A resource was deleted by hand in production and every plan now wants to recreate it. Walk me through safe state surgery.

state rm, import, moved and removed blocks each treat a different wound. The senior signal is not reciting commands, it is the backup, lock and plan ritual wrapped around touching production state.

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state rm, import, moved and removed blocks each treat a different wound. The senior signal is not reciting commands, it is the backup, lock and plan ritual wrapped around touching production state.

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