pulumi · cnunciato · Aug 20, 2026
diff --git a/content/releases/changelog/2026-08-12-notification-center.md b/content/releases/changelog/2026-08-12-notification-center.md
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+---
+title: "A notification center for Pulumi Cloud"
+date: 2026-08-12
+meta_desc: A real-time inbox in the Pulumi Cloud console for the things that need you — Neo tasks, ESC approvals, and billing alerts, in the console or by email.
+authors:
+    - christian-nunciato
+# TODO(christian): confirm edition availability before publishing. If gated,
+# uncomment and list the lowest applicable edition and every edition above it.
+# editions:
+#     - team
+#     - enterprise
+#     - business-critical
+---
+
+Pulumi Cloud now has a notification center: a single inbox for the things that actually need you. It lives behind the bell in the console sidebar, with an indicator when something's waiting, and notifications arrive in real time — no refresh required. Each one carries a single, clear action, so you land where you can do the thing rather than on a dashboard where you have to go find it.
+
+You choose how every notification type is delivered — in the console, over email, or both. Organization admins set a sensible baseline for everyone, and each member can override it for themselves.
+
+Today the notification center covers Neo task completions, ESC change-request approvals, and billing and credit alerts, with more notification types on the way.
+
+You'll find the new notification bell at the top of the left sidebar in the [Pulumi Cloud console](https://app.pulumi.com). To change what you're notified about and how, visit **Account settings** > **Notification settings**.
+
+<!-- TODO(christian): link a docs page here once one exists (none was published at
+     ship time). Optionally add a screenshot at
+     /releases/changelog/images/2026-08-12-notification-center.png. -->
diff --git a/content/releases/changelog/2026-08-17-pulumi-do-stateful-operations.md b/content/releases/changelog/2026-08-17-pulumi-do-stateful-operations.md
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+---
+title: "Stateful, zero-setup resource operations with pulumi do"
+date: 2026-08-17
+meta_desc: pulumi do now runs stateful create, upsert, delete, and patch operations from any directory, with no project or stack setup required. GA in v3.258.0.
+authors:
+    - christian-nunciato
+---
+
+You can now use [`pulumi do`](/docs/iac/cli/direct-resource-operations/) to create, update, and delete real cloud resources directly from the command line — no program, project, or stack setup required. What started as a way to invoke a single function or resource operation is now **stateful**, supporting `create`, `upsert`, `delete`, and `patch`, and it works from **any directory**.
+
+If you run it outside of a Pulumi project, `pulumi do` transparently falls back to a global project and `default` stack under `$PULUMI_HOME` and manages the stack for you, so a one-off just works:
+
+```bash
+# Create (or update) a resource — no pulumi new or pulumi stack init needed
+pulumi do aws:s3/bucket:Bucket upsert my-bucket
+
+# See what's in state so you can reference it
+pulumi do show-resources
+
+# Tear it down
+pulumi do aws:s3/bucket:Bucket delete my-bucket
+```
+
+Everything still runs through the Pulumi engine, so state, providers, and secrets behave exactly as they do in a full program. That also makes `pulumi do` a natural, verb-oriented surface for agents driving Pulumi from a shell, where auto-naming keeps snippets stable across runs.
+
+`pulumi do` is generally available as of [v3.258.0](https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi/releases/tag/v3.258.0). To learn more, read the [announcement post](/blog/pulumi-do-direct-resource-operations/) or the [Direct Resource Operations documentation](/docs/iac/cli/direct-resource-operations/).
diff --git a/content/releases/changelog/2026-08-18-experimental-rust-support.md b/content/releases/changelog/2026-08-18-experimental-rust-support.md
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+---
+title: "Experimental Rust support for Pulumi"
+date: 2026-08-18
+meta_desc: Pulumi Labs has released pulumi-rust, an experimental Rust SDK and language plugin for writing Pulumi programs in Rust.
+authors:
+    - christian-nunciato
+---
+
+Pulumi Labs has released [`pulumi-rust`](https://github.com/pulumi-labs/pulumi-rust), an experimental Rust SDK and language plugin for the Pulumi platform. If you've been waiting to write your infrastructure in Rust, you can now give it a try.
+
+This is an early-stage, experimental project: there are no promises of official support yet, and the API is still taking shape. But it's a great time to kick the tires — tinker with it, file issues, and open pull requests to help shape where it goes.
+
+To get started, head over to the [`pulumi-rust` repository](https://github.com/pulumi-labs/pulumi-rust) on GitHub.
diff --git a/content/releases/changelog/2026-08-18-insights-graph-query-api.md b/content/releases/changelog/2026-08-18-insights-graph-query-api.md
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+---
+title: "Query your resource graph with the Insights graph query API"
+date: 2026-08-18
+meta_desc: Pulumi Insights adds a graph query API for traversing the relationships across your cloud resources, built with coding agents in mind.
+authors:
+    - christian-nunciato
+# TODO(christian): confirm edition availability before publishing (this API is
+# entitlement-gated). List the lowest applicable edition and every edition above it.
+# editions:
+#     - enterprise
+#     - business-critical
+---
+
+<!-- DRAFT — pending confirmation of GA status, entitlement/editions, and a public
+     docs link before this is published. -->
+
+Pulumi Insights now includes a graph query API for exploring the relationships across your cloud resources. Rather than scanning stacks one at a time, you can query the resource graph directly — traverse dependencies and references, filter on resource properties (including semantic-version comparisons), and get results automatically trimmed to what you're allowed to see.
+
+It's also built with agents in mind: the API's schema endpoint serves a primer and cookbook, so a coding agent can learn the query surface and explore your graph on its own.
+
+<!-- TODO(christian): link the Insights graph query API documentation here once it's
+     published, and confirm the edition/entitlement note above. -->
+To learn more, see the [Pulumi Insights documentation](/docs/insights/).
diff --git a/content/releases/changelog/2026-08-19-cli-and-sdk-august-releases.md b/content/releases/changelog/2026-08-19-cli-and-sdk-august-releases.md
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+---
+title: "CLI and SDK rollup: Interactive pulumi new and more"
+date: 2026-08-19
+meta_desc: Our August CLI and SDK releases add a redesigned interactive pulumi new, encrypted credential storage, full-stack Go policies, and more.
+authors:
+    - christian-nunciato
+---
+
+We shipped a batch of new features and improvements in the Pulumi CLI and SDK this month. A few highlights:
+
+* A redesigned interactive [`pulumi new`](/docs/iac/cli/commands/pulumi_new/) that asks for a cloud provider and language instead of listing every template, then confirms your project, stack, and config defaults in a single step ([v3.258](https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi/releases/tag/v3.258.0), [v3.259](https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi/releases/tag/v3.259.0))
+* Opt-in encryption of stored credentials with a key protected by your operating system, selected with `PULUMI_CREDENTIAL_STORE` ([v3.258](https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi/releases/tag/v3.258.0))
+* A new [`pulumi state get`](/docs/iac/cli/commands/pulumi_state_get/) command to inspect an individual resource in your state ([v3.257](https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi/releases/tag/v3.257.0))
+* An `--ignore-protect` flag for [`pulumi up`](/docs/iac/cli/commands/pulumi_up/), `pulumi preview`, and `pulumi destroy` that deletes protected resources without unprotecting them in state first ([v3.256](https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi/releases/tag/v3.256.0))
+* Full-stack policy validation for Go policy packs via `policyx.NewStackValidationPolicy` ([v3.258](https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi/releases/tag/v3.258.0))
+* A `PULUMI_DEFAULT_ORGANIZATION` environment variable to set your default organization ([v3.259](https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi/releases/tag/v3.259.0))
+
+We also retired the AI mode of `pulumi new` in favor of [`pulumi neo`](/docs/ai/) ([v3.256](https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi/releases/tag/v3.256.0)), and made a raft of improvements to [`pulumi do`](/releases/changelog/pulumi-do-stateful-operations/).
+
+... and lots more. See the [Releases page on GitHub](https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi/releases) for details.