Hi pulumi I d like to know is it possible to `protect` a res

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Hi pulumi I d like to know is it possible to `protect` a resource without having to run `pulumi up` i e to add the `protect true` to something directly More context on why in the thread

tall-terabyte-42834 · Answer

So I previously had a thread on a problem where `pulumi preview` is showing that changes will happen without me having changed anything <https pulumi community slack com archives C84L4E3N1 p1570135724281600>

tall-terabyte-42834 · Answer

This led to filing of an issue <https github com pulumi pulumi issues 3301>

tall-terabyte-42834 · Answer

And there does seem to be a PR out that may address the issue at <https github com pulumi pulumi pull 3327>

tall-terabyte-42834 · Answer

Basically there s a stack that I can t `pulumi up` because of the risk that it ll destroy everything But I want to add new resources to the stack Maybe I can do this by manually adding `protect true` to all the resources at risk of being recreated before doing `pulumi up` Would that work

white-balloon-205 · Answer

You can `pulumi stack export` then add the protect true then `pulumi stack import` We don t yet have a direct command to do this in one set but we do have a command for the opposite `pulumi state unprotected lt urn gt ` which we should probably expand to support this scenario as well

tall-terabyte-42834 · Answer

Thanks I ll try `export` and `import`