Change logs for Rudder 8.2
Changes
Documentation
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Publish the audit report in the docs (#25803)
Agent
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Add a new CLI tool to converts raw Rudder reports to Json (#25757)
Generic methods
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Add Windows support to the generic method file_report_content_tail (#25588)
Bug fixes
Documentation
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Fixed: Update docs for 8.2 (#25826)
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Fixed: Mark 8.2 doc as stable (#25773)
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Fixed: Missing documentation on rudder.users.cleanup.account.disableAfterLastLogin (#25623)
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Fixed: Property name case collision is not longer a thing on Windows node since 8.2 (#25726)
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Fixed: Update and fix the API doc tooling (#25809)
Web - UI & UX
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Fixed: Status bar can only be opened by clicking twice (#25834)
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Fixed: Sometimes too long properties values move out actions buttons from window (#25762)
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Fixed: Improve config log wording (#25829)
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Fixed: Properties on newly created group are not initialized until policy generation or other group properties update (#25822)
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Fixed: Tooltips in nodes compliance are not displayed (#25663)
Web - Compliance & node report
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Fixed: ReportsExecution doesn’t have timezone on all fields (#25713)
Server components
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Fixed: Default settings for new nodes are not applied on a accepted node (#25652)
Relay server or API
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Fixed: Stacktrace in relayd on invalid run time file name (#25754)
Security
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Fixed: CSP violations from status tab in utilities pages (#25712)
Architecture - Code maintenance
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Fixed: Avoid Content-Security-Policy-Report-Only headers in dev mode (#25715)
Agent
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Fixed: rudder agent factory-reset -f doesn’t do anything (#25607)
Release notes
This is a bug fix release in the 8.2 series and therefore all installations of 8.2.x should be upgraded when possible. When we release a new version of Rudder it has been thoroughly tested, and we consider the release enterprise-ready for deployment.
Rudder 8.2.0 (2024-10-29)
Bug fixes
Documentation
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Fixed: OpenAPI documentation is invalid with duplicate /nodes/pending endpoints (#25709)
rudderc
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Fixed: Windows techniques fail to catch the Nustache.Core.RaiseExceptionOnEmptyStringValue errors (#25708)
System techniques
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Fixed: rudder-cf-serverd is not restarted properly after a change in authorized network on a relay (#25639)
Rudder 8.2.0.rc1 (2024-10-18)
Changes
Packaging
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Reenable system-updates module build (#25651)
Web - Nodes & inventories
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IP search field with slash notation (#3615)
Web - UI & UX
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Add notifications on copy to clipboard (#25602)
Architecture - Code maintenance
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Limit number of rust jobs in build jobs (#25524)
Techniques
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Add linting to the powershell techniques (#25551)
Bug fixes
Packaging
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Fixed: Disable apt feature on Slackware (#25629)
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Fixed: Error buiding system-updates on debian 12 (#25615)
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Fixed: Missing apt feature in system updates module (#25613)
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Fixed: Pass an argument to CFEngine custom promise type binaries - 8.2 (#25571)
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Fixed: Take cargo fetures without the option (#25616)
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Fixed: Set build limit to 2 jobs for Rust programs (#25541)
Agent
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Fixed: Skip libapt build on breaking systems (#25627)
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Fixed: Skip libapt build on breaking systems (#25627)
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Fixed: Skip libapt build on breaking systems (#25627)
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Fixed: Backport scheduling fixes for cf-execd (#25505)
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Fixed: System updates module expects snake case (#25686)
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Fixed: Report more errors to the server (#25677)
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Fixed: Fix system-updates schedule (#25661)
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Fixed: Fix the package manager detection (#25653)
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Fixed: Use the fixed rust-apt (#25640)
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Fixed: Fix system-updates module technique compatibility (#25575)
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Fixed: Fix the system-updates module (#25364)
Inventory
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Fixed: Inventory fails because rudder-agent has no version in inventory (#25496)
Documentation
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Fixed: Change of template.png in docs.rudder.io (#25646)
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Fixed: Revert to using the old RPM key in the docs (#25543)
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Fixed: User password change no longer needs restart in doc (#25444)
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Fixed: Adapt doc for 8.2 build (#25431)
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Fixed: Anchor link to Rudder Core doent work in the README (#25642)
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Fixed: New README for Rudder (#25636)
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Fixed: API documentation for user-management is missing some endpoints (#25459)
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Fixed: API documentation for user management in 8.2 (#25293)
Relay server or API
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Fixed: Add 127.0.0.1 as ServerAlias for multi-vhost server configuration (#25675)
Web - UI & UX
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Fixed: System rules are now always shown in group compliance (#25673)
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Fixed: Remove the Clipboard js library as it is no longer required (#25658)
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Fixed: Node search query doesn’t find any Windows node (#25638)
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Fixed: When changing node properties the old table is sometimes still displayed (#25332)
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Fixed: Display for checkbox "Show inherited properties" when adding a property column on node pages is broken (#25536)
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Fixed: When accepting a node with a duplicate hostname, there’s no error displayed (#25453)
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Fixed: It’s "AlmaLinux" and not "Alma Linux" (#25553)
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Fixed: Typo in agent schedule selector (#25500)
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Fixed: Event log table default period of two hours is too short (#25499)
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Fixed: Score badge background image should not be repeated (#25391)
API
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Fixed: Related rules return an authorization error in UI for non-admin users (#25645)
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Fixed: System rules are now always shown in directives compliance (#25517)
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Fixed: The severity ERROR for Node with ID ‘xxx’ was not found in Rudder’ is too strict (#25438)
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Fixed: Archive API for import/export doesn’t know about technique (#24789)
Architecture - Test
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Fixed: Sometimes tests with lift actor fails (#25637)
Plugin manager cli
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Fixed: Detect local install tentative in rudder package (#25538)
Techniques
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Fixed: Techniques no longer compile with error in rudderc arguments (#25545)
Web - Maintenance
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Fixed: Users cleanup configuration is too strict on disabled users (#25479)
rudderc
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Fixed: Static rudderc builds are failing due to missing tracing import (#25439)
Release notes
Special thanks go out to the following individuals who invested time, patience, testing, patches or bug reports to make this version of Rudder better:
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Fabrice FLORE-THÉBAULT
This is a bug fix release in the 8.2 series and therefore all installations of 8.2.x should be upgraded when possible. When we release a new version of Rudder it has been thoroughly tested, and we consider the release enterprise-ready for deployment.
Rudder 8.2.0.beta1 (2024-09-09)
Changes
Web - Nodes & inventories
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Add an optional visibility attribute on node property (#25369)
Agent
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Improve system-updates module (#25188)
Architecture - evolution
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Some services needed for plugins (#25315)
Architecture - Dependencies
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Update Scala dependencies (#25186)
Bug fixes
Packaging
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Fixed: Add the new completion file to RPM package (#25309)
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Fixed: build-caching fails for agent rust builds (#25257)
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Fixed: rust build-caching breaks hosts without rust (#25206)
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Fixed: do not build rust items on sustems that do not support it (#25205)
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Fixed: Changes for modules packaging (#25342)
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Fixed: Changes for modules packaging (#25342)
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Fixed: rudder-package completion build breaks (#25308)
Web - UI & UX
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Fixed: User identity does not show up in bar when user has last login (#25409)
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Fixed: Incorrect display of compliance in newly created rules (#25371)
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Fixed: Event logs details look broken in 8.1 (#25071)
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Fixed: Nodes table sorting is not obvious and we need to guess the sort column and direction (#25136)
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Fixed: Some minor UI issues in node property usage search (#25333)
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Fixed: Make tooltips non-transparent (#25326)
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Fixed: User management 'providers' column is still missing when there are multiple values (#25299)
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Fixed: Only remaining user managed by file cannot be deleted (#25300)
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Fixed: User management table always shows additional 'no_rights' authorization (#25296)
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Fixed: User management table has the wrong count of entries with deleted users (#25301)
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Fixed: Tenants column in user-management should depend on plugin activation (#24976)
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Fixed: Message « This node has no properties » on group (#25171)
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Fixed: tooltips in the rules page persist when switching content (#21668)
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Fixed: Dashboard information are not updated when deleting a node (#25095)
Architecture - Dependencies
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Fixed: Allow MPL-2.0 license in cargo checks (#25404)
rudderc
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Fixed: Static builds are failing due to missing lib (#25390)
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Fixed: Typo in the windows technique generation template (#25382)
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Fixed: rudderc CLI errors are not user friendly enough when the workdir is incorrectly set (#25375)
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Fixed: rudderc is generating 0 bytes resources when output directory is the same as the input (#25238)
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Fixed: Improve the error handling in the Windows techniques (#25190)
API
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Fixed: Node property usage search seems to be limited to 10 elements (#25334)
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Fixed: Deleting CVE group is possible even if it is a system group (#25348)
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Fixed: Apply policy returns a json error when clicking on trigger agent (#25368)
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Fixed: Event log rollback action is prevented from CSP headers (#25352)
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Fixed: The pending nodes API now returns array of arrays of nodes instead of an array of nodes (#25203)
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Fixed: Unauthorized access to API should not be logged as error (#25246)
Web - Nodes & inventories
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Fixed: Windows KB don’t show up in the inventory anymore (#25351)
Web - Technique editor
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Fixed: Resources upload over 8 MB show error in log and not in UI (#25155)
Web - Campaigns
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Fixed: no reports in campaign page even if the node sent the data (#25350)
System integration
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Fixed: One user is created each case change even if case sensivity if false (#24955)
Architecture - Test
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Fixed: Database tests have non temporary DDL that prevents running them twice (#25303)
CI
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Fixed: The policies Dockerfile does not fail when the rudder agent fails to install (#25213)
Agent
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Fixed: rudder agent factory-reset should reenable service (#25187)
Generic methods
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Fixed: Broken jinja2 templating on Ubuntu 24.04 (#25324)
Rudder 8.2.0.alpha1 (2024-09-09)
Changes
Agent
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Create a system-updates module in Rust (#24977)
System integration
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Make apache configuration easier to automatically split (#25143)
Miscellaneous
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Some services are not available to build plugins (#25125)
Web - Config management
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Add pre generation hook (#24944)
Architecture - Dependencies
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Update Scala dependencies (#24768)
System techniques
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Remove AIX support in system techniques (#25131)
Bug fixes
Documentation
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Fixed: Broken doc build (#24151)
rudderc
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Fixed: Rudderc fails to render "plain" variables on Windows (#25148)
Architecture - Test
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Fixed: TraitTestApiFromYamlFiles must allow to customize liftRules (#25017)
Architecture - Code maintenance
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Fixed: On a fresh install of Rudder 8.2 nightly, bootcheck error for table deletion (#25016)
Architecture - Dependencies
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Fixed: Update gulp related js dependencies (#24722)
Release notes
This is a bug fix release in the 8.2 series and therefore all installations of 8.2.x should be upgraded when possible. When we release a new version of Rudder it has been thoroughly tested, and we consider the release enterprise-ready for deployment.
Rudder 8.2 is currently the developement version of Rudder. You can test it using development builds, but not use it in production.
This page provides a summary of changes for each version. Previous beta and rc versions are listed below for convenience.
Main new features in Rudder 8.2:
Installing, upgrading and testing
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Install docs:
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Upgrade docs: https://docs.rudder.io/reference/8.2/installation/upgrade.html
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Download links: https://www.rudder-project.org/site/get-rudder/downloads/
We also recommend using the Rudder Vagrant config if you want a quick and easy way to get an installation for testing.
Operating systems supported
This version provides packages for these operating systems:
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Rudder server and Rudder relay: Debian 8-9, RHEL/CentOS 7 (64 bits), SLES 12-15, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS-18.04 LTS
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Rudder agent: all of the above plus RHEL/CentOS 6, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
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Rudder agent (binary packages available from (Normation): Debian 5-7, RHEL/CentOS 5, SLES 11, Ubuntu 10.04 LTS-12.04 LTS-13.04-15.10, Windows Server 2008R2-2016, AIX 5-6-7, Slackware 14
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