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Have you tried running `pulumi refresh`? That _should_ pick up the fact the resource was removed and record it on your state.

such an incredibly valuable tip to me. thanks so much problem solved!

If you want to destroy the whole stack, you can also run `pulumi destroy --refresh` to run the refresh first