diff --git a/playbooks/dockerPrune.yaml b/playbooks/dockerPrune.yaml
index 85906a5..7b00bcd 100644
--- a/playbooks/dockerPrune.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/dockerPrune.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   hosts: docker_hosts
   become: true
   gather_facts: no
+  ignore_errors: true
   tasks:
     - name: Prune all unused containers, images, networks, volumes
       community.docker.docker_prune:
diff --git a/playbooks/dockerUpdate.yml b/playbooks/dockerUpdate.yml
index d2915ee..f9b3185 100644
--- a/playbooks/dockerUpdate.yml
+++ b/playbooks/dockerUpdate.yml
@@ -41,3 +41,17 @@
         networks: true
         volumes: true
         builder_cache: true
+
+    - name: Get status of all containers
+      ansible.builtin.command: "docker ps -a --format {{ '{{' }}.Names{{ '}}' }}|{{ '{{' }}.State{{ '}}' }}"
+      register: container_statuses
+      changed_when: false
+
+    - name: Identify containers not in running state
+      ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+        not_up_containers: "{{ container_statuses.stdout_lines | reject('search', '\\|running$') | map('split', '|') | map('first') | list }}"
+
+    - name: Report containers not in running state
+      ansible.builtin.debug:
+        msg: "WARNING: The following containers are not running on {{ inventory_hostname }}: {{ not_up_containers | join(', ') }}"
+      when: not_up_containers | length > 0