Animation saved as scene doesn't play the second time it is instantiated

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Version 4.3 stable

I am making a small movement prototype to test out the engine and I took the habit of making each VFX a separate scene so I could instantiate them as needed. This worked flawlessly on my character but now that I am trying to make the checkpoint VFX work, the actual animation only plays on the first area2D trigger and not the second.

For the record, I have simply duplicated the structure for my first checkpoint to make the other ones, code works flawlessly from what I see. Here’s what I have so far.

(Don’t mind the messy structure)

Code on the Area2D

@export var flagGetVFXScene: PackedScene

func _on_area_entered(area: Area2D) -> void:
	var parent1 = get_parent()
	var parent2 = parent1.get_parent()
	var parent3 = parent2.get_parent()
	var deathPlane = parent3.get_node("DeathPlane")
	var currentFlag

	if get_parent() == parent2.get_node("Flag1") and deathPlane.checkpointIndex <= 0:
		deathPlane.checkpointIndex = 1
		currentFlag = parent2.get_node("Flag1/Area2DFlag")
		var flagGetVFX = flagGetVFXScene.instantiate()
		flagGetVFX.position = currentFlag.position + Vector2(0, -10)
		add_sibling(flagGetVFX)
		
	elif get_parent() == parent2.get_node('Flag2') and deathPlane.checkpointIndex <= 1:
		deathPlane.checkpointIndex = 2
		currentFlag = parent2.get_node("Flag2/Area2DFlag")
		var flagGetVFX = flagGetVFXScene.instantiate()
		flagGetVFX.position = currentFlag.global_position + Vector2(0, -10)
		print(currentFlag.global_position)
		add_sibling(flagGetVFX)
	
	print(deathPlane.checkpointIndex

Code on the animatedSprite2D

extends AnimatedSprite2D


func _on_frame_changed():
	print(frame)


func _on_animation_finished():
	queue_free()

The animationSprite2D has autoplay checked and loop unchecked

Any ideas for why it is not playing on the second flag?