diff --git a/clusterless-main-common/src/main/java/clusterless/command/LocalCommandOptions.java b/clusterless-main-common/src/main/java/clusterless/command/LocalCommandOptions.java
index ca5d4eed..45c622fc 100644
--- a/clusterless-main-common/src/main/java/clusterless/command/LocalCommandOptions.java
+++ b/clusterless-main-common/src/main/java/clusterless/command/LocalCommandOptions.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 package clusterless.command;
 
+import clusterless.model.manifest.ManifestState;
 import picocli.CommandLine;
 
 /**
@@ -37,6 +38,12 @@ public class LocalCommandOptions extends ProjectCommandOptions {
     )
     String role;
 
+    @CommandLine.Option(
+            names = {"-s", "--manifest-state"},
+            description = "manifest state"
+    )
+    ManifestState manifestState = ManifestState.complete;
+
     public String arc() {
         return arc;
     }
@@ -48,4 +55,8 @@ public String lotId() {
     public String role() {
         return role;
     }
+
+    public ManifestState manifestState() {
+        return manifestState;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/clusterless-model/src/main/java/clusterless/managed/component/ArcLocalExecutor.java b/clusterless-model/src/main/java/clusterless/managed/component/ArcLocalExecutor.java
index c3dc4b5b..f2769a12 100644
--- a/clusterless-model/src/main/java/clusterless/managed/component/ArcLocalExecutor.java
+++ b/clusterless-model/src/main/java/clusterless/managed/component/ArcLocalExecutor.java
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 
 package clusterless.managed.component;
 
+import clusterless.model.manifest.ManifestState;
+
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -97,5 +99,5 @@ public Command build() {
         }
     }
 
-    List<Command> commands(String role, String lotId);
+    List<Command> commands(String role, String lotId, ManifestState manifestState);
 }
diff --git a/clusterless-substrate-aws-construct-core/src/main/java/clusterless/substrate/aws/arc/batch/BatchExecArcLocalExecutor.java b/clusterless-substrate-aws-construct-core/src/main/java/clusterless/substrate/aws/arc/batch/BatchExecArcLocalExecutor.java
index e40289f0..32c9ce07 100644
--- a/clusterless-substrate-aws-construct-core/src/main/java/clusterless/substrate/aws/arc/batch/BatchExecArcLocalExecutor.java
+++ b/clusterless-substrate-aws-construct-core/src/main/java/clusterless/substrate/aws/arc/batch/BatchExecArcLocalExecutor.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 import clusterless.json.JSONUtil;
 import clusterless.managed.component.ArcLocalExecutor;
 import clusterless.model.deploy.Placement;
+import clusterless.model.manifest.ManifestState;
 import clusterless.substrate.aws.arc.props.ArcEnvBuilder;
 import clusterless.substrate.aws.event.ArcWorkloadContext;
 
@@ -56,10 +57,10 @@ public BatchExecArcLocalExecutor(Placement placement, BatchExecArc arc) {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public List<Command> commands(String role, String lotId) {
+    public List<Command> commands(String role, String lotId, ManifestState manifestState) {
         ArcEnvBuilder arcEnvBuilder = new ArcEnvBuilder(placement, arc);
         Map<String, String> arcEnvironment = arcEnvBuilder.asEnvironment();
-        ArcWorkloadContext arcWorkloadContext = arcEnvBuilder.execContext(role, lotId);
+        ArcWorkloadContext arcWorkloadContext = arcEnvBuilder.execContext(role, lotId, manifestState);
 
         Map<String, String> localComments = new LinkedHashMap<>();
         Map<String, String> localEnvironment = new LinkedHashMap<>(arcEnvironment);
diff --git a/clusterless-substrate-aws-construct-core/src/main/java/clusterless/substrate/aws/arc/props/ArcEnvBuilder.java b/clusterless-substrate-aws-construct-core/src/main/java/clusterless/substrate/aws/arc/props/ArcEnvBuilder.java
index 15347be5..975f8b0f 100644
--- a/clusterless-substrate-aws-construct-core/src/main/java/clusterless/substrate/aws/arc/props/ArcEnvBuilder.java
+++ b/clusterless-substrate-aws-construct-core/src/main/java/clusterless/substrate/aws/arc/props/ArcEnvBuilder.java
@@ -78,10 +78,10 @@ public Map<String, String> asEnvironment() {
     }
 
     @NotNull
-    public ArcWorkloadContext execContext(String role, String lotId) {
+    public ArcWorkloadContext execContext(String role, String lotId, ManifestState manifestState) {
         URI manifest = arcProps.sourceManifestPaths()
                 .get(role)
-                .withState(ManifestState.complete)
+                .withState(manifestState)
                 .withLot(lotId)
                 .uri();
 
diff --git a/clusterless-substrate-aws-kernel/src/main/java/clusterless/substrate/aws/local/Local.java b/clusterless-substrate-aws-kernel/src/main/java/clusterless/substrate/aws/local/Local.java
index 439c0a65..c68cc077 100644
--- a/clusterless-substrate-aws-kernel/src/main/java/clusterless/substrate/aws/local/Local.java
+++ b/clusterless-substrate-aws-kernel/src/main/java/clusterless/substrate/aws/local/Local.java
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ public Integer call() throws Exception {
 
         ArcLocalExecutor executor = executorFor(deployable.placement(), arc);
 
-        List<ArcLocalExecutor.Command> commands = executor.commands(commandOptions.role(), commandOptions.lotId());
+        List<ArcLocalExecutor.Command> commands = executor.commands(commandOptions.role(), commandOptions.lotId(), commandOptions.manifestState());
 
         ShellWriter shellWriter = new ShellWriter(Runtimes.current());