- hosts: testhost,testhost2 gather_facts: false any_errors_fatal: true tasks: - block: - fail: when: inventory_hostname == "testhost" - name: any_errors_fatal fails all hosts when any of them fails debug: msg: SHOULD NOT HAPPEN rescue: - name: Rescues both hosts debug: msg: rescue - name: You can recover from fatal errors by adding a rescue section to the block. debug: msg: recovered