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First, try avoiding that (e.g. call `GetOutput` instead of `GetValueAsync`. Second, there is a pattern of
1. Using a helper async method.
2. Returning outputs from it.
3. Invoking it from the constructor and assigning the result to an `Output&lt;T&gt;` property.
This way, Pulumi would know how to await it properly using the output.
See an example here: <https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi/blob/master/pkg/codegen/internal/test/testdata/aws-eks.pp.cs#L13-L17>

That makes sense.  I'm missing something when trying to do similar where instead of creating resources, get values from a StackReference.

```namespace StackReferenceExample {
    public class SimpleStack : Stack {
        [Output( "vpc" )]
        public Output&lt;Output&lt;object?&gt;&gt; Vpc { get; set; }

        public SimpleStack( ) {

            Vpc = Output.Create( Initialize( ) );
        }

        private async Task&lt;Output&lt;object?&gt;&gt; Initialize( ) {
            var vpcStack = new StackReference( "orionadvisortech/vpc/sandbox" );
            var vpc = vpcStack.GetOutput( "vpc" );

            return vpc;
        }
    }
}```

```Output&lt;Output&lt;object?&gt;&gt;```
doesn’t look correct

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Probably.  This seems to be all the docs on stack refs, not a ton.  So I'm doing alot of guessing and wading through the source.

```public class SimpleStack : Stack {
            [Output( "vpc" )]
            public Output&lt;object?&gt; Vpc { get; set; }
            public SimpleStack( ) {
                Vpc = Output.Create( Initialize( ) );
            }
            private async Task&lt;object?&gt; Initialize( ) {
                var vpcStack = new StackReference( "orionadvisortech/vpc/sandbox" );
                var vpc = await vpcStack.GetValueAsync( "vpc" );
                return vpc;
            }
        }```
if you need `async` for something else

```public SimpleStack( ) {
                var vpcStack = new StackReference( "orionadvisortech/vpc/sandbox" );
                this.Vpc = vpcStack.GetOutput( "vpc" );
            }```
otherwise

```public SimpleStack( ) {
                Vpc = Output.Create( Initialize( ) ).Apply(v =&gt; v);
            }
            private async Task&lt;Output&lt;object?&gt;&gt; Initialize( ) {
                var vpcStack = new StackReference( "orionadvisortech/vpc/sandbox" );
                var vpc = vpcStack.GetOutput( "vpc" );
                return vpc;
            }```
If `vpc` is a secret *and* you need async for something else

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Maybe not a build error, it happens on `pulumi preview`

changed to: `Vpc = vpcStack.GetOutput( "vpc" ).Apply(x =&gt; (string)x);`

This all makes sense now, thanks for the help!