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# aws
q
Hey guys - getting an error when trying to delete a specific resource with the Pulumi cli. Trying to run 
pulumi destroy --target urn:pulumi:dev::database::aws:rds/cluster:Cluster::aurora-cluster --target-dependents
but getting the following error: 
error: Cannot delete parent resource 'urn:pulumi:dev::database::aws:rds/cluster:Cluster::aurora-cluster' without also deleting child 'urn:pulumi:dev::database::aws:rds/cluster:Cluster$aws:cloudwatch/metricAlarm:MetricAlarm::chumba-casino-dev-uptime-alarm'
Unsure why its failing on removing child resources when the 
--target-dependents
toggle is being used.
l
Is a child resource necessarily dependent on the parent resource? Maybe add an explicit dependsOn and see if that helps?
If there's no property in the child resource that refers back to a property of the parent resource, then maybe 
--target-dependents
won't notice...
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r
A child isn’t a “dependent” technically. “dependent” relationships are defined by 
dependsOn
and would be destroyed by 
--target-dependents
. Parent-child relationships are defined by the 
parent
property and/or 
componentResources
I do find it odd though, the docs for 
--target
say
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All resources necessary to destroy this target will also be destroyed.
I would expect that to mean that it would destroy the child.
I expect @little-cartoon-10569 is right on the money here though as to why that happens
q
Thanks @little-cartoon-10569 @red-match-15116 - for now I think easiest solution is to define each resource individually with its own 
--target
flag. Thanks for the help
l
I guess you don't have too many resources 🙂 A dependsOn added to the opts of everything that has a parent opt would be first choice! 🙂
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r
This issue covers what we’ve discussed: https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi/issues/5870 - feel free to upvote/comment as that helps with prioritizing
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