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That does not sound expected - and we have a design goal to never require only the stronger type. If you can open an issue - <@UHTP242EB> May be interested in taking a look. 

I can definitely make this change to accept both - this looks like it precedes me but I can go through and loosen any rigidity

<@UB3BGTV63> <@UHTP242EB> here's the opened issue: <https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi-aws/issues/808>