Does pulumi have an approach to handle the k8s operator pattern? When operators are used for an app, they create resources outside of pulumi. How does pulumi deal with this? Is there a operator "monitor" mode where pulumi can pick up these dependencies dynamically from the operator's interaction with the k8s API?

We don't have an explicit monitor etc. That said, several users have found interesting ways to use pulumi with operators. The most obvious would be to install and configure the operator itself and the associated CRs etc. and let the operator do its job. You can also "import" existing resources into Pulumi's state and have them interact with pulumi provisioned resources. Lastly we have some ideas around making interactions with externally managed resources easier, summarized here: https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi-kubernetes/issues/264#issuecomment-1017833061

Thank you! Is it possible to import resources that have not been created yet and then have

pulumi up

wait until they are created before returning?