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ANNOUNCING C# DEV KIT FOR VISUAL STUDIO CODE
Tim Heuer
June 6th, 202351 29
We are thrilled to announce the preview release of C# Dev Kit, a new Visual
Studio Code extension that brings an improved editor-first C# development
experience to Linux, macOS, and Windows.
The C# Dev Kit is designed to enhance your C# productivity when you’re working
in VS Code. It works together with the C# extension, which has been updated to
be powered by a new fully open-source Language Server Protocol (LSP) host,
creating a performant, extensible, and flexible tooling environment that easily
integrates new experiences into C# for VS Code. The source repo for this
extension is in the process of being migrated and will be available later this
week.
Try out C# Dev Kit for your C# web and cloud-native projects and share your
feedback today!
WHAT IS C# DEV KIT?
C# Dev Kit borrows some familiar concepts from Visual Studio to bring a more
productive and reliable C# experience to VS Code. This ensures a great
experience whether you are quickly editing a C# file, learning C#, or debugging
a backend API. The C# Dev Kit consists of a set of VS Code extensions that work
together to provide a rich C# editing experience, AI-powered development,
solution management, and integrated testing. As shown in the graphic below, C#
Dev Kit consists of:
* The C# extension, which provides base language services support and continues
to be maintained independent of this effort.
* C# Dev Kit extension, which builds from the foundations of Visual Studio to
provide solution management, templates, and test discovery/debugging.
* The IntelliCode for C# Dev Kit extension (optional), which brings AI-powered
development to the editor.
MANAGE YOUR PROJECTS WITH A NEW SOLUTION VIEW
Customers often praise the power of project management with C#, so like Visual
Studio, C# Dev Kit adds a new Solution Explorer view that works alongside the VS
Code existing workspace view. This addition provides a curated and structured
view of your application for effortless, central project management. This lets
you quickly add new projects or files via templates to your solutions and easily
build all or part of your solution.
Animation of the new project experience in the C# Dev Kit, image
TEST YOUR PROJECTS WITH EXPANDED TEST EXPLORER CAPABILITIES
With C# Dev Kit, your tests in XUnit, NUnit, MSTest, and bUnit will be
discovered and organized for you more easily for fast execution and results
navigation. The extension will discover and surface your tests in the Test
Explorer pane just like for your other languages. It can also be run via the
command palette.
EXPERIENCE IMPROVED PERFORMANCE AND RELIABILITY
C# Dev Kit is powered by the recently updated open-source C# extension, now
powered by a Language Server Protocol (LSP) Host, also open source. The C#
extension is built on the incredible foundation started with OmniSharp by the
amazing OSS community. Both extensions integrate with components like Roslyn and
Razor to deliver superb performance for tools such as IntelliSense, definition
and symbol navigation, syntax highlighting, refactoring, and code formatting.
Previous Time to IntelliSense New Time to IntelliSense Percentage Improvement 38
seconds 3.5 seconds 91%
Benchmarked using a 2GB sized solution with 40 projects and 500,000 lines of
source code.
In addition to the performance and reliability gains provided by the updated C#
extension, C# Dev Kit lets you enjoy these same performance improvements with
the solution, debugging, and testing features.
WRITE YOUR PROJECT FASTER WITH AI-POWERED C# DEVELOPMENT
Auto-installing as part of C# Dev Kit, the IntelliCode for C# Dev Kit extension
enhances the AI-assisted support beyond the basic IntelliSense code-completion
found in the existing C# extension. It brings powerful IntelliCode features,
such as whole-line completions and starred suggestions, putting what you’re most
likely to use at the top of your IntelliSense completion list to your C#
projects, all based on your own personal codebase.
DEVELOP C# APPS FROM ANYWHERE
It’s never been easier to create modern .NET applications while working on your
favorite operating system. As a VS Code extension, C# Dev Kit lets you work on
C# projects with Linux, macOS, Windows, and even a dev container. You can also
enjoy these same capabilities in a cloud-based developer environment like GitHub
Codespaces!
GETTING STARTED WITH C# DEV KIT
C# Dev Kit makes it easy for developers of all experience levels to set up a C#
environment in VS Code. Install the C# Dev Kit extension and follow the
step-by-step VS Code walkthrough to configure your workspace. Today, C# Dev Kit
lets you create and work with web apps, console apps, class library projects,
and testing projects.
If you currently use the VS Code C# extension (powered by OmniSharp), installing
C# Dev Kit extension will upgrade C# extension to the latest pre-release version
compatible with C# Dev Kit. Check out the Getting Started documentation to learn
more.
Given C# Dev Kit builds on the same foundations as Visual Studio for some of its
functionality, it uses the same license model as Visual Studio. This means it’s
free for individuals, as well as academia and open-source development, the same
terms that apply to Visual Studio Community. For organizations, the C# Dev Kit
is included with Visual Studio Professional and Enterprise subscriptions, as
well as GitHub Codespaces. For additional details see the license terms.
SHARE YOUR FEEDBACK ON C# DEV KIT!
C# Dev Kit was developed based on feedback we’ve received from VS Code users
regarding their C# development process. As we regularly update C# Dev Kit and
its features, we encourage you to provide feedback so we can continuously
improve and deliver the best possible experience for everyone.
Please share your feedback on any of these upcoming updates, report issues, or
propose and feature suggestions through VS Code’s Help > Report Issue. Select
whether it is a bug, feature request, or performance issue on “An Extension” and
select C# Dev Kit from the list of extensions,
To learn more about how to get the most out of C# Dev Kit, explore our updated
C# VS Code documentation and Get Started docs. Try out the new C# environment
with C# Dev Kit today!
Install C# Dev Kit
MORE ABOUT THE VISUAL STUDIO PRODUCT FAMILY
Visual Studio continues to be our premier C# development tool, supporting the
full range of .NET workloads and project types. C# Dev Kit is an exciting step
for us to bring .NET development productivity to other parts of the Visual
Studio product family. For more information on the latest features added to
Visual Studio, check out the Visual Studio 17.6 release announcement.
TIM HEUER PRINCIPAL PRODUCT MANAGER, .NET AND VISUAL STUDIO
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* Rand Random June 6, 2023 1:28 pm 0
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Does this enable creating solutions from scratch as well, or does it still
require an initial dotnet new console and open folder?
Been a while since I last checked VS Code out, but that has been bugging me
everytime to create a new solution.
* Tim Heuer June 6, 2023 1:54 pm 4
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If you have no folder open (blank workspace) you’ll see the ability to
create a project from there. I can’t paste a picture here in the comments
but there is a button on a workspace with no folder open that says “Create
.NET Project” that will launch the template picker with additional
questions of where to create it.
* Leslie Richardson June 6, 2023 2:34 pm 2
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You can also learn more about the solution explorer experience in VS Code
here: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/csharp/project-management
* Rand Random June 6, 2023 2:55 pm 0
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Thanks, though it doesn’t seem to show the steps to create a solution.
* Rand Random June 7, 2023 2:57 am 0
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Installed the c# dev kit and gave it a test run.
One thing I noticed is that VS Code didn’t prompt me that my newly
created solution is missing settings for it to run.
eg. .vscode\launch.json
If I remember correctly, there was a notification bubble prompting me do
add those things.
After I manually clicked Run –> Add Configuration, I was able to debug
the solution.
and maybe it is just me, it took me more time than I want to admit to
actually find the “solution explorer” as I simply thought those features
are part of the “explorer” and not a new item in the left pane, and with
the collapsing/expaning of the left pane I didn’t notice it sticking at
the very bottom of list, so first thing I did after finally finding it
was moving it to the very top.
* Tim Heuer June 12, 2023 7:51 am 1
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Thanks for the feedback. The launch.json/task.json is still supported
but as you note you may not get the prompt. With C# Dev Kit we wanted
to create an experience of “clone and go” with no *required* additional
assets. The experience is a starting point now (some rapid updates
coming). If you navigate to the Run and Debug area you’ll see the
ability there to create the launch/task if desired as well.
* Florian Wachs June 6, 2023 2:15 pm 4
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A huge THANK YOU to the team for this.
* Олег Нечитайло June 6, 2023 3:29 pm 3
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Licensing isn’t really clear in this article or on the C# Dev Kit extension
page.
From VS Code extension page it looks like extension is completely free, when
it’s not.
* Tim Heuer June 6, 2023 4:12 pm 2
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The license terms are available from the license link on the marketplace
listing or https://aka.ms/vs/csdevkit/license for short.
* Arseniy Zlobintsev June 6, 2023 4:06 pm 0
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It appears it breaks semantic highlighting (and its settings). It also does
not seem to solve pre-existing OmniSharp stability issues or generally known
rough edges (like having to force restart it every time project dependencies
change, it does not auto-build project either).
* Tim Heuer June 6, 2023 4:13 pm 2
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Please make sure you are using the pre-release version of the C# extension
(should have got a prompt that is needed). If you are still seeing those
issues identified, please log issues!
* Patrick Lioi June 6, 2023 4:53 pm 0
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Does the test runner make use of the same VSTest “Test Adapters” that test
frameworks provide for present day Visual Studio Test Explorer integration
and present day `dotnet test` integration, or is the support for the named
test frameworks specific to those frameworks?
* Tim Heuer June 7, 2023 8:12 am 2
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Yes it should — I think there might be some nuances in how an adapter was
written but please try it out (we listed the most popular) and log issues
so we can discuss.
* Karen Payne June 6, 2023 5:17 pm 0
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When opening a workspace without projects that has snippets of C# code and
JavaScript, HTML etc. (yeah this is not normal) there are tons of errors
reported. There are no .csproj or .sln files in the workspace. No big deal,
when opening a folder with a valid project file all works fine.
* Tim Heuer June 8, 2023 9:37 am 1
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Thanks Karen — I think you logged an issue but please use the issue
reporter tool in VS Code to give us the bugs!
* Daryl Graves June 7, 2023 2:39 am 1
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This is great but what measures can an IT Department put in place to prevent
people without a valid Visual Studio License from installing these
extensions?
* Tim Heuer June 7, 2023 8:07 am 1
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This is a good question — would you mind logging an issue on this to
discuss? https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-dotnettools
* Gordon Rappange June 7, 2023 3:08 am 3
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Maybe it’s good to know thats only for new sdk style projects, not for .net
framework projects.
* henry-js June 7, 2023 4:29 am 1
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Will the C# extension itself remain free to use?
* Tim Heuer June 7, 2023 8:06 am 2
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Yes the base language extension will remain open source and a less
restrictive license. The terms for that (the Base language C# extension) do
not change.
* Amadeusz Sadowski June 7, 2023 10:26 am 5
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I’m really excited and happy, as I love VS Code.
But then I read that a very basic feature – code-native Test Explorer – is a
licensed/paid feature? It’s such a basic thing. My enthusiasm is gone just by
that tidbit. And Solution Explorer too, behind a license? I understand paying
for IntelliCode, any Performance tools when they come, stuff like that, but
for Test and Solution Explorers, it really feels like a cashgrab. First you
take Omnisharp/vscode-csharp-ext, and then instead of adding features to it
as a token of gratitude to the community, you hide the most basic stuff
behind license-wall. I can’t grasp that. Is there a chance for you to
reconsider?
* John King June 7, 2023 6:09 pm 1
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https://devblogs.microsoft.com/java/java-on-visual-studio-code-may-2023/
same company, different licence on diferent lanague, they try to close
source not just once on dotnet
I now know what is being called “managed” language.
After all there are much larger community on Spring than AspNetCore,
zipkin,kafka,nacos and many more is base on that. I’m switching to java and
learnning GoLang and Rust.
* László Szőke June 8, 2023 2:27 am 1
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I switched to Rider two years ago, and it turned out to be a damn good
decision.
And I’m not licensing just Rider, but the whole arsenal, the All Products
Pack, because it’s worth it. It’s not expensive, and working with
JetBrains tools is much more efficient and enjoyable.
If I were a Java developer, I would obviously use IntelliJ IDEA because
it’s the best IDE. And as a .NET developer, I want to use IntelliJ IDEA
too… which is exactly what Rider is, combining IntelliJ IDEA and
ReSharper seamlessly.
* Jorge Morales Vidal June 11, 2023 3:55 pm 0
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If you use Visual Studio 2022 Community, you’re free to use it.
* John B June 7, 2023 9:58 pm 2
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Once Unity switches to the new project format I hope that’s an easy
integration. A lighter weight debugging option would be very popular (not to
mention cross platform).
* Roman Mikhailov June 8, 2023 2:50 am 1
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Hey guys! You’ve just broke one of the most important vscode C# features – MS
Build Load Projects On Demand. With the old C# extension it was possible to
have like 50+ different slns in the same workspace, navigate between them
with fully working intellisense an so on, now to get the intellisense working
I have to load each sln manually and it can handle only one sln at the
moment, If I want to work with multiple slns in the workspace I have to
switch them manually. What if I have big set of BE services living in
different repos with different slns ? e.g. I have like 50 or 70 of them ?
Before this update VS Code was the only IDE who was able to handle this this
case, and with the current update this functionality is broken. Now it
doesn’t make sense to use the vscode at all becuase anyway full weight VS or
Rider is far better when handling single sln
* Tim Heuer June 8, 2023 9:38 am 0
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Roman — can you please log the issue here on the repo — would be good to
discuss and identify the issues here.
* Roman Mikhailov June 8, 2023 8:26 pm 0
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which one repo ?
* Tim Heuer June 12, 2023 7:52 am 0
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https://github.com/dotnet/vscode-csharp
* Siddhartha Das June 8, 2023 3:57 am 1
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Can u enlighten me on how this new system will help, facilitate or assist me
to migrate a C# engineering program developed on VStudio from PC to cloud?
* Tim Heuer June 12, 2023 7:55 am 0
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There are many tools both within Visual Studio and VS Code that help you
get your code to cloud. Unlike Visual Studio, which has integrated
experiences in Connected Services and the Publish workflows to get you
directly to cloud locations like Azure, VS Code relies on a series of
extensions. The Azure extension bundles a set of these together to help you
get from code to cloud using things like `azd` or direct push to Azure App
Services, etc. If Azure is not your cloud, I’d look for extensions provided
by others to help you.
If your question is more about your C# project itself — meaning helping you
write cloud-ready applications, if you are using the latest .NET version
(7) and APIs, you are already setup to very easily have your app/services
be hosted in containers and on Azure or any place where containers are
supported. Great documentation exists on docs.microsoft.com on how to
enable container support in your project.
* Richard Willis June 8, 2023 10:34 am 1
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I’ve been using it for a couple days now and it’s a great improvement, much
faster. Thank you for improving the experience!
* Andrew Witte June 8, 2023 4:41 pm 0
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Doesn’t work.
I open an existing folder containing an existing .sln file created with VS,
VS for mac or Rider and VS-Code doesn’t understand it.
Also why can’t I just open a .sln file directly in VS-Code?
On top of this. Someone already made a correctly working method that can just
open a .sln file directly.
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=fernandoescolar.vscode-solution-explorer
The reason you need this is if you have two .sln files in the same folder for
example and just want to support the same way of doing things literally every
other C# IDE can.
I’m baffled at the endless bad choices being made around C# IDEs from MS. Its
almost beyond comprehension at this point. Like who is leading these project
choices? Fire them!
* Tim Heuer June 12, 2023 7:56 am 0
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Andrew — would you be willing to share the SLN file that is not
working…we’d be happy to get a look at it. If needed you can privately send
me some additional info (timheuer @ microsoft)
* HJ R June 9, 2023 7:04 am 1
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For devs working on Linux this is kind of good news. But I don’t know how
many Linux devs use .NET / C#. For Windows users: use VS Community / VS
Professional – no need to reimplement its features in VS Code. For Mac: VS
for Mac needs some polishing. But for VS Code to catch up it is a long way.
Overall, I don’t think that spending all that effort on this extension is a
good choice. There are a ton of issues to fix / improvements to make on VS :
hot reload, performance, debugging Blazor, …
I dont think that enough devs working on Linux will start using .NET / C# due
to availability of this extension.
* Tim Heuer July 5, 2023 7:54 am 0
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Hi there — we will continue to make improvements to VS in the areas you
mention. And yes, Visual Studio on Windows continues to be the
best/complete solution for .NET/C# developers.
* Samet Şentürk June 9, 2023 1:23 pm 0
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Is there a plan for “C++ Dev Kit”?
* Tim Heuer June 12, 2023 8:08 am 1
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Hi Samet, check out the C++ extension pack here which bundles a few things
together that already help C++ developers in VS Code:
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-vscode.cpptools-extension-pack
For more C++ suggestions in VS Code, please visit:
https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-cpptools/issues to add more suggestions
and engage with existing suggestions and the C++/VS Code team there.
* Bernhard Richter June 9, 2023 4:43 pm 0
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You just could not leave it alone, could you Microsoft. For almost a decade,
the C# development experience in code has been open source and free to use.
So instead of supporting Omnisharp, you’ll go ahead and try to monetize on
this too. For what? A small group of developers that chose not to use Visual
studio? You claim to embrace open source, but sadly I guess this goes to show
that Microsoft is only about the money. Speaking of the extension, you’ve
completely missed the point here. People that has moved from Visual studio to
code don’t want fancy context menu’s. They want the simplicity that code
offers. The middle ground. But I’ll give you this, Microsoft. You had me
going there for a while, but I will never trust you again
* Jim Moody June 10, 2023 10:15 pm 1
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oh brother. I don’t think you could have been more dramatic if you tried.
* Tim Heuer June 12, 2023 7:58 am 0
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Hi Bernhard, please see the details here — the core C# language support
remains open source: https://github.com/dotnet/vscode-csharp/issues/5708.
* Jeff Jones June 9, 2023 9:41 pm 0
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Why not just use the real Visual Studio instead of VS Code? VS Code is only
slightly more advanced in terms of development productivity than the1980s
QuickBasic IDE.
The real Visual Studio has options to run your app in debug mode in Linux, if
you fancy such things.
I have yet to see a use case for VS Code for C# that provides more value than
using the real Visual Studio on Windows.
* Jim Moody June 10, 2023 10:16 pm 1
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“on Windows”.
That’s the key right there.
* Tim Heuer June 12, 2023 8:01 am 1
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Jeff — I love that you point out how valuable Visual Studio is as a
full-featured IDE. We agree! And yes, the remote capabilities for debugging
using WSL/containers is super convenient for that Linux validation in your
workflow as well. As long as you feel productive in Visual Studio on
Windows, please keep using it!!! We’re continuing to improve all around the
shell and .NET and C++ experiences each release. This improvement is for
those who are choosing to be in VS Code for polyglot reasons, or aren’t on
Windows.
* Vladimir Chirikov June 12, 2023 11:55 pm 1
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The most important feature of Rider is still missing, please consider to add
`navigate` in decompiled sources (inside ILSpy decompiled code), find usages
in decompiled and so on. This is a real game changer for coding.
* Tim Heuer July 5, 2023 7:53 am 0
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Can you please add a suggestion to the repo?
* Oleksiy Moroz June 16, 2023 1:47 pm 1
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Installed C# Dev Kit but have “Project system initialization finished. 0
project(s) are loaded, and 1 failed to load.” on my last project on .net 7
and on a newly created empty webapi app, the same issue
* Tim Heuer July 5, 2023 7:53 am 0
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Would like to get this solved for you — can you log an issue
https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-dotnettools
* Udayan R June 17, 2023 8:58 am 1
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Thank you to the team for this.
* morrigan ship July 2, 2023 5:55 am 0
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its not free to use
it say i should have visual studio subscription
* Tim Heuer July 5, 2023 7:52 am 0
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Hi there! Depending on your usage, it is ‘free’ — individuals and similarly
can use it just like you would Visual Studio Community edition. If you
classify as an enterprise, then you will need a valid subscription or other
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