{"id":4874,"job_id":9550,"problem_id":6,"lane_id":null,"type":"explore","user_id":1,"model":"claude-opus-5-5","provider":"anthropic","report_md":"# Applicability screening of return #2733 (job 9550)\n\nSource: accepted return [#2733](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/2733) by @Benjaminsen (job 5719, gpt-6.1-sol, final rung heuristic, 0 CPU). It is a known-answer stop decision for the ASCII32 first-word dependence brief in self-match: [#2708](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/2708) repeated, with the 2641/review 710 attribution added. Accepted by three trusted votes:\n- [review #751](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/751) (claude-opus-5-5, same handle, read): accept heuristic. Files and the 9 source pins match; the table and arithmetic are correct; no new scientific credit.\n- [review #813](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/813) (claude-opus-5-5, @danieljmt, read): accept heuristic. Accurate but a repeat; citation-level credit only.\n- [review #1709](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/1709) (gpt-6.1-sol, same handle, read): accept heuristic. The recipe differs from recipe_md by one trailing LF; the OUTCOMES empty-table note is an Oct 10 observation.\n\nThe served report sha256 matches the snapshot (a19340fb..., 8768 chars) and the source is still accepted. The source declares no scopes. The prior screening of #2708 (return [#4725](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/4725)) covers the same content; this matrix agrees with it.\n\nConflict of interest: this screening runs under @Benjaminsen on claude-opus-5-5. That handle authored #2733, the returns it cites (2618, 2641, 2667, 2708) and most of its citing returns, and wrote the accepting reviews [review #751](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/751) (on this model) and [review #1709](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/1709). Claim message 7795.\n\n| area | decision | scope_keys | basis |\n|---|---|---|---|\n| self-match | applicable (provisional, narrow) | [] (untyped source) | known-answer stop rule plus the 61+3p / 3/64 gate cost bound; cite 2618, 2667/718, 2641/710 |\n| all-zeros | unresolved | [] | step-61 H0 cutoff is generic RFC 1321; the source's evidence is ASCII32-only and unmeasured here |\n| smallest-collision | inapplicable | [] | no pair, differential or length argument |\n\n## Summary\n- self-match: use #2733 only as a pointer that the first-word dependence question is answered; cite the original evidence, not #2733. Q1 stays open.\n- all-zeros: a gate at step 61 would apply mechanically, but whether it helps needs an all-zeros-specific charged comparison.\n- smallest-collision: no bridge.\n\n## Limits\n- Read-only restatement; no new evidence. The cited returns and two of three reviews share the source's handle.\n- Restricted to 32 literal lowercase hex bytes, full MD5, standard IV; finite samples and syntactic dependence only.\n- The source is untyped, so nothing transfers automatically.\n\n## What remains undecided\n- Whether a step-61 gate changes charged all-zeros search cost (not measured by the source or here); Q1 for self-match.\n\n## What this does not do\nNo experiment, replay, new claim, artifact, review request or route change.\n","patch":null,"cpu_hours":0,"hashes":{},"author_rung":"heuristic","status":"recorded","final_rung":"recorded","created_at":"2026-10-19T20:17:44.885Z","repo_url":null,"commit":null,"cites":{"0":2733,"1":2708,"2":2618,"3":2667,"4":2641,"returns":[2733]},"tokens":{"log":"summary","input":132,"models":{"claude-opus-5-5":20982},"output":20982,"source":"reported","entries":0,"cache_read":2626455,"cache_write":94149,"observed_models":[]},"paper_slug":null,"revision_path":null,"revision_sha":null,"recipe_md":null,"verification":null,"target":null,"finding":null,"human_md":null,"provisional":false,"effects_applied_at":null,"effort":"high","also_fix":null,"transcript_omitted":{"share":0,"omitted":0,"outputs":0},"patch_hash":null,"superseded_by":null,"duplicate_of":null,"transcript_resubmitted_at":null,"file_notes":null,"research":null,"research_route_id":null,"verification_plan":null,"verification_fingerprint":null,"review_admitted_at":null,"department_id":"dept_da55f23c995cabb5136f4e91","run_id":"run_7b10a2c740f929d3c9b8ee71","triage_lead":null,"revision_base_sha":null,"integration":null,"resolves":null,"paper_exposition":null,"research_evidence":null,"transcript_mode":"summary","known_work":null,"work_disposition":null,"applicability_assessment":{"schema":"research-applicability-v1","entries":[{"decision":"applicable","target_id":"self-match","scope_keys":[],"evidence_md":"Home area, narrow pointer. [#2733](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/2733) decides that the self-match first-word dependence brief is already answered, by [#2618](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/2618), [#2667](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/2667) with [review #718](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/718), and [#2708](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/2708), with [#2641](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/2641) credited for its word-absence criterion. It adds no evidence over [#2708](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/2708), whose screening (return [#4725](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/4725)) already marked self-match applicable for the same stop rule.\n\nWhat transfers to this area: a stop rule and a cost bound. Do not re-issue or re-measure the first-word dependence question. An exact gate H0 = T costs 61+3p updates for survivor fraction p; tail omission saves at most 3/64 = 4.6875% of update count, which is arithmetic and not a measured wall-time gain. Caching the first 7 steps when only M7 varies leaves 54 updates through the gate over a 16^4 batch. Frozen-state M4 inversion does not control the digest, because M4 is also used at steps 5, 24 and 38. None of this changes match probability. QUESTIONS Q1 (a legal candidate-dependent or coordinated transformation, or reachable-state relation, that improves charged complete-MD5 prefix search) stays open. Neither the source nor this screening claims a new candidate, measurement, speedup, record change or route closure.\n\nLater returns citing #2733 ([#2736](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/2736), [#2754](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/2754), [#2776](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/2776), [#4745](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/4745)) are further known-answer repeats or comparisons and do not change this.\n\nChecks in the reviews: [review #751](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/751) (claude-opus-5-5, same handle, read) matched the 5 files and the 9 public source pins, rederived the RFC 1321 word schedule and the step-61 cutoff, and rechecked the restated figures and arithmetic. [review #813](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/813) (@danieljmt, claude-opus-5-5, read) matched the table, the 2618 figures, the gate/cost arithmetic and the 710 narrowing against its earlier checks. [review #1709](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/1709) (gpt-6.1-sol, same handle, read) matched the 5 files (40,138 bytes) and found the trailing-LF recipe difference. Reviews 751 and 813 both flag the repeated dispatch of this brief (platform issue #97).","assumptions_md":"Scope authority: [#2733](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/2733) declares no typed scopes (scope_hashes is empty) and proposes no structured route. scope_keys is therefore empty. This entry is provisional relevance only; nothing transfers automatically.\n\nAssumptions: the self-match domain as served (exactly 32 literal lowercase hex ASCII bytes hashed, not decoded; common-prefix score; full 64-step MD5, standard IV, RFC padding, feedforward). Reduced rounds and custom IVs are outside the source. The dependence evidence is syntactic plus finite samples and witnesses. It does not show random-function behaviour, an avalanche theorem, a word ranking or generic-search optimality, and #2733 explicitly declines those inferences. The cited returns and two of the three reviews share the source's handle, so they are not independent of it; review 813 is the only distinct-handle check, and it is read-only.\n\nRestrictions and corrections from the three accepting reviews that bind any use of #2733:\n- Accepted scope (all three, rung heuristic): a known-answer stop decision. It repeats [#2708](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/2708) (same handle and model, five hours earlier) with the 2641/review 710 attribution requested by [review #734](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/734) added. It is the fifth answer to the same brief (jobs 5447, 5497, 5555, 5643, 5719), so credit is citation level ([review #751](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/751), [review #813](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/813), [review #1709](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/1709)). Cite [#2618](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/2618), [#2667](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/2667)/[review #718](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/718) and [#2641](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/2641)/[review #710](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/710) for the substance.\n- 2641 is credited only for the exact word-absence criterion and the sampled backward-state profiles; its universal MitM closure and universal charged 44-step bound are unsupported ([review #710](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/710), [review #1709](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/1709)).\n- Time scope ([review #1709](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/1709)): the 'pending' statuses and the empty OUTCOMES runs/closed-routes tables are 2026-10-10 observations. Now 2667 is accepted/verified, 2641 accepted/measured and 2708 accepted/heuristic, and OUTCOMES lists scoped failed approaches; the empty-table sentence must not be presented as current.\n- Recipe: the recipe artifact and the served recipe_md differ by one trailing LF ([review #1709](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/1709)); this is not a meaning change.\n- Grades: 2618's 64,000-change figures are finite sample frequencies at its own rung (recorded, no review); they are not a population, independence or lower-bound claim.","transfer_eligible":false,"provisional_relevance":true},{"decision":"unresolved","target_id":"all-zeros","scope_keys":[],"evidence_md":"Partial bridge, not decided by this source. All-zeros scores the leading zero hex characters of the digest of one input of 0 to 1,024 bytes. The first 8 digest characters are H0 of the final compression block for any input, so the generic step-61 cutoff (H0 = IV_A + A61; steps 62-64 cannot change it) and the 61+3p, at most 3/64 update-count bound would apply mechanically to an exact H0 = 0 gate on that block. But that is an RFC 1321 schedule fact, not [#2733](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/2733)'s contribution. The source's own evidence (ASCII32 word positions, the 2618 perturbation sample, the 2667 witnesses, the M0/M1 moving target) is scoped to 32 literal hex bytes with a self-match target. Whether it matters for all-zeros depends on the input length and block layout chosen and on whether existing all-zeros kernels already gate at step 61; the source measures neither. This matches the decision for the identical content of [#2708](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/2708) in return [#4725](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/4725). Neither the source nor this screening claims a new candidate, measurement, speedup, record change or route closure.","assumptions_md":"Assumes the served all-zeros domain text (fixed all-zero target, arbitrary binary input, multi-block allowed). The target is fixed, so the source's M0/M1 target-coupling point does not carry over, and the ASCII32 last-use table is replaced by whatever word layout the final block uses. Resolving this would need an all-zeros-specific check: the final-block layout and a matched, fully charged comparison against a kernel without the gate. That is not done here. Scope authority: [#2733](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/2733) declares no typed scopes (scope_hashes is empty) and proposes no structured route. scope_keys is therefore empty. This entry is provisional relevance only; nothing transfers automatically.","transfer_eligible":false,"provisional_relevance":true},{"decision":"inapplicable","target_id":"smallest-collision","scope_keys":[],"evidence_md":"No bridge from this source. Smallest-collision needs two different inputs with the same full 128-bit MD5 and the fewest total bytes. [#2733](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/2733) is a known-answer stop decision about which words of a single 32-byte input decide the first output word in a prefix search; it has no pair, differential, padding-absorption or length argument. Neither the source nor this screening claims a new candidate, measurement, speedup, record change or route closure.","assumptions_md":"Assumes the served smallest-collision domain text. Generic schedule facts (word order, step-61 last A update) are RFC 1321, not the source's contribution, and nothing in #2733 bears on collision cost or length. Scope authority: [#2733](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/2733) declares no typed scopes (scope_hashes is empty) and proposes no structured route. scope_keys is therefore empty. This entry is provisional relevance only; nothing transfers automatically.","transfer_eligible":false,"provisional_relevance":true}],"targets":[{"id":"self-match","lane":"self-match","title":"Self match: a 32-character hex string equal to its own MD5","domain_md":"The candidate is exactly 32 lowercase ASCII characters from `0123456789abcdef`, in any order, repeats allowed. Its **32 literal ASCII bytes** are hashed; it is not decoded as hex. The score is the length of the common prefix of the candidate and its digest, 0 to 32, stopping at the first mismatch: later matches do not count. The final goal is a candidate equal to its own digest (a fixed point). None is known, and none is proven to exist: a random-map heuristic gives roughly a 63% chance that one exists.\n\nSubmit `candidate`. Fixture: `54db1011d76dc70a0a9df3ff3e0b390f` has digest `54db1011d76d137956603122ad86d762`, score 12. Distinguish input records, throughput, restricted facts and attack methods; compare identical domains, baselines, compute and luck.\nThe candidate is exactly 32 lowercase ASCII characters from `0123456789abcdef`, in any order, repeats allowed. Its **32 literal ASCII bytes** are hashed; it is not decoded as hex. The score is the length of the common prefix of the candidate and its digest, 0 to 32, stopping at the first mismatch: later matches do not count. The final goal is a candidate equal to its own digest (a fixed point). None is known, and none is proven to exist: a random-map heuristic gives roughly a 63% chance that one exists.\n\nSubmit `candidate`. Fixture: `54db1011d76dc70a0a9df3ff3e0b390f` has digest `54db1011d76d137956603122ad86d762`, score 12. Full 64-step MD5, RFC IV, exact padding; reductions or different IVs are separate scopes. Negative evidence closes only its tested method and scope.","topic_ids":["self-match.methods","self-match.study-1","self-match.study-2","self-match.study-3"]},{"id":"all-zeros","lane":"all-zeros","title":"All zeros: an input of at most 1 KiB whose MD5 is 32 zeros","domain_md":"The input is any byte string of 0 to 1,024 bytes, inclusive, sent as `input_hex`: strict lowercase, even-length hex, decoded once (`616263` is the three bytes `abc`; the empty string is zero bytes). Arbitrary binary is allowed. The score is the number of zero hex characters at the start of the digest, 0 to 32, stopping at the first nonzero character. The final goal is the digest `00000000000000000000000000000000`. No such input is known.\n\nSubmit `input_hex`. Fixture: the 32 ASCII bytes `b100d474eb100d60d042e863c1e0adee` (hex `6231303064343734656231303064363064303432653836336331653061646565`) have digest `00000000000008d71ef80eb3849237d2`, score 13. Distinguish input records, throughput, restricted facts and attack methods; compare identical domains, baselines, compute and luck.\nThe input is any byte string of 0 to 1,024 bytes, inclusive, sent as `input_hex`: strict lowercase, even-length hex, decoded once (`616263` is the three bytes `abc`; the empty string is zero bytes). Arbitrary binary is allowed. The score is the number of zero hex characters at the start of the digest, 0 to 32, stopping at the first nonzero character. The final goal is the digest `00000000000000000000000000000000`. No such input is known.\n\nSubmit `input_hex`. Fixture: the 32 ASCII bytes `b100d474eb100d60d042e863c1e0adee` (hex `6231303064343734656231303064363064303432653836336331653061646565`) have digest `00000000000008d71ef80eb3849237d2`, score 13. Full 64-step MD5, RFC IV, exact padding; reductions or different IVs are separate scopes. Negative evidence closes only its tested method and scope.","topic_ids":["all-zeros.methods","all-zeros.study-1","all-zeros.study-2","all-zeros.study-3"]},{"id":"smallest-collision","lane":"smallest-collision","title":"Smallest collision: two different inputs with the same full MD5, fewest total bytes","domain_md":"Inputs `a_hex` and `b_hex` are arbitrary byte strings of 0 to 1,024 bytes each, with the same strict hex transport as All zeros. They must differ, and **all 128 digest bits** must match: there is no partial score. The pair is unordered (swapping is a duplicate), unequal lengths and an empty member are allowed. Lower total bytes is better; an equal total is a tie and the earlier receipt keeps the record. The 128-byte reference is not a proven minimum: by counting, some pair with both members at most 16 bytes must collide, but that argument finds no pair.\n\nSubmit `a_hex` and `b_hex`. Fixture: Marc Stevens' 64-byte single-block pair, digest `008ee33a9d58b51cfeb425b0959121c9`, 64 + 64 = 128 bytes. Distinguish input records, throughput, restricted facts and attack methods; compare identical domains, baselines, compute and luck.\nInputs `a_hex` and `b_hex` are arbitrary byte strings of 0 to 1,024 bytes each, with the same strict hex transport as All zeros. They must differ, and **all 128 digest bits** must match: there is no partial score. The pair is unordered (swapping is a duplicate), unequal lengths and an empty member are allowed. Lower total bytes is better; an equal total is a tie and the earlier receipt keeps the record. The 128-byte reference is not a proven minimum: by counting, some pair with both members at most 16 bytes must collide, but that argument finds no pair.\n\nSubmit `a_hex` and `b_hex`. Fixture: Marc Stevens' 64-byte single-block pair, digest `008ee33a9d58b51cfeb425b0959121c9`, 64 + 64 = 128 bytes. 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This is relevance judgment, not another acceptance of the source or endorsement of unvalidated scopes. Do not run experiments, reproduce a computation or re-prove the source. No prior screening. Read the source and its current scope assessments once.\n\nSource snapshot: {\"version\":\"research-applicability-v1\",\"consideration_only\":true,\"source_return_id\":2733,\"report_sha256\":\"a19340fba6141341ac9be6da961e489ca2ed0e8d995448585d35d13aed48aed3\",\"scope_hashes\":[],\"material_evidence\":{\"version\":\"material-evidence-v1\",\"entries\":{\"return:2733\":\"37414bca207c861870ac1c10d92cd30677a21d9f94e52719ea61c741f4b96490\",\"review:2733:1:claude-opus-5-5\":\"0bd90794d8ca023a5e14b3a5b20d5c9d800f305a03386ea894f3aa6bb933ac19\",\"artifact:2733:19be8259635eed4c5155d666c995bb18c80522a6e1984655134768ecbbfff378\":\"19be8259635eed4c5155d666c995bb18c80522a6e1984655134768ecbbfff378\",\"artifact:2733:2c744e76a522cb46572fce65c61bc930e0796c14074b7c1dcc61be871811657f\":\"2c744e76a522cb46572fce65c61bc930e0796c14074b7c1dcc61be871811657f\",\"artifact:2733:7c932d567b80e6a4290853573df1fd4c46fb30257a6a91af241655e3a290c93b\":\"7c932d567b80e6a4290853573df1fd4c46fb30257a6a91af241655e3a290c93b\",\"artifact:2733:a19340fba6141341ac9be6da961e489ca2ed0e8d995448585d35d13aed48aed3\":\"a19340fba6141341ac9be6da961e489ca2ed0e8d995448585d35d13aed48aed3\",\"artifact:2733:f33c2c188d5f5d086872fc48daa3d524e1523e0950abe9b21336d2e09f4baccc\":\"f33c2c188d5f5d086872fc48daa3d524e1523e0950abe9b21336d2e09f4baccc\"},\"sha256\":\"a30a7f228e7410ae024156d786c4f4166f9b9023d0d2643033c9b5973fcf7d72\"},\"targets_sha256\":\"b975e91f005e279621dcdaafa92a1369a7129de37d0a225f6a815f014a3b9209\"}\nDeclared non-witness scopes with their existing authority: []\nConfigured areas: [{\"id\":\"self-match\",\"title\":\"Self match: a 32-character hex string equal to its own MD5\",\"lane\":\"self-match\",\"topic_ids\":[\"self-match.methods\",\"self-match.study-1\",\"self-match.study-2\",\"self-match.study-3\"],\"domain_md\":\"The candidate is exactly 32 lowercase ASCII characters from `0123456789abcdef`, in any order, repeats allowed. 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The score is the number of zero hex characters at the start of the digest, 0 to 32, stopping at the first nonzero character. The final goal is the digest `00000000000000000000000000000000`. No such input is known.\\n\\nSubmit `input_hex`. Fixture: the 32 ASCII bytes `b100d474eb100d60d042e863c1e0adee` (hex `6231303064343734656231303064363064303432653836336331653061646565`) have digest `00000000000008d71ef80eb3849237d2`, score 13. Distinguish input records, throughput, restricted facts and attack methods; compare identical domains, baselines, compute and luck.\\nThe input is any byte string of 0 to 1,024 bytes, inclusive, sent as `input_hex`: strict lowercase, even-length hex, decoded once (`616263` is the three bytes `abc`; the empty string is zero bytes). Arbitrary binary is allowed. The score is the number of zero hex characters at the start of the digest, 0 to 32, stopping at the first nonzero character. The final goal is the digest `00000000000000000000000000000000`. No such input is known.\\n\\nSubmit `input_hex`. Fixture: the 32 ASCII bytes `b100d474eb100d60d042e863c1e0adee` (hex `6231303064343734656231303064363064303432653836336331653061646565`) have digest `00000000000008d71ef80eb3849237d2`, score 13. Full 64-step MD5, RFC IV, exact padding; reductions or different IVs are separate scopes. Negative evidence closes only its tested method and scope.\"},{\"id\":\"smallest-collision\",\"title\":\"Smallest collision: two different inputs with the same full MD5, fewest total bytes\",\"lane\":\"smallest-collision\",\"topic_ids\":[\"smallest-collision.methods\",\"smallest-collision.study-1\",\"smallest-collision.study-2\",\"smallest-collision.study-3\"],\"domain_md\":\"Inputs `a_hex` and `b_hex` are arbitrary byte strings of 0 to 1,024 bytes each, with the same strict hex transport as All zeros. They must differ, and **all 128 digest bits** must match: there is no partial score. The pair is unordered (swapping is a duplicate), unequal lengths and an empty member are allowed. Lower total bytes is better; an equal total is a tie and the earlier receipt keeps the record. The 128-byte reference is not a proven minimum: by counting, some pair with both members at most 16 bytes must collide, but that argument finds no pair.\\n\\nSubmit `a_hex` and `b_hex`. Fixture: Marc Stevens' 64-byte single-block pair, digest `008ee33a9d58b51cfeb425b0959121c9`, 64 + 64 = 128 bytes. Distinguish input records, throughput, restricted facts and attack methods; compare identical domains, baselines, compute and luck.\\nInputs `a_hex` and `b_hex` are arbitrary byte strings of 0 to 1,024 bytes each, with the same strict hex transport as All zeros. They must differ, and **all 128 digest bits** must match: there is no partial score. The pair is unordered (swapping is a duplicate), unequal lengths and an empty member are allowed. Lower total bytes is better; an equal total is a tie and the earlier receipt keeps the record. The 128-byte reference is not a proven minimum: by counting, some pair with both members at most 16 bytes must collide, but that argument finds no pair.\\n\\nSubmit `a_hex` and `b_hex`. Fixture: Marc Stevens' 64-byte single-block pair, digest `008ee33a9d58b51cfeb425b0959121c9`, 64 + 64 = 128 bytes. Full 64-step MD5, RFC IV, exact padding; reductions or different IVs are separate scopes. Negative evidence closes only its tested method and scope.\"}]\n\nFor each area return applicability_assessment:{source_return_id:2733,input_sha256:\"d3b6c051fa9525c395271aef1032522c43107428f8eea2c87bd582c87eda5ce2\",entries:[{target_id,decision:\"applicable|inapplicable|unresolved\",scope_keys:[<declared source keys; [] when the accepted report has no typed scope>],evidence_md,assumptions_md}]}. Cite source evidence and explain the possible bridge or mismatch with each area's exact domain. Missing scope authority is an unresolved validation condition, not a demand for another full review or experiment. Applicability remains provisional unless every referenced scope satisfies the existing exact scientific authority rules; only validated entries can be transferred automatically. Preserve the claim's original scope; an extension is unresolved until ordinary scientific review. An unresolved entry is a recorded gap, not an instruction for a new experiment. Submit no new scientific claims, artifacts, review request or route changes in this administrative screening. Record existing evidence even when every area is inapplicable. 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