# What's the state on roles and with\_items?

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/whats-the-state-on-roles-and-with-items/21347>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [May 3, 2016, 8:16pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/whats-the-state-on-roles-and-with-items/21347 "2016-05-03T20:16:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johannes\_Kastl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Johannes\_Kastl](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Johannes_Kastl)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2016, 8:16pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/whats-the-state-on-roles-and-with-items/21347/1 "2016-05-03T20:16:04Z")

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Hi all,

apparently roles allowed using with\_items some time ago:  
[https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/12623](https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/12623)  
[https://github.com/ansible/ansible-examples/blob/master/language\_features/roletest2.yml](https://github.com/ansible/ansible-examples/blob/master/language_features/roletest2.yml)

I read 2.1 will bring this feature back, but I only found examples  
using includes.

[https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/playbooks\_loops.html#loop-control](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/playbooks_loops.html#loop-control)  
[https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/playbooks\_loops.html#loops-and-includes-in-2-0](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/playbooks_loops.html#loops-and-includes-in-2-0)

Can someone clarify what exactly is working in 2.1, what is planned to  
work sometime later and what is not getting re-implemented?

Thanks.

Johannes