diff --git a/files/ansible-playbooks/sot-updater.yml b/files/ansible-playbooks/sot-updater.yml
index 368a392..c55c3a6 100644
--- a/files/ansible-playbooks/sot-updater.yml
+++ b/files/ansible-playbooks/sot-updater.yml
@@ -110,19 +110,21 @@
         nb_small: "{{ nb_kv.get('small', '') }}"
         nb_ok_line: "{{ nb_ok_line }}"
 
-    # --- Detect "cloud vs NetBox (before update) was different"
-    #     Trigger on any of these lines from the Python script:
-    #       "IP: moving ...", "IP: create new ...", "IP: pruning stale ..."
+   
+    # --- Detect "cloud vs NetBox (before update) was different" (regex-free, robust)
     - name: "NB preflight | Detect whether IP changed (pre-update)"
       when: nb_script.stat.exists
       delegate_to: localhost
       vars:
         out: "{{ (nb_preflight.stdout | default('') | regex_replace('\r','')) }}"
-        change_lines: >-
-          {{ out | regex_findall('(?:^|\\n)(IP: (?:moving|create new|pruning stale)[^\\n]*)', multiline=True) }}
+        reason: >-
+          {%- if 'IP: moving ' in out -%}moving
+          {%- elif 'IP: create new ' in out -%}create new
+          {%- elif 'IP: pruning stale ' in out -%}pruning stale
+          {%- else -%}none{%- endif -%}
       set_fact:
-        nb_ip_changed: "{{ (change_lines | length) > 0 }}"
-        nb_change_lines: "{{ change_lines }}"
+        nb_ip_changed: "{{ reason != 'none' }}"
+        nb_change_reason: "{{ reason }}"
 
     - name: "NB preflight | Verdict"
       when: nb_script.stat.exists
@@ -130,9 +132,10 @@
       ansible.builtin.debug:
         msg:
           - "NB preflight verdict: {{ 'IP CHANGED (will requeue)' if nb_ip_changed else 'IP SAME (continue)' }}"
-          - "Change lines matched: {{ (nb_change_lines | default([])) | join(' | ') if nb_ip_changed else '<none>' }}"
-          - "OK line: {{ nb_ok_line | default('<none>') }}"
-          - "Parsed nb_ip={{ nb_ip | default('<n/a>') }}"
+          - "Reason: {{ nb_change_reason }}"
+   
+
+
 
     # --- If IP changed → publish a 3s delayed 'sot-updater' task and stop this host ---
     - name: "NB preflight | Publish delayed requeue (3s) and stop"