Grounded vLLM operational knowledge for AI SRE

        histogram_e2e_time_request = self._histogram_cls(
            name="vllm:e2e_request_latency_seconds",
            documentation="Histogram of e2e request latency in seconds.",
            buckets=request_latency_buckets,
            labelnames=labelnames,
        )

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        self.counter_num_preempted_reqs[engine_idx].inc(
            iteration_stats.num_preempted_reqs
        )
        self.counter_prompt_tokens[engine_idx].inc(iteration_stats.num_prompt_tokens)
        # Labeled prompt token counters by source
        pts = iteration_stats.prompt_token_stats
        for source in PromptTokenStats.ALL_SOURCES:
            self.counter_prompt_tokens_by_source[source][engine_idx].inc(
                pts.get_by_source(source)
            )
        self.counter_prompt_tokens_cached[engine_idx].inc(pts.cached_tokens)
        self.counter_generation_tokens[engine_idx].inc(
            iteration_stats.num_generation_tokens
        )
        self.histogram_iteration_tokens[engine_idx].observe(
            iteration_stats.prompt_token_stats.computed
            + iteration_stats.num_generation_tokens
        )

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        self.counter_num_preempted_reqs[engine_idx].inc(
            iteration_stats.num_preempted_reqs
        )
        self.counter_prompt_tokens[engine_idx].inc(iteration_stats.num_prompt_tokens)
        # Labeled prompt token counters by source
        pts = iteration_stats.prompt_token_stats
        for source in PromptTokenStats.ALL_SOURCES:
            self.counter_prompt_tokens_by_source[source][engine_idx].inc(
                pts.get_by_source(source)
            )
        self.counter_prompt_tokens_cached[engine_idx].inc(pts.cached_tokens)
        self.counter_generation_tokens[engine_idx].inc(
            iteration_stats.num_generation_tokens
        )
        self.histogram_iteration_tokens[engine_idx].observe(
            iteration_stats.prompt_token_stats.computed
            + iteration_stats.num_generation_tokens
        )

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        counter_generation_tokens = self._counter_cls(
            name="vllm:generation_tokens",
            documentation="Number of generation tokens processed.",
            labelnames=labelnames,
        )

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        histogram_inter_token_latency = self._histogram_cls(
            name="vllm:inter_token_latency_seconds",
            documentation="Histogram of inter-token latency in seconds.",
            buckets=[
                0.01,
                0.025,
                0.05,
                0.075,
                0.1,
                0.15,
                0.2,
                0.3,
                0.4,
                0.5,
                0.75,
                1.0,
                2.5,
                5.0,
                7.5,
                10.0,
                20.0,
                40.0,
                80.0,
            ],
            labelnames=labelnames,
        )

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        histogram_iteration_tokens = self._histogram_cls(
            name="vllm:iteration_tokens_total",
            documentation="Histogram of number of tokens per engine_step.",
            buckets=[1, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048, 4096, 8192, 16384],
            labelnames=labelnames,
        )

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            total_waiting = (
                scheduler_stats.num_waiting_reqs
                + scheduler_stats.num_skipped_waiting_reqs
            )
            self.gauge_scheduler_waiting[engine_idx].set(total_waiting)
            self.gauge_waiting_by_reason[WAITING_REASON_CAPACITY][engine_idx].set(
                scheduler_stats.num_waiting_reqs
            )
            self.gauge_waiting_by_reason[WAITING_REASON_DEFERRED][engine_idx].set(
                scheduler_stats.num_skipped_waiting_reqs
            )
            self.gauge_kv_cache_usage[engine_idx].set(scheduler_stats.kv_cache_usage)

            self.counter_prefix_cache_queries[engine_idx].inc(
                scheduler_stats.prefix_cache_stats.queries
            )
            self.counter_prefix_cache_hits[engine_idx].inc(
                scheduler_stats.prefix_cache_stats.hits
            )

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            total_waiting = (
                scheduler_stats.num_waiting_reqs
                + scheduler_stats.num_skipped_waiting_reqs
            )
            self.gauge_scheduler_waiting[engine_idx].set(total_waiting)
            self.gauge_waiting_by_reason[WAITING_REASON_CAPACITY][engine_idx].set(
                scheduler_stats.num_waiting_reqs
            )
            self.gauge_waiting_by_reason[WAITING_REASON_DEFERRED][engine_idx].set(
                scheduler_stats.num_skipped_waiting_reqs
            )
            self.gauge_kv_cache_usage[engine_idx].set(scheduler_stats.kv_cache_usage)

            self.counter_prefix_cache_queries[engine_idx].inc(
                scheduler_stats.prefix_cache_stats.queries
            )
            self.counter_prefix_cache_hits[engine_idx].inc(
                scheduler_stats.prefix_cache_stats.hits
            )

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            total_waiting = (
                scheduler_stats.num_waiting_reqs
                + scheduler_stats.num_skipped_waiting_reqs
            )
            self.gauge_scheduler_waiting[engine_idx].set(total_waiting)
            self.gauge_waiting_by_reason[WAITING_REASON_CAPACITY][engine_idx].set(
                scheduler_stats.num_waiting_reqs
            )
            self.gauge_waiting_by_reason[WAITING_REASON_DEFERRED][engine_idx].set(
                scheduler_stats.num_skipped_waiting_reqs
            )
            self.gauge_kv_cache_usage[engine_idx].set(scheduler_stats.kv_cache_usage)

            self.counter_prefix_cache_queries[engine_idx].inc(
                scheduler_stats.prefix_cache_stats.queries
            )
            self.counter_prefix_cache_hits[engine_idx].inc(
                scheduler_stats.prefix_cache_stats.hits
            )

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        gauge_kv_cache_usage = self._gauge_cls(
            name="vllm:kv_cache_usage_perc",
            documentation="KV-cache usage. 1 means 100 percent usage.",
            multiprocess_mode="mostrecent",
            labelnames=labelnames,
        )

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            total_waiting = (
                scheduler_stats.num_waiting_reqs
                + scheduler_stats.num_skipped_waiting_reqs
            )
            self.gauge_scheduler_waiting[engine_idx].set(total_waiting)
            self.gauge_waiting_by_reason[WAITING_REASON_CAPACITY][engine_idx].set(
                scheduler_stats.num_waiting_reqs
            )
            self.gauge_waiting_by_reason[WAITING_REASON_DEFERRED][engine_idx].set(
                scheduler_stats.num_skipped_waiting_reqs
            )
            self.gauge_kv_cache_usage[engine_idx].set(scheduler_stats.kv_cache_usage)

            self.counter_prefix_cache_queries[engine_idx].inc(
                scheduler_stats.prefix_cache_stats.queries
            )
            self.counter_prefix_cache_hits[engine_idx].inc(
                scheduler_stats.prefix_cache_stats.hits
            )

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class SchedulerStats:
    """Stats associated with the scheduler."""

    num_running_reqs: int = 0

    num_waiting_reqs: int = 0  # length of the "waiting" request queue
    num_skipped_waiting_reqs: int = 0  # length of the "skipped waiting" queue

    # These are used for internal DP load-balancing.
    step_counter: int = 0
    current_wave: int = 0

    kv_cache_usage: float = 0.0

    prefix_cache_stats: PrefixCacheStats = field(default_factory=PrefixCacheStats)
    connector_prefix_cache_stats: PrefixCacheStats | None = None

    kv_cache_eviction_events: list[KVCacheEvictionEvent] = field(default_factory=list)

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            self.gauge_kv_cache_usage[engine_idx].set(scheduler_stats.kv_cache_usage)

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        gauge_kv_cache_usage = self._gauge_cls(
            name="vllm:kv_cache_usage_perc",
            documentation="KV-cache usage. 1 means 100 percent usage.",
            multiprocess_mode="mostrecent",
            labelnames=labelnames,
        )
        self.gauge_kv_cache_usage = create_metric_per_engine(
            gauge_kv_cache_usage, per_engine_labelvalues
        )

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        gauge_scheduler_running = self._gauge_cls(
            name="vllm:num_requests_running",
            documentation="Number of requests in model execution batches.",
            multiprocess_mode="mostrecent",
            labelnames=labelnames,
        )
        self.gauge_scheduler_running = create_metric_per_engine(
            gauge_scheduler_running, per_engine_labelvalues
        )

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### Prefix Cache metrics

The discussion in <https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/issues/10582> about adding prefix cache metrics yielded
some interesting points which may be relevant to how we approach
future metrics.

Every time the prefix cache is queried, we record the number of tokens
queried and the number of queried tokens present in the cache
(i.e. hits).

However, the metric of interest is the hit rate - i.e. the number of
hits per query.

In the case of logging, we expect the user is best served by
calculating the hit rate over a fixed number of the most recent
queries (the interval is fixed to 1k most recent queries for now).

In the case of Prometheus though, we should take advantage of the
time-series nature of Prometheus and allow the user to calculate the
hit rate over an interval of their choosing. For example, a PromQL
query to calculate the hit interval of the past 5 minutes:

```text
rate(cache_query_hit[5m]) / rate(cache_query_total[5m])
```

To achieve this, we should record the queries and hits as counters in
Prometheus, rather than recording the hit rate as a gauge.

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            self.counter_prefix_cache_queries[engine_idx].inc(
                scheduler_stats.prefix_cache_stats.queries
            )
            self.counter_prefix_cache_hits[engine_idx].inc(
                scheduler_stats.prefix_cache_stats.hits
            )

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    requests: int = 0
    """The number of requests in this update."""

    queries: int = 0
    """The number of queries in these requests."""

    hits: int = 0
    """The number of hits in these requests."""

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        #
        # External - KV connector prefix cache
        #

        counter_connector_prefix_cache_queries = self._counter_cls(
            name="vllm:external_prefix_cache_queries",
            documentation=(
                "External prefix cache queries from KV connector "
                "cross-instance cache sharing, in terms of number of queried tokens."
            ),
            labelnames=labelnames,
        )
        self.counter_connector_prefix_cache_queries = create_metric_per_engine(
            counter_connector_prefix_cache_queries, per_engine_labelvalues
        )

        counter_connector_prefix_cache_hits = self._counter_cls(
            name="vllm:external_prefix_cache_hits",
            documentation=(
                "External prefix cache hits from KV connector "
                "cross-instance cache sharing, in terms of number of cached tokens."
            ),
            labelnames=labelnames,
        )
        self.counter_connector_prefix_cache_hits = create_metric_per_engine(
            counter_connector_prefix_cache_hits, per_engine_labelvalues
        )

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        #
        # External - KV connector prefix cache
        #

        counter_connector_prefix_cache_queries = self._counter_cls(
            name="vllm:external_prefix_cache_queries",
            documentation=(
                "External prefix cache queries from KV connector "
                "cross-instance cache sharing, in terms of number of queried tokens."
            ),
            labelnames=labelnames,
        )
        self.counter_connector_prefix_cache_queries = create_metric_per_engine(
            counter_connector_prefix_cache_queries, per_engine_labelvalues
        )

        counter_connector_prefix_cache_hits = self._counter_cls(
            name="vllm:external_prefix_cache_hits",
            documentation=(
                "External prefix cache hits from KV connector "
                "cross-instance cache sharing, in terms of number of cached tokens."
            ),
            labelnames=labelnames,
        )
        self.counter_connector_prefix_cache_hits = create_metric_per_engine(
            counter_connector_prefix_cache_hits, per_engine_labelvalues
        )

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        #
        # External - KV connector prefix cache
        #

        counter_connector_prefix_cache_queries = self._counter_cls(
            name="vllm:external_prefix_cache_queries",
            documentation=(
                "External prefix cache queries from KV connector "
                "cross-instance cache sharing, in terms of number of queried tokens."
            ),
            labelnames=labelnames,
        )
        self.counter_connector_prefix_cache_queries = create_metric_per_engine(
            counter_connector_prefix_cache_queries, per_engine_labelvalues
        )

        counter_connector_prefix_cache_hits = self._counter_cls(
            name="vllm:external_prefix_cache_hits",
            documentation=(
                "External prefix cache hits from KV connector "
                "cross-instance cache sharing, in terms of number of cached tokens."
            ),
            labelnames=labelnames,
        )
        self.counter_connector_prefix_cache_hits = create_metric_per_engine(
            counter_connector_prefix_cache_hits, per_engine_labelvalues
        )

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        #
        # External - KV connector prefix cache
        #

        counter_connector_prefix_cache_queries = self._counter_cls(
            name="vllm:external_prefix_cache_queries",
            documentation=(
                "External prefix cache queries from KV connector "
                "cross-instance cache sharing, in terms of number of queried tokens."
            ),
            labelnames=labelnames,
        )
        self.counter_connector_prefix_cache_queries = create_metric_per_engine(
            counter_connector_prefix_cache_queries, per_engine_labelvalues
        )

        counter_connector_prefix_cache_hits = self._counter_cls(
            name="vllm:external_prefix_cache_hits",
            documentation=(
                "External prefix cache hits from KV connector "
                "cross-instance cache sharing, in terms of number of cached tokens."
            ),
            labelnames=labelnames,
        )
        self.counter_connector_prefix_cache_hits = create_metric_per_engine(
            counter_connector_prefix_cache_hits, per_engine_labelvalues
        )

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            self.counter_prefix_cache_queries[engine_idx].inc(
                scheduler_stats.prefix_cache_stats.queries
            )
            self.counter_prefix_cache_hits[engine_idx].inc(
                scheduler_stats.prefix_cache_stats.hits
            )

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    requests: int = 0
    """The number of requests in this update."""

    queries: int = 0
    """The number of queries in these requests."""

    hits: int = 0
    """The number of hits in these requests."""

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        #
        # External - KV connector prefix cache
        #

        counter_connector_prefix_cache_queries = self._counter_cls(
            name="vllm:external_prefix_cache_queries",
            documentation=(
                "External prefix cache queries from KV connector "
                "cross-instance cache sharing, in terms of number of queried tokens."
            ),
            labelnames=labelnames,
        )
        self.counter_connector_prefix_cache_queries = create_metric_per_engine(
            counter_connector_prefix_cache_queries, per_engine_labelvalues
        )

        counter_connector_prefix_cache_hits = self._counter_cls(
            name="vllm:external_prefix_cache_hits",
            documentation=(
                "External prefix cache hits from KV connector "
                "cross-instance cache sharing, in terms of number of cached tokens."
            ),
            labelnames=labelnames,
        )
        self.counter_connector_prefix_cache_hits = create_metric_per_engine(
            counter_connector_prefix_cache_hits, per_engine_labelvalues
        )

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        self.counter_num_preempted_reqs[engine_idx].inc(
            iteration_stats.num_preempted_reqs
        )
        self.counter_prompt_tokens[engine_idx].inc(iteration_stats.num_prompt_tokens)
        # Labeled prompt token counters by source
        pts = iteration_stats.prompt_token_stats
        for source in PromptTokenStats.ALL_SOURCES:
            self.counter_prompt_tokens_by_source[source][engine_idx].inc(
                pts.get_by_source(source)
            )
        self.counter_prompt_tokens_cached[engine_idx].inc(pts.cached_tokens)
        self.counter_generation_tokens[engine_idx].inc(
            iteration_stats.num_generation_tokens
        )
        self.histogram_iteration_tokens[engine_idx].observe(
            iteration_stats.prompt_token_stats.computed
            + iteration_stats.num_generation_tokens
        )

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        self.counter_num_preempted_reqs[engine_idx].inc(
            iteration_stats.num_preempted_reqs
        )
        self.counter_prompt_tokens[engine_idx].inc(iteration_stats.num_prompt_tokens)
        # Labeled prompt token counters by source
        pts = iteration_stats.prompt_token_stats
        for source in PromptTokenStats.ALL_SOURCES:
            self.counter_prompt_tokens_by_source[source][engine_idx].inc(
                pts.get_by_source(source)
            )
        self.counter_prompt_tokens_cached[engine_idx].inc(pts.cached_tokens)
        self.counter_generation_tokens[engine_idx].inc(
            iteration_stats.num_generation_tokens
        )
        self.histogram_iteration_tokens[engine_idx].observe(
            iteration_stats.prompt_token_stats.computed
            + iteration_stats.num_generation_tokens
        )

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        counter_prompt_tokens = self._counter_cls(
            name="vllm:prompt_tokens",
            documentation="Number of prefill tokens processed.",
            labelnames=labelnames,
        )

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        self.counter_num_preempted_reqs[engine_idx].inc(
            iteration_stats.num_preempted_reqs
        )
        self.counter_prompt_tokens[engine_idx].inc(iteration_stats.num_prompt_tokens)
        # Labeled prompt token counters by source
        pts = iteration_stats.prompt_token_stats
        for source in PromptTokenStats.ALL_SOURCES:
            self.counter_prompt_tokens_by_source[source][engine_idx].inc(
                pts.get_by_source(source)
            )
        self.counter_prompt_tokens_cached[engine_idx].inc(pts.cached_tokens)
        self.counter_generation_tokens[engine_idx].inc(
            iteration_stats.num_generation_tokens
        )
        self.histogram_iteration_tokens[engine_idx].observe(
            iteration_stats.prompt_token_stats.computed
            + iteration_stats.num_generation_tokens
        )

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        self.counter_num_preempted_reqs[engine_idx].inc(
            iteration_stats.num_preempted_reqs
        )
        self.counter_prompt_tokens[engine_idx].inc(iteration_stats.num_prompt_tokens)
        # Labeled prompt token counters by source
        pts = iteration_stats.prompt_token_stats
        for source in PromptTokenStats.ALL_SOURCES:
            self.counter_prompt_tokens_by_source[source][engine_idx].inc(
                pts.get_by_source(source)
            )
        self.counter_prompt_tokens_cached[engine_idx].inc(pts.cached_tokens)
        self.counter_generation_tokens[engine_idx].inc(
            iteration_stats.num_generation_tokens
        )
        self.histogram_iteration_tokens[engine_idx].observe(
            iteration_stats.prompt_token_stats.computed
            + iteration_stats.num_generation_tokens
        )

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        counter_prompt_tokens_cached = self._counter_cls(
            name="vllm:prompt_tokens_cached",
            documentation="Number of cached prompt tokens (local + external).",
            labelnames=labelnames,
        )

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        histogram_prefill_kv_computed_request = self._histogram_cls(
            name="vllm:request_prefill_kv_computed_tokens",
            documentation=(
                "Histogram of new KV tokens computed during prefill "
                "(excluding cached tokens)."
            ),
            buckets=build_1_2_5_buckets(max_model_len),
            labelnames=labelnames,
        )

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        histogram_queue_time_request = self._histogram_cls(
            name="vllm:request_queue_time_seconds",
            documentation="Histogram of time spent in WAITING phase for request.",
            buckets=request_latency_buckets,
            labelnames=labelnames,
        )

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        counter_request_success_base = self._counter_cls(
            name="vllm:request_success",
            documentation="Count of successfully processed requests.",
            labelnames=labelnames + ["finished_reason"],
        )

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        # Queued interval is from first QUEUED event to first SCHEDULED
        queued_time = req_stats.scheduled_ts - req_stats.queued_ts

        # Prefill interval is from first SCHEDULED to first NEW_TOKEN
        # Any preemptions during prefill is included in the interval
        prefill_time = req_stats.first_token_ts - req_stats.scheduled_ts

        # Decode interval is from first NEW_TOKEN to last NEW_TOKEN
        # Any preemptions during decode are included
        decode_time = req_stats.last_token_ts - req_stats.first_token_ts

        # Inference interval is from first SCHEDULED to last NEW_TOKEN
        # Any preemptions during prefill or decode are included
        inference_time = req_stats.last_token_ts - req_stats.scheduled_ts

        # Do not count the token generated by the prefill phase
        mean_time_per_output_token = (
            decode_time / (req_stats.num_generation_tokens - 1)
            if req_stats.num_generation_tokens - 1 > 0
            else 0
        )

        finished_req = FinishedRequestStats(
            finish_reason=finish_reason,
            request_id=request_id,
            e2e_latency=e2e_latency,
            num_prompt_tokens=num_prompt_tokens,
            num_generation_tokens=req_stats.num_generation_tokens,
            max_tokens_param=max_tokens_param,
            queued_time=queued_time,
            prefill_time=prefill_time,
            inference_time=inference_time,
            decode_time=decode_time,
            mean_time_per_output_token=mean_time_per_output_token,
            is_corrupted=req_stats.is_corrupted,
            num_cached_tokens=num_cached_tokens,
        )

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        histogram_request_time_per_output_token = self._histogram_cls(
            name="vllm:request_time_per_output_token_seconds",
            documentation="Histogram of time_per_output_token_seconds per request.",
            buckets=[
                0.01,
                0.025,
                0.05,
                0.075,
                0.1,
                0.15,
                0.2,
                0.3,
                0.4,
                0.5,
                0.75,
                1.0,
                2.5,
                5.0,
                7.5,
                10.0,
                20.0,
                40.0,
                80.0,
            ],
            labelnames=labelnames,
        )

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        histogram_time_to_first_token = self._histogram_cls(
            name="vllm:time_to_first_token_seconds",
            documentation="Histogram of time to first token in seconds.",
            buckets=[
                0.001,
                0.005,
                0.01,
                0.02,
                0.04,
                0.06,
                0.08,
                0.1,
                0.25,
                0.5,
                0.75,
                1.0,
                2.5,
                5.0,
                7.5,
                10.0,
                20.0,
                40.0,
                80.0,
                160.0,
                640.0,
                2560.0,
            ],
            labelnames=labelnames,
        )

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