# \#tags

**URL:** https://forum.ansible.com/tag/tags/254.md

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## [Show which tasks were skipped because of --skip-tags](https://forum.ansible.com/t/show-which-tasks-were-skipped-because-of-skip-tags/44215)

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**Author:** [@bedbugsbite](https://forum.ansible.com/u/bedbugsbite)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 6, 2025, 1:43pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/show-which-tasks-were-skipped-because-of-skip-tags/44215 "2025-08-06T13:43:25Z")

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Hi, I would like to skip certain tasks, however I would like to be informed that by the logic of the play, the task would have been executed. I have tagged all tasks that should be skipped, so I can exclude them with --…

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## [How to match exactly a tags name?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-match-exactly-a-tags-name/40182)

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**Author:** [@ansibliano](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ansibliano)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [July 3, 2025, 11:05pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-match-exactly-a-tags-name/40182 "2025-07-03T23:05:21Z")

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Hi, I am trying to create an inventory from vmware This is my partial code on ansible playbook - name: vm read on VMWARE hosts: localhost become: false gather\_facts: true vars\_files: - secrets.yml - var…

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## [Inconsistently tagged git repos](https://forum.ansible.com/t/inconsistently-tagged-git-repos/43676)

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**Author:** [@dnmvisser](https://forum.ansible.com/u/dnmvisser)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [July 1, 2025, 9:57pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/inconsistently-tagged-git-repos/43676 "2025-07-01T21:57:02Z")

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Hii, while discussing workarounds for issues with https://galaxy.ansible.com, I came across some inconsistencies wrt git tags. Collections below Ansible Collections · GitHub seem to randomly tag versions with, or withou…

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## [Can I run specific role tasks with tags at playbook level?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/can-i-run-specific-role-tasks-with-tags-at-playbook-level/4327)

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**Author:** [@marseaplage](https://forum.ansible.com/u/marseaplage)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 12, 2024, 2:14pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/can-i-run-specific-role-tasks-with-tags-at-playbook-level/4327 "2024-03-12T14:14:59Z")

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I would like to know if I can run specific role tasks with tags at playbook level? I have tried in several ways and in spite of I specify the tags, it always plays all the tasks and I would like just to play those ones t…

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## [Fully Qualified Tags](https://forum.ansible.com/t/fully-qualified-tags/1720)

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**Author:** [@utoddl](https://forum.ansible.com/u/utoddl)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 15, 2023, 1:53am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/fully-qualified-tags/1720 "2023-10-15T01:53:21Z")

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Now that FQCNs are real, it’s reasonable (isn’t it?) to speculate about what else might benefit from being fully qualified. To me, tags are jumping up and down in the back of the room waving both hands shouting, “Pick me…