# SST not preserving state after switching AWS credentials

**URL:** <https://discourse.sst.dev/t/sst-not-preserving-state-after-switching-aws-credentials/3064>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [July 9, 2025, 4:14am UTC](https://discourse.sst.dev/t/sst-not-preserving-state-after-switching-aws-credentials/3064 "2025-07-09T04:14:24Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 9, 2025, 4:14am UTC](https://discourse.sst.dev/t/sst-not-preserving-state-after-switching-aws-credentials/3064/1 "2025-07-09T04:14:24Z")

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Hi,

I recently switched my AWS CLI credentials to my personal account and then switched back to my work account. However, when I run `sst dev`, it seems to recreate all the resources instead of using the existing ones. It also doesn’t preserve the state of my previously deployed stage.

Is there a way to make SST use the existing deployed stack and avoid recreating everything? Would appreciate any help on this!

Thanks!