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

Or export it to using

pulumi export > 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 🙂

yes, you could also

pulumi stack export > stack.json

find said resource, remove object, then

pulumi stack import < stack.json

Btw, thanks! I got this working.

👍

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

pulumi state delete