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is it possible to create a pulumi resource then later update it in the same stack?

Can you provide an example of what you’re thinking?

an aws cognito UserPool, i need to set an html link in the welcome email it sends to users, but i can't construct that link without first creating a UserPoolClient and retrieving its id, but i can't create the UserPoolClient until I've created the UserPool...

I see. I’m not a Cognito expert, so apologies---does Cognito automatically send the welcome e-mail when the UserPool is created?

no it sends the welcome email when you invite a user

but you have to set the email content on the userpool object

but i think for the purposes of this question maybe we can just ignore the cognito details -- imagine i want to create an object `A` and then an object `B` that depends on `A`, then set a property on `A` that is a string which includes `B.id`

Ah, gotcha. I don’t think you’d be able to create the UserPool, then the UserPoolClient, and then set the e-mail content on the UserPool object. (Or, I don’t think you can create A, then create B, and then modify one of A’s properties with information from B.)

But, let me poke around a bit and see if I can find a workaround. It’s very nearly end of business for me, so it will be early next week before I can get back to you.