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So I deleted something from the AWS console, and then deleted it from the pulumi config (thinking that it could reconcile the state).  But now when I run `pulumi up`, it seems to be failing because it can't delete the resource that isn't there. What's the best way out of this state?

i would suggest:
1. deploying with resource back in
2. once that deploys, then comment it out (don’t manually remove from anywhere)
3. re-deploy with it commented out

once it deploys with it commented out, you can then remove it from the code.

for future reference, i would suggest to NEVER manually remove anything created from pulumi from the aws console.

Or export it to using `pulumi export &gt; stack.json` , remove the deleted resource manually and import the stack back

Also to echo the comment above, don’t manually touch your infra unless you’re ready to destroy your stack :slightly_smiling_face:

yes, you could also `pulumi stack export &gt; stack.json` find said resource, remove object, then `pulumi stack import &lt; stack.json`

If you’re modifying state purely to delete something, there’s also `pulumi state delete`