--- - name: verify listening handlers hosts: A gather_facts: False tasks: - name: notify some handlers command: echo foo notify: - notify_listen post_tasks: - name: assert all defined handlers ran without error assert: that: - "notify_listen_ran_1 is defined" - "notify_listen_ran_2 is defined" handlers: - name: first listening handler has a name set_fact: notify_listen_ran_1: True listen: notify_listen # second listening handler does not - set_fact: notify_listen_ran_2: True listen: notify_listen