use state file to only send highstate initiated event once

salt/vm/status/init.sls

@@ -20,8 +20,18 @@ vm_highstate_trigger:
         status: Highstate Initiated
         vm_name: {{ grains.id }}
         hypervisor: {{ salt['grains.get']('salt-cloud:profile', '').split('-')[1] }}
+    - unless: test -f /opt/so/state/highstate_trigger.txt
     - order: 1 # Ensure this runs early in the highstate process
 
+# Check if the trigger has already run
+vm_highstate_trigger_file:
+  file.managed:
+    - name: /opt/so/state/highstate_trigger.txt
+    - contents: |
+        VM Highstate Trigger executed at: {{ salt['cmd.run']('date') }}
+    - onchanges:
+      - event: vm_highstate_trigger
+
 {% else %}
 
 {{sls}}_no_license_detected: