https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79651693/difference-between-import-tasks-and-include-tasks-specifically-inside-a-block-i

session.txt

$ tree
.
├── roles
│   └── test_role
│       └── tasks
│           ├── after_fail.yml
│           ├── before_fail.yml
│           ├── induce_fail.yml
│           └── main.yml
└── test_import_role_and_block.yml

3 directories, 5 files
 
$ for f in roles/test_role/tasks/*; do echo -e "\n\n$f"; cat $f; done


roles/test_role/tasks/after_fail.yml
---
- name: after fail task
  ansible.builtin.debug:
    msg: After fail


roles/test_role/tasks/before_fail.yml
---
- name: Before fail task
  ansible.builtin.debug:
    msg: Before fail


roles/test_role/tasks/induce_fail.yml
---
- name: Induce failure
  ansible.builtin.command: /bin/false


roles/test_role/tasks/main.yml
---
- name: Test import in block error control
  block:
    - ansible.builtin.import_tasks: before_fail.yml
    - ansible.builtin.import_tasks: induce_fail.yml
  always:
    - ansible.builtin.import_tasks: after_fail.yml
 
$ cat test_import_role_and_block.yml 
---
- name: Test importing role with import tasks in block
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: false

  tasks:
    - name: Run the test
      ansible.builtin.import_role:
        name: test_role
 
$ ansible-playbook test_import_role_and_block.yml 

PLAY [Test importing role with import tasks in block] ******************************************************************************************************************************************************

TASK [test_role : Before fail task] ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost] => {
    "msg": "Before fail"
}

TASK [test_role : Induce failure] **************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {"changed": true, "cmd": ["/bin/false"], "delta": "0:00:00.002290", "end": "2025-06-04 08:40:04.067009", "msg": "non-zero return code", "rc": 1, "start": "2025-06-04 08:40:04.064719", "stderr": "", "stderr_lines": [], "stdout": "", "stdout_lines": []}

TASK [test_role : after fail task] *************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost] => {
    "msg": "After fail"
}

PLAY RECAP *************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
localhost                  : ok=2    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=1    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=0