11:49pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/tags-within-included-tasks-do-not-work/25910 "2017-11-02T23:49:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![coolcps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a4c791/32.png) [@coolcps](https://forum.ansible.com/u/coolcps)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 11:49pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/tags-within-included-tasks-do-not-work/25910/1 "2017-11-02T23:49:14Z")

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In a playbook I have a file of tasks included, like so:

```auto
- include_tasks: uplinks.yml

```

And within that task file I have a task:

```auto

```

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**Author:** ![coolcps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a4c791/32.png) [@coolcps](https://forum.ansible.com/u/coolcps)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 3:59am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/tags-within-included-tasks-do-not-work/25910/2 "2017-11-03T03:59:54Z")

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Figured this out, need to use import\_tasks or tags don’t work under it. Reading this documentation [https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.4/playbooks\_reuse.html#differences-between-static-and-dynamic](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.4/playbooks_reuse.html#differences-between-static-and-dynamic) and not sure if its a bug or meant to be that way.