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```k8s.core.v1.Namespace(
        resource_name=name,  # NEED TO HAVE THIS AS IT IS
        opts=p.ResourceOptions(
            provider=k8s_provider,  # via kubeconfig from AKS ManagedCluster output
            delete_before_replace=True,
            parent=aks,
        ),
    )```

... by setting:
```k8s.core.v1.Namespace(
...
        metadata=k8s.meta.v1.ObjectMetaArgs(
            name=name,
        ),
...
)```

You could do something like <https://github.com/tusharshahrs/pulumi-homelab/blob/master/Pulumi-Workshop/k8s-autoscaling-nodes/index.ts#L5-L27|this>

just to confirm - you mean setting metadata.name explicitly, right?

correct,  cause you are running into <https://www.pulumi.com/docs/intro/concepts/resources/#autonaming|this>.

got it, thanks! that's how i fixed it (second snippet that i added above for posterity)