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FLEXDEPLOY-8.0.0.0 is affected by FLEXDEPLOY-11985 - When some customers upgrade to 8.0.0.0, they will hit an error: Error deploying web application directory [/u01/flexdeploy/apache-tomcat-flexdeploy/webapps/flexdeploy] java.lang.IllegalStateException: Error starting child ... Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: oracle/i18n/util/LocaleMapper
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FlexDeploy 8.0.0.1 (4-27-2024)
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Application Updates
General
FLEXDEPLOY-4296 - Email Settings now allows using Microsoft Graph APIs for sending and reading approval emails.
FLEXDEPLOY-5709, FLEXDEPLOY-6719 - FlexDeploy now has two default dashboards for Developers and Leaders. These new dashboards can be further managed by the owner, who will be an admin user randomly selected from existing users. These dashboards are added as a starting point for users upgrading from FlexDeploy 5.7 or earlier.
FLEXDEPLOY-7572 - A copy code button has been added for Testing and Credential Store instances to allow for a copy of the Property Key code.
FLEXDEPLOY-9147 - Revived the traffic light concept on the target screen. Targets are color-coded for quick reference of their configuration status.
FLEXDEPLOY-11685 - Add Tag action has been added on the Environments page.
FLEXDEPLOY-11687 - Added the ability to filter the "Last Login On" column by date on the Users page.
FLEXDEPLOY-11926 - The Service Now CMS instance now renders a Groovy Editor for Approve, Reject, and Additional Info scripts.
FLEXDEPLOY-11953 - The Target screen will now indicate if any linked endpoints are inactive with a warning message.
Custom Branding
FLEXDEPLOY-2527 - A new category has been added for "Display Settings" under System Settings where customers can configure custom branding (header colors, logo) and alert banners. For example,
Define your company logo with a link to your intranet on the FlexDeploy header.
Different header colors to indicate FlexDeploy stage vs production installations.
Add alerts that users see upon login (can be dismissed during the session).
Projects
FLEXDEPLOY-8812 - Custom icons can now be uploaded and used for Projects. Administrators have access to a separate admin popup where custom icons can be managed.
FLEXDEPLOY-10390 - Added branch id as a column for the branches table on the Project Configuration -> Source Control page. (column is hidden by default).
FLEXDEPLOY-11783 - The Invoke Workflow step in the Workflow Execution details view now displays the version and has a link back to the workflow.
FLEXDEPLOY-11786 - Flex Fields now uses Field Type (TextField, Checkbox, etc) selection instead of DataType and SubDataType.
FLEXDEPLOY-11916 - Promote to release, rebuild, and edit workflow have all been consolidated to the details header in the Workflow Execution details view.
Release and Pipelines Management
FLEXDEPLOY-11663 - An environment filter has been added when adding a new stage to a pipeline.
FLEXDEPLOY-11668 - Irrelevant Release Settings are now hidden on Standalone Releases
Blueprints
FLEXDEPLOY-9957 - The Environments used by Blueprints can now be changed while populating the Blueprint form.
FLEXDEPLOY-11970 - Weblogic Server/Cluster is now a project-level prompt.
REST API
FLEXDEPLOY-12042 - v2 REST API for initiating Post Refresh requests is now available.
Groovy Functions
FLEXDEPLOY-3943 - FLEXDEPLOY Function now has new methods to manage project properties.
FLEXDEPLOY-10812 - FLEXDEPLOY function now has new methods to manage Release Work Items.
Isolated Networks
FLEXDEPLOY-8056 - FLEXDEPLOY function methods added to allow export of Configuration, Build, and Snapshot archives. These methods can be used to automate the export of necessary files to be transferred from the source to the target server in an isolated network setup.
The export and import process is optimized for performance and memory usage.
The export and import process now also manages Folder Issue Tracking configurations.
Isolated Networks solution now allows managing folder-level notifications, approvals, and windows on the target server.
A change history record is now available to indicate the successful import of the export archive.
The application error table now indicates failure information if the import of the export archive fails.
Release settings can now be managed on target server and they are not imported from source server.
New Plugins
Oracle Managed Cloud Plugin
Plugin to manage CEMLI objects in Oracle Managed Cloud for EBS.
Plugin Updates
Oracle EBS Plugin
FLEXDEPLOY-11680 - Added Target Location attribute for Integrated SOA Gateway object type. Previously files for SOA Gateway object type were not copied to any folder on the EBS file system.
Oracle SOA Suite Plugin
FLEXDEPLOY-11648 - Composite revision previously only allowed numbers in the format of x.x.x.x.x (e.g 1.1.1.1). This restriction has been removed to allow milestone names or patch numbers in the revision (e.g. 1.1.1.1-alpha or 1.1.1.1_1234).
HP UFT Plugin
FLEXDEPLOY-10834 - The Plugin now allows for capturing screenshots in the reports section.
Groovy Plugin
FLEXDEPLOY-11076 - Resolved an issue where classpath entries were not added properly to the classpath with Java 11+.
ServiceNow Plugin
FLEXDEPLOY-11824 - The ServiceNow Plugin inputs are easier to work with because inputs that are not needed no longer show up.
Resolved Issues
General
FLEXDEPLOY-11928 - Resolved an issue where SCM commits migration failed when the SCM Integration Instance was inactive.
FLEXDEPLOY-11985 - Startup scripts now delete xmlparserv2.jar and xmlparserv2_sans_jaxp_services.jar from the libext folder if present as they are not needed and cause runtime issues.
FLEXDEPLOY-11997 - Resolved an issue with FlexDeploy running on Oracle Database where searching for values with a comma could throw an ORA error. This was a regression in 8.0.0.0.
UI/UX
FLEXDEPLOY-12001 - Resolved an issue preventing more than 1000 chips from being displayed in a select input.
FLEXDEPLOY-11850 - Resolved an issue with Target Groups drop downs where Loading more... was displayed even when more data was unavailable.
FLEXDEPLOY-12113 - Clicking the Select All option in UI select dropdowns will now consider the search filter and only select visible options as opposed to always selecting all available options.
FLEXDEPLOY-11778 - Popups now ask for confirmation before navigating away using links inside the popup when changes have been made in the popup.
Folders
FLEXDEPLOY-11647 - Resolved an issue where projects and releases were not viewable from the folder tree view when a user doesn't have read access to the root FlexDeploy folder.
Projects
FLEXDEPLOY-11714 - The project build sequence can now be set to 0 (previously, the minimum value allowed was 1).
FLEXDEPLOY-10625 - Resolved an issue where a user could not run/reject a scheduled task from the project execution task page despite having Scheduled Task update permission.
FLEXDEPLOY-10728 - Build and deploy action buttons are now hidden for inactive and completed packages.
FLEXDEPLOY-11580 - Resolved an issue that prevented Project scoped Predeploy Workflow properties from showing up on the Project Properties screen.
FLEXDEPLOY-11742 - Post-build deployment is now executed as a 'cideploy' user.
FLEXDEPLOY-11777 - Project Files - Resolved an issue where checkbox type attributes (for custom Project type attributes only) were showing as modified when evaluating if the default value script didn't return true or false.
FLEXDEPLOY-11844 - Resolved an issue where users without update access could see a confirmation popup when navigating to a page if another user recently toggled a switch value on the page.
FLEXDEPLOY-11866 - Resolved an issue where duplicate rows were showing up when filtering by status on the project files screen for deploy execution when multiple endpoints were involved.
FLEXDEPLOY-11913 - Resolved an issue where a 404 page was shown if a user tried opening a workflow they didn't have access to from the Project configuration page. The workflow links are now disabled if a user doesn't have read access to them.
FLEXDEPLOY-12149 - Resolved an issue where the Test Name suggestion on the test request form may not provide proper results.
Release and Pipelines Management
FLEXDEPLOY-11947 - Resolved an issue where Project triggers for Releases were not updated with correct details when the branch or build environment was updated on the Project/Package within a Release.
FLEXDEPLOY-11477 - Resolved an issue where invalid cron expressions could be saved on the pipeline definition editor for the Schedule gate/step.
FLEXDEPLOY-11925 - Resolved an issue causing the Service Now Ticket "Description" field to also update the Step "Description" field in the External Approval Gate configuration.
FLEXDEPLOY-11735 - Resolved a regression in 8.0 causing Snapshot Content exports to be missing several columns of data.
FLEXDEPLOY-12000 - Column widths have been adjusted in the Upload Execution Info popup. In addition, the Fixed Layout setting can now be used on the table to allow custom column widths.
FLEXDEPLOY-12013 - Resolved an issue causing a null pointer error when copying a pipeline if the email data contains null or if the pipeline role permission action is missing.
Workflows
FLEXDEPLOY-11656 - Delete of a workflow will now show an error if the workflow is used in other active workflows.
FLEXDEPLOY-11903 - Resolved an issue causing the selected workflow version to show incorrectly if a dirty confirmation was canceled while changing versions.
FLEXDEPLOY-12012 - Resolved an issue where Workflow Input List Data Groovy script edit may fail with the "already exists in this list" error. Also, List Data Groovy script execution failure is now presented with an error instead of the entire script shown as possible list options.
Topology
FLEXDEPLOY-9584 - Resolved an issue by displaying a proper error message when attempting to delete a target group that has execution-related data, instead of just showing Internal Error - Constraint violation.
Integrations
FLEXDEPLOY-12127 - Resolved an issue where Credential Store Integration tabs were not disabled if the user did not have permission to view them.
Webhooks
FLEXDEPLOY-11785 - Resolved an issue when filtering by empty or not empty for the Resubmitted By column on Webhook Message and Scheduled Event Message tables.
Security
FLEXDEPLOY-11520 - Resolved an issue (NullPointerException) when username and password are updated simultaneously on the Profile page.
FLEXDEPLOY-11962 - Resolved an issue where attempting to log in with the wrong password while 2fa is enabled resulted in 2 failed attempts instead of 1.
Dashboards
FLEXDEPLOY-11909 - Work Item links on the Recent Work Items panel now go to the FlexDeploy Work Item page.
Post Refresh Requests
FLEXDEPLOY-11853 - Resolved an issue where post-refresh-related workflow requests would not execute right away.
Project Type Customization
FLEXDEPLOY-11775 - Resolved an issue on the Project Types screen where reordering an attribute above the SOURCE attribute in a custom project type would show an error.
Property Definitions
FLEXDEPLOY-11856 - Reorganized Workflow Properties, Work Item Fields, and Flex Fields to ensure consistent behavior and placement of input fields.
FLEXDEPLOY-11856 - Resolved an issue causing Environment selections to jump to the top of the list if selecting multiple.
Flex Fields
FLEXDEPLOY-11886 - Validation for Integer and Long Flex Field types has been improved.
Salesforce
FLEXDEPLOY-11978 - Resolved an issue where package file search was not displaying '-meta.xml' files.
FLEXDEPLOY-11574 - The Add Subcomponents popup now filters out any items recently added to the Package.
FLEXDEPLOY-11995 - Resolved an issue where a JAXB error occurred when adding a sub-component for Notification Type Config.
Change Management
FLEXDEPLOY-10802 - External change manage system ticket descriptions are now updated on internally stored objects, this happens during status polling. This allows for viewing updated descriptions on change tickets.
FLEXDEPLOY-11976 - Change ticket for FreshService change management system now uses the plain-text description.
Tasks
FLEXDEPLOY-11888 - Resolved an issue where External Users could not use actions on the Tasks page for Release Snapshot Tasks when they were able to from the Release Dashboard.
Reports
FLEXDEPLOY-11854 - Resolved an issue on the Environment Discrepancies report causing some rows to appear duplicated.
FLEXDEPLOY-12062 - Resolved an issue on the Environment Discrepancies report that would undo column changes in certain cases.
Purge
FLEXDEPLOY-11703 - Resolved a purge-related query issue that ran slowly on Postgres. This should reduce database load.
FLEXDEPLOY-12076 - Resolved Purge Failure - Numeric Overflow, which could happen with the purge on isolated network target servers.
FLEXDEPLOY-12078 - Resolved an issue for the purge that affects version 7.0.0.0 to 7.0.0.5 and 8.0.0.0. These versions do not properly purge as much data as they should. The artifact repository and database could be larger than expected. Upgrading to 7.0.0.6 or 8.0.0.1 is recommended to allow the appropriate data to be deleted.
REST API
FLEXDEPLOY-10849 - Resolved an issue that caused an index out-of-bounds error when attempting to approve a gate with V1 REST and not being a member of any groups.
FLEXDEPLOY-12155 - The Integration Instance Search API now returns the expected data.
Plugin Execution
FLEXDEPLOY-8046 - Resolved an issue where plugin logs sometimes printed process output (or error) mixed with the print of the environment variables.
Peoplesoft Plugin
FLEXDEPLOY-11907 - Resolved an issue with the log file name by using the SET LOG statement name for the log file. If not provided, the default file name will be used.
FLEXDEPLOY-11931 - The source attribute list of value options for Datamover objects now only allows SCM.
Oracle SaaS FSM Plugin
FLEXDEPLOY-11943 - Resolved NullPointerException during discover files operation for the Oracle SaaS FSM Project.
Oracle Database Plugin
FLEXDEPLOY-12094 - Resolved an issue where grants to views would attempt to be created before the views were created.
REST Plugin
FLEXDEPLOY-11792 - Workflow executions will no longer fail if the plugin execution output value is null. The output's value will now be saved as null.
FLEXDEPLOY-11793 - Resolved a NullPointerException with the REST Plugin. If a REST call made by any of this plugin's operations returns an empty response body, and the plugin input FDR_VALIDATION_SCRIPT is not empty, a NullPointerException will no longer be thrown.
Angular Plugin
FLEXDEPLOY-11861 - Resolved an issue where the buildAngularApp operation resulted in an error if the project path contained a space.
Anchore Plugin
FLEXDEPLOY-11922 - Resolve NullPointerException when FDDKR_INP_REGISTRY_ACCOUNT_CODE is not set.
Helm Plugin
FLEXDEPLOY-11993 - Resolved Helm plugin deployment issue in case the current context in kubeconfig file is different than the target context of deployment.
HP UFT Plugin
FLEXDEPLOY-12021 - Resolved an issue where the UFT plugin now utilizes logs to find the report output directories. If not found, the default path is considered.
Incompatible Changes
FlexDeploy internal API should not be invoked directly from Groovy scripts, and FlexDeploy now prevents such API invocation from Groovy scripts. FLEXDEPLOY function and REST API can be utilized from Groovy script as necessary.
FlexDeploy 8.0.0.0 (3-30-2024)
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Application Updates
FlexDeploy 8.0.0.0 marks the completion of Next Generation UI/UX transformation, building on top of 6.0, 6.5, and 7.0. This is focused on Workflow as well as Project Type customization. This is not just about consistent and productive UX changes; many new features are also incorporated.
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Application Errors view is now provided on the Admin Operations page. This is only accessible to Administrators. This page will show System errors. Administrators can create saved queries and subscribe for email notifications. As such errors are happening in background processing, they may go unnoticed, it is recommended that Administrators subscribe for updates using saved queries. These errors are included in the 24-hour logs download.
Plugin Updates
Docker Plugin
FLEXDEPLOY-6064 - Added a new operation to pull an image from a remote Docker container registry e.g. Docker Hub, Amazon ECR, or Microsoft ACR. User can pull the image with one or more tags.
FLEXDEPLOY-10745 - Added new input Target Tag Name in the tagImage operation, and it's mandatory input.
FLEXDEPLOY-10745 - Updated the order of precedence for 'Docker Registry Account'. Now Plugin input (FDDKR_INP_REGISTRY_ACCOUNT_CODE) will take precedence over Target property (FDDKR_REGISTRY_ACCOUNT_CODE), it's applicable for all the operations of the Docker plugin, wherever 'Docker Registry Account' is in use.
Kubernetes Plugin
FLEXDEPLOY-11441 - Kubernetes Plugin now supports manifest file-based deployment to OCI (Oracle Cloud) managed Kubernetes cluster.
Helm Plugin
FLEXDEPLOY-11443 - Helm Plugin now supports Helm Chart-based deployment to OCI (Oracle Cloud) managed Kubernetes cluster.
Oracle BI Plugin
FLEXDEPLOY-6388 - Added Java 11 compatibility.
Oracle Transaction BI Plugin
FLEXDEPLOY-6388 - Added Java 11 compatibility.
Oracle Analytics Cloud Plugin
FLEXDEPLOY-6388 - Added Java 11 compatibility.
Jython Plugin
FLEXDEPLOY-11779 - executeCode and executeCodeFile operations now can be used with Packaged-based projects.
Resolved Issues
FLEXDEPLOY-11505 - Resolved Artifactory Integration Test Connection to work with users that have only repository access.
FLEXDEPLOY-11637 - Resolved an issue where EMAIL function usage in Groovy script causes Internal Error - Invalid API Invocation, transaction already in progress. Found: API Transaction.
Salesforce
FLEXDEPLOY-11744 - Resolved an issue where the Salesforce Deployment summary shows 1 test success even though no test cases were executed.
Folders
FLEXDEPLOY-11868 - Resolved an issue where the Delete of folder notification was incorrectly checking update permission instead of delete.
Projects
FLEXDEPLOY-11097 - Fixed a rare issue that would sometimes cause a Utility Request form to not display newly created environments without a screen refresh.
FLEXDEPLOY-11438 - Resolved an issue causing table filters to not apply on both the execution tasks tab and request tasks tab.
FLEXDEPLOY-11475 - Resolved an issue causing the selected Pre-deploy workflow to not be displayed on the Project configuration if the user did not have READ Workflow access.
FLEXDEPLOY-11540 - ITS, Branches, and Replacements no longer show as valid copy project options when copying a Utility Project.
FLEXDEPLOY-11613 - Resolved an issue causing the committed user filter to not work on the execution files tab.
FLEXDEPLOY-11771 - Resolved an issue on the Execution Details page that would cause the header status to not refresh if it was in Queued status.
FLEXDEPLOY-11799 - All inputs will now be shown in the Invoke Workflow step in the Project Execution Details view. Previously only inputs with a value were shown.
FLEXDEPLOY-11817 - Resolved a NullPointerException that could occur when creating a project from a blueprint in some cases.
FLEXDEPLOY-11859 - Unassigning a workflow from a project without assigning a new one would not remove the workflow property set from the Target Group configured on the project.
Project Package
FLEXDEPLOY-11411 - The Sequence All Files action is now disabled for dynamic packages.
Project Triggers
FLEXDEPLOY-10874 - Resolved an issue that would rarely cause the 'Upcoming project execution date' to be in the past.
Topology
FLEXDEPLOY-11344 - Inactivating or Activating a Target Group from the list page will now correctly remove it from the list if it no longer matches the active/inactive filter.
FLEXDEPLOY-11676 - Resolved an issue where the User with Delete endpoint permission is getting an error - User does not have delete permission for Endpoint.
FLEXDEPLOY-11713 - A more accurate error message is now displayed when trying to delete an Environment that has been used in Workflow Requests.
FLEXDEPLOY-11727 - Target groups now get added to recent access when clicking on the row instead of opening the edit popup.
Release and Pipeline Management
FLEXDEPLOY-11104 - The "Differences Only" checkbox, found on snapshot comparisons and gate details, logic has been adjusted to more accurately show what will be deployed.
FLEXDEPLOY-11311 - Configuring the Pipeline on a Release required both Configure Pipeline permission and Read Pipeline global permission. For 8.0 the Read Pipeline global permission requirement has been removed.
FLEXDEPLOY-11494 - Copy stage gates/steps are now disabled if the stage has no gates or steps.
FLEXDEPLOY-11568 - Resolved an issue causing Gate and Step execution positions to potentially display in random order.
FLEXDEPLOY-11600 - Resolved an issue in the create snapshot popup where clicking the pending snapshot link would not open in certain cases.
FLEXDEPLOY-11746 -
FLEXDEPLOY.createReleaseProject
now clearly indicates whether the Package is not found or is inactive.FLEXDEPLOY-11767 - Resolved a NullPointerException in Wait Step when a valid wait seconds value is returned but as Long or String data type.
Groovy
FLEXDEPLOY-11759 - Resolved an issue with the groovy formatter that would incorrectly put a space between the != operator.
Notification Templates
FLEXDEPLOY-9821 - Resolved an issue causing the Notification Templates List page to not refresh when re-assigning events or creating new templates.
FLEXDEPLOY-11869 - Copy Notification Template is now hidden if the user does not have Create permission.
Integrations
FLEXDEPLOY-10649 - Resolved a regression issue where out-of-the-box Change Management Systems no longer allowed adding custom Ticket Fields.
FLEXDEPLOY-11527 - Resolved a NullPointerException that occurred during the test connection for OCI Cloud Account when the private key file format was invalid.
Webhook
FLEXDEPLOY-11248 - Resolved an issue where the actor was being set incorrectly on Outgoing Webhook Messages for multiple event types.
FLEXDEPLOY-11249 - Resolved an issue that caused outgoing and incoming webhook log messages to not refresh.
FLEXDEPLOY-11781 - A few missing fields in outgoing webhook payloads have been added. Notably
pipelineExecutionId
from the Pipeline Stage Completed event andsnapshot.createdBy
andsnapshot.createdOn
in the Snapshot Completed event.
Groups
FLEXDEPLOY-11523 - Resolved an issue while adding group members. If a new user was created from the drop-down it would be selected.
WebLogic Plugin
FLEXDEPLOY-11590 - Resolved an issue in the WebLogic restart domain operation that caused excluded servers to be restarted as though not in the list when multiple comma-separated server names were provided.
Subversion Plugin
FLEXDEPLOY-11660 - Resolved an issue with the Subversion plugin Tag operation where Tag Path input would cause a StringIndexOutOfBoundsException if it did not end with '/'.
SonarQube Plugin
FLEXDEPLOY-11683 - startSonarScan operation will no longer generate scan results. To generate scan results use analyzeCode or retrieveScan operations.
PMD Plugin
FLEXDEPLOY-11684 - Rule File Name as input or project property will correctly work when the path contains spaces.
Checkmarx Plugin
FLEXDEPLOY-11689 - Resolved an issue where Scan Results were generated only when an XML report was requested.
FLEXDEPLOY-11766 - Resolved an issue where Failed scan can result in “JSONObject["details"] is not a string”.
HP Test Plugin
FLEXDEPLOY-11732 - Resolved an issue in executeUFT operation where Application Path was still required even when VB Script was being passed in.
FLEXDEPLOY-11751 - Resolved an issue where executeUFT operation would fail if the VB Script path contained a space.
Microsoft Teams Plugin
FLEXDEPLOY-11782 - For userSendNotifcation and teamSendNotification operation an appropriate validation error is thrown if the password grant type is not set on the Messaging Account.
Incompatible Changes
Installer
FlexDeploy Installer 1.0.18 or later should be used with FlexDeploy 8 upgrades.
The path of external jars (besides Oracle database driver jars) has changed from FLEXDEPLOY_HOME/apache-tomcat-flexdeploy/libext to FLEXDEPLOY_HOME/apiext.
REST API
applications attribute has been removed from response data for /v1/folder API. Use subFolders attribute instead. The application concept was previously removed with FlexDeploy 6.0.
requestAllFiles query parameter is no longer valid for GET - v1/project/{projectid}/version and it should be ignored in Response data as well.
folderRequestId and folderVersionId attributes have been removed from response data for GET- /v1/workflowrequest/{workflowRequestId} API, as the Application concept was previously removed with FlexDeploy 6.0.
As indicated on FlexDeploy 7.0 Release Notes, the following APIs have been removed.
RestTestingToolServices - v1/administration/testautomation/testingtool
RestChangeManagementSystemServices - v1/administration/changemanagementsystem
RestIssueTrackingSystemServices - v1/administration/issuetrackingsystem
RestPluginServices - v1/administration/plugins
RestResourceTypeServices - v1/administration/resourcetypes
RestEndPointServices - v1/topology/endpoint
RestEnvironmentServices - v1/topology/environment
RestInstanceServices - v1/topology/instance
RestWorkflowPropertyServices - v1/workflows/{workflowId}/properties
RestWorkflowServices - v1/workflows
RestSCMDefinitionServices - v1/scm/definition
Blueprints
Blueprints and all of the blueprint dependencies are now created as a single unit. As a result the final blueprints confirmation popup now takes a folder path directly instead of the Folder select. The folder path will be created if it does not exist. This is similar to how blueprints worked before 6.0.
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