A replacement for Laravel's LazilyRefreshDatabase trait that only runs migrate:fresh if necessary.

LazilyRefreshDatabaseIfNecessary.php

<?php

namespace Tests;

use Illuminate\Contracts\Console\Kernel;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\RefreshDatabase;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\RefreshDatabaseState;

trait LazilyRefreshDatabaseIfNecessary
{
    use RefreshDatabase {
        refreshDatabase as baseRefreshDatabase;
    }

    /**
     * Define hooks to migrate the database before and after each test.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function refreshDatabase(): void
    {
        $database = $this->app->make('db');

        $database->beforeExecuting(function() {
            if (RefreshDatabaseState::$lazilyRefreshed) {
                return;
            }
            RefreshDatabaseState::$lazilyRefreshed = true;
            $this->baseRefreshDatabase();
        });

        $this->beforeApplicationDestroyed(function() {
            RefreshDatabaseState::$lazilyRefreshed = false;
        });
    }

    protected function refreshTestDatabase(): void
    {
        if (!RefreshDatabaseState::$migrated) {
   
            if ($this->shouldMigrate()) {
                $this->artisan('migrate:fresh', $this->migrateFreshUsing());
            }
            $this->app[Kernel::class]->setArtisan(null);
            RefreshDatabaseState::$migrated = true;
        }
        $this->beginDatabaseTransaction();
    }

    protected function shouldMigrate(): bool
    {
        // Check if there are pending migrations
        // Perform additional checks as required
        return true;
    }
}