Ansible async task snippet

async.yml

---
- hosts: localhost
  connection: local
  tasks:
  - name: simulate long running op, allow to run for 16 sec, fire and forget
    command: "/bin/sleep {{ item }}"
    async: 16
    register: my_async_job
    poll: 0
    loop: [1, 3, 15, 4]

  - name: 'SLEEP - check on async task'
    async_status: jid="{{ item.ansible_job_id }}"
    register: job_result
    loop: "{{ my_async_job.results }}"
    until: job_result.finished
    retries: 30
    loop_control:
      label: "Current task: {{ item.item }}" # add custom message

  - debug:
      msg: "Play ended 😁"