diff --git a/ansible/playbooks/openstack-vms.yml b/ansible/playbooks/openstack-vms.yml
index 7733d27..16e3685 100644
--- a/ansible/playbooks/openstack-vms.yml
+++ b/ansible/playbooks/openstack-vms.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
 ---
 - hosts: localhost
+  vars:
+    vm_status: "{{ lookup('file', '/deployments/{{ os_project }}-{{ win_project }}/VM_STATUS') }}"
   vars_files:
     - ../vars/common.yml
     - ../vars/{{ project_zone }}.yml
   tasks:
+    - name: End early if VM already created
+      block:
+        - meta: end_play
+      when: vm_status == 'created'
+
     - name: Create workbench VMs (ASYNCHRONUS)
       tags: teardown
       os_server:
@@ -298,4 +305,14 @@
           type: server
           variant: web_proxy
           os: linux
-      when: project_zone == 'protected'
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+      when: project_zone == 'protected'
+
+    - name: Set VM Status
+      vars:
+        ansible_connection: local
+      replace:
+        path: /deployments/{{ os_project }}-{{ win_project }}/VM_STATUS
+        regexp: '^pending$'
+        replace: 'created'
+      delegate_to: localhost
+      run_once: True
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