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10 changes: 8 additions & 2 deletions content/master/concepts/claims.md
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### Claiming existing composite resources

By default, creating a Claim creates a new composite resource. Claims can also
link to existing composite resources.
link to existing composite resources (if not yet referencing a claim).

A use case for claiming existing composite resources may be slow to provision
resources. Composite resources can be pre-provisioned and a Claim can
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{{<hover label="resourceref" line="6">}}resourceRef{{</hover>}} that doesn't
exist, Crossplane doesn't create a composite resource.

If a new Claim specifies a
{{<hover label="resourceref" line="6">}}resourceRef{{</hover>}} of a composite which is already referenced by another existing claim, then the new Claim will fail with a `CompositeAlreadyBoundError`.


{{<hint "note" >}}
All Claims have a
{{<hover label="resourceref" line="6">}}resourceRef{{</hover>}}. Manually
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with the information from the composite resource created for the Claim.
{{< /hint >}}



## Claim connection secrets

If a Claim expects connection secrets the Claim must define a
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name: my-claim-secret
```

For more information on connection secrets read the [Connection Secrets knowledge base article]({{<ref "connection-details">}}).
For more information on connection secrets read the [Connection Secrets knowledge base article]({{<ref "connection-details">}}).