diff --git a/files/ansible-playbooks/sot-updater.yml b/files/ansible-playbooks/sot-updater.yml
index ecb0fa4..d319e08 100644
--- a/files/ansible-playbooks/sot-updater.yml
+++ b/files/ansible-playbooks/sot-updater.yml
@@ -80,37 +80,56 @@
           - "raw stdout (joined): {{ nb_preflight.stdout | default('') | trim }}"
 
 
-    # --- Parse the OK line robustly (line-by-line) ---
-    - name: "NB preflight | Parse OK line (robust)"
+  # --- Parse the OK line robustly (token-based) ---
+  - name: "NB preflight | Parse OK line (token)"
+    when: nb_script.stat.exists
+    delegate_to: localhost
+    vars:
+      nb_lines: >-
+        {{ (nb_preflight.stdout | default('') | regex_replace('\r','')) | split('\n') | map('trim') | list }}
+      nb_ok_line: >-
+        {{ (nb_lines | select('match', '^OK\\s+') | list | last | default('')) }}
+      nb_tokens: >-
+        {{ (nb_ok_line | regex_replace('^OK\\s+', '')).split() }}
+      nb_kv: >-
+        {{
+          dict(
+            nb_tokens
+            | select('match', '^[a-zA-Z_]+=')
+            | map('split', '=', 1)
+            | map('list')
+          )
+        }}
+    set_fact:
+      nb_ok: "{{ (nb_preflight.rc | default(1)) == 0 and (nb_ok_line | length) > 0 }}"
+      nb_dev: "{{ (nb_tokens | first | default('')) if (nb_tokens|length>0) else '' }}"
+      nb_ip: "{{ nb_kv.get('ip', '') }}"
+      nb_fw: "{{ nb_kv.get('fw', '') }}"
+      nb_node: "{{ nb_kv.get('node', '') }}"
+      nb_sector: "{{ nb_kv.get('sector', '') }}"
+      nb_small: "{{ nb_kv.get('small', '') }}"
+      nb_ok_line: "{{ nb_ok_line }}"
+
+    # --- Detect "cloud vs NetBox (before update) was different"
+    #     Match any of the script's change-indicator lines:
+    #     - "IP: moving ..."
+    #     - "IP: create new ..."
+    #     - "IP: pruning stale ..."
+    - name: "NB preflight | Detect whether IP changed (pre-update)"
       when: nb_script.stat.exists
       delegate_to: localhost
       vars:
         nb_lines: >-
           {{ (nb_preflight.stdout | default('') | regex_replace('\r','')) | split('\n') | map('trim') | list }}
-        nb_ok_line: >-
-          {{ (nb_lines | select('match', '^OK\\s+') | list | last | default('')) }}
-        nb_groups: >-
-          {{ (nb_ok_line | regex_findall('^OK\\s+(\\S+)\\s+ip=([^\\s]+)\\s+fw=([^\\s]+)\\s+node=([^\\s]+)\\s+sector=([^\\s]+)\\s+small=([^\\s]+)')) | first | default([]) }}
+        change_lines: >-
+          {{
+            nb_lines
+            | select('match', '^IP:\\s+(moving|create new|pruning stale)\\b')
+            | list
+          }}
       set_fact:
-        nb_ok: "{{ (nb_preflight.rc | default(1)) == 0 and (nb_groups | length) == 6 }}"
-        nb_dev: "{{ nb_groups[0] | default('') }}"
-        nb_ip: "{{ nb_groups[1] | default('') }}"
-        nb_fw: "{{ nb_groups[2] | default('') }}"
-        nb_node: "{{ nb_groups[3] | default('') }}"
-        nb_sector: "{{ nb_groups[4] | default('') }}"
-        nb_small: "{{ nb_groups[5] | default('') }}"
-        nb_ok_line: "{{ nb_ok_line }}"
-
-    # --- Detect "was different before update" via the script's own signal line ---
-    - name: "NB preflight | Detect whether IP changed (cloud vs prior NetBox)"
-      when: nb_script.stat.exists
-      delegate_to: localhost
-      vars:
-        nb_lines: >-
-          {{ (nb_preflight.stdout | default('') | regex_replace('\r','')) | split('\n') | map('trim') | list }}
-      set_fact:
-        nb_ip_changed: "{{ (nb_lines | select('match', '^IP:\\s+moving\\s+[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\s+from\\s+iface=') | list | length) > 0 }}"
-
+        nb_ip_changed: "{{ (change_lines | length) > 0 }}"
+        nb_change_lines: "{{ change_lines }}"
 
     - name: "NB preflight | Verdict"
       when: nb_script.stat.exists
@@ -118,9 +137,11 @@
       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>') }}"
 
+
     # --- If IP changed → publish a 3s delayed 'sot-updater' task and stop this host ---
     - name: "NB preflight | Publish delayed requeue (3s) and stop"
       when: