Ansible: Is there a way to skip handlers?

[dcodix]

I am trying to reuse all playbooks and roles in 2 different scenarios:
1) Maintain the config in all the servers.
2) Create AMIs with that config.

In an autoscaling environment I will be able to generate AMIs with the new configs and easily substitute the old instances with the new AMI, but for really small changes I would like to be able to apply them directly on the running servers. I also want to be able to apply them directly on the servers in emergency cases.

The problem I am facing is that in the AMI creation I don't want to start o restart services, I don't want the handlers to be executed.

For now I tried tagging the handlers and skip the tag, but the handler runs anyway. I also tried to use a "when" clause on the handler with a variable defined by me, but it also runs anyway.

So, is there any way I can stop handlers from running when I am creatig AMIs ?
If there isn't I think it would be a great feature to be able to have a bit more control of handlers.

Thanks!

[bcoca]

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