From 45b36566ca5ec8c8ebf373f7f54add5edcc47f8a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Manuel Luzarreta <manuel.luzarreta@clever-cloud.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2023 14:05:12 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Skip create step when created == true - closes #4037

---
 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)