Pulumi has introduced significant updates to its infrastructure import feature, enhancing the ability to seamlessly bring existing resources into the Pulumi ecosystem. These improvements address challenges faced by cloud engineers who often work with legacy systems that require modernization. The new updates provide a smoother experience by eliminating unnecessary default values in generated code, which aligns better with how users would naturally write it. For example, when importing AWS S3 buckets and EC2 instances, the updated system utilizes the provider's Read function to accurately capture the current state of resources without superfluous properties. This results in cleaner, more intuitive code generation and allows for successful imports even if some inputs are missing. Additionally, the updates include a more tolerant handling of property checks, enabling code generation even in the face of minor discrepancies. Pulumi's integration with Terraform providers also benefits from these updates, as improvements to the "terraform-bridge" library help reduce zero-initialized properties, leading to a more accurate representation of the resource state. These changes are aimed at making the import process more user-friendly and effective, ultimately supporting teams in their efforts to transition to modern cloud architecture.