As the holiday season approaches, Pulumi has made several updates to its products, focusing on enhancements and new features in preparation for 2022. Key updates include the introduction of the Pulumi Registry, new resources in the AWS and Azure Native providers, support for Kubernetes 1.23, and improvements to the Pulumi CLI and core technologies, such as the ability to exclude protected resources during destruction with a new command argument. The Helm Release resource now supports local charts, facilitating easier deployment and testing of Helm charts stored on local machines. The update also introduced new examples for the Kubernetes native provider, making it easier to start with common resources. Pulumi Package plugins can now be hosted on GitHub Releases, allowing users to use placeholders for version, OS, and architecture in plugin URLs. Additionally, Pulumi Service has made it easier to invite new members to organizations by providing a one-time use invite link, and self-hosted Pulumi Service can now disable email sign-up and login, promoting the use of SAML directories or source control directories for authentication.