opscode/chef-provisioning-aws — pull request #40 by lynchc (2014-12-02 21:19:02+00:00)
Title: :allocate should ensure instance isn't terminated

if you create a machine with the action set to :allocate, and the machine has already been created and terminated, it will say up to date and exit. It should check if the instance is a terminated state / exists. if it does not, re-allocate.