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I should also mention that I've checked the relevant method signatures and it seems that a `force` parameter isn't available.

<https://www.pulumi.com/docs/reference/pkg/python/pulumi/#pulumi.automation.LocalWorkspace.serialize_args_for_op|serialize_args_for_op> gave me hope for a moment, but I'm working with LocalWorkspace and....

&gt; LocalWorkspace does not utilize this extensibility point.

Summoning <@UK4HNFLCB> for this :slightly_smiling_face:

Thanks!

So, I hacked my way around to force things to work. This is probably as dumb as it gets, but it works for my one-off case:

```from pulumi import automation as auto

class LocalWorkspace(auto.LocalWorkspace):

    def _run_pulumi_cmd_sync(self, args:list, *aargs, **kwargs):

        args.append('--force')
        try:
            return super()._run_pulumi_cmd_sync(args, *aargs, **kwargs)
        except:
            args.pop(args.index('--force'))
            return super()._run_pulumi_cmd_sync(args, *aargs, **kwargs)

auto._local_workspace.LocalWorkspace = LocalWorkspace```
*Warning:*

• ^ above block of code blindly pass the `--force` flag to all commands.
• I just needed this as a one-off solution, and it shouldn't be considered....for anything ever.