diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/11698-ipa-failed-response.yml b/changelogs/fragments/11698-ipa-failed-response.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b27e294789
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/11698-ipa-failed-response.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - "ipa module utils - fix failure to detect errors reported in the ``failed`` field of the IPA API response,
+    which is returned with HTTP 200 on partial or full failures in member add/remove operations
+    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1239, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11698)."
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/ipa.py b/plugins/module_utils/ipa.py
index 50acb4c480..0dfca11cc2 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/ipa.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/ipa.py
@@ -159,6 +159,9 @@ class IPAClient:
 
         if "result" in resp:
             result = resp.get("result")
+            failed = result.get("failed")
+            if failed:
+                self._fail(f"response {method}", failed)
             if "result" in result:
                 result = result.get("result")
                 if isinstance(result, list):