vercel-cup · 2026-W37-20260913-173203 · round 1 heat 1 · attempt 1

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Start1:55

How they fought

Deterministic analysis of observable tool calls. Private model reasoning is never parsed.

Agent	First change	Discovery	Changes	Lifecycle	Checks	Errors	Architecture seen
devstralvercel/mistral/devstral-2	0:10	10	7	3	16	2	PythonSQLitesystemdetc/systemd/system/rollout-proxy.serviceetc/systemd/system/rollout-v1.serviceetc/systemd/system/rollout-v2.servicerollout-proxy.servicerollout-v1.service
geminivercel/google/gemini-3.8-flash	0:26	19	4	0	6	2	PythonSQLitesystemdnix/store/0ky46lp0ljmkfv9y4sc1w4n2vfkydj8v-unit-rollout-seed.service/rollout-seed.servicenix/store/pq9m5zxhsw22kmv4s8nbx7y16ac9pghj-unit-rollout-v2.service/rollout-v2.servicenix/store/rcrgmhnjq004n1y7kzpbn6mp5mxfqblh-unit-rollout-v1.service/rollout-v1.servicenix/store/zs0l8ds3rl62nabiwjfgz8bykpp6z6kn-unit-rollout-proxy.service/rollout-proxy.servicerollout-proxy.service
mercuryvercel/inception/mercury-2.5	n/a	7	0	0	1	1	PythonSQLitesystemdrollout-proxy.servicerollout-v1.servicerollout-v2.service

devstral36 observed tool calls

0:05ValidationCheck current service statussystemctl status rollout-v1.service rollout-v2.service rollout-proxy.service 2>&1
0:05DiscoveryCheck current upstream portcat /var/lib/rollout/upstream 2>&1
0:05DiscoveryList rollout directory contentsls -la /var/lib/rollout/ 2>&1
0:05DiscoveryCheck if v2.py existsls -la /opt/rollout/ 2>&1
0:07DiscoveryRead /etc/systemd/system/rollout-v2.serviceRead /etc/systemd/system/rollout-v2.service
0:07DiscoveryRead /etc/systemd/system/rollout-v1.serviceRead /etc/systemd/system/rollout-v1.service
0:07DiscoveryRead /etc/systemd/system/rollout-proxy.serviceRead /etc/systemd/system/rollout-proxy.service
0:10MutationCheck SQLite schemasqlite3 /var/lib/rollout/records.sqlite3 ".schema" 2>&1
0:10MutationCheck existing recordssqlite3 /var/lib/rollout/records.sqlite3 "SELECT * FROM records;" 2>&1
0:10DiscoveryRead /nix/store/13qi755lbgrlrh6c5jqjdlpf1f7nvffv-rollout-v1.pyRead /nix/store/13qi755lbgrlrh6c5jqjdlpf1f7nvffv-rollout-v1.py
0:12DiscoveryRead /nix/store/08ib8hkpsxizx3zrsv266idphl0r1hgb-rollout-proxy.pyRead /nix/store/08ib8hkpsxizx3zrsv266idphl0r1hgb-rollout-proxy.py
0:20MutationWrite /opt/rollout/v2.pyWrite /opt/rollout/v2.py
0:27MutationEdit /etc/systemd/system/rollout-v2.serviceEdit /etc/systemd/system/rollout-v2.service
0:30DiscoveryReset failed state for v2 servicesystemctl reset-failed rollout-v2.service 2>&1
0:30LifecycleReload systemdsystemctl daemon-reload 2>&1
0:35LifecycleStart v2 servicesystemctl start rollout-v2.service 2>&1

20 more actions in analysis.json

gemini29 observed tool calls

0:08DiscoveryGlob {"path":"/opt/rollout","pattern":"*"}Glob {"path":"/opt/rollout","pattern":"*"}
0:08DiscoveryGlob {"path":"/var/lib/rollout","pattern":"*"}Glob {"path":"/var/lib/rollout","pattern":"*"}
0:08DiscoveryGlob {"path":"/etc/systemd/system","pattern":"*rollout*"}Glob {"path":"/etc/systemd/system","pattern":"*rollout*"}
0:10DiscoveryGlob {"path":"/opt","pattern":"**/*"}Glob {"path":"/opt","pattern":"**/*"}
0:10DiscoveryRead /nix/store/rcrgmhnjq004n1y7kzpbn6mp5mxfqblh-unit-rollout-v1.service/rollout-v1.serviceRead /nix/store/rcrgmhnjq004n1y7kzpbn6mp5mxfqblh-unit-rollout-v1.service/rollout-v1.service
0:10DiscoveryRead /nix/store/pq9m5zxhsw22kmv4s8nbx7y16ac9pghj-unit-rollout-v2.service/rollout-v2.serviceRead /nix/store/pq9m5zxhsw22kmv4s8nbx7y16ac9pghj-unit-rollout-v2.service/rollout-v2.service
0:10DiscoveryRead /nix/store/zs0l8ds3rl62nabiwjfgz8bykpp6z6kn-unit-rollout-proxy.service/rollout-proxy.serviceRead /nix/store/zs0l8ds3rl62nabiwjfgz8bykpp6z6kn-unit-rollout-proxy.service/rollout-proxy.service
0:13DiscoveryRead /nix/store/13qi755lbgrlrh6c5jqjdlpf1f7nvffv-rollout-v1.pyRead /nix/store/13qi755lbgrlrh6c5jqjdlpf1f7nvffv-rollout-v1.py
0:13DiscoveryRead /nix/store/08ib8hkpsxizx3zrsv266idphl0r1hgb-rollout-proxy.pyRead /nix/store/08ib8hkpsxizx3zrsv266idphl0r1hgb-rollout-proxy.py
0:13DiscoveryRead /nix/store/0ky46lp0ljmkfv9y4sc1w4n2vfkydj8v-unit-rollout-seed.service/rollout-seed.serviceRead /nix/store/0ky46lp0ljmkfv9y4sc1w4n2vfkydj8v-unit-rollout-seed.service/rollout-seed.service
0:16DiscoveryRead /nix/store/44ql83wxi6z28pk20x4179khgs5i5anf-unit-script-rollout-seed-start/bin/rollout-seed-startRead /nix/store/44ql83wxi6z28pk20x4179khgs5i5anf-unit-script-rollout-seed-start/bin/rollout-seed-start
0:18ValidationCheck status of rollout servicessystemctl status rollout-proxy.service rollout-v1.service rollout-v2.service
0:21DiscoveryCheck if rollout-v2.service is enabledsystemctl is-enabled rollout-v2.service
0:24ValidationView rollout-v2.service logsjournalctl -u rollout-v2.service -n 20 --no-pager
0:26DiscoveryRead /var/lib/rollout/upstreamRead /var/lib/rollout/upstream
0:26MutationCheck sqlite3 schema and recordssqlite3 /var/lib/rollout/records.sqlite3 ".schema" "SELECT * FROM records;"

13 more actions in analysis.json

mercury8 observed tool calls

0:01DiscoveryRead /var/lib/rollout/upstreamRead /var/lib/rollout/upstream
0:01DiscoveryGlob {"pattern":"/opt/rollout/**"}Glob {"pattern":"/opt/rollout/**"}
0:01DiscoveryCheck roll state directoryls -la /var/lib/rollout/ 2>/dev/null || echo "Directory does not exist"
0:01ValidationCheck status of rollout servicessystemctl status rollout-v1.service rollout-v2.service rollout-proxy.service 2>&1 | head -50
0:01DiscoveryGlob {"pattern":"/etc/systemd/system/rollout*"}Glob {"pattern":"/etc/systemd/system/rollout*"}
0:02DiscoveryCheck /opt/rollout directoryls -la /opt/rollout/ 2>/dev/null || echo "Directory does not exist"
0:02DiscoveryRead v1 service codecat /nix/store/13qi755lbgrlrh6c5jqjdlpf1f7nvffv-rollout-v1.py 2>/dev/null || find /nix -name 'rollout-v1.py' 2>/dev/null | head -1 | xargs cat 2>/dev/null || echo "Not found"
0:02DiscoveryRead proxy codefind /nix -name 'rollout-proxy.py' 2>/dev/null | head -1 | xargs cat 2>/dev/null

Territories

The referee-owned result frozen when the first deployment became durable.

Territory	State	Milestones	Points	Durable at
rollout-onedevstral	durable	5/5	100	1:55
rollout-threemercury	verifying	1/2	5	—
rollout-twogemini	verifying	1/2	5	—

Agents

Exact model, harness, reasoning configuration, and cumulative usage recorded for this match.

Agent	Model	Harness	Reasoning	Outcome	Input	Output	Cost	Artifact
devstralrollout-one	vercel/mistral/devstral-2	claux	default	completed	208,740	4,185	$0.0918	transcript · analysis
geminirollout-two	vercel/google/gemini-3.8-flash	claux	high	incomplete	101,701	17,718	$0.1725	transcript · analysis
mercuryrollout-three	vercel/inception/mercury-2.5	claux	default	incomplete	14,378	776	$0.0006	transcript · analysis

Match provenance

Immutable identifiers for reproducing and comparing this result.

EngineAgents of Empires v20260816.0.1

Source revision9fdd92c4cdd5

Arenazero-downtime-rolloutbuildrace · schema v1

Compatibility key8b3407ef8851

Manifest2fab28a72324

Verifier4636814c82b6

Harness adaptersclaux41526639459e

Event timeline

46 immutable events. The match clock remains frozen during post-match collection.

0:00

Match state changed

event #0

{
  "elapsed_ms": 0,
  "from": "preparing",
  "kind": "match_state_changed",
  "schema_version": 1,
  "sequence": 0,
  "to": "running"
}

0:00

Competitor state changedrollout-one

event #1

{
  "elapsed_ms": 0,
  "from": "preparing",
  "kind": "competitor_state_changed",
  "reason": "SSH preflight passed",
  "schema_version": 1,
  "sequence": 1,
  "territory": "rollout-one",
  "to": "building"
}

0:00

Competitor state changedrollout-three

event #2

{
  "elapsed_ms": 0,
  "from": "preparing",
  "kind": "competitor_state_changed",
  "reason": "SSH preflight passed",
  "schema_version": 1,
  "sequence": 2,
  "territory": "rollout-three",
  "to": "building"
}

0:00

Competitor state changedrollout-two

event #3

{
  "elapsed_ms": 0,
  "from": "preparing",
  "kind": "competitor_state_changed",
  "reason": "SSH preflight passed",
  "schema_version": 1,
  "sequence": 3,
  "territory": "rollout-two",
  "to": "building"
}

0:00

Territory registeredrollout-one

event #4

{
  "agent": "devstral",
  "class": "rollout-engineer",
  "elapsed_ms": 0,
  "kind": "territory_registered",
  "schema_version": 1,
  "sequence": 4,
  "territory": "rollout-one"
}

0:00

Territory registeredrollout-two

event #5

{
  "agent": "gemini",
  "class": "rollout-engineer",
  "elapsed_ms": 0,
  "kind": "territory_registered",
  "schema_version": 1,
  "sequence": 5,
  "territory": "rollout-two"
}

0:00

Territory registeredrollout-three

event #6

{
  "agent": "mercury",
  "class": "rollout-engineer",
  "elapsed_ms": 0,
  "kind": "territory_registered",
  "schema_version": 1,
  "sequence": 6,
  "territory": "rollout-three"
}

0:00

Agent startedrollout-one

event #7

{
  "agent": "devstral",
  "elapsed_ms": 0,
  "kind": "agent_started",
  "model": "vercel/mistral/devstral-2",
  "schema_version": 1,
  "sequence": 7,
  "territory": "rollout-one"
}

0:00

Agent startedrollout-three

event #8

{
  "agent": "mercury",
  "elapsed_ms": 0,
  "kind": "agent_started",
  "model": "vercel/inception/mercury-2.5",
  "schema_version": 1,
  "sequence": 8,
  "territory": "rollout-three"
}

0:00

Agent startedrollout-two

event #9

{
  "agent": "gemini",
  "elapsed_ms": 0,
  "kind": "agent_started",
  "model": "vercel/google/gemini-3.8-flash",
  "schema_version": 1,
  "sequence": 9,
  "territory": "rollout-two"
}

0:00

Competitor state changedrollout-one

event #10

{
  "elapsed_ms": 251,
  "from": "building",
  "kind": "competitor_state_changed",
  "reason": "milestone verification began",
  "schema_version": 1,
  "sequence": 10,
  "territory": "rollout-one",
  "to": "verifying"
}

0:00

Milestone evaluation startedrollout-one

event #11

{
  "elapsed_ms": 251,
  "kind": "milestone_evaluation_started",
  "milestone": "baseline-ready",
  "schema_version": 1,
  "sequence": 11,
  "territory": "rollout-one"
}

0:00

Competitor state changedrollout-two

event #12

{
  "elapsed_ms": 251,
  "from": "building",
  "kind": "competitor_state_changed",
  "reason": "milestone verification began",
  "schema_version": 1,
  "sequence": 12,
  "territory": "rollout-two",
  "to": "verifying"
}

0:00

Milestone evaluation startedrollout-two

event #13

{
  "elapsed_ms": 251,
  "kind": "milestone_evaluation_started",
  "milestone": "baseline-ready",
  "schema_version": 1,
  "sequence": 13,
  "territory": "rollout-two"
}

0:00

Competitor state changedrollout-three

event #14

{
  "elapsed_ms": 251,
  "from": "building",
  "kind": "competitor_state_changed",
  "reason": "milestone verification began",
  "schema_version": 1,
  "sequence": 14,
  "territory": "rollout-three",
  "to": "verifying"
}

0:00

Milestone evaluation startedrollout-three

event #15

{
  "elapsed_ms": 251,
  "kind": "milestone_evaluation_started",
  "milestone": "baseline-ready",
  "schema_version": 1,
  "sequence": 15,
  "territory": "rollout-three"
}

0:00

Milestone passedrollout-three

event #16

{
  "elapsed_ms": 320,
  "evidence": {
    "baseline": "v1",
    "records": [
      "customer-alpha-73c",
      "customer-beta-a19"
    ]
  },
  "kind": "milestone_passed",
  "milestone": "baseline-ready",
  "points": 5,
  "schema_version": 1,
  "sequence": 16,
  "territory": "rollout-three"
}

0:00

Milestone passedrollout-two

event #17

{
  "elapsed_ms": 320,
  "evidence": {
    "baseline": "v1",
    "records": [
      "customer-alpha-73c",
      "customer-beta-a19"
    ]
  },
  "kind": "milestone_passed",
  "milestone": "baseline-ready",
  "points": 5,
  "schema_version": 1,
  "sequence": 17,
  "territory": "rollout-two"
}

0:00

Milestone passedrollout-one

event #18

{
  "elapsed_ms": 331,
  "evidence": {
    "baseline": "v1",
    "records": [
      "customer-alpha-73c",
      "customer-beta-a19"
    ]
  },
  "kind": "milestone_passed",
  "milestone": "baseline-ready",
  "points": 5,
  "schema_version": 1,
  "sequence": 18,
  "territory": "rollout-one"
}

0:00

Milestone evaluation startedrollout-one

event #19

{
  "elapsed_ms": 331,
  "kind": "milestone_evaluation_started",
  "milestone": "uninterrupted-cutover",
  "schema_version": 1,
  "sequence": 19,
  "territory": "rollout-one"
}

0:00

Milestone evaluation startedrollout-two

event #20

{
  "elapsed_ms": 331,
  "kind": "milestone_evaluation_started",
  "milestone": "uninterrupted-cutover",
  "schema_version": 1,
  "sequence": 20,
  "territory": "rollout-two"
}

0:00

Milestone evaluation startedrollout-three

event #21

{
  "elapsed_ms": 331,
  "kind": "milestone_evaluation_started",
  "milestone": "uninterrupted-cutover",
  "schema_version": 1,
  "sequence": 21,
  "territory": "rollout-three"
}

1:00

Milestone passedrollout-one

event #22

{
  "elapsed_ms": 60495,
  "evidence": {
    "samples": 663,
    "uninterrupted": true,
    "version": "v2"
  },
  "kind": "milestone_passed",
  "milestone": "uninterrupted-cutover",
  "points": 45,
  "schema_version": 1,
  "sequence": 22,
  "territory": "rollout-one"
}

1:40

Milestone failedrollout-three

event #23

{
  "category": "verification_failed",
  "detail": "public endpoint never cut over to v2",
  "elapsed_ms": 100913,
  "kind": "milestone_failed",
  "milestone": "uninterrupted-cutover",
  "retryable": true,
  "schema_version": 1,
  "sequence": 23,
  "territory": "rollout-three"
}

1:40

Milestone failedrollout-two

event #24

{
  "category": "verification_failed",
  "detail": "public endpoint never cut over to v2",
  "elapsed_ms": 100913,
  "kind": "milestone_failed",
  "milestone": "uninterrupted-cutover",
  "retryable": true,
  "schema_version": 1,
  "sequence": 24,
  "territory": "rollout-two"
}

1:40

Milestone evaluation startedrollout-one

event #25

{
  "elapsed_ms": 100913,
  "kind": "milestone_evaluation_started",
  "milestone": "write-new",
  "schema_version": 1,
  "sequence": 25,
  "territory": "rollout-one"
}

1:40

Milestone passedrollout-one

event #26

{
  "elapsed_ms": 100946,
  "evidence": {
    "record": "rollout-917d795466e35448",
    "value": "opaque-bcee3a956500658b67222d84"
  },
  "kind": "milestone_passed",
  "milestone": "write-new",
  "points": 15,
  "schema_version": 1,
  "sequence": 26,
  "territory": "rollout-one"
}

1:40

Milestone evaluation startedrollout-one

event #27

{
  "elapsed_ms": 100946,
  "kind": "milestone_evaluation_started",
  "milestone": "v2-restart",
  "schema_version": 1,
  "sequence": 27,
  "territory": "rollout-one"
}

1:42

Milestone passedrollout-one

event #28

{
  "elapsed_ms": 102040,
  "evidence": {
    "record": "rollout-917d795466e35448",
    "v2_restart": true,
    "value": "opaque-bcee3a956500658b67222d84"
  },
  "kind": "milestone_passed",
  "milestone": "v2-restart",
  "points": 15,
  "schema_version": 1,
  "sequence": 28,
  "territory": "rollout-one"
}

1:42

Milestone evaluation startedrollout-one

event #29

{
  "elapsed_ms": 102040,
  "kind": "milestone_evaluation_started",
  "milestone": "host-reboot",
  "schema_version": 1,
  "sequence": 29,
  "territory": "rollout-one"
}

1:55

Milestone passedrollout-one

event #30

{
  "elapsed_ms": 115886,
  "evidence": {
    "reboot": true,
    "record": "rollout-917d795466e35448",
    "value": "opaque-bcee3a956500658b67222d84",
    "version": "v2"
  },
  "kind": "milestone_passed",
  "milestone": "host-reboot",
  "points": 20,
  "schema_version": 1,
  "sequence": 30,
  "territory": "rollout-one"
}

1:55

Competitor state changedrollout-one

event #31

{
  "elapsed_ms": 115886,
  "from": "verifying",
  "kind": "competitor_state_changed",
  "reason": "completion milestone passed",
  "schema_version": 1,
  "sequence": 31,
  "territory": "rollout-one",
  "to": "durable"
}

1:55

Durable deployment completedrollout-one

event #32

{
  "elapsed_ms": 115886,
  "kind": "durable_deployment_completed",
  "schema_version": 1,
  "sequence": 32,
  "territory": "rollout-one"
}

1:55

Match state changed

event #33

{
  "elapsed_ms": 115886,
  "from": "running",
  "kind": "match_state_changed",
  "schema_version": 1,
  "sequence": 33,
  "to": "finished"
}

1:55

Match finished

event #34

{
  "elapsed_ms": 115886,
  "kind": "match_finished",
  "reason": "first durable deployment",
  "schema_version": 1,
  "sequence": 34,
  "winner": "rollout-one"
}

1:55

Usage chargeddevstral

event #35

{
  "agent": "devstral",
  "cost_microusd": 91866,
  "elapsed_ms": 115890,
  "input_tokens": 208740,
  "kind": "usage_charged",
  "output_tokens": 4185,
  "resource_units": 1,
  "schema_version": 1,
  "sequence": 35
}

1:55

Usage chargedgemini

event #36

{
  "agent": "gemini",
  "cost_microusd": 121649,
  "elapsed_ms": 115890,
  "input_tokens": 83674,
  "kind": "usage_charged",
  "output_tokens": 10933,
  "resource_units": 1,
  "schema_version": 1,
  "sequence": 36
}

1:55

Usage chargedmercury

event #37

{
  "agent": "mercury",
  "cost_microusd": 440,
  "elapsed_ms": 115890,
  "input_tokens": 8584,
  "kind": "usage_charged",
  "output_tokens": 645,
  "resource_units": 1,
  "schema_version": 1,
  "sequence": 37
}

1:55

Post match drain started

event #38

{
  "elapsed_ms": 115890,
  "kind": "post_match_drain_started",
  "pending_agents": 3,
  "schema_version": 1,
  "sequence": 38,
  "timeout_ms": 30000
}

1:55

Agent finisheddevstral

event #39

{
  "agent": "devstral",
  "detail": "Now I understand the full picture. Let me examine the proxy to understand how it routes traffic:Now I have the complete picture. Let me update my todo and proceed with creating v2.py:Now let me update the v2 service unit file to use the correct path and reset the failed state:The systemd files are in a read-only location. Let me check if I can reload and reset the service:v2 service is running. Now let me verify the endpoints:All v2 endpoints are working and can access existing records. Now let me verify the existing records are accessible through v1 as well, then do the atomic switch:Now let me verify the public endpoint is working through the proxy with v2:All endpoints are working through the proxy with v2. Let me also verify PUT works and that v1 is still running:Now let me verify the new record persists in the shared database and test v2 service restart:Everything is working. Let me clean up the test record and do a final verification:Let me verify the complete state one more time:Rollout complete.\n\n**Summary of actions:**\n\n1. **Created `/opt/rollout/v2.py`** - Implements all required endpoints (`/health`, `/version`, `GET/PUT /records/<id>`) using the same SQLite database at `/var/lib/rollout/records.sqlite3`\n\n2. **Started `rollout-v2.service`** - Listens on `127.0.0.1:8082`, shares the same database with v1 so all existing records are immediately accessible\n\n3. **Verified v2 endpoints** - Health returns `ready`, version returns `v2`, existing records (`customer-alpha-73c`, `customer-beta-a19`) return correct values\n\n4. **Atomically switched upstream** - Wrote `8082` to `/var/lib/rollout/upstream`, proxy now routes all traffic to v2\n\n5. **Verified zero-downtime** - All services (`rollout-v1`, `rollout-v2`, `rollout-proxy`) remain active and running. Public endpoint at port 8080 serves v2 responses. Existing records preserved and accessible.\n\nThe rollout is complete with no externally visible outage. v2 survives restarts (verified) and uses the shared database so records persist across host reboots.",
  "elapsed_ms": 115890,
  "kind": "agent_finished",
  "schema_version": 1,
  "sequence": 39,
  "source": "player",
  "success": true
}

1:55

Usage chargeddevstral

event #40

{
  "agent": "devstral",
  "cost_microusd": 0,
  "elapsed_ms": 115890,
  "input_tokens": 0,
  "kind": "usage_charged",
  "output_tokens": 0,
  "resource_units": 0,
  "schema_version": 1,
  "sequence": 40
}

1:55

Usage chargedgemini

event #41

{
  "agent": "gemini",
  "cost_microusd": 50884,
  "elapsed_ms": 115890,
  "input_tokens": 18027,
  "kind": "usage_charged",
  "output_tokens": 6785,
  "resource_units": 0,
  "schema_version": 1,
  "sequence": 41
}

1:55

Usage chargedmercury

event #42

{
  "agent": "mercury",
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}

1:55

Agent outracedgemini

event #43

{
  "agent": "gemini",
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  "kind": "agent_outraced",
  "reason": "rollout-one reached durable first; build ended at the frozen clock",
  "schema_version": 1,
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}

1:55

Agent outracedmercury

event #44

{
  "agent": "mercury",
  "elapsed_ms": 115890,
  "kind": "agent_outraced",
  "reason": "rollout-one reached durable first; build ended at the frozen clock",
  "schema_version": 1,
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}

1:55

Post match drain finished

event #45

{
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  "kind": "post_match_drain_finished",
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}