SonarQube task causes vs test platform installer task Azure Pipeline to fail

jimdam_hgs · March 17, 2022, 8:37am

We are running multiple Azure pipelines on an on-prem environment, which very similar. Today I added SonarQube tasks on one of them for integration with SonarQube.

Prepare for Analysis
Run Code Analysis
publish Quality gateway result

Now the Task for ’ Visual Studio test platform installer ’ fails and reports

##[error]This task is supported only on Windows agents and cannot be used on other platforms.

And as soon as I remove the SonarQube tasks the pipeline works again. The pipeline never passes the first SQ task and reordering does not help.

Update:

I removed tasks 2 and 3 and the pipeline works. As soon as a I add step 2, it fails again

CI pipeline yml below

> trigger:
>   branches:
>     include:
>     - develop
>   batch: True
> name: $(date:yyyyMMdd)$(rev:.r)
> resources:
>   repositories:
>   - repository: self
>     type: git
>     ref: refs/heads/develop
> jobs:
> - job: Phase_1
>   displayName: Phase 1
>   cancelTimeoutInMinutes: 1
>   pool:
>     name: Default
>   steps:
>   - checkout: self
>   - task: NodeTool@0
>     displayName: Use Node 14.x
>     inputs:
>       versionSpec: 14.x
>       checkLatest: true
>   - task: DotNetCoreInstaller@0
>     displayName: Use .NET Core sdk 6.0.101
>     inputs:
>       version: 6.0.101
>   - task: SonarQubePrepare@5
>     displayName: Prepare analysis on SonarQube
>     inputs:
>       SonarQube: XXX
>       projectKey: XXX
>       projectName: XXX
>   - task: VisualStudioTestPlatformInstaller@1
>     displayName: VsTest Platform Installer
>     inputs:
>       versionSelector: specificVersion
>       testPlatformVersion: 16.8.3
>   - task: NuGetToolInstaller@0
>     displayName: Use NuGet 5.8.x
>     inputs:
>       versionSpec: 5.8.x
>   - task: DotNetCoreCLI@2
>     displayName: dotnet custom
>     inputs:
>       command: custom
>       projects: '**/XXX.sln'
>       custom: restore
>       arguments: --source https://XXX -r win-x86
>       selectOrConfig: config
>   - task: DotNetCoreCLI@2
>     displayName: dotnet build
>     inputs:
>       projects: '**/XXX.sln'
>       arguments: /p:DeployOnBuild=true /p:DeployDefaultTarget=WebPublish /p:WebPublishMethod=FileSystem /p:DeleteExistingFiles=True /p:publishUrl="bin\WebAppContent" /p:BuildPlatform="$(BuildPlatform)" /p:BuildConfiguration="$(BuildConfiguration)"
>   - task: MSBuild@1
>     displayName: Build solution **/XXX.sln
>     enabled: False
>     inputs:
>       solution: '**/XXX.sln'
>       msbuildLocationMethod: location
>       msbuildLocation: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\BuildTools\MSBuild\Current\Bin\MSBuild.exe
>       platform: $(BuildPlatform)
>       configuration: $(BuildConfiguration)
>       msbuildArguments: /p:DeployOnBuild=true /p:DeployDefaultTarget=WebPublish /p:WebPublishMethod=FileSystem /p:DeleteExistingFiles=True /p:publishUrl="bin\WebAppContent" /p:RuntimeIdentifier=win-x86
>       maximumCpuCount: true
>       logProjectEvents: true
>   - task: VSTest@2
>     name: VSTest_4
>     displayName: Test Assemblies **\$(BuildConfiguration)\*test*.dll;-:**\obj\**
>     inputs:
>       testAssemblyVer2: >-
>         **\*unittest*.dll
> 
>         !**\obj\**
> 
>         !**\ref\**
>       runOnlyImpactedTests: false
>       vsTestVersion: toolsInstaller
>       runInParallel: true
>       codeCoverageEnabled: true
>       platform: $(BuildPlatform)
>       configuration: $(BuildConfiguration)
>   - task: SonarQubeAnalyze@5
>     displayName: Run Code Analysis
>   - task: SonarQubePublish@5
>     displayName: Publish Quality Gate Result
>   - task: ArchiveFiles@2
>     displayName: Archive Apps.Api
>     inputs:
>       rootFolderOrFile: source\Apps\Apps.Api\bin\WebAppContent
>       includeRootFolder: false
>       archiveFile: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/$(Build.BuildId).Apps.Api.zip
>   - task: ArchiveFiles@2
>     displayName: Archive Hub.Api
>     inputs:
>       rootFolderOrFile: source\Hub\Hub.Api\bin\WebAppContent
>       includeRootFolder: false
>       archiveFile: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/$(Build.BuildId).Hub.Api.zip
>   - task: ArchiveFiles@2
>     displayName: Archive Rmi.Api
>     inputs:
>       rootFolderOrFile: source\Rmi\Rmi.Api\bin\WebAppContent
>       includeRootFolder: false
>       archiveFile: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/$(Build.BuildId).Rmi.Api.zip
>   - task: ArchiveFiles@2
>     displayName: Archive Hub.WebClient
>     inputs:
>       rootFolderOrFile: source\Hub\Hub.WebClient\bin\WebAppContent
>       includeRootFolder: false
>       archiveFile: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/$(Build.BuildId).Hub.WebClient.zip
>   - task: CopyFiles@2
>     name: CopyFiles_5
>     displayName: 'Copy Files to: $(build.artifactstagingdirectory)'
>     enabled: False
>     inputs:
>       SourceFolder: $(build.sourcesdirectory)
>       Contents: '**\bin\$(BuildConfiguration)\PublishOutput\**'
>       TargetFolder: $(build.artifactstagingdirectory)
>       CleanTargetFolder: true
>   - task: PublishBuildArtifacts@1
>     name: PublishBuildArtifacts_6
>     displayName: 'Publish Artifact: drop'
>     inputs:
>       PathtoPublish: $(build.artifactstagingdirectory)
>       TargetPath: '\\my\share\$(Build.DefinitionName)\$(Build.BuildNumber)'

ganncamp · March 17, 2022, 7:20pm

Hi,

Since this is putativly about your environment, can we have the details of it? Also, it would be good to see your job log.

Ann

jimdam_hgs · March 23, 2022, 7:16am

HI Ann.
Thx for your reply. Which details would you need to see?

Added content of the logfile 9_‘Run Code Analysis.txt’ and I think there might be a hint at 2022-03-22T15:39:43.7923587Z

2022-03-22T15:39:41.9632680Z ##[section]Starting: Run Code Analysis
2022-03-22T15:39:41.9651880Z ==============================================================================
2022-03-22T15:39:41.9652160Z Task         : Run Code Analysis
2022-03-22T15:39:41.9652425Z Description  : Run scanner and upload the results to the SonarQube server.
2022-03-22T15:39:41.9652658Z Version      : 5.4.0
2022-03-22T15:39:41.9652838Z Author       : sonarsource
2022-03-22T15:39:41.9653292Z Help         : Version: 5.4.0. This task is not needed for Maven and Gradle projects since the scanner should be run as part of the build.

[More Information](http://redirect.sonarsource.com/doc/install-configure-scanner-tfs-ts.html)
2022-03-22T15:39:41.9653774Z ==============================================================================
2022-03-22T15:39:42.0981259Z [command]/azp/agent/_work/_tool/dncs/6.0.101/x64/dotnet /azp/agent/_work/_tasks/SonarQubePrepare_15b84ca1-b62f-4a2a-a403-89b77a063157/5.4.0/dotnet-sonar-scanner-msbuild/SonarScanner.MSBuild.dll end
2022-03-22T15:39:42.2030117Z SonarScanner for MSBuild 5.5.3
2022-03-22T15:39:42.2031806Z Using the .NET Core version of the Scanner for MSBuild
2022-03-22T15:39:42.2630341Z Post-processing started.
2022-03-22T15:39:42.4480166Z 15:39:42.447  15:39:42.447  WARNING: File '/root/.nuget/packages/microsoft.net.test.sdk/17.0.0/build/netcoreapp2.1/Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk.Program.cs' is not located under the root directory '/azp/agent/_work/28/s/source' and will not be analyzed.
2022-03-22T15:39:42.4482009Z 15:39:42.447  15:39:42.447  WARNING: File '/root/.nuget/packages/microsoft.testplatform.testhost/17.0.0/build/netcoreapp2.1/Microsoft.TestPlatform.PlatformAbstractions.dll' is not located under the root directory '/azp/agent/_work/28/s/source' and will not be analyzed.
2022-03-22T15:39:42.4483419Z 15:39:42.447  15:39:42.447  WARNING: File '/root/.nuget/packages/mstest.testadapter/2.2.8/build/_common/Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestPlatform.MSTest.TestAdapter.dll' is not located under the root directory '/azp/agent/_work/28/s/source' and will not be analyzed.
2022-03-22T15:39:42.4484912Z 15:39:42.447  15:39:42.447  WARNING: File '/root/.nuget/packages/mstest.testadapter/2.2.8/build/_common/Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestPlatform.MSTestAdapter.PlatformServices.Interface.dll' is not located under the root directory '/azp/agent/_work/28/s/source' and will not be analyzed.
2022-03-22T15:39:42.4486469Z 15:39:42.447  15:39:42.447  WARNING: File '/root/.nuget/packages/mstest.testadapter/2.2.8/build/netcoreapp1.0/Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestPlatform.MSTestAdapter.PlatformServices.dll' is not located under the root directory '/azp/agent/_work/28/s/source' and will not be analyzed.
2022-03-22T15:39:42.4487745Z 15:39:42.447  15:39:42.447  WARNING: File '/root/.nuget/packages/mstest.testadapter/2.2.8/build/netcoreapp1.0/Microsoft.TestPlatform.AdapterUtilities.dll' is not located under the root directory '/azp/agent/_work/28/s/source' and will not be analyzed.
2022-03-22T15:39:42.4751672Z Calling the SonarScanner CLI...
2022-03-22T15:39:42.6611417Z INFO: Scanner configuration file: /azp/agent/_work/_tasks/SonarQubePrepare_15b84ca1-b62f-4a2a-a403-89b77a063157/5.4.0/dotnet-sonar-scanner-msbuild/sonar-scanner-4.6.2.2472/conf/sonar-scanner.properties
2022-03-22T15:39:42.6613040Z INFO: Project root configuration file: /azp/agent/_work/28/.sonarqube/out/sonar-project.properties
2022-03-22T15:39:42.7026167Z INFO: SonarScanner 4.6.2.2472
2022-03-22T15:39:42.7027628Z INFO: Java 1.8.0_292 Private Build (64-bit)
2022-03-22T15:39:42.7028814Z INFO: Linux 5.15.5-0-virt amd64
2022-03-22T15:39:42.9146290Z INFO: User cache: /root/.sonar/cache
2022-03-22T15:39:43.0698046Z INFO: Scanner configuration file: /azp/agent/_work/_tasks/SonarQubePrepare_15b84ca1-b62f-4a2a-a403-89b77a063157/5.4.0/dotnet-sonar-scanner-msbuild/sonar-scanner-4.6.2.2472/conf/sonar-scanner.properties
2022-03-22T15:39:43.0699543Z INFO: Project root configuration file: /azp/agent/_work/28/.sonarqube/out/sonar-project.properties
2022-03-22T15:39:43.0844949Z INFO: Analyzing on SonarQube server 8.9.7
2022-03-22T15:39:43.0848337Z INFO: Default locale: "en_US", source code encoding: "UTF-8" (analysis is platform dependent)
2022-03-22T15:39:43.2865548Z WARN: SonarScanner will require Java 11 to run, starting in SonarQube 9.x
2022-03-22T15:39:43.4496023Z INFO: Load global settings
2022-03-22T15:39:43.5972196Z INFO: Load global settings (done) | time=148ms
2022-03-22T15:39:43.6008883Z INFO: Server id: A7EE8CF2-AW8eBZ6CCT8_viXRocjh
2022-03-22T15:39:43.6042742Z INFO: User cache: /root/.sonar/cache
2022-03-22T15:39:43.6068781Z INFO: Load/download plugins
2022-03-22T15:39:43.6071466Z INFO: Load plugins index
2022-03-22T15:39:43.6791359Z INFO: Load plugins index (done) | time=72ms
2022-03-22T15:39:43.7383968Z INFO: Load/download plugins (done) | time=131ms
2022-03-22T15:39:43.7633004Z INFO: ------------------------------------------------------------------------
2022-03-22T15:39:43.7674521Z INFO: EXECUTION FAILURE
2022-03-22T15:39:43.7675472Z INFO: ------------------------------------------------------------------------
2022-03-22T15:39:43.7675834Z INFO: Total time: 1.117s
2022-03-22T15:39:43.7920405Z INFO: Final Memory: 7M/180M
2022-03-22T15:39:43.7921919Z INFO: ------------------------------------------------------------------------
2022-03-22T15:39:43.7923587Z ##[error]ERROR: Error during SonarScanner execution
java.lang.IllegalStateException: The plugin [cxx] does not support Java 1.8.0_292
	at org.sonar.core.platform.PluginClassLoader.instantiatePluginClasses(PluginClassLoader.java:133)
2022-03-22T15:39:43.7924827Z ERROR: Error during SonarScanner execution
2022-03-22T15:39:43.7925661Z java.lang.IllegalStateException: The plugin [cxx] does not support Java 1.8.0_292
2022-03-22T15:39:43.7926177Z 	at org.sonar.core.platform.PluginClassLoader.instantiatePluginClasses(PluginClassLoader.java:133)
2022-03-22T15:39:43.7943635Z ##[error]at org.sonar.core.platform.PluginClassLoader.load(PluginClassLoader.java:67)
	at org.sonar.scanner.bootstrap.ScannerPluginRepository.start(ScannerPluginRepository.java:65)
	at org.sonar.core.platform.StartableCloseableSafeLifecyleStrategy.start(StartableCloseableSafeLifecyleStrategy.java:40)
	at org.picocontainer.injectors.AbstractInjectionFactory$LifecycleAdapter.start(AbstractInjectionFactory.java:84)
	at org.picocontainer.behaviors.AbstractBehavior.start(AbstractBehavior.java:169)
	at org.picocontainer.behaviors.Stored$RealComponentLifecycle.start(Stored.java:132)
	at org.picocontainer.behaviors.Stored.start(Stored.java:110)
	at org.picocontainer.DefaultPicoContainer.potentiallyStartAdapter(DefaultPicoContainer.java:1016)
	at org.picocontainer.DefaultPicoContainer.startAdapters(DefaultPicoContainer.java:1009)
	at org.picocontainer.DefaultPicoContainer.start(DefaultPicoContainer.java:767)
	at org.sonar.core.platform.ComponentContainer.startComponents(ComponentContainer.java:136)
	at org.sonar.core.platform.ComponentContainer.execute(ComponentContainer.java:123)
	at org.sonar.batch.bootstrapper.Batch.doExecute(Batch.java:72)
	at org.sonar.batch.bootstrapper.Batch.execute(Batch.java:66)
	at org.sonarsource.scanner.api.internal.batch.BatchIsolatedLauncher.execute(BatchIsolatedLauncher.java:46)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
	at org.sonarsource.scanner.api.internal.IsolatedLauncherProxy.invoke(IsolatedLauncherProxy.java:60)
	at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy0.execute(Unknown Source)
	at org.sonarsource.scanner.api.EmbeddedScanner.doExecute(EmbeddedScanner.java:189)
	at org.sonarsource.scanner.api.EmbeddedScanner.execute(EmbeddedScanner.java:138)
	at org.sonarsource.scanner.cli.Main.execute(Main.java:112)
	at org.sonarsource.scanner.cli.Main.execute(Main.java:75)
	at org.sonarsource.scanner.cli.Main.main(Main.java:61)
Caused by: java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: org/sonar/plugins/cxx/CxxPlugin has been compiled by a more recent version of the Java Runtime (class file version 55.0), this version of the Java Runtime only recognizes class file versions up to 52.0
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:756)
	at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:142)
	at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:468)
	at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(URLClassLoader.java:74)
	at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:369)
	at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:363)
	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
	at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:362)
	at org.sonar.classloader.ClassRealm.loadClassFromSelf(ClassRealm.java:125)
	at org.sonar.classloader.ParentFirstStrategy.loadClass(ParentFirstStrategy.java:37)
	at org.sonar.classloader.ClassRealm.loadClass(ClassRealm.java:87)
	at org.sonar.classloader.ClassRealm.loadClass(ClassRealm.java:76)
	at org.sonar.core.platform.PluginClassLoader.instantiatePluginClasses(PluginClassLoader.java:131)
	... 26 more
ERROR:
2022-03-22T15:39:43.7950423Z 	at org.sonar.core.platform.PluginClassLoader.load(PluginClassLoader.java:67)
2022-03-22T15:39:43.7951254Z 	at org.sonar.scanner.bootstrap.ScannerPluginRepository.start(ScannerPluginRepository.java:65)
2022-03-22T15:39:43.7967768Z 	at org.sonar.core.platform.StartableCloseableSafeLifecyleStrategy.start(StartableCloseableSafeLifecyleStrategy.java:40)
2022-03-22T15:39:43.7968304Z 	at org.picocontainer.injectors.AbstractInjectionFactory$LifecycleAdapter.start(AbstractInjectionFactory.java:84)
2022-03-22T15:39:43.7968787Z 	at org.picocontainer.behaviors.AbstractBehavior.start(AbstractBehavior.java:169)
2022-03-22T15:39:43.7969210Z 	at org.picocontainer.behaviors.Stored$RealComponentLifecycle.start(Stored.java:132)
2022-03-22T15:39:43.7969604Z 	at org.picocontainer.behaviors.Stored.start(Stored.java:110)
2022-03-22T15:39:43.7970018Z 	at org.picocontainer.DefaultPicoContainer.potentiallyStartAdapter(DefaultPicoContainer.java:1016)
2022-03-22T15:39:43.7970493Z 	at org.picocontainer.DefaultPicoContainer.startAdapters(DefaultPicoContainer.java:1009)
2022-03-22T15:39:43.7970913Z 	at org.picocontainer.DefaultPicoContainer.start(DefaultPicoContainer.java:767)
2022-03-22T15:39:43.7971346Z 	at org.sonar.core.platform.ComponentContainer.startComponents(ComponentContainer.java:136)
2022-03-22T15:39:43.7971783Z 	at org.sonar.core.platform.ComponentContainer.execute(ComponentContainer.java:123)
2022-03-22T15:39:43.7972177Z 	at org.sonar.batch.bootstrapper.Batch.doExecute(Batch.java:72)
2022-03-22T15:39:43.7972544Z 	at org.sonar.batch.bootstrapper.Batch.execute(Batch.java:66)
2022-03-22T15:39:43.7972974Z 	at org.sonarsource.scanner.api.internal.batch.BatchIsolatedLauncher.execute(BatchIsolatedLauncher.java:46)
2022-03-22T15:39:43.7973372Z 	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
2022-03-22T15:39:43.7973765Z 	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
2022-03-22T15:39:43.7974200Z 	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
2022-03-22T15:39:43.7974593Z 	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
2022-03-22T15:39:43.7974997Z 	at org.sonarsource.scanner.api.internal.IsolatedLauncherProxy.invoke(IsolatedLauncherProxy.java:60)
2022-03-22T15:39:43.7975381Z 	at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy0.execute(Unknown Source)
2022-03-22T15:39:43.7975727Z 	at org.sonarsource.scanner.api.EmbeddedScanner.doExecute(EmbeddedScanner.java:189)
2022-03-22T15:39:43.7976147Z 	at org.sonarsource.scanner.api.EmbeddedScanner.execute(EmbeddedScanner.java:138)
2022-03-22T15:39:43.7976531Z 	at org.sonarsource.scanner.cli.Main.execute(Main.java:112)
2022-03-22T15:39:43.7976881Z 	at org.sonarsource.scanner.cli.Main.execute(Main.java:75)
2022-03-22T15:39:43.7977228Z 	at org.sonarsource.scanner.cli.Main.main(Main.java:61)
2022-03-22T15:39:43.7977789Z Caused by: java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: org/sonar/plugins/cxx/CxxPlugin has been compiled by a more recent version of the Java Runtime (class file version 55.0), this version of the Java Runtime only recognizes class file versions up to 52.0
2022-03-22T15:39:43.7978612Z 	at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
2022-03-22T15:39:43.7978934Z 	at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:756)
2022-03-22T15:39:43.7979319Z 	at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:142)
2022-03-22T15:39:43.7979715Z 	at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:468)
2022-03-22T15:39:43.7980082Z 	at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(URLClassLoader.java:74)
2022-03-22T15:39:43.7980442Z 	at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:369)
2022-03-22T15:39:43.7980934Z 	at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:363)
2022-03-22T15:39:43.7981329Z 	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
2022-03-22T15:39:43.7982389Z 	at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:362)
2022-03-22T15:39:43.7982805Z 	at org.sonar.classloader.ClassRealm.loadClassFromSelf(ClassRealm.java:125)
2022-03-22T15:39:43.7983428Z 	at org.sonar.classloader.ParentFirstStrategy.loadClass(ParentFirstStrategy.java:37)
2022-03-22T15:39:43.7984386Z 	at org.sonar.classloader.ClassRealm.loadClass(ClassRealm.java:87)
2022-03-22T15:39:43.7984778Z 	at org.sonar.classloader.ClassRealm.loadClass(ClassRealm.java:76)
2022-03-22T15:39:43.7985191Z 	at org.sonar.core.platform.PluginClassLoader.instantiatePluginClasses(PluginClassLoader.java:131)
2022-03-22T15:39:43.7985527Z 	... 26 more
2022-03-22T15:39:43.7985728Z ERROR: 
2022-03-22T15:39:43.8139744Z ##[error]The SonarScanner did not complete successfully
2022-03-22T15:39:43.8140547Z The SonarScanner did not complete successfully
2022-03-22T15:39:43.8141574Z ##[error]15:39:43.813  Post-processing failed. Exit code: 1
2022-03-22T15:39:43.8142384Z 15:39:43.813  Post-processing failed. Exit code: 1
2022-03-22T15:39:43.8227629Z ##[error]The process '/azp/agent/_work/_tool/dncs/6.0.101/x64/dotnet' failed with exit code 1
2022-03-22T15:39:43.8298357Z ##[section]Finishing: Run Code Analysis

ganncamp · March 23, 2022, 9:04pm

Hi,

Thanks for the analysis log.

The cxx plugin isn’t supported in this community. You’ll need to direct your questions to its maintainers.

Ann

jimdam_hgs · March 25, 2022, 12:52pm

I found the solution myself. The java version on the server was to old.

Caba_Sagi · April 1, 2022, 12:53pm

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