# What should be the proper way to use include\_tasks in ansible 2.5 **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [January 22, 2018, 10:32pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/what-should-be-the-proper-way-to-use-include-tasks-in-ansible-2-5/26535 "2018-01-22T22:32:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chipcha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2bfe46/32.png) [@chipcha](https://forum.ansible.com/u/chipcha)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 10:32pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/what-should-be-the-proper-way-to-use-include-tasks-in-ansible-2-5/26535/1 "2018-01-22T22:32:23Z")
Hi all, Following the discussion in issue #35065: included include\_role fails to escalate since ebf971f (see also [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/ansible-project/chipcha|sort:date/ansible-project/2-A3BVF02X4/USl6hixDDQAJ](https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21searchin/ansible-project/chipcha%7Csort:date/ansible-project/2-A3BVF02X4/USl6hixDDQAJ)) My issue is related to include\_tasks. I understood that for ansible 2.4.3 the behavior of include\_tasks will stay the same while in ansible 2.5 this behavior is about to be changed and only import\_tasks should merge down attributes. To apply my playlist for ansible 2.5 should I change all include\_tasks to import\_tasks? If so, should I need to add anything else? Any help will be appreciated Thanks ---
**Author:** ![sivel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/sivel/32/1198_2.png) [@sivel](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sivel)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 10:36pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/what-should-be-the-proper-way-to-use-include-tasks-in-ansible-2-5/26535/2 "2018-01-22T22:36:18Z")
I’ve recently started work on this specific topic for the 2.5 porting guide which you can find at [https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/35199](https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/35199) ---
**Author:** ![chipcha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2bfe46/32.png) [@chipcha](https://forum.ansible.com/u/chipcha)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 10:13am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/what-should-be-the-proper-way-to-use-include-tasks-in-ansible-2-5/26535/3 "2018-01-23T10:13:59Z")
Thanks for the quick input Matt 🙂 Would it be possible to also add best practices of how to migrate include\_tasks to import\_tasks with loops After [https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/33595](https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/33595) it seems that all my include\_tasks with tags are ignored and changing those to import\_tasks after they already configured loops seems to be impossible. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Stroder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Michael\_Stroder](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_Stroder)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 10:40am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/what-should-be-the-proper-way-to-use-include-tasks-in-ansible-2-5/26535/4 "2018-01-23T10:40:13Z")
chipcha wrote: > Would it be possible to also add best practices of how to migrate > include\_tasks to import\_tasks with loops > After [https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/33595](https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/33595) it seems that all my > include\_tasks with tags are ignored I can confirm this issue using ansible-2.4.3.0-0.5.rc2.tar.gz and I wonder why such a breaking change is done for minor update within 2.4.x. Ciao, Michael. ---
**Author:** ![sivel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/sivel/32/1198_2.png) [@sivel](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sivel)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 3:31pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/what-should-be-the-proper-way-to-use-include-tasks-in-ansible-2-5/26535/5 "2018-01-23T15:31:31Z")
Michael, It is indeed a changed behavior in 2.4.3rc2, however we are working to revert that specific behavior, which will be included in an upcoming rc3.