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+{
+  "updateTime": "2019-09-17T12:09:52.139104Z",
+  "sources": [
+    {
+      "template": {
+        "name": "python_library",
+        "origin": "synthtool.gcp",
+        "version": "2019.5.2"
+      }
+    }
+  ]
+}
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