From d7b93b5b08543c679a9a006e1cabc76de44cd674 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Manuel Luzarreta <mluzarreta.pro@pm.me>
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2023 12:51:02 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Skip create step when created == true (#4038)

Fixes: #4037

Co-authored-by: Sorin Sbarnea <ssbarnea@redhat.com>
---
 src/molecule/command/create.py | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/molecule/command/create.py b/src/molecule/command/create.py
index a10bca06ee..a4a96f7c7d 100644
--- a/src/molecule/command/create.py
+++ b/src/molecule/command/create.py
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ def execute(self, action_args=None):
         """
         self._config.state.change_state("driver", self._config.driver.name)
 
+        if self._config.state.created:
+            msg = "Skipping, instances already created."
+            LOG.warning(msg)
+            return
+
         self._config.provisioner.create()
 
         self._config.state.change_state("created", True)