From 6bea605c615697b511681f03b35ce0f7b971a0a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Karel Van Hecke <25814162+karelvanhecke@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:08:28 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: existing template detection in vsphere-template
 post-processor

Signed-off-by: Karel Van Hecke <25814162+karelvanhecke@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 post-processor/vsphere-template/step_mark_as_template.go | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/post-processor/vsphere-template/step_mark_as_template.go b/post-processor/vsphere-template/step_mark_as_template.go
index 0a2bb8e3..12597376 100644
--- a/post-processor/vsphere-template/step_mark_as_template.go
+++ b/post-processor/vsphere-template/step_mark_as_template.go
@@ -264,7 +264,13 @@ func findTemplate(cli *govmomi.Client, folder *object.Folder, name string) (*obj
 
 	if ref != nil {
 		if vm, ok := ref.(*object.VirtualMachine); ok {
-			return vm, nil
+			t, err := vm.IsTemplate(context.Background())
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			if t {
+				return vm, nil
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	return nil, nil