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If I change the `identifier` of a `aws.rds.Instance`, Pulumi thinks it needs to replace the instance. This property is actually able to be changed in place.

Sounds like a bug. Can you open an issue at <http://github.com/pulumi/pulumi-aws|github.com/pulumi/pulumi-aws> ?

Done: <https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi-aws/issues/589>

<@UCZ0LS7NZ> / <@UDEJ1F5SQ> this is not a big

This is how the terraform provider works as well

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Oh, bug in terraform provider then? Or is that actually not able to be updated in place?

I don’t believe so - I don’t believe the aws cli even allows this

I can definitely change this via the AWS console.

I don’t believe it’s possible anywhere other than there - the api doesn’t seem to have an operation for it

I made most of this terraform provider and looked at so many different ways of trying to allow it to change

So strange. Wonder how the console does this.

Is it an immediate change in the console? Maybe it waits for a maintenance window to make a change? (pure speculation)

I can select immediate or wait for maintenance window.

Can you tag me (@stack72) in that issue and I can look tomorrow when I’m working <@UCZ0LS7NZ> 