diff --git a/cli/src/utils/metadata.ts b/cli/src/utils/metadata.ts
index 92e9dfba35..25835dea3f 100644
--- a/cli/src/utils/metadata.ts
+++ b/cli/src/utils/metadata.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import {
 import { inferContentTypeFromFilePath } from "./script_common.ts";
 import { GlobalDeps, exts, findGlobalDeps } from "../commands/script/script.ts";
 import { FSFSElement, findCodebase, yamlOptions } from "../commands/sync/sync.ts";
-import { generateHash, readInlinePathSync, getHeaders } from "./utils.ts";
+import { generateHash, readInlinePathSync, getHeaders, writeIfChanged } from "./utils.ts";
 import { SyncCodebase } from "./codebase.ts";
 import { FlowFile } from "../commands/flow/flow.ts";
 import { replaceInlineScripts } from "../../windmill-utils-internal/src/inline-scripts/replacer.ts";
@@ -195,14 +195,11 @@ export async function generateFlowLockInternal(
     );
     inlineScripts
       .forEach((s) => {
-        Deno.writeTextFileSync(
-          Deno.cwd() + SEP + folder + SEP + s.path,
-          s.content
-        );
+        writeIfChanged(Deno.cwd() + SEP + folder + SEP + s.path, s.content);
       });
 
     // Overwrite `flow.yaml` with the new lockfile references
-    await Deno.writeTextFile(
+    writeIfChanged(
       Deno.cwd() + SEP + folder + SEP + "flow.yaml",
       yamlStringify(flowValue as Record<string, any>)
     );
diff --git a/cli/src/utils/utils.ts b/cli/src/utils/utils.ts
index cb8b808725..d11b751a5b 100644
--- a/cli/src/utils/utils.ts
+++ b/cli/src/utils/utils.ts
@@ -208,3 +208,31 @@ export async function getIsWin(): Promise<boolean> {
   }
   return isWin;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Writes content to a file only if it differs from existing content.
+ * Creates parent directories if they don't exist.
+ * 
+ * @param path - The file path to write to
+ * @param content - The content to write
+ * @returns true if file was written, false if skipped (content unchanged)
+ */
+export function writeIfChanged(path: string, content: string): boolean {
+  try {
+    const existing = Deno.readTextFileSync(path);
+    if (existing === content) {
+      // console.log(`Content unchanged for ${path}`);
+      return false; // Content unchanged, skip write
+    }
+  } catch (error) {
+    // File doesn't exist or can't be read, proceed with write
+    if (!(error instanceof Deno.errors.NotFound)) {
+      // If it's not a "not found" error, we might want to know about it
+      // but still proceed with the write attempt
+    }
+  }
+
+  // console.log(`Writing content to ${path}`);
+  Deno.writeTextFileSync(path, content);
+  return true; // File was written
+}
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