Chef notifies :before not working

[frezbo]

s3_file '/var/lib/tomcat7/webapps/ROOT.war' do
  remote_path 'test'
  bucket 'test'
  action :create
  notifies :stop, 'service[tomcat7 stop]', :before
end

throws whyrun not supported

[joekiller]

A test or a suggestion to how to fix this would be helpful.