Upgraded from cli v3.9 to v3.17 - get error on push: "Invalid request template given, must be less than 64kb in size"

Describe the bug I upgraded the cli from v3.9 to v3.17 then did an amplify push. The push is failing with:

UPDATE_FAILED Update<redact>RequestResolver AWS::AppSync::Resolver Wed Nov 06 2019 14:36:46 GMT-0700 (Mountain Standard Time) Invalid request template given, must be less than 64kb in size. (Service: AWSAppSync; Status Code: 400; Error Code: BadRequestException; Request ID: d2eec6ea-649e-4dea-b188-d4464fd52e1c)

Amplify CLI Version v3.17

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• OS: Mac
• Node Version. 10.9

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[hhemmati81]

This issue should be reopened. This is a major flaw. We are building a healthcare platform that has many fields which require different authorization levels. We can’t compromise security because there is a 64kb file size limit. AWS has to offer a larger size even if it requires to be on a paid plan.

[hisham]

But you may be able to open a ticket with the AppSync team and ask them for a code size limit increase, not sure if that’s currently a soft or hard limit.

fyi I did contact AWS Support and they are not able to change these limits at this time. So the solution is to reduce the number of field-level auths until amplify cli comes up with reduced code to enforce field auths.