<h5 dir="auto">ISSUE TYPE</h5>
<ul dir="auto">
<li>Bug Report (same as <a class="issue-link js-issue-link" data-error-text="Failed to load title" data-id="152893515" data-permission-text="Title is private" data-url="https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/15713" data-hovercard-type="issue" data-hovercard-url="/ansible/ansible/issues/15713/hovercard" href="https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/15713">#15713</a> and <a class="issue-link js-issue-link" data-error-text="Failed to load title" data-id="128227674" data-permission-text="Title is private" data-url="https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/14082" data-hovercard-type="issue" data-hovercard-url="/ansible/ansible/issues/14082/hovercard" href="https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/14082">#14082</a>)</li>
</ul>
<h5 dir="auto">COMPONENT NAME</h5>
<ul dir="auto">
<li>Handlers and variable interpolation</li>
</ul>
<h5 dir="auto">ANSIBLE VERSION</h5>
<div class="snippet-clipboard-content notranslate position-relative overflow-auto" data-snippet-clipboard-copy-content="ansible 2.3.0 (devel 9962245b92) last updated 2016/10/06 09:55:33 (GMT -400)
  lib/ansible/modules/core: (detached HEAD 0ee774ff15) last updated 2016/10/06 09:55:59 (GMT -400)
  lib/ansible/modules/extras: (detached HEAD 5cc72c3f06) last updated 2016/10/06 09:55:59 (GMT -400)
  config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
  configured module search path = Default w/o overrides"><pre class="notranslate"><code class="notranslate">ansible 2.3.0 (devel 9962245b92) last updated 2016/10/06 09:55:33 (GMT -400)
  lib/ansible/modules/core: (detached HEAD 0ee774ff15) last updated 2016/10/06 09:55:59 (GMT -400)
  lib/ansible/modules/extras: (detached HEAD 5cc72c3f06) last updated 2016/10/06 09:55:59 (GMT -400)
  config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
  configured module search path = Default w/o overrides
</code></pre></div>
<div class="snippet-clipboard-content notranslate position-relative overflow-auto" data-snippet-clipboard-copy-content="ansible-playbook 2.2.0.0 (stable-2.2 be6396d5e9) last updated 2016/10/05 17:40:02 (GMT -400)
  lib/ansible/modules/core: (detached HEAD a6b8215e62) last updated 2016/10/05 17:45:10 (GMT -400)
  lib/ansible/modules/extras: (detached HEAD d42975e068) last updated 2016/10/05 17:45:11 (GMT -400)
  config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
  configured module search path = Default w/o overrides
derek@derek-HP-EliteOne-800-G1-AiO:~$ ansible-playbook play.yaml 
 [WARNING]: provided hosts list is empty, only localhost is available"><pre class="notranslate"><code class="notranslate">ansible-playbook 2.2.0.0 (stable-2.2 be6396d5e9) last updated 2016/10/05 17:40:02 (GMT -400)
  lib/ansible/modules/core: (detached HEAD a6b8215e62) last updated 2016/10/05 17:45:10 (GMT -400)
  lib/ansible/modules/extras: (detached HEAD d42975e068) last updated 2016/10/05 17:45:11 (GMT -400)
  config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
  configured module search path = Default w/o overrides
derek@derek-HP-EliteOne-800-G1-AiO:~$ ansible-playbook play.yaml 
 [WARNING]: provided hosts list is empty, only localhost is available
</code></pre></div>
<div class="snippet-clipboard-content notranslate position-relative overflow-auto" data-snippet-clipboard-copy-content="ansible-playbook 2.1.2.0 (stable-2.1 a7d0cc6e61) last updated 2016/10/05 17:42:07 (GMT -400)
  lib/ansible/modules/core: (detached HEAD 4602021670) last updated 2016/10/05 17:43:21 (GMT -400)
  lib/ansible/modules/extras: (detached HEAD d312f34d9b) last updated 2016/10/05 17:43:22 (GMT -400)
  config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
  configured module search path = Default w/o overrides
derek@derek-HP-EliteOne-800-G1-AiO:~$ ansible-playbook play.yaml 
 [WARNING]: provided hosts list is empty, only localhost is available"><pre class="notranslate"><code class="notranslate">ansible-playbook 2.1.2.0 (stable-2.1 a7d0cc6e61) last updated 2016/10/05 17:42:07 (GMT -400)
  lib/ansible/modules/core: (detached HEAD 4602021670) last updated 2016/10/05 17:43:21 (GMT -400)
  lib/ansible/modules/extras: (detached HEAD d312f34d9b) last updated 2016/10/05 17:43:22 (GMT -400)
  config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
  configured module search path = Default w/o overrides
derek@derek-HP-EliteOne-800-G1-AiO:~$ ansible-playbook play.yaml 
 [WARNING]: provided hosts list is empty, only localhost is available
</code></pre></div>
<div class="snippet-clipboard-content notranslate position-relative overflow-auto" data-snippet-clipboard-copy-content="ansible 2.1.2.0 (detached HEAD 29f2f26278) last updated 2016/10/06 11:25:15 (GMT -400)
  lib/ansible/modules/core: (detached HEAD 17ee1cfaf9) last updated 2016/10/06 11:30:32 (GMT -400)
  lib/ansible/modules/extras: (detached HEAD d312f34d9b) last updated 2016/10/06 11:30:32 (GMT -400)
  config file = 
  configured module search path = Default w/o overrides
derek@derek-HP-EliteOne-800-G1-AiO:~$ ansible-playbook --connection=local play.yaml
 [WARNING]: Host file not found: /etc/ansible/hosts"><pre class="notranslate"><code class="notranslate">ansible 2.1.2.0 (detached HEAD 29f2f26278) last updated 2016/10/06 11:25:15 (GMT -400)
  lib/ansible/modules/core: (detached HEAD 17ee1cfaf9) last updated 2016/10/06 11:30:32 (GMT -400)
  lib/ansible/modules/extras: (detached HEAD d312f34d9b) last updated 2016/10/06 11:30:32 (GMT -400)
  config file = 
  configured module search path = Default w/o overrides
derek@derek-HP-EliteOne-800-G1-AiO:~$ ansible-playbook --connection=local play.yaml
 [WARNING]: Host file not found: /etc/ansible/hosts
</code></pre></div>
<div class="snippet-clipboard-content notranslate position-relative overflow-auto" data-snippet-clipboard-copy-content="ansible 2.1.1.0 (detached HEAD 780c363482) last updated 2016/10/06 11:32:54 (GMT -400)
  lib/ansible/modules/core: (detached HEAD 242368e99b) last updated 2016/10/06 11:32:58 (GMT -400)
  lib/ansible/modules/extras: (detached HEAD 14887a9ea8) last updated 2016/10/06 11:32:58 (GMT -400)
  config file = 
  configured module search path = Default w/o overrides"><pre class="notranslate"><code class="notranslate">ansible 2.1.1.0 (detached HEAD 780c363482) last updated 2016/10/06 11:32:54 (GMT -400)
  lib/ansible/modules/core: (detached HEAD 242368e99b) last updated 2016/10/06 11:32:58 (GMT -400)
  lib/ansible/modules/extras: (detached HEAD 14887a9ea8) last updated 2016/10/06 11:32:58 (GMT -400)
  config file = 
  configured module search path = Default w/o overrides
</code></pre></div>
<div class="snippet-clipboard-content notranslate position-relative overflow-auto" data-snippet-clipboard-copy-content="ansible 2.0.0.2 (stable-2.0.0.1 3b5d7400de) last updated 2016/10/06 11:11:52 (GMT -400)
  lib/ansible/modules/core: (detached HEAD ce6619bf5d) last updated 2016/10/06 11:11:55 (GMT -400)
  lib/ansible/modules/extras: (detached HEAD 29af26884e) last updated 2016/10/06 11:11:55 (GMT -400)
  config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
  configured module search path = Default w/o overrides"><pre class="notranslate"><code class="notranslate">ansible 2.0.0.2 (stable-2.0.0.1 3b5d7400de) last updated 2016/10/06 11:11:52 (GMT -400)
  lib/ansible/modules/core: (detached HEAD ce6619bf5d) last updated 2016/10/06 11:11:55 (GMT -400)
  lib/ansible/modules/extras: (detached HEAD 29af26884e) last updated 2016/10/06 11:11:55 (GMT -400)
  config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
  configured module search path = Default w/o overrides
</code></pre></div>
<h5 dir="auto">CONFIGURATION</h5>
<p dir="auto">No change.</p>
<h5 dir="auto">OS / ENVIRONMENT</h5>
<ul dir="auto">
<li>Ansible manager: Lubuntu 16.04.1</li>
<li>Ansible worker: Ubuntu Server 16.04.1</li>
<li>Python 2.7.12</li>
</ul>
<h5 dir="auto">SUMMARY</h5>
<p dir="auto">Ansible 2.1.2.0, 2.1.1.0, and branches devel, stable-2.2, stable-2.1, and stable-2.0.0.1 do not resolve variable references in handler names.</p>
<h5 dir="auto">STEPS TO REPRODUCE</h5>
<ul dir="auto">
<li>See <a class="issue-link js-issue-link" data-error-text="Failed to load title" data-id="152893515" data-permission-text="Title is private" data-url="https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/15713" data-hovercard-type="issue" data-hovercard-url="/ansible/ansible/issues/15713/hovercard" href="https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/15713">#15713</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h5 dir="auto">EXPECTED RESULTS</h5>
<ul dir="auto">
<li>See <a class="issue-link js-issue-link" data-error-text="Failed to load title" data-id="152893515" data-permission-text="Title is private" data-url="https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/15713" data-hovercard-type="issue" data-hovercard-url="/ansible/ansible/issues/15713/hovercard" href="https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/15713">#15713</a>.</li>
</ul>
<p dir="auto">Ansible 2.1.0.0 produces the correct result:</p>
<div class="snippet-clipboard-content notranslate position-relative overflow-auto" data-snippet-clipboard-copy-content="derek@derek-HP-EliteOne-800-G1-AiO:~$ ansible --version
ansible 2.1.0.0 (detached HEAD b599477242) last updated 2016/10/06 11:36:36 (GMT -400)
  lib/ansible/modules/core: (detached HEAD 04a871d007) last updated 2016/10/06 11:36:38 (GMT -400)
  lib/ansible/modules/extras: (detached HEAD b5fa2b3416) last updated 2016/10/06 11:36:38 (GMT -400)
  config file = 
  configured module search path = Default w/o overrides
derek@derek-HP-EliteOne-800-G1-AiO:~$ ansible-playbook --connection=local play.yaml
 [WARNING]: Host file not found: /etc/ansible/hosts

 [WARNING]: provided hosts list is empty, only localhost is available


PLAY [localhost] ***************************************************************

TASK [setup] *******************************************************************
ok: [localhost]

TASK [bogus task with notify for someapp] **************************************
changed: [localhost]

RUNNING HANDLER [restart someapp] **********************************************
ok: [localhost] =&gt; {
    &quot;msg&quot;: &quot;some bogus module call in handler someapp&quot;
}

PLAY RECAP *********************************************************************
localhost                  : ok=3    changed=1    unreachable=0    failed=0   
"><pre class="notranslate"><code class="notranslate">derek@derek-HP-EliteOne-800-G1-AiO:~$ ansible --version
ansible 2.1.0.0 (detached HEAD b599477242) last updated 2016/10/06 11:36:36 (GMT -400)
  lib/ansible/modules/core: (detached HEAD 04a871d007) last updated 2016/10/06 11:36:38 (GMT -400)
  lib/ansible/modules/extras: (detached HEAD b5fa2b3416) last updated 2016/10/06 11:36:38 (GMT -400)
  config file = 
  configured module search path = Default w/o overrides
derek@derek-HP-EliteOne-800-G1-AiO:~$ ansible-playbook --connection=local play.yaml
 [WARNING]: Host file not found: /etc/ansible/hosts

 [WARNING]: provided hosts list is empty, only localhost is available


PLAY [localhost] ***************************************************************

TASK [setup] *******************************************************************
ok: [localhost]

TASK [bogus task with notify for someapp] **************************************
changed: [localhost]

RUNNING HANDLER [restart someapp] **********************************************
ok: [localhost] =&gt; {
    "msg": "some bogus module call in handler someapp"
}

PLAY RECAP *********************************************************************
localhost                  : ok=3    changed=1    unreachable=0    failed=0   

</code></pre></div>
<p dir="auto">Ansible 2.0.2.0 on branch stable-2.0 produces the correct result:</p>
<div class="snippet-clipboard-content notranslate position-relative overflow-auto" data-snippet-clipboard-copy-content="derek@derek-HP-EliteOne-800-G1-AiO:~$ ansible --version
ansible 2.0.2.0 (stable-2.0 26078418e9) last updated 2016/10/06 11:13:05 (GMT -400)
  lib/ansible/modules/core: (detached HEAD 1e68326ea6) last updated 2016/10/06 11:13:07 (GMT -400)
  lib/ansible/modules/extras: (detached HEAD 4eb177e545) last updated 2016/10/06 11:13:07 (GMT -400)
  config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
  configured module search path = Default w/o overrides
derek@derek-HP-EliteOne-800-G1-AiO:~$ ansible-playbook --connection=local play.yaml
 [WARNING]: provided hosts list is empty, only localhost is available


PLAY [localhost] ***************************************************************

TASK [setup] *******************************************************************
ok: [localhost]

TASK [bogus task with notify for someapp] **************************************
changed: [localhost]

RUNNING HANDLER [restart someapp] **********************************************
ok: [localhost] =&gt; {
    &quot;msg&quot;: &quot;some bogus module call in handler someapp&quot;
}

PLAY RECAP *********************************************************************
localhost                  : ok=3    changed=1    unreachable=0    failed=0   
"><pre class="notranslate"><code class="notranslate">derek@derek-HP-EliteOne-800-G1-AiO:~$ ansible --version
ansible 2.0.2.0 (stable-2.0 26078418e9) last updated 2016/10/06 11:13:05 (GMT -400)
  lib/ansible/modules/core: (detached HEAD 1e68326ea6) last updated 2016/10/06 11:13:07 (GMT -400)
  lib/ansible/modules/extras: (detached HEAD 4eb177e545) last updated 2016/10/06 11:13:07 (GMT -400)
  config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
  configured module search path = Default w/o overrides
derek@derek-HP-EliteOne-800-G1-AiO:~$ ansible-playbook --connection=local play.yaml
 [WARNING]: provided hosts list is empty, only localhost is available


PLAY [localhost] ***************************************************************

TASK [setup] *******************************************************************
ok: [localhost]

TASK [bogus task with notify for someapp] **************************************
changed: [localhost]

RUNNING HANDLER [restart someapp] **********************************************
ok: [localhost] =&gt; {
    "msg": "some bogus module call in handler someapp"
}

PLAY RECAP *********************************************************************
localhost                  : ok=3    changed=1    unreachable=0    failed=0   

</code></pre></div>
<h5 dir="auto">ACTUAL RESULTS</h5>
<p dir="auto">Results for Ansible 2.1.2.0, 2.1.1.0, and branches devel, stable-2.2, stable-2.1, and stable-2.0.0.1:</p>
<div class="snippet-clipboard-content notranslate position-relative overflow-auto" data-snippet-clipboard-copy-content=" [WARNING]: provided hosts list is empty, only localhost is available


PLAY [localhost] ***************************************************************

TASK [setup] *******************************************************************
ok: [localhost]

TASK [bogus task with notify for someapp] **************************************
changed: [localhost]

RUNNING HANDLER [restart {{ appname }}] ****************************************
ok: [localhost] =&gt; {
    &quot;msg&quot;: &quot;some bogus module call in handler someapp&quot;
}

PLAY RECAP *********************************************************************
localhost                  : ok=3    changed=1    unreachable=0    failed=0   
"><pre class="notranslate"><code class="notranslate"> [WARNING]: provided hosts list is empty, only localhost is available


PLAY [localhost] ***************************************************************

TASK [setup] *******************************************************************
ok: [localhost]

TASK [bogus task with notify for someapp] **************************************
changed: [localhost]

RUNNING HANDLER [restart {{ appname }}] ****************************************
ok: [localhost] =&gt; {
    "msg": "some bogus module call in handler someapp"
}

PLAY RECAP *********************************************************************
localhost                  : ok=3    changed=1    unreachable=0    failed=0   

</code></pre></div>
<h5 dir="auto">ISSUE TYPE</h5>

<ul dir="auto">
<li>Bug Report</li>
</ul>
<h5 dir="auto">ANSIBLE VERSION</h5>
<div class="snippet-clipboard-content notranslate position-relative overflow-auto" data-snippet-clipboard-copy-content="ansible 2.0.0.2
  config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
  configured module search path = Default w/o overrides"><pre class="notranslate"><code class="notranslate">ansible 2.0.0.2
  config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
  configured module search path = Default w/o overrides
</code></pre></div>
<h5 dir="auto">CONFIGURATION</h5>

<h5 dir="auto">OS / ENVIRONMENT</h5>

<p dir="auto">N/A</p>
<h5 dir="auto">COMPONENT NAME</h5>
<p dir="auto">playbook</p>
<h5 dir="auto">SUMMARY</h5>

<p dir="auto">Variables are not expanded in handler names.</p>
<p dir="auto">Starting from some point variables are being expanded in task names: <a class="issue-link js-issue-link" data-error-text="Failed to load title" data-id="15060561" data-permission-text="Title is private" data-url="https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/3103" data-hovercard-type="issue" data-hovercard-url="/ansible/ansible/issues/3103/hovercard" href="https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/3103">#3103</a>, <a class="issue-link js-issue-link" data-error-text="Failed to load title" data-id="95319669" data-permission-text="Title is private" data-url="https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/11605" data-hovercard-type="issue" data-hovercard-url="/ansible/ansible/issues/11605/hovercard" href="https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/11605">#11605</a>, I expect that it should work in handler names too.</p>
<p dir="auto">Tricky part may be here: handler name is handler identifier.</p>
<h5 dir="auto">STEPS TO REPRODUCE</h5>

<p dir="auto">Run following playbook:</p>
<div class="snippet-clipboard-content notranslate position-relative overflow-auto" data-snippet-clipboard-copy-content="
---
- hosts: localhost
  vars:
    service_instance: &quot;worker3&quot;

  tasks:
  - name: configure {{ service_instance }}
    debug: msg=&quot;Writing {{ service_instance }} configuration...&quot;
    notify:
      - restart {{ service_instance }}
    changed_when: True

  handlers:
    - name: restart {{ service_instance }}
      debug: msg=&quot;Restarting {{ service_instance }}...&quot;"><pre class="notranslate"><code class="notranslate">
---
- hosts: localhost
  vars:
    service_instance: "worker3"

  tasks:
  - name: configure {{ service_instance }}
    debug: msg="Writing {{ service_instance }} configuration..."
    notify:
      - restart {{ service_instance }}
    changed_when: True

  handlers:
    - name: restart {{ service_instance }}
      debug: msg="Restarting {{ service_instance }}..."
</code></pre></div>

<h5 dir="auto">EXPECTED RESULTS</h5>

<p dir="auto">Handler named with variable in it should have it expanded:</p>
<div class="snippet-clipboard-content notranslate position-relative overflow-auto" data-snippet-clipboard-copy-content="RUNNING HANDLER [restart worker3] *******************************"><pre class="notranslate"><code class="notranslate">RUNNING HANDLER [restart worker3] *******************************
</code></pre></div>
<h5 dir="auto">ACTUAL RESULTS</h5>

<div class="snippet-clipboard-content notranslate position-relative overflow-auto" data-snippet-clipboard-copy-content="$ ansible-playbook playbook.yaml 
 [WARNING]: provided hosts list is empty, only localhost is available


PLAY ***************************************************************************

TASK [setup] *******************************************************************
ok: [localhost]

TASK [configure worker3] *******************************************************
ok: [localhost] =&gt; {
    &quot;msg&quot;: &quot;Writing worker3 configuration...&quot;
}

RUNNING HANDLER [restart {{ service_instance }}] *******************************
ok: [localhost] =&gt; {
    &quot;msg&quot;: &quot;Restarting worker3...&quot;
}

PLAY RECAP *********************************************************************
localhost                  : ok=3    changed=1    unreachable=0    failed=0  "><pre class="notranslate"><code class="notranslate">$ ansible-playbook playbook.yaml 
 [WARNING]: provided hosts list is empty, only localhost is available


PLAY ***************************************************************************

TASK [setup] *******************************************************************
ok: [localhost]

TASK [configure worker3] *******************************************************
ok: [localhost] =&gt; {
    "msg": "Writing worker3 configuration..."
}

RUNNING HANDLER [restart {{ service_instance }}] *******************************
ok: [localhost] =&gt; {
    "msg": "Restarting worker3..."
}

PLAY RECAP *********************************************************************
localhost                  : ok=3    changed=1    unreachable=0    failed=0  
</code></pre></div>