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# debug – formatted stdout/stderr display

New in version 2.4.

- Synopsis
- Requirements
- Parameters
- Status

## Synopsis

- Use this callback to sort through extensive debug output

## Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the local master node that executes this callback.

- set as stdout in configuration

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Configuration | Comments
--- | --- | --- | ---
display_failed_stderr boolean added in 2.7 | Choices: no ← yes | ini entries: [defaults] display_failed_stderr = no env:ANSIBLE_DISPLAY_FAILED_STDERR | Toggle to control whether failed and unreachable tasks are displayed to STDERR (vs. STDOUT)
display_ok_hosts boolean added in 2.7 | Choices: no yes ← | ini entries: [defaults] display_ok_hosts = yes env:ANSIBLE_DISPLAY_OK_HOSTS | Toggle to control displaying 'ok' task/host results in a task
display_skipped_hosts boolean | Choices: no yes ← | ini entries: [defaults] display_skipped_hosts = yes env:DISPLAY_SKIPPED_HOSTS env:ANSIBLE_DISPLAY_SKIPPED_HOSTS | Toggle to control displaying skipped task/host results in a task
show_custom_stats boolean | Choices: no ← yes | ini entries: [defaults] show_custom_stats = no env:ANSIBLE_SHOW_CUSTOM_STATS | This adds the custom stats set via the set_stats plugin to the play recap

## Status

- This callback is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
- This callback is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

### Authors

- UNKNOWN

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