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September 2026 Edition, published September 17, 2026 · The permanent record of that edition, superseded since. The current standing is on the category page →
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Identity threat detection and response for small business buyers

Asked as “ITDR solution”, and as “identity threat detection tool”, on behalf of a small B2B company. 51 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, twelve models each. Added to the September 2026 Edition; its answers are read by the distilled judge (ai-indexes-judge-qwen3-14b-run3), not the claude-opus-5 judge of the earlier categories: how the two compare.
Standing · first-choice share
84%
84Huntress Managed ITDR08Microsoft Defender for Identity04Microsoft Entra ID04others

84% of first choices, clear leader.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.

The standing

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all twelve models, for a small B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrant
01Huntress Managed ITDR84%0%68endorsed leader
02Microsoft Defender for Identity8%11%35accepted challenger
Show the five products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
07CrowdStrike0%82%11criticized challenger
05CrowdStrike Falcon Identity Protection0%57%21criticized challenger
06Silverfort ITDR0%57%23criticized challenger
03Push Security0%0%18accepted challenger
04Sophos ITDR0%0%17accepted challenger
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.

One product takes 84% of first choices here, so the chart would put six markers in one corner and one at the far edge. The two measurements it plots are columns in the standing above: share, and the negative label rate. Three products carry a negative rate above 25% in this category.

What they warned about

Ten of twelve models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5 and Qwen 3.7 Flash changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
Silverfort ITDR
57%
13 of 23 labels negative · 8 of 12 models · 3 hard negative
“avoid the enterprise platforms (Silverfort, CrowdStrike, SentinelOne) that negotiate pricing, require dedicated security staff” DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt
CrowdStrike Falcon Identity Protection
57%
12 of 21 labels negative · 8 of 12 models · 1 hard negative
“Quote-based pricing, complex query language, steep learning curve” GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt
CrowdStrike
82%
9 of 11 labels negative · 7 of 12 models · 3 hard negative
“massive platforms (often from companies like IBM, Palo Alto Networks, or CrowdStrike) ... traps for smaller organizations” Qwen 3.7 Flash, negative prompt
SentinelOne Singularity Identity
57%
4 of 7 labels negative · 4 of 12 models · 1 hard negative
“Enterprise-focused, high cost” GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt

What they cite

Citations exist only for the models that return a source list: fourteen of the twelve in this edition, and all six flagship models on the expanded tier.

Sites the answers cite

78 of 84 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 14 of 12 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 967 links across 143 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page.

vendor site · Huntress60 answers · 139 citations · 13 models
49 answers · 58 citations · 12 models
43 answers · 43 citations · 11 models
vendor site · G239 answers · 51 citations · 12 models
vendor site · Cynet33 answers · 33 citations · 11 models
vendor site · CyberPress32 answers · 33 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Breachsense30 answers · 30 citations · 12 models
30 answers · 30 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Microsoft25 answers · 44 citations · 10 models
vendor site · FitGap23 answers · 25 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Guardz18 answers · 29 citations · 7 models
vendor site · Microsoft15 answers · 18 citations · 7 models

Pages the answers cite

The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.

Search against answers

Each company's standing in the answers beside its site's footprint in Google search, one row a site: the products the models named on it with their shares, and the share they add up to; monthly searches on Google, and DataForSEO's estimate of AI search demand (modeled from search signals, directional, not a count of queries to any assistant), for the most-searched of the company's and its products' names (the name is in each row's hover text); estimated monthly organic visits to the site; and its best position in Google's top ten for “best itdr solution”, “itdr solution”, “itdr solutions”. US estimates from DataForSEO and Google's Ads Transparency Center. A small company's site, or a mid-sized company's site for its flagship, is marked company; a product on a large parent's site (Google, Microsoft) has no site figures. A column with no figures for this category is left out, and an empty cell means none were seen, not none exist. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
Company and productsShareOwn site citedName searches, GoogleAI search demand, est.Organic visitsPaid search a month, est.Google ads, last 30 daysBest Google position
Huntress huntress.com
Huntress Managed ITDR 84%
84%12633,1004,338352,368 company$15,5221202
Microsoft parent site
Microsoft Defender for Identity 8%, Microsoft Entra ID 4%, Microsoft Defender for Identity / Entra ID Protection 2%, Microsoft Defender Suite for Business Premium 2% and 2 more
16%4802,240,000403,136
Push Security pushsecurity.com0%371,000835,368$514
Sophos parent site
Sophos ITDR 0%
0%3618,1002,046
Guardz guardz.com
Guardz 0%, Guardz ITDR 0%
0%591,900275,351$744125
Cynet cynet.com0%652,40014713,78243
Okta okta.com
Okta Identity Threat Protection 0%
0%45368,0008,4181,959,740 company118
Cisco parent site
Cisco Duo 0%
0%198165,00048,352
Grip Security ITDR 2.0 grip.security0%65,24917
Microsoft Defender microsoft.com
Microsoft Defender for Cloud 0%
0%56918,1003,525145,358,109 company$12,4551032

Google's top ten for the three searches hold 15 sites; 3 of them are among the sites the models cited here (guardz.com, huntress.com, microsoft.com). The first result for “best itdr solution” is gartner.com.

How they answered

Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
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ModelDirect“What is the best ITDR solution for a small B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which identity threat detection tool would you recommend to a small business that sells to other businesses?”Comparative“What are the top ITDR solutions for a small team and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best ITDR solution for a small company with a tight budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 30 person company evaluating an ITDR solution. What should we look at?”Negative“Which ITDR solutions should a small business avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choiceMicrosoft Defender for IdentityChanged
One alternativeOkta Identity Threat Detection
Huntress Managed ITDR
Three alternativesBlackpoint Cyber, Entra ID Protection, Microsoft Defender for Identity
Huntress Managed ITDR
Two alternativesMicrosoft Defender for Identity, Push Security
Huntress Managed ITDRagainst: CrowdStrike, Microsoft Defender for Identity
GPT-5.4 miniHuntress Managed ITDR
Two alternativesCrowdStrike Falcon Identity Protection, Microsoft Defender for Identity
Huntress Managed ITDRHeld
One alternativeMicrosoft Defender for Identity
Microsoft Defender for Identity / Entra ID Protection
Two alternativesCrowdStrike Falcon Identity Protection, Okta Identity Threat Protection
against: Semperis Directory Services Protector
Microsoft Defender for Identity / Entra ID Protection
One alternativeHuntress Managed ITDR
against: CrowdStrike Falcon Identity Protection
no first choicenothing named
Gemini 3.5 FlashHuntress Managed ITDR
Two alternativesGuardz ITDR, Microsoft Entra ID Protection
Huntress Managed ITDRHeld
Two alternativesGuardz, Microsoft Defender for Identity / Entra ID Protection
Huntress Managed ITDR
Four alternativesCynet, Guardz ITDR, Microsoft Defender for Identity / Entra ID Protection, Silverfort ITDR
Huntress Managed ITDR
Four alternativesCisco Duo, Guardz, Microsoft 365, Purple Knight
against: CrowdStrike, Semperis DSP, Silverfort ITDR
Huntress Managed ITDR, Microsoft Defender Suite for Business Premium
One alternativeGuardz
against: CrowdStrike Falcon Identity Protection, Microsoft 365 E5, Microsoft Entra ID, Quest Active Directory TDR, Semperis Directory Services Protector, SentinelOne Singularity Ranger AD, Silverfort ITDR, Tenable.ad
Perplexity SonarHuntress Managed ITDR
One alternativeMicrosoft Defender for Identity / Entra ID Protection
against: CrowdStrike, Semperis Directory Services Protector, Varonis
Huntress Managed ITDRHeld
Two alternativesMicrosoft Entra ID Protection, Semperis Directory Services Protector
Huntress Managed ITDR
Two alternativesGuardz, Push Security
against: CrowdStrike, Cynet, SentinelOne Singularity Identity
Huntress Managed ITDR
One alternativeMicrosoft Entra ID Protection
no first choicenothing named
Grok 4.1 FastHuntress Managed ITDR
Two alternativesMicrosoft Defender for Identity, Sophos ITDR
against: CrowdStrike Falcon Identity Protection
Huntress Managed ITDRHeld
One alternativeJumpCloud
Huntress Managed ITDR
Three alternativesMicrosoft Defender for Identity, SentinelOne Singularity Identity, Silverfort ITDR
against: CrowdStrike Falcon Identity Protection
Huntress Managed ITDR
Two alternativesMicrosoft Entra ID Protection, Netwrix PingCastle
against: CrowdStrike Falcon Identity Protection
Huntress Managed ITDR
Four alternativesCrowdStrike Falcon Identity Protection, Cynet, Grip Security, Vectra AI
against: Arctic Wolf, CrowdStrike Falcon Identity Protection, SentinelOne Singularity Identity, Silverfort ITDR
Mistral SmallHuntress Managed ITDR
Two alternativesGrip Security ITDR 2.0, Vectra AI Platform
Huntress Managed ITDRHeld
Two alternativesProtexxa Defender, Push Security
Huntress Managed ITDR, Verosint
Two alternativesDelinea, Microsoft Entra ID Protection
against: Vectra AI ITDR
Huntress Managed ITDR
One alternativeOkta Identity Threat Protection
Microsoft Defender for Identitynothing named
DeepSeek V4 FlashHuntress Managed ITDR
One alternativeMicrosoft Defender for Identity
against: Blackpoint Cyber, CrowdStrike Falcon Identity Protection, Sophos MDR
Huntress Managed ITDRHeld
Two alternativesMicrosoft Defender for Identity / Entra ID Protection, Sophos ITDR
Huntress Managed ITDR
Six alternativesCrowdStrike Falcon Identity Protection, Cynet, Microsoft Defender for Identity, Push Security, Semperis Directory Services Protector, Silverfort ITDR
Huntress Managed ITDR
Three alternativesCynet, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Entra ID
Huntress Managed ITDR
Two alternativesPush Security, Sophos ITDR
against: Microsoft Defender for Identity
against: CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSIAM, SentinelOne, Silverfort ITDR
Llama 4 MaverickHuntress Managed ITDR
Two alternativesPush Security, Semperis Directory Services Protector
Huntress Managed ITDRHeld
Three alternativesMicrosoft Defender for Identity, Silverfort ITDR, Sophos ITDR
no first choiceHuntress Managed ITDRno first choiceagainst: CrowdStrike, Silverfort ITDR
Qwen 3.7 FlashMicrosoft Entra ID
Three alternativesCyberArk One, Huntress Managed ITDR, Layer0 Security
Huntress Managed ITDRChanged
Two alternativesMicrosoft Defender for Identity, Push Security
against: CrowdStrike Falcon Identity Protection
Huntress Managed ITDR
Two alternativesCynet, Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Huntress Managed ITDR
Two alternativesAzure AD Identity Protection, Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
no first choiceagainst: CrowdStrike, IBM, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSIAM
Kimi K2Huntress Managed ITDR
One alternativeMicrosoft Defender for Identity
against: CrowdStrike Falcon Identity Protection, Silverfort ITDR
Huntress Managed ITDRHeld
Five alternativesAuthologic, Fraud.net, Microsoft Defender for Identity, Push Security, Sophos ITDR
Huntress Managed ITDR
Three alternativesMicrosoft Defender for Identity, Okta Identity Threat Protection, Push Security
against: Silverfort ITDR
Huntress Managed ITDR
Three alternativesGuardz, Microsoft Defender for Identity, Sophos ITDR
against: CrowdStrike, SentinelOne ITDR, Silverfort ITDR
Huntress Managed ITDR, Microsoft Defender for Identity
One alternativeGuardz
against: CrowdStrike, Silverfort ITDR
against: CrowdStrike Falcon Identity Protection, Delinea, SentinelOne Singularity Identity, Silverfort ITDR
GLM 4.7 FlashXHuntress Managed ITDR
One alternativeMicrosoft Defender for Identity
Huntress Managed ITDRHeld
Three alternativesCrowdStrike Falcon Identity Protection, Microsoft Defender for Identity, Sophos Fusion ITDR
Huntress Managed ITDR
Three alternativesMicrosoft Defender for Identity, Silverfort ITDR, Sophos ITDR
Huntress Managed ITDR
Two alternativesMicrosoft Entra ID, Microsoft Entra Identity Protection P1
no first choiceagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Identity Protection, SentinelOne Singularity Identity, Silverfort ITDR
MiniMax M2.5Huntress Managed ITDR
Two alternativesBitdefender GravityZone, Microsoft ITDR
Huntress Managed ITDRHeld
Three alternativesMicrosoft Defender for Identity, Push Security, Silverfort ITDR
Huntress Managed ITDR
Two alternativesMicrosoft Defender for Identity, Push Security
against: Silverfort ITDR
Microsoft Entra ID
One alternativeHuntress Managed ITDR
no first choicenothing named
Bold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against

The record

One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency. Full answer text is in the free responses file. Download the record
Seventy-two rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
PromptModelVersion stringTime (UTC)SearchedSourcesLatency
Direct recommendationClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-10-04 23:31no05 s
Direct recommendationGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-10-05 00:56yes34 s
Direct recommendationGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-10-05 01:15yes1726 s
Direct recommendationPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-10-04 22:46yes183 s
Direct recommendationGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-10-05 00:21yes1710 s
Direct recommendationMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-10-04 22:53yes96 s
Direct recommendationDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra2026-10-05 00:29yes2390 s
Direct recommendationLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-10-05 00:56yes62 s
Direct recommendationQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-10-04 22:23no026 s
Direct recommendationKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-10-05 00:48yes2427 s
Direct recommendationGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-10-05 00:38yes2423 s
Direct recommendationMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-10-05 01:31yes819 s
ParaphraseClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-10-05 01:05no05 s
ParaphraseGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-10-05 00:00yes38 s
ParaphraseGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-10-04 22:47yes1125 s
ParaphrasePerplexity Sonarsonar2026-10-05 00:47yes222 s
ParaphraseGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-10-05 01:30yes248 s
ParaphraseMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-10-05 01:09yes54 s
ParaphraseDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra2026-10-04 22:42yes2130 s
ParaphraseLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-10-05 01:23yes53 s
ParaphraseQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-10-05 00:02yes941 s
ParaphraseKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-10-04 22:09yes1423 s
ParaphraseGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-10-05 01:32yes1715 s
ParaphraseMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-10-05 01:35yes519 s
ComparativeClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-10-05 00:06yes1110 s
ComparativeGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-10-05 01:51yes35 s
ComparativeGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-10-04 23:38yes1527 s
ComparativePerplexity Sonarsonar2026-10-05 01:05yes175 s
ComparativeGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-10-05 00:55yes1811 s
ComparativeMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-10-04 22:13yes1011 s
ComparativeDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra2026-10-04 23:56yes1937 s
ComparativeLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-10-04 22:46yes53 s
ComparativeQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-10-04 23:50yes943 s
ComparativeKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-10-04 23:57yes2257 s
ComparativeGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-10-05 00:53yes2028 s
ComparativeMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-10-05 00:14yes920 s
Budget constrainedClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-10-05 01:41yes97 s
Budget constrainedGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-10-05 01:09yes36 s
Budget constrainedGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-10-04 22:42yes1124 s
Budget constrainedPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-10-05 00:14yes184 s
Budget constrainedGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-10-04 22:11yes198 s
Budget constrainedMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-10-05 00:25yes53 s
Budget constrainedDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra2026-10-05 00:29yes2234 s
Budget constrainedLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-10-04 22:48yes52 s
Budget constrainedQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-10-04 23:21yes518 s
Budget constrainedKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-10-05 00:42yes1013 s
Budget constrainedGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-10-05 00:22yes2459 s
Budget constrainedMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-10-04 22:43yes1123 s
Scale constrainedClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-10-05 01:18yes1810 s
Scale constrainedGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-10-04 23:29yes39 s
Scale constrainedGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-10-05 01:32yes1929 s
Scale constrainedPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-10-05 00:44yes163 s
Scale constrainedGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-10-04 23:56yes1410 s
Scale constrainedMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-10-05 01:08no06 s
Scale constrainedDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra2026-10-05 00:22yes2162 s
Scale constrainedLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-10-05 01:34yes53 s
Scale constrainedQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-10-05 00:03no026 s
Scale constrainedKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-10-05 01:33yes1339 s
Scale constrainedGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-10-04 23:24yes1248 s
Scale constrainedMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-10-05 01:52yes512 s
Negative framingClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-10-05 00:58yes178 s
Negative framingGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-10-05 00:17yes58 s
Negative framingGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-10-04 22:58yes1426 s
Negative framingPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-10-04 22:20yes193 s
Negative framingGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-10-05 00:13yes1312 s
Negative framingMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-10-05 01:18yes56 s
Negative framingDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra2026-10-05 00:20yes1752 s
Negative framingLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-10-05 00:27yes53 s
Negative framingQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-10-05 00:52no031 s
Negative framingKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-10-05 00:26yes2223 s
Negative framingGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-10-05 00:55yes1645 s
Negative framingMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-10-04 22:30yes2032 s

Normalization in this category

Every judgment call made between the raw labels and the numbers above, listed so it is visible and reversible.

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Category-scoped readings
CrowdStrike Falcon Identity read as CrowdStrike Falcon Identity Protection
CrowdStrike Identity Protection read as CrowdStrike Falcon Identity Protection
Huntress read as Huntress Managed ITDR
Okta read as Okta Identity Threat Protection
Okta Identity Threat Protection with Okta AI read as Okta Identity Threat Protection
Palo Alto read as Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSIAM
Palo Alto Networks read as Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSIAM
Semperis read as Semperis Directory Services Protector
Silverfort read as Silverfort ITDR
Sophos read as Sophos ITDR
Unresolved, counted raw
Authologic
Azure AD Identity Protection (Standard Tier)
Cayosoft Guardian Protector (Free/Community)
CrowdStrike Falcon Identity Threat Detection
CrowdStrike Identity Defense
CyberArk One
Defender Suite
Entra ID P2
Fraud.net
Heimdal ITDR
Layer0 Security
Microsoft Entra Identity Protection P1
Microsoft ITDR
Microsoft identity-protection
Okta Identity Threat Detection
Protexxa Defender
Quest Active Directory TDR
Semperis DSP
SentinelOne ITDR
SentinelOne Identity Threat Protection
SentinelOne Singularity Ranger AD
Sophos Fusion ITDR
Tenable.ad
Varonis Platform
Vectra AI Platform (ITDR Starter)
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.
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