Prevent package operation from deleting cooked files

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Cooking process of my game data takes around 8 hours. So I cook content with command:

UE4Editor.exe PROJECT -run=cook -targetplatform=Switch -Map=MAP -unversioned -iterate

After this I have cooked content in my Saved/Cooked/Switch folder.

Then I would like to prepare switch NSP file with final build and run command:

RunUAT.bat BuildCookRun -stage -package -project=“PROJECT” -cook -map=MAP -unversioned -iterate -clientconfig=Development -targetplatform=Switch

Which constantly deletes cooked data and starts cooking again! Why I can’t just package already cooked data? How to prevent UE from deleting already cooked data and run cooking every time I need to rebuild NSP?

If I omit -cook flag it complains that it can’t package uncooked project (which is in fact cooked).

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Did you ever solve, and how?

Did you try: Project Settings → Cooking → Ignore Ini Settings Out of Date for Iteration = False

And

Project Settings → Packaging → Full Rebuild must be unchecked