getting a strange error when running `pulumi import aws code

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getting a strange error when running `pulumi import aws codepipeline pipeline Pipeline` ``` error aws codepipeline pipeline Pipeline resource staging pipeline has a problem expected length of stage 0 action 0 namespace to be in the range 1 100 got Examine values at Pipeline Stages 0 Action 0 Namespace ``` Looks like it s complaining that namespace isn t there but that s an optional property

echoing-dinner-19531 · Answer

We re actively working on this <https github com pulumi pulumi issues 7160> For now the only workaround is to write the resource in your program yourself and use `ResourceOptions ImportID` to import it in We re looking at multiple things to improve this

mammoth-art-6111 · Answer

i m not familiar with `ResourceOptions ImportID` is there a blog post or resource online that details this workaround

mammoth-art-6111 · Answer

might be helpful to understand how you inform connect pulumi to existing resources in the interim while these issues are worked out i tried importing a few other resources and I wasn t able to import anything as they all had derived generated fields

echoing-dinner-19531 · Answer

echoing-dinner-19531 · Answer

Specifically on that page the part about the <https www pulumi com docs guides adopting import pulumi import resource operation|import resource option>

mammoth-art-6111 · Answer

ok I think I understand basically I have to manually define it and link the resource with the ID in AWS via `import` at which point Pulumi will connect the two

mammoth-art-6111 · Answer

any idea on when the CLI import functionality will be fixed

echoing-dinner-19531 · Answer

We hope to ship improvements in the next few releases

echoing-dinner-19531 · Answer

So possibly next Wednesday but if not I d really hope we can make the two weeks after that 23rd Feb

mammoth-art-6111 · Answer

ok thank you for the update trying to decide if we are going to use Pulumi for IoC and the import feature was really attractive