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Hi everybody,
Is there a way to change a resource ID without hacking the stack state or bastardizing resources with aliases? If I could manage this using the CLI, that would be great.
Many thanks!

If you really mean ID then I assume you've got two resources one that the stack currently points to, and another that you want to point to instead. In which case you can use the <https://www.pulumi.com/docs/intro/concepts/resources/options/import/|import resource option> to delete the current one and adopt the new one.

If you mean name then `pulumi state rename &lt;resource URN&gt; &lt;new name&gt;` lets you rename a resource handling all the other state file changes required due to the new name.

This is great. Thanks <@U02J3T6A8LB>. I wish to prevent some resources from being created under new names, as they were imported into our current state with names that do not match our existing naming conventions.

BTW, I was referring to resources names (not URNs)