# The async task did not return valid JSON: Extra data ...

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-async-task-did-not-return-valid-json-extra-data/19988>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [December 11, 2015, 11:28am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-async-task-did-not-return-valid-json-extra-data/19988 "2015-12-11T11:28:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Nuriel\_Shem-Tov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a4c791/32.png) [@Nuriel\_Shem-Tov](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Nuriel_Shem-Tov)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 11:28am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-async-task-did-not-return-valid-json-extra-data/19988/1 "2015-12-11T11:28:31Z")

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Hi!

I am running the following playbook:

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**Author:** ![Nuriel\_Shem-Tov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a4c791/32.png) [@Nuriel\_Shem-Tov](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Nuriel_Shem-Tov)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2015, 12:51pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-async-task-did-not-return-valid-json-extra-data/19988/2 "2015-12-16T12:51:21Z")

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I just noticed that this works on ansible 1.9.4 (ubuntu), but not on: git source ansible ansible 2.1.0 (devel fcc9258b74) last updated 2015/12/16 10:47:18 (GMT +000)

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**Author:** ![Seth\_Alford](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f05b48/32.png) [@Seth\_Alford](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Seth_Alford)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2016, 8:59pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-async-task-did-not-return-valid-json-extra-data/19988/3 "2016-05-03T20:59:34Z")

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I get the same error on ansible-2.0.1.0-2.el7.noarch running on a CentOS Linux release 7.2.1511 (Core) system attempting to run the playbook on a CentOS release 5.5 (Final) system.

–Seth