# What are fire and forget tasks ?

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/what-are-fire-and-forget-tasks/24951>\
**Category:** Ansible Developer\
**Created:** [July 11, 2017, 2:00pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/what-are-fire-and-forget-tasks/24951 "2017-07-11T14:00:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Luvpreet\_Singh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a5b964/32.png) [@Luvpreet\_Singh](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Luvpreet_Singh)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 2:00pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/what-are-fire-and-forget-tasks/24951/1 "2017-07-11T14:00:26Z")

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I have read the asynchronous actions and polling in Ansible docs. But I could not understand it.

I understand that poll means the time interval after which the status of the job will be checked.

I think Async means the interval for which to keep the connection open. If yes, What will happen after the connection is closed ? Will the task be completed ?

And I really did not understand the fire and forget tasks.

Can somebody please make it a bit clearer with the help of an easy example ?