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This is a full list of changes for each release of WinSCP. See also [[project_history|Project history]] and [[incompatible_changes|Incompatible changes between versions]]. This is a full list of changes for each release of WinSCP. See also [[project_history|Project history]] and [[incompatible_changes|Incompatible changes between versions]].
-===== [[6.2.1]] 6.2.1 (not released yet) ((2023-11-29)) =====+===== [[6.4]] 6.4 (not released yet) ((2024-05-07)) ===== 
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 +  * Optimized working with large local directories: [[bug>2264]] 
 +    * Loading large directory trees on the background. 
 +    * Hidden directory trees are loaded only in the background. 
 +    * Optimizing directory loading by checking existence of subfolders on the background. 
 +    * Optimized reading directories for file panel. 
 +    * Optimized browsing within directory tree with lots of subfolders. 
 +  * Improvements to AWS/S3 authentication and configuration handling: 
 +    * Allowed assuming IAM role. [[bug>2249]] 
 +    * Credential profiles in ''.aws/config'' file are also recognized. 
 +    * Preferring configuration file defined using an environment variable over the default one. 
 +    * Only profiles that contain both ''aws_access_key_id'' and ''aws_secret_access_key'' are listed on the Login dialog 
 +    * Bug fix: The ''.aws/credentials'' file path was resolved using ''AWS_CONFIG_FILE'' environment variable instead of correct ''AWS_SHARED_CREDENTIALS_FILE''. 
 +  * Fallback to nonresumable transfer when temporary target file cannot be created. [[bug>2277]] 
 +  * Logging can be enabled for installer subtasks. 
 +  * Limited SFTP upload queue length to avoid networking congestion. 
 +  * Bug fix: Possibility that files in root folder were incorrectly used. 
 +  * Bug fix: Failure when system theme is changed at the same time directory change is detected. [[bug>2286]] 
 +  * Bug fix: Tree indentation does not scale correctly. [[bug>2288]] 
 + 
 +===== [[6.3.4]] 6.3.4 (not released yet) ((2024-04-25)) ===== 
 + 
 +  * Translation updated: Belarusian and Danish. 
 + 
 +===== [[6.3.3]] 6.3.3 ((2024-04-16)) ===== 
 + 
 +  * SSH core and SSH private key tools (PuTTYgen and Pageant) upgraded to [[&url(puttychanges)|PuTTY 0.81]]. \\ It brings the following change: 
 +    * Security fix for CVE-2024-31497: NIST P521/ecdsa-sha2-nistp521 signatures are no longer generated with biased values of //k//. The previous bias compromises private keys. [[bug>2285]] [[pbug>vuln-p521-bias]] 
 +  * Translation updated: Belarusian. 
 +  * XML parser upgraded to Expat 2.6.2. 
 +  * Support for TortoiseMerge in //Compare Files// extension. [[bug>2279]] 
 + * Bug fix: File panel does not have focus after Login in Explorer interface. [[bug>2276]] 
 +  * Bug fix: Failure when closing the last remote tab. [[bug>2283]] 
 +  * Bug fix: Copy and paste to another application in Store installation sometimes does not work. [[bug>2284]] 
 + 
 +===== [[6.3.2]] 6.3.2 ((2024-03-12)) ===== 
 + 
 +  * Translation updated: Belarusian. 
 +  * XML parser upgraded to Expat 2.6.1
 +  * Optimized startup when right panel local directory tree is not visible. 
 +  * Workaround for SFTP servers (Cisco) which omit message field from status response. [[bug>2272]] 
 +  * Bug fix: Password pipe cannot be used to open a session in an existing instance. [[bug>2265]] 
 +  * Bug fix: Hang when canceling connection while reading remote directory. [[bug>2266]] 
 +  * Bug fix: Failure when canceling FTP connection while reading remote directory. [[bug>2267]] 
 +  * Bug fix: Cannot start on Windows XP. [[bug>2268]] 
 +  * Bug fix: Installation hangs when adding installation path to search path when executed in session 0. [[bug>2270]] 
 +  * Bug fix: Misplaced stored site use warning in scripting when session name is specified. [[bug>2271]] 
 +  * Bug fix: Correcting neon version in About box and logs. 
 + 
 +===== [[6.3.1]] 6.3.1 ((2024-02-21)) ===== 
 +  * Translation completed: Norwegian. 
 +  * Bug fix: Badly encoded SFTP packet when renaming a file using SFTP version 5 and newer. [[bug>2259]] 
 +  * Bug fix: Failure when trying to synchronize files by checksum on server that does not support it. [[bug>2260]] 
 +  * Bug fix: Random hang/failure when closing FTP TLS 1.3 connection. [[bug>2261]] 
 +  * Bug fix: Cannot use IPv6 literal as hostname on Login dialog. [[bug>2263]] 
 + 
 +===== [[6.3]] 6.3 ((2024-02-14)) ===== 
 + 
 +  * XML parser upgraded to Expat 2.6.0. 
 +  * Bug fix: Hang when prompt pops up while SFTP session is being reconnected. [[bug>2258]] 
 + 
 +===== [[6.2.4]] 6.2.4 RC ((2024-02-03)) ===== 
 + 
 +  * Translations completed: Farsi, French, Japanese, Spanish and Traditional Chinese. 
 +  * TLS/SSL core upgraded to OpenSSL 3.2.1. 
 +  * WebDAV/HTTP core upgraded to neon 0.33.0. 
 +  * Bug fix: Failure when trying to upload file using double-click over disconnected session. [[bug>2254]] 
 +  * Bug fix: Failure after long frequent use of session tabs. [[bug>2255]] 
 +  * Bug fix: //New tab// icon is drawn incorrectly on Explorer interface with //Show selective text labels// turned off. [[bug>2257]] 
 +  * Bug fix: Failure when switching to another application while new session is being opened using //New Tab// tab. [[bug>2251]] 
 + 
 +===== [[6.2.3]] 6.2.3 RC ((2024-01-19)) ===== 
 + 
 +  * Added new ''ca-west-1'' AWS region. 
 +  * Translations completed: Catalan, Czech, Dutch, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Italian, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Slovak, Turkish and Tamil; and updated: Japanese. 
 +  * Support for ''posix-rename@openssh.com'' SFTP extension. [[bug>2231]] 
 +  * When cleaning up application data, deleting even ''Martin Prikryl'' and ''WinSCP 2'' root keys, if they remain empty. 
 +  * Ignoring attempts to directly move/duplicate file over itself, as if protocol requires deleting, the file would be lost. 
 +  * Configurable FTP TLS shutdown procedure. [[bug>2250]] 
 +  * Not failing connection when FTP server responds to ''CSID'' command with an error. [[bug>2253]] 
 +  * Bug fix: Certificate authority cache was not copied to new configuration storage nor cleaned up with other caches. 
 +  * Bug fix: ''ssh'' protocol URL handling was not completely unregistered. 
 +  * Bug fix: Reported transfer size is rarely incorrect during FTP downloads. 
 +  * Bug fix: Failure after connecting to server. [[bug>2251]] 
 +  * Bug fix: FTP ''CSID'' command does not end with semicolon. [[bug>2252]] 
 + 
 +===== [[6.2.2]] 6.2.2 beta ((2023-12-22)) ===== 
 + 
 +  * SSH core and SSH private key tools (PuTTYgen and Pageant) upgraded to [[&url(puttychanges)|PuTTY 0.80]]. \\ It brings the following change: 
 +    * Mitigations for SSH protocol "Terrapin" vulnerability. [[bug>2246]] [[pbug>vuln-terrapin]] 
 +  * Support for ''Include'' directive when importing sites from OpenSSH. [[bug>2239]] 
 +  * Change: .NET assembly collections are tagged with ''ClassInterfaceType.None'' to avoid warnings from ''regasm''. 
 +  * Not using directory listing to keep FTP session alive by default. [[bug>2244]] 
 +  * Windows Store installation on Windows 11 was incorrectly using INI file for configuration storage by default. [[bug>2245]] 
 +  * Bug fix: Find dialog file list is scaled incorrectly on some multi monitor systems with different scaling. [[bug>2241]] 
 +  * Bug fix: Cannot browse long local paths. [[bug>2242]] 
 + 
 +===== [[6.2.1]] 6.2.1 beta ((2023-12-05)) =====
  * File hash can be used as criterion for synchronization. [[bug>52]]   * File hash can be used as criterion for synchronization. [[bug>52]]
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  * Bug fix: When S3 or WebDAV server did not provide file timestamp, downloaded file was set to oldest possible timestamp.   * Bug fix: When S3 or WebDAV server did not provide file timestamp, downloaded file was set to oldest possible timestamp.
  * Bug fix: When session URL is typed into //Host name// box or pasted using context menu of the box and the Login dialog is submitted using ''Enter'' key, the URL is not parsed correctly.   * Bug fix: When session URL is typed into //Host name// box or pasted using context menu of the box and the Login dialog is submitted using ''Enter'' key, the URL is not parsed correctly.
 +  * Bug fix: Failure when saving edited file over reconnected session after previous reconnect attempt was aborted. [[bug>2238]]
===== [[6.2]] 6.2 beta ((2023-10-05)) ===== ===== [[6.2]] 6.2 beta ((2023-10-05)) =====
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  * Bug fix: Failure when error occurs on secondary shell session with //Continue on error// option enabled. [[bug>2226]]   * Bug fix: Failure when error occurs on secondary shell session with //Continue on error// option enabled. [[bug>2226]]
  * Bug fix: Failure when reconnect on edited/opened file save is canceled. [[bug>2228]]   * Bug fix: Failure when reconnect on edited/opened file save is canceled. [[bug>2228]]
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-===== [[6.1.3]] 6.1.3 (not released yet) ((2023-10-03)) ===== 
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-  * Back-propagated some improvements from 6.2 beta release: 
-    * Translations updated: Danish and Traditional Chinese. 
===== [[6.1.2]] 6.1.2 ((2023-09-19)) ===== ===== [[6.1.2]] 6.1.2 ((2023-09-19)) =====
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  * Bug fix: ''Session.EnumerateRemoteFiles'' does not work correctly when the mask includes brackets and other symbols. [[bug>2177]]   * Bug fix: ''Session.EnumerateRemoteFiles'' does not work correctly when the mask includes brackets and other symbols. [[bug>2177]]
  * Bug fix: Location profiles should not be used unless the session is connected.   * Bug fix: Location profiles should not be used unless the session is connected.
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-===== [[6.0.1]] 6.0.1 beta ((2023-03-07)) ===== 
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-  * //Compare Directories// command is available in local file manager mode. 
-  * Installer upgraded to Inno Setup 6.2.2. 
-  * Translations updated: German and Hungarian. 
-  * Renamed //File// menu in Explorer interface to //Files// for consistency with Commander interface. 
-  * Using plural //Tabs// for consistency with other menus. 
-  * Using the same timestamp format in local and remote file panels. 
-  * Option to allow box-drawing characters to render correctly in an Internal editor. [[bug>2169]] 
-  * Bug fix: Failure when selecting S3 protocol in Login dialog with non-existing ''.aws/credentials'' file. [[bug>2166]] 
-  * Bug fix: Tab close button of new session was drawn as clicked, if it was opened from Login dialog popped up after the last session was closed by clicking its close button. 
-  * Bug fix: Rename tab dialog still says //"Rename session"//. 
-  * Bug fix: Generated code uses obsolete ''SessionOptions.WebdavSecure'' property instead of current ''SessionOptions.Secure''. 
-  * Bug fix: Generated code for unsecure S3 protocol does not include ''SessionOptions.Secure'' property. 
-  * Bug fix: Separation of //Tab// and //Session// menus was unintentionally not reverted for Explorer interface. 
-  * Bug fix: Wrong behaviour when trying to open a workspace that does not contain any valid session. 
-  * Bug fix: ''Ctrl+T'' opens the wrong type of tab. 
-  * Bug fix: The ''!K'' and ''!\'' custom command and PuTTY patterns were not included in syntax hint. 
-  * Bug fix: Hang when FTP directory listing contains nul character. [[bug>2167]] 
-  * Bug fix: //Parent directory// command was missing its keyboard shortcut in the menu. 
-  * Bug fix: Workspace could not be saved when the active tab was not connected or was local. 
-  * Bug fix: Some control labels were showing keyboard accelerators without keyboard intervention. 
-  * Bug fix: Pressing ''Alt'' with some combo boxes focused did not show keyboard accelerators. 
-  * Bug fix: Failure when starting with colored session. [[bug>2168]] 
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-===== [[6.0]] 6.0 beta ((2023-02-08)) ===== 
-  * Local file manager mode (two local panels). [[bug>1893]] 
-  * Windows 11 flat style graphics. 
-  * SSH core and SSH private key tools (PuTTYgen and Pageant) upgraded to [[&url(puttychanges)|PuTTY 0.78]]. It brings the following changes: 
-    * Support for OpenSSH certificates (for user authentication keys). [[bug>1873]] [[pbug>ssh2-openssh-certkeys]] 
-    * Support for NTRU Prime post-quantum key exchange. [[pbug>ntru]] 
-    * Support for AES-GCM (in the OpenSSH style rather than RFC 5647, without hardware acceleration). [[pbug>aes-gcm]] 
-    * Support for more forms of Diffie-Hellman key exchange: new larger integer groups (such as group16 and group18), and support for using those and ECDH with GSSAPI. [[pbug>rfc8268-dh-groups]] [[pbug>gss-key-exchange-more-algs]] 
-  * Ongoing delete operation can be moved to background queue. [[bug>194]] 
-  * New DigiCert EV code signing certificate valid until February 2026 is used for signing binaries. 
-  * Showing directory size in file panel. [[bug>41]] 
-  * MSI installation package. [[bug>83]] 
-  * TLS/SSL core upgraded to OpenSSL 1.1.1t. 
-  * Translations updated: German and Russian. 
-  * File checksum calculation support for SCP protocol and SFTP protocol via secondary shell session using shell commands like ''sha256sum''. 
-  * Tab titles are shortened to fit window width as needed. [[bug>1423]] 
-  * AWS S3 profile selection. [[bug>2057]] 
-  * Consistent behavior across protocols when renaming/moving remote files: [[bug>2120]] 
-    * Asking before overwriting existing files, both for renaming/moving. 
-    * Allowing overwriting existing files even with protocols that require deleting the existing file first and with WebDAV. 
-    * Change: In scripting and .NET assembly, moving a file over an existing file will overwrite the existing file. [[bug>2185]] 
-  * Using SFTP ''copy-data'' extension to duplicate remote files with servers that do not support ''copy-file'' extension (OpenSSH). 
-  * Allowed scrolling of background transfers queue list view while dragging a transfer. [[bug>2154]] 
-  * Tabs show tooltips with full session name, username, hostname and paths. 
-  * Displaying thanks and transitioning help toolbar message after Store installation over classic installation. 
-  * Remembering remote directory tree nodes state when switching sessions. [[bug>1057]] 
-  * Progress animations for //Duplicate// and //Move To// operations. 
-  * Download edited/opened files with up-to-date timestamps. [[bug>2122]] 
-  * Displaying current version on the New version notification. [[bug>2125]] 
-  * Support for S3 servers without TLS encryption. [[bug>1995]] 
-  * Support for redirected WebDAV downloads (even to other hosts). [[bug>1667]] 
-  * Optionally reading password from a file. [[bug>2102]] 
-  * Input files can be read from named pipes. [[bug>2118]] 
-  * ''Shift''-clicking //New Session// command opens the Login dialog in new WinSCP instance, instead of possibly opening new instance of workspace. 
-  * Option to always sort directories by name. [[bug>1024]] 
-  * Bookmark drop-down menu in Explorer interface. [[bug>2127]] 
-  * Preserving changed passwords of ad-hoc sessions in workspace. [[bug>2128]] 
-  * In file panel, file sorting by date and size is by default descending even when initiated by menu, toolbar or keyboard shortcut, consistently with sorting by clicking panel column header. 
-  * Allowed opening all sites in a folder in PuTTY. [[bug>2079]] 
-  * Allowing environment variables in custom INI file path. [[bug>2105]] 
-  * Private key pattern ''!K'' in PuTTY command-line and custom commands. [[bug>2107]] 
-  * Automatically reconnect when FTP server fails to open data connection with ''426'' code, if it previously worked. [[bug>2110]] 
-  * Cleaning up temporary WinSCP PuTTY sessions. 
-  * Clearing environment variables ''BLOCK_SIZE'' and ''LS_BLOCK_SIZE''. [[bug>2129]] 
-  * Added import from KiTTY directly to the Import dialog. [[bug>1551]] 
-  * Warn when user selects too verbose logging level that degrades performance. [[bug>2155]] 
-  * Contents of About dialog can be copied to the clipboard using ''Ctrl+C''. 
-  * Blocking Windows Rich Edit formatting keyboard shortcuts in Internal editor. [[bug>2108]] 
-  * WebDAV/HTTP core upgraded to neon 0.32.5. 
-  * PNG code upgraded to PngComponents 1.9.0. 
-  * When switching tabs, prevent visibly scrolling the panels when focusing the last selected file. 
-  * Removed the "compression" indicator from the status bar. 
-  * Added GSSAPI key exchange algorithms to ''/info''. 
-  * Allowed normal behavior of double-click on a file even when resolving of symlinks is disabled. [[bug>2037]] 
-  * Change: ''SessionOptions.WebdavSecure'' renamed to ''SessionOptions.Secure'' (and applies to S3 protocol too). 
-  * ''Session.ExecutablePath'' returns detected or actual executable path when not set. [[bug>2055]] 
-  * Change: Keyboard shortcut for //Command Line// command changed to ''Shift+Ctrl+M'' (''Shift+Ctrl+N'' previously). 
-  * Do not overwrite existing local file when FTP download fails to start. [[bug>2132]] 
-  * Preventing construction of .NET assembly internal collection classes, what avoids them being unnecessarily registered for COM. 
-  * Hidden configuration option to increase maximal number of background transfers at the same time. [[bug>2117]] 
-  * Not animating taskbar button, when items are queued, but processing is disabled 
-  * Removed gap in initial toolbar layout. 
-  * Better formatting of feature list on Interface page of Preferences dialog. 
-  * Optimizing adjusting to updated system font. [[bug>2149]] 
-  * Consistency with loading icons synchronously and on the background. [[bug>2161]] 
-  * Added new ''ap-southeast-4'' AWS region. 
-  * Selecting the best language with each installation. [[bug>2160]] 
-  * Workaround for using ''/ini=nul'' on systems when reading ''nul'' file fails. [[bug>2163]] 
-  * Support for FTP ''CSID'' command. 
-  * Not logging supported SFTP extensions included directly in ''SSH_FXP_VERSION'' response as unknown. 
-  * Bug fix: Failure when trying to switch session tabs while previous switch did not complete yet. 
-  * Bug fix: When importing from FileZilla with KiTTY selected as SSH terminal, host keys were imported from KiTTY instead of FileZilla/PuTTY. 
-  * Bug fix: Incorrect escaping of values in single-quoted patterns in custom commands. 
-  * Bug fix: Configuration does not load when using ''/rawconfig'' command-line switch and read-only configuration sections. 
-  * Bug fix: When file rename fails, wrong part of filename might be selected in the inline filename editor. 
-  * Bug fix: Mouse cursor flickers while retrieving remote file properties. 
-  * Bug fix: Using any keyboard shortcut with ''Alt'' key shows menu keyboard accelerators permanently. 
-  * Bug fix: Session tabs cannot be dragged when the user has mouse buttons swapped. 
-  * Bug fix: The //"Keep temporary copies of remote files in deterministic paths"// option applied when duplicating remote files via a local temporary copy and with custom commands, breaking their functionality. [[bug>2140]] 
-  * Bug fix: S3 credentials checkbox on Login dialog had wrong tab order. 
-  * Bug fix: Turned-off keepaliaves are not propagated to PuTTY. [[bug>2141]] 
-  * Bug fix: With password storing administratively disabled, the ''/rawsettings'' switch cannot be used to set passwords. [[bug>2142]] 
-  * Bug fix: Focus was lost after checking for updates. 
-  * Bug fix: Failure on startup fatal error. 
-  * Bug fix: Error when uploading file sized just below 32 kB boundary to FTP server over TLS 1.3. [[bug>2019]] 
-  * Bug fix: Failure when doing agent forwarding with Pageant 0.74 or older. [[bug>2162]] 
-  * Bug fix: Pressing ''Tab'' during incremental search on Login dialog never look into collapsed folders when more than one visible node matched the search. 
-  * Bug fix: File on local network share treated as folder when uploading. [[bug>2056]] 
-  * Bug fix: Failure when parsing FTP checksum response misses the actual response. 
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-===== [[5.21.8]] 5.21.8 ((2023-04-11)) ===== 
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-  * Back-propagated fixes from 6.0 beta release: 
-    * Translations updated: German, Hungarian and Russian. 
-    * TLS/SSL core upgraded to OpenSSL 1.1.1t. 
-    * Updated links to online help. 
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-===== [[5.21.7]] 5.21.7 ((2023-01-23)) ===== 
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-  * Improvements to official //Batch Rename// extension: 
-    * Made GUI refresh optional to allow standalone execution. 
-    * Not failing when specific file do not require any rename. 
-    * Bug fix: Rename fails when the filename contain file mask special characters. [[bug>2157]] 
-  * Bug fix: Failure when system settings change after new version message box was displayed. [[bug>2148]] 
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-===== [[5.21.6]] 5.21.6 ((2022-11-28)) ===== 
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-  * TLS/SSL core upgraded to OpenSSL 1.1.1s. 
-  * XML parser upgraded to Expat 2.5.0. 
-  * Translation updated: German. 
-  * Setting ''$PSNativeCommandArgumentPassing'' to ''Legacy'' in generated WinSCP scripting PowerShell commandline, which is needed for PowerShell 7.3 compatibility. [[bug>2134]] 
-  * Added new ''ap-south-2'', ''eu-central-2'' and ''eu-south-2'' AWS regions and doubling region drop-down height. 
-  * Bug fix: Moving WebDAV transfer to background aborts the transfer if the server commits the interrupted foreground transfer. [[bug>2126]] 
-  * Bug fix: Failure when saving edited file while current tab is not connected. [[bug>2139]] 
-  * Bug fix: When the current session is encrypted, saved edited file was uploaded using the current session instead of its source session. When the current session is not encrypted, edited files opened in any encrypted session was uploaded on the background, possibly leading to data inconsistent files. 
-  * Bug fix: When reattaching edited file to re-connection session, the file was always attached to the current session instead of the possibly non-active re-connected session. 
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-===== [[5.21.5]] 5.21.5 ((2022-10-06)) ===== 
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-  * Translation completed: Brazilian Portuguese. 
-  * WebDAV/HTTP core upgraded to neon 0.32.4. 
-  * XML parser upgraded to Expat 2.4.9. 
-  * Preventing opening tunneled sessions in PuTTY from Login dialog as it cannot work. [[bug>2116]]  
-  * Bug fix: Agent forwarding does not work. [[bug>2113]] 
-  * Bug fix: Stall when new folder is detected and the drive contains folders with numerical names. [[bug>2114]] 
-  * Bug fix: New version notification is not displaying. 
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