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this looks like a bug, it should set the value correctly each time. could you open an issue?

This is what I found in the documentation for

get_object()

Python method (https://www.pulumi.com/docs/reference/pkg/python/pulumi/#pulumi.Config.get_object):

This routine simply JSON parses and doesn’t validate the shape of the contents.

while for

get()

method (https://www.pulumi.com/docs/reference/pkg/python/pulumi/#pulumi.Config.get) it explicitly returns `str`:

get(key: str) → Optional[str]

I guess the same or similar logic applies for the Pulumi CLI. Considering the docs, I initially thought it's awkward but desired behavior. Anyway I'll open an issue 👍.