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The Salt Project Website Has a New Look
The Salt Project website has a new look as part of a broader theme unification across the Salt Project website and documentation, bringing a single unified blog feed, local search, and tag-based filtering. These updates also include updates to how the RSS feeds work, such as the security feed.
AnnouncementCommunitySecuritySalt 3006.27 LTS Now Available
The Salt Project has just released 3006.27 (LTS Release).
ReleaseSalt 3008.2 LTS Now Available
The Salt Project has just released 3008.2 (LTS Release).
ReleaseSalt 3006.26 LTS Now Available
The Salt Project has just released 3006.26 (LTS Release).
ReleaseSalt 3008.1 LTS Now Available
The Salt Project has just released 3008.1 (LTS Release).
ReleaseSalt 3008.0 LTS Now Generally Available
The Salt Project has just released 3008.0 (LTS Release).
ReleaseSalt 3008 RC4 Now Available
The Salt Project has just released 3008.0rc4 (Release Candidate 4).
ReleaseRelease-CandidateSalt 3006.25 LTS & 3008 RC3 Now Available
The Salt Project has just released 3006.25 LTS and 3008.0rc3 (Release Candidate 3).
ReleaseRelease-CandidateSalt 3008 RC2 is now available
The Salt Project has just released RC2 (release candidate 2) of the Salt 3008 LTS.
ReleaseRelease-CandidateSalt 3007.14 STS is available
The Salt Project has just released the 3007.14 STS bugfix release!
ReleaseSupply Chain Incident - 2026-Apr-29
Due to a supply chain incident, Salt has rotated secrets and initiated the revocation of compromised macOS DeveloperID signing certificates.
SecuritySalt 3006.24 LTS is available
The Salt Project has just released the 3006.24 LTS bugfix of Salt 3006.
ReleaseSalt 3008 RC1 is now available
The Salt Project has just released RC1 (release candidate 1) of the Salt 3008 LTS.
ReleaseRelease-CandidateSalt 3006.23 LTS is available
The Salt Project has just released the 3006.23 LTS bugfix of Salt 3006.
ReleaseSalt 3006.22 LTS is available
The Salt Project has just released the 3006.22 LTS bugfix of Salt 3006.
ReleaseSalt 3006.21 LTS and 3007.13 STS are available
The Salt Project has just released the 3006.21 LTS and 3007.13 STS bugfixes!
ReleaseSalt 3006.20 LTS and 3007.12 STS are available
The Salt Project has just released the 3006.20 LTS and 3007.12 STS bugfixes!
ReleaseSalt 3006.19 LTS and 3007.11 STS are available
The Salt Project has just released the 3006.19 LTS and 3007.11 STS bugfix releases of Salt
ReleaseSalt 3006.18 LTS and 3007.10 STS are available
The Salt Project has just released the 3006.18 LTS and 3007.10 STS bugfix releases of Salt
ReleaseSalt security advisory release - 2025-NOV-20
The Salt Project is announcing the Salt 3006.17 LTS and 3007.9 STS CVE releases. This release addresses 2 CVEs, ranging from low to medium in severity.
SecurityReleaseSalt 3006.16 LTS and 3007.8 STS are available
The Salt Project has just released the 3006.16 LTS and 3007.8 STS bugfix releases of Salt
ReleaseSalt 3006.15 LTS is available
The Salt Project has just released the 3006.15 LTS bugfix of Salt 3006.
ReleaseSalt 3007.7 STS is available
The Salt Project has just released the 3007.7 STS bugfix of Salt 3007.
ReleaseOpen Hour and Q&A 2025-AUG-21
Open hour notes for August 21st, 2025. In the open hour this month, the Salt Project Team talked about updated support timelines for both LTS and STS, salt issue templates getting a facelift, and more.
CommunitySalt 3006.14 LTS and 3007.6 STS are available
The Salt Project has just released the 3006.14 LTS and 3007.6 STS bugfixes!
ReleaseSalt 3006.13 LTS and 3007.5 STS are available
The Salt Project has just released the 3006.13 LTS and 3007.5 STS bugfixes!
ReleaseOpen Hour and Q&A 2025-JUN-19
Open hour notes for June 19th, 2025. In the open hour this month, the Salt Project Team talked about the recent Salt 3006.12 LTS and 3007.4 STS CVE fix releases, the extension of Salt 3006 LTS and 3007 STS support timelines, and more.
CommunitySalt security advisory release - 2025-JUN-12
The Salt Project is announcing the Salt 3006.12 LTS and 3007.4 STS CVE releases. This release addresses 11 CVEs, ranging from low to critical in severity.
SecurityReleaseSalt 3007.3 STS is available
The Salt Project has just released the 3007.3 STS bugfix of Salt 3007.
ReleaseSalt 3006.11 LTS is available
The Salt Project has just released the 3006.11 LTS bugfix of Salt 3006.
ReleaseOpen Hour and Q&A 2025-MAY-15
Open hour notes for May 15th, 2025. In the open hour this month, the Salt Project Team talked about the recent Salt 3007.2 STS release, the in-progress work to upgrade current Salt releases to use Python 3.11.x in relenv, and more.
CommunitySalt 3007.2 STS is available
The Salt Project has just released the 3007.2 STS bugfix of Salt 3007.
ReleaseOpen Hour and Q&A 2025-APR-17
Open hour notes for April 17th, 2025. In the open hour this month, the Salt Project Team talked about David Murphy retiring, revival of the MacOS Working Group, and more.
CommunityA Letter from David Murphy: Retiring from Tech
David Murphy, a Salt Project maintainer for over 10 years, is retiring from Broadcom and Salt Project.
CommunityOpen Hour and Q&A 2025-MAR-20
Open hour notes for March 20th, 2025. In this month’s open hour, we talked about the completion of Salt Project CI work, the release of Salt v3006.10 LTS, and more.
CommunitySalt 3006.10 LTS is available
The Salt Project has just released the 3006.10 LTS bugfix of Salt 3006.
ReleasePOP and Idem Projects Will Soon be Archived
POP and Idem projects have been in maintenance mode since the acquisition of VMware by Broadcom. Now the projects are considered unmaintained, and are lined up to be archived. All projects will remain public, read-only OSS repositories available under the Apache v2 licenses for anyone who would like to maintain their own forks.
AnnouncementCommunityOpen Hour and Q&A 2025-JAN-16
Open hour notes for January 16, 2025. In this month’s open hour, we talked about the state of Salt Project CI, extensions for Salt LTS and STS support, outlook on Salt 3008 LTS, and more.
CommunityBootstrap subdomains no longer hosting salt-bootstrap scripts
With the migration of salt-bootstrap script download locations, to GitHub Releases, winbootstrap.saltproject.io and bootstrap.saltproject.io no longer host bootstrap scripts (as of today)
AnnouncementCommunityWebsite and Docs: Looking forward in 2025
In 2025, the Salt Project website (saltproject.io) and documentation subdomain (docs.saltproject.io) will be reviewed for potential transformation and content migration
Upcoming Update to Salt Project Docs GitHub Pages Backend
In continued efforts to improve automation, docs publishing will experience an update on 2024-12-18. Downtime is expected to be minimal.
AnnouncementCommunityUpcoming bootstrap subdomain decommission
With the migration of salt-bootstrap script download locations, to GitHub Releases, winbootstrap.saltproject.io and bootstrap.saltproject.io will be decommissioned on 2025-01-06
AnnouncementCommunityFAQs from Salt Project Repo Migration and Open Hour
With the Salt Project repo migration, in October, there have been several questions from community members. The Salt Project Team addresses many of them here.
CommunityNew salt-bootstrap release: v2024.11.21
The new salt-bootstrap release includes support for minor-version installs on Linux via packages.broadcom.com endpoint.
ReleaseCommunityNew salt-bootstrap release: v2024.11.07
The new salt-bootstrap release includes support for the new packages.broadcom.com endpoint.
ReleaseCommunitySalt Install Guide Overhaul and salt-bootstrap updates
The Salt Install Guide has been updated to reflect the Salt package repository migration to packages.broadcom.com, and salt-bootstrap is non-functional as fixes to the scripts are underway.
AnnouncementCommunitysalt-bootstrap Breakage and Next Steps: New Updates
salt-bootstrap downloads via curl will need to be modified, as salt-bootstrap scripts will need to be downloaded from GitHub Releases instead. Read for details on how to resolve this issue.
AnnouncementCommunitySalt Project Package Repository (repo.saltproject.io) Migration and Guidance
This week, packages from repo.saltproject.io will be migrated to packages.broadcom.com. This means a variety of disruptive changes are being implemented around installing, upgrading, and pinning/locking Salt.
salt-bootstrap Breakage and Next Steps
salt-bootstrap downloads via curl will need to be modified, as existing curl calls against bootstrap.saltproject.io and winbootstrap.saltproject.io no longer work. Read for details on how to resolve this issue.
AnnouncementCommunityUpcoming Salt Project Docs and Repo Migrations
Salt Project is migrating off of the current backends used for hosting saltproject.io, docs.saltproject.io, and repo.saltproject.io
AnnouncementCommunityStreamlining CI/CD and Package Distribution in Salt Project
Salt Project will no longer be building packages or running tests in our pipelines for Arch Linux, Amazon Linux, openSUSE, and macOS.
CommunityA Letter from Chunga: So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
Chunga is leaving Broadcom, but will continue running The Hacks with Tom Hatch, and remain a member of the Salt Project community.
CommunityThe Great Salt Module Migration
In Salt 3008 Argon, many states and modules that you might be currently using will be migrated to extensions because of the Great Module Migration.
CommunitySalt 3006.9 LTS is available
The Salt Project is announcing the Salt 3006.9 LTS bugfix release. This bugfix release includes at least one CVE fix (low to medium risk).
SecurityReleaseSupported Operating Systems: From freshly deprecated, to newly supported
CentOS 7 and Debian 10, among others, will no longer be supported in future releases of Salt
AnnouncementSalt Project Launches Community Core Maintainer Program!
Salt Project announces a new program to further strengthen and secure the future of Salt Project by increasing the involvement and contributions of select members of the community.
AnnouncementCommunityOpen Hour 2024-JUN-20
Open hour notes for June 20, 2024. In this open hour, Nick Aronne talks about the recent news that Bitnami added the Salt minion into Bitnami images available in the Bitnami Application Catalog.
CommunityElevating Enterprise Compliance: Bitnami's Game-Changing Salt Integration Unveiled
The VMWare Tanzu blog recently announced that Bitnami added the Salt Minion into Bitnami images available in the Bitnami Application Catalog.
EnterpriseSalt 3007.1 STS is available
The Salt Project has just released the 3007.1 STS bugfix of Salt 3007.
ReleaseOpen Hour 2024-MAY-16
Open hour notes for May 16, 2024. In this open hour, Tom gives a big announcement about his decision to leave Broadcom and Chunga unveils a new community maintainer program.
CommunityI'm exiting Broadcom - Staying with Salt Project forever
Tom Hatch is leaving Broadcom, but will remain actively involved in Salt Project forever.
CommunitySalt 3006.8 (LTS) is available
The Salt Project has just released the 3006.8 bugfix of Salt 3006 (LTS).
ReleaseOpen Hour 2024-APR-18
Open hour notes for April 18, 2024. In today’s open hour, Chunga showcases how Salt Project is using Discord Events and Alyssa announces that active support for the 3006 LTS release has been extended.
CommunityOpen Hour 2024-MAR-21
Open hour notes for March 21, 2024. In this open hour, the core team announced the migration from Slack to Discord.
CommunityGoodbye Slack, Hello Discord!
Salt Project is switching from Slack to Discord, effective immediately. While this will be disruptive in the short term, we feel this transition will be fantastic for the Salt Project Community in the long run.
AnnouncementCommunitySalt 3007.0 STS is available
The Salt Project has just released Salt 3007 STS.
ReleaseSalt 3006.7 is available
The Salt Project has just released the 3006.7 bugfix of Salt 3006.
ReleaseOpen Hour 2024-FEB-15
Open hour notes for February 15, 2024. In this open hour, Alyssa talks about who is using Salt and Derek gives some updates Salt releases.
Communitysaltdocker Repository Now Archived
The Salt Project will no longer publish new containers of salt to dockerhub, and has archived the saltdocker repository. Community members can access and fork the repository if they wish to create or maintain similar containers.
AnnouncementSalt security advisory release - 2024-JAN-31
The Salt Project released a security update to Salt to address 2 vulnerabilities with a severity rating of High and Medium. We strongly recommend prioritizing this update. This is a security advisory release.
SecurityATTENTION! Some High and Medium severity vulnerabilities have been discovered in Salt versions 3006.5 and earlier
Some High and Medium severity vulnerabilities have been discovered in Salt versions 3006.5 and earlier. The vulnerabilities are high and medium severity based on the common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
SecurityOpen Hour 2024-JAN-18
Open hour notes for January 18, 2024. In this month’s open hour, we unveil a new Salt extensions working group and Tom discusses maintenance policy changes.
CommunitySalt Project changes in policy
A message from Tom Hatch about upcoming changes to the Salt Project to make the project more sustainable and easier to maintain.
AnnouncementCommunitySalt 3007 RC1 is now available
The Salt Project has just released RC1 (release candidate 1) of the Salt 3007 STS.
ReleaseRelease-CandidateOpen Hour 2023-DEC-21
Open hour notes for December 21, 2023. In this open hour, Tom discusses the Broadcom acquisition and Nick Hughes talks about his new blog entry.
CommunitySalt 3006.5 is available
The Salt Project has just released the 3006.5 bugfix of the Salt 3006 LTS.
ReleaseUndocumented Features: Salt Runner Silence
Runner modules have an undocumented configuration parameter that allows for enhanced control over the output of the Runner modules.
Guest-PostCommunitySalt community Slack is now restored
We’re pleased to report that the Salt Project Community Slack workspace is back online. You may need to re-open the workspace and re-authenticate.
AnnouncementCommunitySalt community Slack is temporarily down
We are currently working to rectify this issue, and restore the workspace to its original state. Thank you for your patience.
AnnouncementCommunityOpen Hour 2023-NOV-16
Open hour notes for July 20, 2023. In this open hour, Alyssa demos the latest updates to the quickstart tutorial and Chunga expresses his gratitude to the community.
CommunityOpen Hour 2023-NOV-2
Open hour notes for November 2, 2023. In today’s open hour, Alyssa reports on the research findings from our recent community listening tour.
CommunitySalt security advisory release - 2023-OCT-27
The Salt Project released a security update to Salt to address 1 vulnerability with a severity rating of Medium. We strongly recommend prioritizing this update. This is a security advisory release.
SecurityATTENTION! A Medium severity vulnerability has been discovered in Salt versions 3006.3 and earlier
A Medium severity vulnerability has been discovered in Salt versions 3006.3 and earlier. The vulnerability is Medium severity based on the common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
SecurityOpen Hour 2023-OCT-5
Open hour notes for July 20, 2023. This week, Thomas talks about how to use Jinja with statements and Derek mentions some important announcements about Slack and open source packages.
CommunityAria Automation Config and Salt Project — Leader in Configuration Management
When SaltStack was founded in 2011, it was built to be a pioneer in intelligent, event-driven configuration automation that controls and secures IT infrastructure and it is still doing that today.
Guest-PostEnterpriseOpen Hour 2023-SEP-21
Open hour notes for September 21, 2023. In this open hour, we announced a new release of Salt and Gareth demoed the new quickstart guide.
CommunitySalt 3005.3 is available
The Salt Project has just released the 3005.3 bugfix of Salt 3005.
ReleaseSalt Project is Open Sourcing salt-pi-pkg
Salt Project is open sourcing salt-pi-pkg build script examples for classic packages on Raspberry Pi.
AnnouncementSalt 3006.3 is available
The Salt Project has just released the 3006.3 bugfix of the Salt 3006 LTS.
ReleaseOpen Hour 2023-SEP-07
Open hour notes for September 7, 2023. In this open hour, Gareth explained why the Salt team has been closing out old pull requests and issues.
CommunityOpen Hour 2023-AUG-17
Open hour notes for August 17, 2023. In this open hour, the core Salt team discusses the recent CVE release of Salt and Nick Hughes demos the Prometheus Salt extension.
CommunitySalt security advisory release - 2023-AUG-10
The Salt Project released a security update to Salt to address 2 vulnerabilities with a severity rating of Medium. We strongly recommend prioritizing this update. This is a security advisory release.
SecurityATTENTION! Some medium severity vulnerabilities have been discovered in Salt versions 3006.1 and earlier
Some medium severity vulnerabilities have been discovered in Salt versions 3006.1 and earlier. The vulnerabilities are medium severity based on the common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
SecurityOpen Hour 2023-AUG-03
Open hour notes for August 3, 2023. In this open hour, Chunga announces the Salt Project THING! We also discuss the new Linux Foundation report which showcases Salt Project.
CommunityLinux Foundation Showcases Salt Project
Here at the Salt Project, we enjoyed reading this recent report about the power of Open Source from our friends at the Linux Foundation.
AnnouncementCommunityOpen Hour 2023-JULY-20
Open hour notes for July 20, 2023. In this open hour, Gareth talks about and demos Salt extensions, Thomas explains everything you wanted to know about ports, and Alyssa talks about the docs working group.
CommunityHow LinkedIn uses Salt to support infrastructure growth
Here at the Salt Project, we enjoyed reading this recent blog post from LinkedIn Engineering about how their engineering team uses Salt to support their infrastructure growth.
Case-StudyOpen Hour 2023-JUNE-15
Open hour notes for June 15, 2023. This week featured a demo about using a shell script and Dockerfile for Salt from community member Erik Johnson.
CommunityOpen Hour 2023-JUNE-01
Open hour notes for June 1, 2023. We had two demos this week: Shane demoed LGPO Reg for Windows and community member Hunter Matthews demoed his grains workflow.
CommunityOpen Hour 2023-MAY-18
Open hour notes for May 18, 2023. This week featured three demos: new release of Heist, how to scale a single job across multiple Salt masters, and how to run machine learning models with Salt analytics.
CommunitySalt 3006.1 is available
The Salt Project has just released 3006.1 bugfix of the Salt 3006 LTS.
ReleaseOpen Hour 2023-MAY-04
Open hour notes for May 4, 2023. This week featured a demo of Salt test labels with Chad McMarrow.
CommunityNew Salt Extension: Salt Analytics (Salt managed data processing pipelines)
The Salt Project team is releasing salt-analytics-framework, a new Salt extension, to allow users to run data processing pipelines alongside Salt.
ReleaseSalt-ExtensionsNew Salt Extension: Salt Describe (Automate generating SLS files)
The Salt project team is releasing a new salt extension salt-describe to create templates for Salt by fetching the settings of remote salt minions.
ReleaseSalt-ExtensionsOpen Hour 2023-APR-20
Open hour notes for April 20, 2023. This week, Anil Sharma discusses the new Salt release.
CommunitySalt 3006 LTS is available
The Salt Project has just released 3006.0 of the Salt 3006 LTS.
ReleaseOpen Hour 2023-APR-6
Open hour notes for April 6, 2023. In this open hour, Shane demos how to install a Salt release candiate.
CommunitySalt 3006 RC3 is now available
The Salt Project has just released RC3 (release candidate 3) of the Salt 3006 LTS.
ReleaseRelease-CandidateSalt 3006 RC2 is now available
The Salt Project has just released RC2 (release candidate 2) of the Salt 3006 LTS.
ReleaseRelease-CandidateOpen Hour 2023-MAR-16
Open hour notes for March 16, 2023. This week, Gareth demoed how to use salt-describe to automatically generate SLS files.
CommunityOpen Hour 2023-MAR-2
Open hour notes for March 2, 2023. In this open hour, Chunga gives an update on the Idem Project.
CommunitySalt 3006 RC1 is now available
The Salt Project has just released RC1 (release candidate 1) of the Salt 3006 LTS.
ReleaseRelease-CandidateOpen Hour 2023-FEB-16
Open hour notes for February 16, 2023. In this open hour, Thomas explains how fail hard works in Salt.
CommunityOpen Hour 2023-FEB-2
Open hour notes for February 2, 2023. In this open hour, Pedro explains how the new GitHub Actions pipelines work and we explain the new release strategy.
CommunityOpen Hour 2023-JAN-19
Open hour notes for January 19, 2023. This week, Thomas explains how to use the wheel more effectively.
CommunitySalt 3005.1-4 Security Package Update
The Salt Project has released v3005.1-4 packages. This release only impacts the onedir packages and the classic Windows and Mac packages.
ReleaseSecurityOpen Hour 2023-JAN-5
Open hour notes for January 5, 2023. In this open hour, Wayne demoed the improvements he’s made to syndics.
CommunitySalt Project Announces the Open Sourcing of Several SaltStack Native Minions
Salt Project is happy to announce the open sourcing of several SaltStack native minions to the Salt Project.
AnnouncementSalt security advisory release - 2022-JUNE-21
The Salt Project released a security update to Salt to address 1 vulnerability with severity rating High. If you are using PAM authentication from within Salt, we strongly recommend prioritizing this update. This is a security advisory release. This release includes fixes to the vulnerability and bug fixes from the previous CVE release.
SecurityAttention! A critical vulnerability has been discovered in Salt versions 3004.1 and earlier
A critical vulnerability has been discovered in Salt versions 3004.1 and earlier. The vulnerability rating is high based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
SecuritySalt security advisory release - 2022-MAR-28
The Salt Project released a security update to Salt to address 4 vulnerabilities with a severity rating of Medium to High. We strongly recommend prioritizing this update. This is a security advisory release.
SecurityATTENTION! Some critical vulnerabilities have been discovered in Salt versions 3004 and earlier
Some critical vulnerabilities have been discovered in Salt versions 3004 and earlier. The vulnerabilities range in rating from Medium to High based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS). We are preparing a CVE release to be available on Monday, March 28th.
SecuritySalt security advisory release - 2021-SEPT-2
The Salt Project released a security update to Salt to address 3 vulnerabilities with severity rating Medium to High. We strongly recommend prioritizing this update. This is a security advisory release.
SecurityActive Salt CVE Release 2021-FEB-25
The Salt Project has released a security update to address 10 vulnerabilities with severity rating Medium to High. We strongly recommend prioritizing this update.
SecurityUPDATE 2021-FEB-25 CVE Release Time Delay
Today the 2021-FEB-25 CVE Release is on-going and we are working through tasks. However, it is taking longer than expected. At this time we estimate a release time as 6 PM MST and 1 AM UTC. We apologize for the delay.
SecuritySalt Feb 4th CVE Release Delayed
Today’s scheduled CVE Release is delayed due to a bug found late in the release cycle. This CVE Release is now set for Thursday, February 25th, 2021 by noon MST and 7:00 PM UTC. We apologize for the inconvenience this delay causes.
SecurityActive Salt CVE Announcement - 2021-JAN-21
Several critical vulnerabilities have been discovered in Salt. These affect versions 3002 and earlier.Most of these, we expect the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) rating to be high or critical. We quickly took actions to remediate once made aware of the vulnerabilities.
SecurityActive Salt CVE Release 2020-NOV-03
SaltStack has released a security update to Salt to address three critical vulnerabilities. We strongly recommend that you prioritize this update.
SecurityActive Salt CVE Announcement - 2020-OCT-30
Three related critical vulnerabilities have been discovered in Salt versions 3002 and earlier.
SecurityPyTest: A Journey of 3 Years
Salt is ending a journey that started 3 years ago with the first pull request to add support for PyTest. In the upcoming weeks, Salt will finally switch to PyTest as its sole test runner, and the previous, and heavily customized unittest runner, runtests.py, finally reaches EOL.
CommunityActive Salt CVE Update - CVE-2020-11651 and CVE-2020-11652
We have created and made patches available for a number of Salt releases. Some patches are specific to certain Salt versions and, as noted, some will patch multiple versions. To ensure the patch is effective, verify installation of your version prior to installing any patches.
SecurityActive Salt CVE Update for CVE-2020-11651 and CVE-2020-11652
Last week a critical vulnerability was discovered affecting Salt Master versions 2019.2.3 and 3000.1 and earlier. SaltStack customers and Salt users who have followed fundamental internet security guidelines and best practices are not affected by this vulnerability. The vulnerability is easily exploitable if a Salt Master is exposed to the open internet.
SecuritySalt CVE Critical Updates - 2020-APR-21
We have decided to proceed with release packages for 2019.2.5 and 3000.3 that contain fixes to these new these critical CVEs (CVE-2020-11651 and CVE-2020-11652). The packages will be available Wednesday, May 13, or potentially sooner.
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