diff --git a/internal/worker/vmmanager/tart/cmd.go b/internal/worker/vmmanager/tart/cmd.go
index 87e5ca82..e493f434 100644
--- a/internal/worker/vmmanager/tart/cmd.go
+++ b/internal/worker/vmmanager/tart/cmd.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package tart
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
 
 	"github.com/cirruslabs/orchard/internal/worker/vmmanager"
 	"github.com/cirruslabs/orchard/internal/worker/vmmanager/base"
@@ -17,3 +18,22 @@ func Tart(ctx context.Context, logger *zap.SugaredLogger, args ...string) (strin
 func List(ctx context.Context, logger *zap.SugaredLogger) ([]vmmanager.VMInfo, error) {
 	return base.List(ctx, logger, tartCommandName)
 }
+
+func Info(ctx context.Context, logger *zap.SugaredLogger, name string) (*vmmanager.VMInfo, error) {
+	output, _, err := Tart(ctx, logger, "get", name, "--format", "json")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	info := &vmmanager.VMInfo{
+		Name:    name,
+		Source:  "local",
+		State:   "",
+		Running: false,
+	}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(output), info); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return info, nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/worker/vmmanager/tart/tart.go b/internal/worker/vmmanager/tart/tart.go
index 15d0c31c..718be8a9 100644
--- a/internal/worker/vmmanager/tart/tart.go
+++ b/internal/worker/vmmanager/tart/tart.go
@@ -153,6 +153,15 @@ func (vm *VM) cloneAndConfigure(ctx context.Context) error {
 		vm.imageFQN.Store(&fqn)
 	}
 
+	// A suspended VM must resume with the configuration used to save its state.
+	info, err := Info(ctx, vm.logger, vm.id())
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if info.State == "suspended" {
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	// Set memory
 	vm.SetStatusMessage("configuring VM...")
 
diff --git a/internal/worker/vmmanager/tart/tart_test.go b/internal/worker/vmmanager/tart/tart_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2aad25e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/worker/vmmanager/tart/tart_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,215 @@
+//nolint:exhaustruct_v5,goconst // Fixtures omit unrelated fields and keep expected command strings explicit.
+package tart //nolint:testpackage // Exercise clone and configuration through the real command runner.
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/cirruslabs/orchard/internal/worker/ondiskname"
+	"github.com/cirruslabs/orchard/internal/worker/vmmanager/base"
+	v1 "github.com/cirruslabs/orchard/pkg/resource/v1"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"go.uber.org/zap"
+)
+
+func TestCloneAndConfigurePreservesSuspendedVM(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, failedCommand := range []string{"", "fqn"} {
+		t.Run("failed command="+failedCommand, func(t *testing.T) {
+			commandLog := installCloneFakeTart(t,
+				`{"OS":"darwin","CPU":4,"Memory":8192,"Disk":50,"Running":false,"State":"suspended"}`,
+				failedCommand)
+			vm := newCloneTestVM(v1.VM{
+				Name:           "test-vm",
+				UID:            "00112233-4455-6677-8899-aabbccddeeff",
+				Image:          "source-image",
+				CPU:            2,
+				AssignedCPU:    6,
+				Memory:         4096,
+				AssignedMemory: 12288,
+				DiskSize:       100,
+				RandomSerial:   true,
+			})
+			ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(t.Context(), 5*time.Second)
+			defer cancel()
+
+			require.NoError(t, vm.cloneAndConfigure(ctx))
+			requireCloneCommands(t, commandLog, []string{
+				"clone source-image " + vm.id(),
+				"fqn source-image",
+				"get " + vm.id() + " --format json",
+			})
+			require.False(t, vm.ConditionsSet().ContainsOne(v1.ConditionTypeCloning))
+			if failedCommand == "fqn" {
+				require.Nil(t, vm.ImageFQN())
+			} else {
+				require.NotNil(t, vm.ImageFQN())
+				require.Equal(t, "registry.example/source@sha256:abc", *vm.ImageFQN())
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestCloneAndConfigureConfiguresStoppedVM(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name     string
+		resource v1.VM
+		setArgs  []string
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "requested resources",
+			resource: v1.VM{
+				CPU:          2,
+				Memory:       4096,
+				DiskSize:     100,
+				RandomSerial: true,
+			},
+			setArgs: []string{"--memory 4096", "--cpu 2", "--disk-size 100", "--random-mac", "--random-serial"},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "assigned resources override requested resources",
+			resource: v1.VM{
+				CPU:            2,
+				AssignedCPU:    6,
+				Memory:         4096,
+				AssignedMemory: 12288,
+			},
+			setArgs: []string{"--memory 12288", "--cpu 6", "--random-mac"},
+		},
+		{
+			name:    "image resource defaults",
+			setArgs: []string{"--random-mac"},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			commandLog := installCloneFakeTart(t, `{"Running":false,"State":"stopped"}`, "")
+			test.resource.Name = "test-vm"
+			test.resource.UID = "00112233-4455-6677-8899-aabbccddeeff"
+			test.resource.Image = "source-image"
+			vm := newCloneTestVM(test.resource)
+			ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(t.Context(), 5*time.Second)
+			defer cancel()
+
+			require.NoError(t, vm.cloneAndConfigure(ctx))
+			commands := []string{
+				"clone source-image " + vm.id(),
+				"fqn source-image",
+				"get " + vm.id() + " --format json",
+			}
+			for _, args := range test.setArgs {
+				commands = append(commands, "set "+args+" "+vm.id())
+			}
+			requireCloneCommands(t, commandLog, commands)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestCloneAndConfigureStopsOnMetadataError(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name          string
+		output        string
+		failedCommand string
+		wantError     string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:          "get command fails",
+			failedCommand: "get",
+			wantError:     "injected get failure",
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "invalid JSON",
+			output:    `{"State":`,
+			wantError: "unexpected end of JSON input",
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "invalid state type",
+			output:    `{"State":123}`,
+			wantError: "cannot unmarshal number",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			commandLog := installCloneFakeTart(t, test.output, test.failedCommand)
+			vm := newCloneTestVM(v1.VM{
+				Name:   "test-vm",
+				UID:    "00112233-4455-6677-8899-aabbccddeeff",
+				Image:  "source-image",
+				Memory: 4096,
+			})
+			ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(t.Context(), 5*time.Second)
+			defer cancel()
+
+			err := vm.cloneAndConfigure(ctx)
+			require.ErrorContains(t, err, test.wantError)
+			if test.name == "invalid JSON" {
+				var syntaxError *json.SyntaxError
+				require.ErrorAs(t, err, &syntaxError)
+			}
+			if test.name == "invalid state type" {
+				var typeError *json.UnmarshalTypeError
+				require.ErrorAs(t, err, &typeError)
+			}
+			requireCloneCommands(t, commandLog, []string{
+				"clone source-image " + vm.id(),
+				"fqn source-image",
+				"get " + vm.id() + " --format json",
+			})
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func newCloneTestVM(resource v1.VM) *VM {
+	logger := zap.NewNop().Sugar()
+
+	return &VM{
+		onDiskName: ondiskname.NewFromResource(resource),
+		resource:   resource,
+		logger:     logger,
+		VM:         base.NewVM(logger),
+	}
+}
+
+func requireCloneCommands(t *testing.T, commandLog string, commands []string) {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	logged, err := os.ReadFile(commandLog) //nolint:gosec // The command log is created in t.TempDir.
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, commands, strings.Split(strings.TrimSpace(string(logged)), "\n"))
+}
+
+func installCloneFakeTart(t *testing.T, infoOutput string, failedCommand string) string {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	commandLog := filepath.Join(dir, "commands.log")
+	script := `#!/bin/sh
+set -eu
+printf '%s\n' "$*" >> "$ORCHARD_TEST_TART_COMMAND_LOG"
+if [ "$1" = "$ORCHARD_TEST_TART_FAILED_COMMAND" ]; then
+    printf 'injected %s failure\n' "$1" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+case "$1" in
+    clone|set) ;;
+    fqn) printf 'registry.example/source@sha256:abc\n' ;;
+    get) printf '%s\n' "$ORCHARD_TEST_TART_INFO" ;;
+    *) printf 'unexpected command: %s\n' "$*" >&2; exit 1 ;;
+esac
+`
+	commandPath := filepath.Join(dir, tartCommandName)
+	require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(commandPath, []byte(script), 0o600))
+	require.NoError(t, os.Chmod(commandPath, 0o700)) //nolint:gosec // The fake Tart command must be executable.
+	t.Setenv("PATH", dir+string(os.PathListSeparator)+os.Getenv("PATH"))
+	t.Setenv("ORCHARD_TEST_TART_COMMAND_LOG", commandLog)
+	t.Setenv("ORCHARD_TEST_TART_INFO", infoOutput)
+	t.Setenv("ORCHARD_TEST_TART_FAILED_COMMAND", failedCommand)
+
+	return commandLog
+}
diff --git a/internal/worker/vmmanager/vmmanager.go b/internal/worker/vmmanager/vmmanager.go
index 26622adc..9f2c030c 100644
--- a/internal/worker/vmmanager/vmmanager.go
+++ b/internal/worker/vmmanager/vmmanager.go
@@ -26,11 +26,12 @@ type VM interface {
 	Delete() error
 }
 
+//nolint:tagliatelle // The Tart and Vetu CLI JSON fields are capitalized.
 type VMInfo struct {
-	Name    string
-	Source  string
-	State   string
-	Running bool
+	Name    string `json:"Name"`
+	Source  string `json:"Source"`
+	State   string `json:"State"`
+	Running bool   `json:"Running"`
 }
 
 type VMManager struct {