--- - name: Merge recursive by 'name', append lists 'remove present' set_fact: list3: "{{ [list1, list2]| community.general.lists_mergeby('name', recursive=true, list_merge='append_rp') }}" vars: list1: - name: myname01 param01: x: default_value y: default_value list: - default_value - name: myname02 param01: [1, 1, 2, 3] list2: - name: myname01 param01: y: patch_value z: patch_value list: - patch_value - name: myname02 param01: [3, 4, 4, {key: value}] - debug: var: list3