pulumi plugin install adds --parallel with improved progress rendering
Introduced 2026-08-19 · score 0.96
HOW TO USE IT
When you need to preinstall the plugins required by the current Pulumi project, run `pulumi plugin install --parallel <N>` from that project. It installs concurrently, with a default maximum of 4; the release note reports improved rendering for simultaneous progress bars.
pulumi plugin install --parallel <N>WHY THIS HELPS
Install Pulumi plugins for a repository's development environment while tracking concurrent installation progress.
BEFORE THIS CHANGE
Without a specific plugin selector, Pulumi computes the set of plugins required by the current project. The release note says parallel installs previously had flickering progress rendering.
REQUIREMENTS AND LIMITATIONS
- Version: v3.259.0
- --parallel <int>: Maximum concurrent installs; default 4. Values less than 1 mean unbounded parallelism.
- [kind name [version]]: Optional specific plugin selector. Omitting it lets Pulumi compute plugins required by the current project; a specified version must be an exact version, not a range.
FIRST-PARTY EVIDENCE
- https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi/releases/tag/v3.259.0
- https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi/pull/24372
- https://www.pulumi.com/docs/iac/cli/commands/pulumi_plugin_install/
- https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi/blob/v3.259.0/pkg/cmd/pulumi/plugin/plugin_install.go
Check the installed version and the source before using it. Entry JSON