Seeing this as well in large directories:

root@coder-v2:~/coder# coder template create
> Create and upload "~/coder"? (yes/no) yes
Archive too big. Must be <= 1048576 bytes
root@coder-v2:~/coder# 

I'm not repro'ing this on Coder v0.5.2-devel+568574c Wed May 4 22:42:58 UTC 2022

coder@dogfood-general:/tmp/test/test2$ coder2 templates create --url https://trusting-archimedes4.try.coder.app
> Create and upload "/tmp/test/test2"? (yes/no) yes
✔ Queued [150ms]
✔ Setting up [1ms]
✔ Parse parameters [2ms]
⧗  Detecting persistent resources 
  Terraform 1.1.9
  Error: No configuration files
  Plan requires configuration to be present. Planning without a configuration would mark everything for destruction, which is normally not what is desired. If you would like to destroy everything, run plan with the -destroy option. Otherwise, create a Terraform configuration file (.tf file) and try again.
✘ Detecting persistent resources [230ms]
template import provision for start: recv import provision: plan terraform: exit status 1

I'm not repro'ing this on Coder v0.5.2-devel+568574c Wed May 4 22:42:58 UTC 2022

coder@dogfood-general:/tmp/test/test2$ coder2 templates create --url https://trusting-archimedes4.try.coder.app
> Create and upload "/tmp/test/test2"? (yes/no) yes
✔ Queued [150ms]
✔ Setting up [1ms]
✔ Parse parameters [2ms]
⧗  Detecting persistent resources 
  Terraform 1.1.9
  Error: No configuration files
  Plan requires configuration to be present. Planning without a configuration would mark everything for destruction, which is normally not what is desired. If you would like to destroy everything, run plan with the -destroy option. Otherwise, create a Terraform configuration file (.tf file) and try again.
✘ Detecting persistent resources [230ms]
template import provision for start: recv import provision: plan terraform: exit status 1

I am seeing this too, I imagine this has been fixed

@bpmct closing. I think large directories are a separate issue, and require some discussion about what is acceptable for a template upload. Please raise a separate ticket if we want to track that now.