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    <title>topic Re: This programme is no longer available in Sky Q</title>
    <link>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5279082#M735840</link>
    <description>&lt;P&gt;I'm posting here to keep this issue alive as there seems to be no response from Sky. This is of course also related to the issues raised in the forum thread 'Sky-Q-has-to-be-reset-every-time-I-turn-on' (I can't post the link here)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;and who knows how many other similar issues coming up in other threads. We could really do with a combined 'Q350 Software Issue' thread to gather up all the various problems to focus Sky's attention. I too have had a replacement Sky Q box sent out - it seems crazy that it must be costing Sky a fortune to replaced perfectly good boxes rather than get to the bottom of the issue.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;According to Google Gemini:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;When you have &lt;STRONG&gt;audio but no video&lt;/STRONG&gt;, it confirms that the "brain" of the Sky box is working (it’s decoding the stream), but the &lt;STRONG&gt;HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection)&lt;/STRONG&gt; handshake has failed.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The message &lt;I&gt;"This programme is no longer available"&lt;/I&gt; is a classic Sky Q "ghost" error. It happens when the box’s software loses track of the tuner's status because the video output stage has crashed.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;And this:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;You've had the TV for 6 years with no issues, and now two boxes are failing. This proves the &lt;STRONG&gt;HDMI handshake protocol&lt;/STRONG&gt; has changed on Sky’s end. Older Samsung TVs use an earlier version of the HDCP security protocol. The Q350 update likely tightened the timing requirements for that handshake, and your TV is just a fraction of a second too slow to respond, causing the box to "give up" and go black.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;It seems that the problem is affecting older Samsung and LG TVs - can the folks on here confirm that this is the case? Or are there users that have different, newer TVs that are experiencing the same issues?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I have more from Gemini that may or may not be helpful. I've certainly tried everything that has been posted and workarounds that Gemini suggests to no avail, and I'm having to make sure the box has been rebooted from the wall and working before a programme starts recording, and similarly rebooted before I can watch anything. Totally unacceptable, and no doubt doing harm to the box and in particular the drive.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hopefully Sky will see this post from a 25+ years customer and respond with some information about when it is likely to be resolved?&lt;/P&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 14:12:12 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>manassas77</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2026-05-20T14:12:12Z</dc:date>
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      <title>This programme is no longer available</title>
      <link>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5265526#M734203</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I cannot change channels or watch recording and an error message says that this programme is no &amp;nbsp;longer &amp;nbsp;available. This happened yesterday, so I switched off and unplugged everything, which cured the problem. The same issue has occurred today.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 15:19:51 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5265526#M734203</guid>
      <dc:creator>Nick19051</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2026-04-30T15:19:51Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: This programme is no longer available</title>
      <link>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5265956#M734221</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Hi &lt;SPAN style="background: var(--ck-color-mention-background); color: var(--ck-color-mention-text);"&gt;&lt;a href="https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4673569"&gt;@Nick19051&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;, I’ve escalated your post to our Community Messaging team who will invite you to a private chat shortly and help you with this.&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;Just look out for the colourful bubble to start the conversation. Please be aware conversations automatically close if there is no response within 48 hours.&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;Here's more information on how Community Messaging works - &lt;A href="https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Did-you-know/Escalating-a-post-to-a-Sky-expert/ba-p/3711147#M141" target="_blank"&gt;https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Did-you-know/Escalating-a-post-to-a-Sky-expert/ba-p/3711147#M141&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 07:25:42 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5265956#M734221</guid>
      <dc:creator>Brill+Gill</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2026-05-01T07:25:42Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: This programme is no longer available</title>
      <link>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5266562#M734280</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Hi, I have the same problem - every day I have to unplug the Sky Q box for it to work. It either gets stuck on retrieving data or black blank screen and everything is not available.. been like a week now&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 19:58:12 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5266562#M734280</guid>
      <dc:creator>JBM1810</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2026-05-01T19:58:12Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: This programme is no longer available</title>
      <link>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5266732#M734297</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I am also having this issue. Ive had to power cycle the main box everyday for the last week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 08:47:22 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5266732#M734297</guid>
      <dc:creator>AdelaideRose10120</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2026-05-02T08:47:22Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: This programme is no longer available</title>
      <link>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5267071#M734334</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Hi I am also getting this problem.&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR /&gt;has happened every day this week and now twice today.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 18:01:03 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5267071#M734334</guid>
      <dc:creator>Jaymac76</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2026-05-02T18:01:03Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: This programme is no longer available</title>
      <link>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5267192#M734349</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I'm having the same issue. Only started happening in the past week. Could there be a problem with the latest software?&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 21:56:22 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5267192#M734349</guid>
      <dc:creator>Andy_S1</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2026-05-02T21:56:22Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: This programme is no longer available</title>
      <link>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5267237#M734351</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I'm also having this problem have spoken with sky the last 3 days they say it's fixed. Low and behold this morning same problem.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;If this is not sorted soon I will cancel everything. It's beyond a joke.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Sky get your act together.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 06:29:50 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5267237#M734351</guid>
      <dc:creator>Druids1</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2026-05-03T06:29:50Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: This programme is no longer available</title>
      <link>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5267247#M734354</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Same issue for me last 2 days, no corporate comms gone out Sky? Clearly a you issue!&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 07:20:42 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5267247#M734354</guid>
      <dc:creator>Mattb1976</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2026-05-03T07:20:42Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: This programme is no longer available</title>
      <link>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5267303#M734360</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Hi &lt;SPAN style="background: var(--ck-color-mention-background); color: var(--ck-color-mention-text);"&gt;&lt;a href="https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4675199"&gt;@Andy_S1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; I’ve escalated your post to our Community Messaging team who will invite you to a private chat shortly and help you with this.&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;Just look out for the colourful bubble to start the conversation. Please be aware conversations automatically close if there is no response within 48 hours.&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;Here's more information on how Community Messaging works - &lt;A href="https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Did-you-know/Escalating-a-post-to-a-Sky-expert/ba-p/3711147#M141" target="_blank"&gt;https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Did-you-know/Escalating-a-post-to-a-Sky-expert/ba-p/3711147#M141&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 08:59:11 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5267303#M734360</guid>
      <dc:creator>Danz994</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2026-05-03T08:59:11Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: This programme is no longer available</title>
      <link>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5267311#M734361</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Is that going to be the same for the rest of us in this thread?&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 09:12:10 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5267311#M734361</guid>
      <dc:creator>AdelaideRose10120</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2026-05-03T09:12:10Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: This programme is no longer available</title>
      <link>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5267360#M734367</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Hi &lt;SPAN style="background: var(--ck-color-mention-background); color: var(--ck-color-mention-text);"&gt;@AdelaideRose10120&lt;/SPAN&gt; I’ve escalated your post to our Community Messaging team who will invite you to a private chat shortly and help you with this.&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;Just look out for the colourful bubble to start the conversation. Please be aware conversations automatically close if there is no response within 48 hours.&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;Here's more information on how Community Messaging works - &lt;A href="https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Did-you-know/Escalating-a-post-to-a-Sky-expert/ba-p/3711147#M141" target="_blank"&gt;https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Did-you-know/Escalating-a-post-to-a-Sky-expert/ba-p/3711147#M141&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 09:59:12 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5267360#M734367</guid>
      <dc:creator>Danz994</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2026-05-03T09:59:12Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Programme no longer available</title>
      <link>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5267447#M734577</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Since upgrading to latest 350Q software for sky q box - the sky box keeps failing - either a black screen or a message saying programme no longer available with the machine freezing and only becoming responsive after a reboot - have to reboot the box every couple of hours now. Have tried power off recycling - reinstalling the latest software - rebooting the router etc - but problem still persists. Please help!&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 11:31:44 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5267447#M734577</guid>
      <dc:creator>Ian_abel</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2026-05-03T11:31:44Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: This programme is no longer available</title>
      <link>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5267490#M734401</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I have the same issue, have to cycle the power every time I want to change channels&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 13:44:23 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5267490#M734401</guid>
      <dc:creator>Gordy6</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2026-05-03T13:44:23Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: This programme is no longer available</title>
      <link>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5267550#M734409</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Hi there, I’ve escalated your post to our Community Messaging team who will invite you to a private chat shortly and help you with this.&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;Just look out for the colourful bubble to start the conversation. Please be aware conversations automatically close if there is no response within 48 hours.&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;Here's more information on how Community Messaging works - &lt;A href="https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Did-you-know/Escalating-a-post-to-a-Sky-expert/ba-p/3711147#M141" target="_blank"&gt;https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Did-you-know/Escalating-a-post-to-a-Sky-expert/ba-p/3711147#M141&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 15:49:23 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5267550#M734409</guid>
      <dc:creator>ItWasAllMichele</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2026-05-03T15:49:23Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: This programme is no longer available</title>
      <link>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5267594#M734415</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Having the same problem, anyone heard of a fix? Rebooting only works until the next day.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 16:47:21 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5267594#M734415</guid>
      <dc:creator>High+Chaparral</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2026-05-03T16:47:21Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: This programme is no longer available</title>
      <link>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5267619#M734420</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Hi there, I’ve escalated your post to our Community Messaging team who will invite you to a private chat shortly and help you with this.&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;Just look out for the colourful bubble to start the conversation. Please be aware conversations automatically close if there is no response within 48 hours.&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;Here's more information on how Community Messaging works - &lt;A href="https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Did-you-know/Escalating-a-post-to-a-Sky-expert/ba-p/3711147#M141" target="_blank"&gt;https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Did-you-know/Escalating-a-post-to-a-Sky-expert/ba-p/3711147#M141&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 17:22:51 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5267619#M734420</guid>
      <dc:creator>ItWasAllMichele</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2026-05-03T17:22:51Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: This programme is no longer available</title>
      <link>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5267667#M734429</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I'm getting the same. It did it a couple of times yesterday and today I'm just turning it off at the wall &amp;nbsp;for the third time. I've checked the software is up to date. They obviously have a problem but they say they haven't. &lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":crying_face:"&gt;😢&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":crying_face:"&gt;😢&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 19:15:19 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5267667#M734429</guid>
      <dc:creator>Tbd32</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2026-05-03T19:15:19Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: This programme is no longer available</title>
      <link>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5267682#M734433</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Hi there, I’ve escalated your post to our Community Messaging team who will invite you to a private chat shortly and help you with this.&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;Just look out for the colourful bubble to start the conversation. Please be aware conversations automatically close if there is no response within 48 hours.&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;Here's more information on how Community Messaging works - &lt;A href="https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Did-you-know/Escalating-a-post-to-a-Sky-expert/ba-p/3711147#M141" target="_blank"&gt;https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Did-you-know/Escalating-a-post-to-a-Sky-expert/ba-p/3711147#M141&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 19:43:44 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5267682#M734433</guid>
      <dc:creator>ItWasAllMichele</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2026-05-03T19:43:44Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: This programme is no longer available</title>
      <link>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5267831#M734464</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I have had the same problem form the last few days. You lot will need to put out an update to fix this and stop.takign people off this chat for a private conversation and sort out what is obviously a common issue.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 08:23:05 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5267831#M734464</guid>
      <dc:creator>StephenF70s</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2026-05-04T08:23:05Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: This programme is no longer available</title>
      <link>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5267929#M734474</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I've been having this issue for the last week. Had a brand new box last week and still the same issue. Loud whirring noise and have to keep turning it off and restarting it - the recordings keep failing and the programme not available message. It's driving me nuts.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;It's not like subscription is cheap either - paying a lot of money for something that I can't use fully&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 09:43:15 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5267929#M734474</guid>
      <dc:creator>Shun01</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2026-05-04T09:43:15Z</dc:date>
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