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It seems like sometimes I have to change the variable name for it to pick up, or in rare situations no matter what I do I just have to go edit them manually in AWS'

This is a known issue.  Update to the latest version and it should work properly :simple_smile: 

I'll stop ignoring that "there's a new version" message, then :stuck_out_tongue:

you could also set the pulumi version update check can be skipped by setting the environment variable PULUMI_SKIP_UPDATE_CHECK to 1 or true if it's bothersome in the future!

here's the issue for reference: <https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi-aws/issues/751>

Although you can skip the update warnings like Dan has shown, personally, I think it is good to be aware of the latest CLI releases. At least then you can consciously ignore a release for a specific reason, than to not know at all that a new release is available. Typically, updating to a new CLI version should be low risk. Like updating to a newer browser version.