diff --git a/changelog/pending/20221129--programgen-go--convert-the-result-of-immediate-invokes-to-ouputs-when-necessary.yaml b/changelog/pending/20221129--programgen-go--convert-the-result-of-immediate-invokes-to-ouputs-when-necessary.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9985d3106368
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/pending/20221129--programgen-go--convert-the-result-of-immediate-invokes-to-ouputs-when-necessary.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+changes:
+- type: fix
+  scope: programgen/go
+  description: Convert the result of immediate invokes to ouputs when necessary.
diff --git a/pkg/codegen/go/gen_program.go b/pkg/codegen/go/gen_program.go
index bbff50318e9f..edbbec1d1cf8 100644
--- a/pkg/codegen/go/gen_program.go
+++ b/pkg/codegen/go/gen_program.go
@@ -664,9 +664,7 @@ func (g *generator) genResource(w io.Writer, r *pcl.Resource) {
 		if len(r.Inputs) > 0 {
 			g.Fgenf(w, "&%s.%sArgs{\n", modOrAlias, typ)
 			for _, attr := range r.Inputs {
-				g.Fgenf(w, "%s: ", strings.Title(attr.Name))
-				g.Fgenf(w, "%.v,\n", attr.Value)
-
+				g.Fgenf(w, "%s: %.v,\n", strings.Title(attr.Name), attr.Value)
 			}
 			g.Fprint(w, "}")
 		} else {
diff --git a/pkg/codegen/go/gen_program_expressions.go b/pkg/codegen/go/gen_program_expressions.go
index b651afb06d22..a116d3eb3332 100644
--- a/pkg/codegen/go/gen_program_expressions.go
+++ b/pkg/codegen/go/gen_program_expressions.go
@@ -579,9 +579,11 @@ func (g *generator) genScopeTraversalExpression(
 		_, isInput = schemaType.(*schema.InputType)
 	}
 
-	if resource, ok := expr.Parts[0].(*pcl.Resource); ok {
+	var sourceIsPlain bool
+	switch root := expr.Parts[0].(type) {
+	case *pcl.Resource:
 		isInput = false
-		if _, ok := pcl.GetSchemaForType(resource.InputType); ok {
+		if _, ok := pcl.GetSchemaForType(root.InputType); ok {
 			// convert .id into .ID()
 			last := expr.Traversal[len(expr.Traversal)-1]
 			if attr, ok := last.(hcl.TraverseAttr); ok && attr.Name == "id" {
@@ -589,29 +591,39 @@ func (g *generator) genScopeTraversalExpression(
 				expr.Traversal = expr.Traversal[:len(expr.Traversal)-1]
 			}
 		}
+	case *pcl.LocalVariable:
+		if root, ok := root.Definition.Value.(*model.FunctionCallExpression); ok && !pcl.IsOutputVersionInvokeCall(root) {
+			sourceIsPlain = true
+		}
 	}
 
 	// TODO if it's an array type, we need a lowering step to turn []string -> pulumi.StringArray
 	if isInput {
-		argType := g.argumentTypeName(expr, expr.Type(), isInput)
-		if strings.HasSuffix(argType, "Array") {
+		argTypeName := g.argumentTypeName(expr, expr.Type(), isInput)
+		if strings.HasSuffix(argTypeName, "Array") {
 			destTypeName := g.argumentTypeName(expr, destType, isInput)
-			if argType != destTypeName {
+			// `argTypeName` == `destTypeName` and `argTypeName` ends with `Array`, we
+			// know that `destType` is an outputty type. If the source is plain (and thus
+			// not outputty), then the types can never line up and we will need a
+			// conversion helper method.
+			if argTypeName != destTypeName || sourceIsPlain {
 				// use a helper to transform prompt arrays into inputty arrays
 				var helper *promptToInputArrayHelper
-				if h, ok := g.arrayHelpers[argType]; ok {
+				if h, ok := g.arrayHelpers[argTypeName]; ok {
 					helper = h
 				} else {
 					// helpers are emitted at the end in the postamble step
 					helper = &promptToInputArrayHelper{
-						destType: argType,
+						destType: argTypeName,
 					}
-					g.arrayHelpers[argType] = helper
+					g.arrayHelpers[argTypeName] = helper
 				}
+				// Wrap the emitted expression in a call to the generated helper function.
 				g.Fgenf(w, "%s(", helper.getFnName())
 				defer g.Fgenf(w, ")")
 			}
 		} else {
+			// Wrap the emitted expression in a type conversion.
 			g.Fgenf(w, "%s(", g.argumentTypeName(expr, expr.Type(), isInput))
 			defer g.Fgenf(w, ")")
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/codegen/testing/test/program_driver.go b/pkg/codegen/testing/test/program_driver.go
index 6b7669f2a20c..51ca00b0c261 100644
--- a/pkg/codegen/testing/test/program_driver.go
+++ b/pkg/codegen/testing/test/program_driver.go
@@ -81,9 +81,6 @@ var PulumiPulumiProgramTests = []ProgramTest{
 	{
 		Directory:   "aws-fargate",
 		Description: "AWS Fargate",
-
-		// TODO[pulumi/pulumi#8440]
-		SkipCompile: codegen.NewStringSet("go"),
 	},
 	{
 		Directory:   "aws-s3-logging",
diff --git a/pkg/codegen/testing/test/testdata/aws-fargate-pp/go/aws-fargate.go b/pkg/codegen/testing/test/testdata/aws-fargate-pp/go/aws-fargate.go
index a5c974d4eafb..a180575357c9 100644
--- a/pkg/codegen/testing/test/testdata/aws-fargate-pp/go/aws-fargate.go
+++ b/pkg/codegen/testing/test/testdata/aws-fargate-pp/go/aws-fargate.go
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ func main() {
 			return err
 		}
 		webLoadBalancer, err := elasticloadbalancingv2.NewLoadBalancer(ctx, "webLoadBalancer", &elasticloadbalancingv2.LoadBalancerArgs{
-			Subnets: subnets.Ids,
+			Subnets: toPulumiStringArray(subnets.Ids),
 			SecurityGroups: pulumi.StringArray{
 				webSecurityGroup.ID(),
 			},
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ func main() {
 			TaskDefinition: appTask.Arn,
 			NetworkConfiguration: &ecs.ServiceNetworkConfigurationArgs{
 				AssignPublicIp: pulumi.Bool(true),
-				Subnets:        subnets.Ids,
+				Subnets:        toPulumiStringArray(subnets.Ids),
 				SecurityGroups: pulumi.StringArray{
 					webSecurityGroup.ID(),
 				},
@@ -175,3 +175,10 @@ func main() {
 		return nil
 	})
 }
+func toPulumiStringArray(arr []string) pulumi.StringArray {
+	var pulumiArr pulumi.StringArray
+	for _, v := range arr {
+		pulumiArr = append(pulumiArr, pulumi.String(v))
+	}
+	return pulumiArr
+}