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Have you validated that you can see the stack in https://app.pulumi.com ?

yes I have , I can see all the stacks in the web browser

How are you listing stacks locally?

Have you tried

pulumi stack ls --all

?

Also, you can verify that you're logged in with:

pulumi whoami

wow --all worked

You have to select the stack that you're trying to refresh

ow okay so something like

pulumi stack select <stackname>
pulumi refresh

yes

getting

C:\Users\User\Documents\repos\white-horse-webiny\lambdas>pulumi refresh
Previewing refresh (xolanimaphumulo/api/staging)

warning: A new version of Pulumi is available. To upgrade from version '3.35.3' to '3.42.0', visit <https://pulumi.com/docs/reference/install/> for manual instructions and release notes.
error: [400] Bad Request: Cannot update stack "xolanimaphumulo/api/staging" because the project name from Pulumi.yaml ("lambdas") doesn't match the stack's project name of "api".
To rename the stack's project, run 'pulumi stack rename "xolanimaphumulo/lambdas/staging"'.

The directories locally are your "projects" (e.g. admin/api/website from your screenshots). The "stack" is "staging". You can have many "stacks" for 1 project. Project configuration is "Pulumi.yaml". Stack configuration is "Pulumi.<stackname>.yaml".

ow okay I understand , my problem is that I am trying to refresh a stack that is stored in pulumi not local. So I create a dummy Pulumi.yaml and folder because it kept forcing me to do so