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was `deleteBeforeReplace` removed from resource options recently? I can't see it in the type declaration with `@pulumi/pulumi` v3.6.1

never mind... its part of `CustomResourceOptions`

what exactly is a "custom resource" defined as? why can't this be an option for all resource types?

&gt; CustomResource is a resource whose create, read, update, and delete (CRUD) operations are managed by performing external operations on some physical entity.
I.e. a job inside a kubernetes cluster is a custom resource

because it's a resource inside another resource that is managed via a provider rather than part of say AWS or GCP directly :thinking_face:

so im trying to set `deleteBeforeReplace` on an ECS service via a transformation function (since the resource is part of a component resource).

if i create a service myself (ie not part of a component) it supports the `deleteBeforeReplace` property.

however when I'm doing a stack transformation, the options are typed as `ResourceOptions` which has no `deleteBeforeReplace` property which means i get a type error if I try to set it in a stack transform.

can you do it on the resource managing the ecs service? dunno, you've bumped into a doozy :confused: the distinction between custom resources and component resources seems unintuitive to me so i'm not much help  i'm afraid

if i change how the property is assigned it doesnt throw a type error.

eg this is fine. i guess because `ResourceOptions` is a subset of `CustomResourceOptions`

so this will work for now, but yeah i agree the typing and definition of custom resources vs "regular" resources seems strange

<@UP8AAS41E> Are you using the `awsx` package to create that resource?

the ECS service is from `aws` but its using a task definition created with `awsx`

ok, and that's the task def that you want to `deleteBeforeReplace`, am I understanding you correctly?

no i want the service to have `deleteBeforeReplace`