diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/desktop/infrastructure/Gopass.kt b/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/desktop/infrastructure/Gopass.kt
index e210e21..cd89ea5 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/desktop/infrastructure/Gopass.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/desktop/infrastructure/Gopass.kt
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@ fun Prov.installGopass(
     version: String = "1.12.7",
     enforceVersion: Boolean = false,
     sha256sum: String = "0824d5110ff1e68bff1ba10c1be63acb67cb1ad8e3bccddd6b6fc989608beca8" // checksum for sha256sum version 8.30 (e.g. ubuntu 20.04)
-) = task {
+) = taskWithResult {
 
     if (isPackageInstalled("gopass") && !enforceVersion) {
-        return@task ProvResult(true)
+        return@taskWithResult ProvResult(true)
     }
     if (checkGopassVersion(version)) {
-        return@task ProvResult(true, out = "Version $version of gopass is already installed.")
+        return@taskWithResult ProvResult(true, out = "Version $version of gopass is already installed.")
     }
 
     val path = "tmp"
@@ -41,17 +41,17 @@ fun Prov.installGopass(
 }
 
 
-fun Prov.configureGopass(gopassRootFolder: String? = null) = task {
+fun Prov.configureGopass(gopassRootFolder: String? = null) = taskWithResult() {
     val configFile = ".config/gopass/config.yml"
     val defaultRootFolder = userHome() + ".password-store"
     val rootFolder = gopassRootFolder ?: defaultRootFolder
 
     if (checkFile(configFile)) {
-        return@task ProvResult(true, out = "Gopass already configured in file $configFile")
+        return@taskWithResult ProvResult(true, out = "Gopass already configured in file $configFile")
     }
 
     if ((gopassRootFolder != null) && (!gopassRootFolder.startsWith("/"))) {
-        return@task ProvResult(false, err = "Gopass cannot be initialized with a relative path or path starting with ~")
+        return@taskWithResult ProvResult(false, err = "Gopass cannot be initialized with a relative path or path starting with ~")
     }
     // use default
     createDir(rootFolder)
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/desktop/infrastructure/VirtualBoxGuest.kt b/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/desktop/infrastructure/VirtualBoxGuest.kt
index 63db5c4..c53ff40 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/desktop/infrastructure/VirtualBoxGuest.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/desktop/infrastructure/VirtualBoxGuest.kt
@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@ import org.domaindrivenarchitecture.provs.framework.core.ProvResult
 import org.domaindrivenarchitecture.provs.framework.ubuntu.install.base.aptInstall
 import org.domaindrivenarchitecture.provs.framework.ubuntu.user.base.whoami
 
-fun Prov.installVirtualBoxGuestAdditions() = task {
+fun Prov.installVirtualBoxGuestAdditions() = taskWithResult {
     // if running in a VirtualBox vm
     if (!chk("lspci | grep VirtualBox")) {
-        return@task ProvResult(true, "Not running in a VirtualBox")
+        return@taskWithResult ProvResult(true, "Not running in a VirtualBox")
     }
 
     if (chk("VBoxService --version")) {
-        return@task ProvResult(true, "VBoxService already installed")
+        return@taskWithResult ProvResult(true, "VBoxService already installed")
     }
 
     // install guest additions
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/framework/core/Prov.kt b/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/framework/core/Prov.kt
index da95cad..22e3775 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/framework/core/Prov.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/framework/core/Prov.kt
@@ -67,11 +67,19 @@ open class Prov protected constructor(
     private var runInContainerWithName: String? = null
 
     /**
-     * Defines a task with a custom name instead of the name of the calling function.
-     * Returns success if all subtasks finished with success (same as requireAll).
+     * A task is the base execution unit in provs. In the results overview it is represented by one line resp. result (of either success or failure).
+     * Returns success if no sub-tasks are called or if all subtasks finish with success.
      */
-    fun task(name: String? = null, a: Prov.() -> ProvResult): ProvResult {
-        return handle(ResultMode.ALL, name) { a() }
+    fun task(name: String? = null, taskLambda: Prov.() -> Unit): ProvResult {
+        return handle(ResultMode.ALL, name) { taskLambda(); ProvResult(true) }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Same as task but the provided lambda is explicitly required to provide a ProvResult to be returned.
+     * The returned result is included in the evaluation.
+     */
+    fun taskWithResult(name: String? = null, taskLambda: Prov.() -> ProvResult): ProvResult {
+        return handle(ResultMode.ALL, name) { taskLambda() }
     }
 
     /**
@@ -84,7 +92,7 @@ open class Prov protected constructor(
     }
 
     /**
-     * defines a task, which returns success if the the last subtasks or last value returns success
+     * defines a task, which returns the returned result, the results of sub-tasks are not considered
      */
     fun requireLast(a: Prov.() -> ProvResult): ProvResult {
         return handle(ResultMode.LAST) { a() }
@@ -100,7 +108,7 @@ open class Prov protected constructor(
     /**
      * defines a task, which returns success if all subtasks finished with success
      */
-    @Suppress("unused")
+    @Deprecated("Use function task instead", replaceWith = ReplaceWith("task()"))
     fun requireAll(a: Prov.() -> ProvResult): ProvResult {
         return handle(ResultMode.ALL) { a() }
     }
@@ -218,7 +226,7 @@ open class Prov protected constructor(
      * Adds a ProvResult to the overall success evaluation.
      * Intended for use in methods which do not automatically add results.
      */
-    fun addResultToEval(result: ProvResult) = task {
+    fun addResultToEval(result: ProvResult) = taskWithResult {
         result
     }
 
@@ -227,7 +235,7 @@ open class Prov protected constructor(
      * Multi-line commands within the script are not supported.
      * Empty lines and comments (all text behind # in a line) are supported, i.e. they are ignored.
      */
-    fun sh(script: String, dir: String? = null, sudo: Boolean = false) = task {
+    fun sh(script: String, dir: String? = null, sudo: Boolean = false) = taskWithResult {
         val lines = script.trimIndent().replace("\\\n", "").replace("\r\n", "\n").split("\n")
         val linesWithoutComments = lines.stream().map { it.split("#")[0] }
         val linesNonEmpty = linesWithoutComments.filter { it.trim().isNotEmpty() }
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/framework/core/Utils.kt b/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/framework/core/Utils.kt
index 55e54e9..fba1281 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/framework/core/Utils.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/framework/core/Utils.kt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import java.net.InetAddress
  */
 internal fun getCallingMethodName(): String? {
     val offsetVal = 1
-    val exclude = arrayOf("task", "def", "record", "invoke", "invoke0", "handle", "task\$default", "def\$default", "addResultToEval", "handle\$default")
+    val exclude = arrayOf("task", "task\$default", "taskWithResult\$default", "taskWithResult", "def", "def\$default", "record", "invoke", "invoke0", "handle", "handle\$default", )
     // suffixes are also ignored as method names but will be added as suffix in the evaluation results
     val suffixes = arrayOf("optional", "requireAll", "requireLast", "inContainer")
 
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/framework/core/platforms/UbuntuProv.kt b/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/framework/core/platforms/UbuntuProv.kt
index ff3e0e0..9c6995e 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/framework/core/platforms/UbuntuProv.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/framework/core/platforms/UbuntuProv.kt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class UbuntuProv internal constructor(
         }
     }
 
-    override fun cmd(cmd: String, dir: String?, sudo: Boolean): ProvResult = task {
+    override fun cmd(cmd: String, dir: String?, sudo: Boolean): ProvResult = taskWithResult {
         exec(SHELL, "-c", commandWithDirAndSudo(cmd, dir, sudo))
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/framework/ubuntu/filesystem/base/Filesystem.kt b/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/framework/ubuntu/filesystem/base/Filesystem.kt
index 2152d97..162df2b 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/framework/ubuntu/filesystem/base/Filesystem.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/framework/ubuntu/filesystem/base/Filesystem.kt
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ fun Prov.createFile(
     posixFilePermission: String? = null,
     sudo: Boolean = false,
     overwriteIfExisting: Boolean = true
-): ProvResult = task {
+): ProvResult = taskWithResult {
     val maxBlockSize = 50000
     val withSudo = if (sudo) "sudo " else ""
 
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ fun Prov.createFile(
         ensureValidPosixFilePermission(posixFilePermission)
     }
     if (!overwriteIfExisting && checkFile(fullyQualifiedFilename, sudo)) {
-        return@task ProvResult(true, "File $fullyQualifiedFilename already existing.")
+        return@taskWithResult ProvResult(true, "File $fullyQualifiedFilename already existing.")
     }
 
     val modeOption = posixFilePermission?.let { "-m $it" } ?: ""
@@ -220,10 +220,10 @@ fun Prov.addTextToFile(
     doNotAddIfExisting: Boolean = true,
     sudo: Boolean = false
 ): ProvResult =
-    task {
+    taskWithResult {
         val fileContainsText = fileContainsText(file.path, text, sudo = sudo)
         if (fileContainsText && doNotAddIfExisting) {
-            return@task ProvResult(true, out = "Text already in file")
+            return@taskWithResult ProvResult(true, out = "Text already in file")
         }
         cmd(
             "printf '%s' " + text
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/framework/ubuntu/git/base/Git.kt b/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/framework/ubuntu/git/base/Git.kt
index 6f412c7..2e670f5 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/framework/ubuntu/git/base/Git.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/framework/ubuntu/git/base/Git.kt
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ fun Prov.gitClone(
     targetPath: String = "",
     pullIfExisting: Boolean = true,
     targetFolderName: String? = null
-): ProvResult = task {
+): ProvResult = taskWithResult {
     // if specified, use targetFolderName as basename or otherwise retrieve basename from repoSource
     val basename = targetFolderName ?: cmdNoEval("basename $repoSource .git").out?.trim()
     // return err if basename could not be retrieved from repoSource
-    ?: return@task ProvResult(false, err = "$repoSource is not a valid git repository source path.")
+    ?: return@taskWithResult ProvResult(false, err = "$repoSource is not a valid git repository source path.")
 
     val pathWithBasename = targetPath.normalizePath() + basename
     if (checkDir(pathWithBasename + "/.git/")) {
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/framework/ubuntu/install/base/Install.kt b/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/framework/ubuntu/install/base/Install.kt
index a37c457..b1fb8cb 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/framework/ubuntu/install/base/Install.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/framework/ubuntu/install/base/Install.kt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ private var aptInit = false
  * @param ignoreAlreadyInstalled if true, then for an already installed package no action will be taken,
  * if "ignoreAlreadyInstalled" is false, then installation is always attempted, which normally results in an upgrade if package wa already installed
  */
-fun Prov.aptInstall(packages: String, ignoreAlreadyInstalled: Boolean = true): ProvResult = task {
+fun Prov.aptInstall(packages: String, ignoreAlreadyInstalled: Boolean = true): ProvResult = taskWithResult {
     val packageList = packages.split(" ")
     val allInstalled: Boolean = packageList.map { isPackageInstalled(it) }.fold(true, { a, b -> a && b })
     if (!allInstalled) {
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/framework/ubuntu/keys/base/Ssh.kt b/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/framework/ubuntu/keys/base/Ssh.kt
index 8745a7b..b506d64 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/framework/ubuntu/keys/base/Ssh.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/framework/ubuntu/keys/base/Ssh.kt
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ fun Prov.isHostKnown(hostOrIp: String) : Boolean {
  * Either add the specified rsaFingerprints or - if null - add automatically retrieved keys.
  * Note: adding keys automatically is vulnerable to a man-in-the-middle attack, thus considered insecure and not recommended.
  */
-fun Prov.trustHost(host: String, fingerprintsOfKeysToBeAdded: Set<String>?) = task {
+fun Prov.trustHost(host: String, fingerprintsOfKeysToBeAdded: Set<String>?) = taskWithResult {
     if (isHostKnown(host)) {
-        return@task ProvResult(true, out = "Host already known")
+        return@taskWithResult ProvResult(true, out = "Host already known")
     }
     if (!checkFile(KNOWN_HOSTS_FILE)) {
         createDir(".ssh")
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ fun Prov.trustHost(host: String, fingerprintsOfKeysToBeAdded: Set<String>?) = ta
         // logic based on https://serverfault.com/questions/447028/non-interactive-git-clone-ssh-fingerprint-prompt
         val actualKeys = findSshKeys(host)
         if (actualKeys == null || actualKeys.size == 0) {
-            return@task ProvResult(false, out = "No valid keys found for host: $host")
+            return@taskWithResult ProvResult(false, out = "No valid keys found for host: $host")
         }
         val actualFingerprints = getFingerprintsForKeys(actualKeys)
         for (fingerprintToBeAdded in fingerprintsOfKeysToBeAdded) {
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ fun Prov.trustHost(host: String, fingerprintsOfKeysToBeAdded: Set<String>?) = ta
                 }
             }
             if (indexOfKeyFound == -1) {
-                return@task ProvResult(
+                return@taskWithResult ProvResult(
                     false,
                     err = "Fingerprint ($fingerprintToBeAdded) could not be found in actual fingerprints: $actualFingerprints"
                 )
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/framework/ubuntu/web/base/Web.kt b/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/framework/ubuntu/web/base/Web.kt
index 63d10b5..0ae428b 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/framework/ubuntu/web/base/Web.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/framework/ubuntu/web/base/Web.kt
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@ fun Prov.downloadFromURL(
     followRedirect: Boolean = true,
     sha256sum: String? = null,
     overwrite: Boolean = false
-): ProvResult = task {
+): ProvResult = taskWithResult {
 
     val finalFilename: String = filename ?:  url.substringAfterLast("/")
     val fqFilename: String = (path?.normalizePath() ?: "") + finalFilename
 
     if (!overwrite && checkFile(fqFilename, sudo = sudo)) {
-        return@task ProvResult(true, out = "File $fqFilename already exists.")
+        return@taskWithResult ProvResult(true, out = "File $fqFilename already exists.")
     }
 
     aptInstall("curl")
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/server/infrastructure/K3s.kt b/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/server/infrastructure/K3s.kt
index d11140f..4622fd7 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/server/infrastructure/K3s.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/server/infrastructure/K3s.kt
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ fun Prov.deprovisionK3sInfra() = task {
 }
 
 
-fun Prov.installK3s(k3sConfig: K3sConfig) = task {
+fun Prov.installK3s(k3sConfig: K3sConfig) = taskWithResult {
     if (testConfigExists()) {
-        return@task ProvResult(true, out = "K3s config is already in place, so skip (re)provisioning.")
+        return@taskWithResult ProvResult(true, out = "K3s config is already in place, so skip (re)provisioning.")
     }
 
     createDirs(k8sCredentialsDir, sudo = true)
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/syspec/domain/SyspecService.kt b/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/syspec/domain/SyspecService.kt
index f394dae..24c537f 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/syspec/domain/SyspecService.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/syspec/domain/SyspecService.kt
@@ -8,17 +8,17 @@ import org.domaindrivenarchitecture.provs.syspec.infrastructure.findSpecConfigFr
 import org.domaindrivenarchitecture.provs.syspec.infrastructure.verifySpecConfig
 
 
-fun Prov.verifySpec(configFile: ConfigFileName? = null) = task {
+fun Prov.verifySpec(configFile: ConfigFileName? = null) = taskWithResult {
     val result = findSpecConfigFromFile(configFile)
-    val spec = result.getOrElse { return@task ProvResult(false, "Could not read file: ${configFile?.fileName} due to: ${result.exceptionOrNull()?.message}") }
+    val spec = result.getOrElse { return@taskWithResult ProvResult(false, "Could not read file: ${configFile?.fileName} due to: ${result.exceptionOrNull()?.message}") }
     verifySpecConfig(spec)
 }
 
 
 @Suppress("unused")   // Api
-fun Prov.verifySpecFromResource(resourceName: String) = task {
+fun Prov.verifySpecFromResource(resourceName: String) = taskWithResult {
     val result = findSpecConfigFromResource(resourceName)
-    val spec = result.getOrElse { return@task ProvResult(false, "Could not read resource: $resourceName due to: ${result.exceptionOrNull()?.message}") }
+    val spec = result.getOrElse { return@taskWithResult ProvResult(false, "Could not read resource: $resourceName due to: ${result.exceptionOrNull()?.message}") }
     verifySpecConfig(spec)
 }
 
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/syspec/infrastructure/Verification.kt b/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/syspec/infrastructure/Verification.kt
index 93d3d10..eecba8e 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/syspec/infrastructure/Verification.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/syspec/infrastructure/Verification.kt
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ private fun <T> Prov.verify(success: Boolean, message: String, expected: T? = nu
     val actualText = expected?.let { " | Actual value [$actual]" } ?: ""
     val msg = ": $message $expectedText$actualText"
 
-    return task("Verification") {
+    return taskWithResult("Verification") {
         ProvResult(
             success,
             cmd = if (success) msg else null,
diff --git a/src/test/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/framework/core/ProvTest.kt b/src/test/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/framework/core/ProvTest.kt
index a622a24..445b73b 100644
--- a/src/test/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/framework/core/ProvTest.kt
+++ b/src/test/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/framework/core/ProvTest.kt
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ internal class ProvTest {
             addResultToEval(ProvResult(true))
         }
 
-        fun Prov.outer() = task {
+        fun Prov.outer() = taskWithResult {
             inner()
             ProvResult(false)
         }
@@ -504,11 +504,11 @@ internal class ProvTest {
     @Test
     fun task_with_failing_subtask_and_successful_result_fails() {
         // given
-        fun Prov.inner() = task {
+        fun Prov.inner() = taskWithResult {
             ProvResult(false)
         }
 
-        fun Prov.outer() = task {
+        fun Prov.outer() = taskWithResult {
             inner()
             ProvResult(true)
         }
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ internal class ProvTest {
             addResultToEval(ProvResult(false))
         }
 
-        fun Prov.outer() = task {
+        fun Prov.outer() = taskWithResult {
             inner()
             ProvResult(true)
         }
diff --git a/src/test/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/framework/core/TaskFunctionsKtTest.kt b/src/test/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/framework/core/TaskFunctionsKtTest.kt
index 33930eb..59b82f2 100644
--- a/src/test/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/framework/core/TaskFunctionsKtTest.kt
+++ b/src/test/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/framework/core/TaskFunctionsKtTest.kt
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ internal class TaskFunctionsKtTest {
     }
 
     var count2 = 3
-    fun Prov.thirdTimeSuccess() = task {
+    fun Prov.thirdTimeSuccess() = taskWithResult {
         if (count2 <= 1) {
             count2 = 3
             ProvResult(true, out = "1")