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Am stuck here. Am wondering how do I do `pulumi refresh` in the interactive mode, if I am using the automation api? I have `stack.refresh(on_output=print)` in my code. Do I need to adjust code somehow, or is interactive mode not available for automation api? Thanks!

Once created, you can access a stack without its yaml files, by using the `--stack` option (`-s`). You will need to be logged in to the correct backend (`pulumi login`), but that's all.

So this should work:
```pulumi refresh --stack beautynew/gcp-pubsub-new/devnew```

```% pulumi refresh --stack beautynew/gcp-pubsub-new/devnew
error: no Pulumi.yaml project file found (searching upwards from /Users/&lt;...&gt;/iac-pulumi-py-gcp-pubsub). If you have not created a project yet, use `pulumi new` to do so: no project file found```
sadly can't get this workering! I've doublechecked - I have the latest version of pulumi. Any other ideas maybe? Thanks a lot!

Wow, that's annoying.. it works with `pulumi destroy`. Well, the Pulumi.yaml file is very simple, you could create one in a temporary directory just for this action...