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have you tried providing a full path instead of a relative path?

it looks like the way the python API was written the top-level provided `work_dir` is ignored for inline programs. Instead, try setting `work_dir` on `opts.work_dir`

Looks like a bug. Can you try setting opts.work_dir

this seem to be working better:
```stack = auto.create_or_select_stack(stack_name=stack_name, project_name=project_name, program=pulumi_program, opts=auto.LocalWorkspaceOptions(work_dir="myLOGS/"))```