diff --git a/roles/libvirt_manager/tasks/reserve_dnsmasq_ips.yml b/roles/libvirt_manager/tasks/reserve_dnsmasq_ips.yml
index 07c1526dfa..6741be2f1b 100644
--- a/roles/libvirt_manager/tasks/reserve_dnsmasq_ips.yml
+++ b/roles/libvirt_manager/tasks/reserve_dnsmasq_ips.yml
@@ -42,25 +42,8 @@
     label: "{{ host_data.key }} - {{ net.name }}"
     loop_var: "host_data"
 
-- name: Create host records
-  when:
-    - host_data.value.networks[_cleaned_netname] is defined
+- name: Manage common parameters
   vars:
-    _net_name: >-
-      {{ (net.name is match '.*osp_trunk$') | ternary('ctlplane', net.name) }}
-    _cleaned_netname: "{{ _net_name | regex_replace('^cifmw[_-]', '') }}"
-    _net_data: "{{ host_data.value.networks[_cleaned_netname] }}"
-    _ocp_name: >-
-      {{
-        host_data.key | replace('_', '-') |
-        replace('ocp-worker', 'worker') |
-        replace('ocp', 'master')
-      }}
-    _hostname: >-
-      {{
-        (host_data.key is match('^ocp.*')) |
-        ternary(_ocp_name, host_data.key)
-      }}
     _translate: >-
       {{ cifmw_networking_mapper_interfaces_info_translations | default({}) }}
     _net_domain: >-
@@ -68,33 +51,85 @@
         (net.name in _translate) |
         ternary(_translate[net.name], [net.name])
       }}
-    _fqdn: >-
-      {%- if net.name == cifmw_libvirt_manager_pub_net -%}
-      {{ [_hostname ~ '.' ~ cifmw_reproducer_domain | default('local')] }}
-      {%- else -%}
-      {{
-        [_hostname] | product(_net_domain) |
-        map('join', '.') |
-        product([cifmw_reproducer_domain | default('local')]) |
-        map('join', '.')
-      }}
-      {%- endif -%}
-    _record:
-      - state: present
-        ips: >-
+    _net_name: >-
+      {{ (net.name is match '.*osp_trunk$') | ternary('ctlplane', net.name) }}
+    _cleaned_netname: "{{ _net_name | regex_replace('^cifmw[_-]', '') }}"
+  block:
+    - name: Create host records
+      when:
+        - host_data.value.networks[_cleaned_netname] is defined
+      vars:
+        _net_data: "{{ host_data.value.networks[_cleaned_netname] }}"
+        _ocp_name: >-
           {{
-            [
-              _net_data.ip_v4 | default(''),
-              _net_data.ip_v6 | default('')
-            ]
+            host_data.key | replace('_', '-') |
+            replace('ocp-worker', 'worker') |
+            replace('ocp', 'master')
           }}
-        names: "{{ _fqdn }}"
-  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
-    host_records: "{{ host_records | default([]) + _record }}"
-  loop: "{{ cifmw_networking_env_definition.instances | dict2items }}"
-  loop_control:
-    label: "{{ host_data.key }} - {{ net.name }}"
-    loop_var: "host_data"
+        _hostname: >-
+          {{
+            (host_data.key is match('^ocp.*')) |
+            ternary(_ocp_name, host_data.key)
+          }}
+        _fqdn: >-
+          {%- if net.name == cifmw_libvirt_manager_pub_net -%}
+          {{ [_hostname ~ '.' ~ cifmw_reproducer_domain | default('local')] }}
+          {%- else -%}
+          {{
+            [_hostname] | product(_net_domain) |
+            map('join', '.') |
+            product([cifmw_reproducer_domain | default('local')]) |
+            map('join', '.')
+          }}
+          {%- endif -%}
+        _record:
+          - state: present
+            ips: >-
+              {{
+                [
+                  _net_data.ip_v4 | default(''),
+                  _net_data.ip_v6 | default('')
+                ]
+              }}
+            names: "{{ _fqdn }}"
+      ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+        host_records: "{{ host_records | default([]) + _record }}"
+      loop: "{{ cifmw_networking_env_definition.instances | dict2items }}"
+      loop_control:
+        label: "{{ host_data.key }} - {{ net.name }}"
+        loop_var: "host_data"
+
+    - name: Debugging block/rescue
+      block:
+        - name: Assert we have records
+          ansible.builtin.assert:
+            that:
+              - host_records is defined
+
+      rescue:
+        - name: Debug net.name
+          ansible.builtin.debug:
+            msg: "net.name: {{ net.name }}"
+
+        - name: Debug _translate
+          ansible.builtin.debug:
+            var: _translate
+
+        - name: Debug _net_domain
+          ansible.builtin.debug:
+            var: _net_domain
+
+        - name: Debug _net_name
+          ansible.builtin.debug:
+            var: _net_name
+
+        - name: Debug _cleaned_netname
+          ansible.builtin.debug:
+            var: _cleaned_netname
+
+        - name: Fail for good
+          ansible.builtin.fail:
+            msg: "Error detected, please check debug above"
 
 - name: Inject host records
   vars: