From 600d3d38dae39bfcfbdaa3d1e3d75e246bfa98c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: grossmj <grossmj@gns3.net>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2026 19:36:22 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Fix creating Qemu disk image. Fixes #2542

---
 gns3server/api/routes/controller/images.py | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/gns3server/api/routes/controller/images.py b/gns3server/api/routes/controller/images.py
index 736c44c3b..9a43152ed 100644
--- a/gns3server/api/routes/controller/images.py
+++ b/gns3server/api/routes/controller/images.py
@@ -96,7 +96,13 @@ async def create_qemu_image(
     await Qemu.instance().create_disk_image(disk_image_path, options)
 
     image_info = await read_image_info(disk_image_path, "qemu")
-    return await images_repo.add_image(**image_info)
+
+    image = await images_repo.get_image(disk_image_path)
+    if image:
+        # the image has already been added to the database
+        return image
+    else:
+        return await images_repo.add_image(**image_info)
 
 @router.get(
     "",