... other stuff that works ...

if node['notifications']['disabled']
  Chef::Log.debug('Notifications are disabled on this node.')
  return
else
  file '/var/lock/subsys/notification' do
    owner 'root'
    group 'root'
    mode '0755'
    action :create
  end
end

# stuff after this doesn't work

logrotate_files = %w[
  app1
  app2
]

logrotate_files.each do |file|
  cookbook_file "/etc/logrotate.d/#{file}" do
    source "logrotate.d/#{file}"
    owner 'root'
    group 'root'
    mode '0644'
  end
end