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Get Test Impact

get-test-impact · Query · CorePlugin · Code analysis

Suggests tests to inspect after changing a resolved symbol, using static direct references to the target or its owning type. This heuristic can include tests that use another member of that type and misses indirect helper-call dependencies; it is not a coverage report or a guarantee of the tests affected. Candidate methods are selected by type names ending in Test, Tests, Spec or Specs, or method names starting GIVEN_ or containing _THEN_Should; test attributes alone do not select candidates. testScope limits candidate documents or projects and defaults to the loaded solution. Returns symbol and a bounded tests collection with test symbols and locations; includeReasons defaults to false. testsLimit defaults to 100; check tests.hasMore for truncation. Does not execute tests.

Availability: Built in and published in every operational mode.

Generated from Roslyn Workbench MCP 0.0.0-dev (0.0.0-dev).

Behaviour annotations

Annotation Value
destructiveHint false
idempotentHint true
openWorldHint false
readOnlyHint true
title "Get Test Impact"

Request

Property Type Required Description
symbol object Yes Provide exactly one of location or documentationCommentId.
testScope object | null No Limits candidate test discovery to the selected documents or projects; omitted searches the loaded solution.
includeReasons boolean No Include explanations of why each returned test may be affected; defaults to false and does not change which tests match.
testsLimit integer | null No Caps returned likely impacted tests. Omitted or null uses 100; zero returns no tests.
expectedSnapshot object | null No Echo the snapshot returned with the data or transaction state used to construct this request.
workspace object | null No Provide workspaceId, alias, path, or any combination.

Response

Success response

Property Type Required Description
ok boolean constant (true) Yes Whether the tool invocation succeeded.
data object | null Yes Tool-specific result payload.
snapshot object Yes Exact immutable workspace snapshot associated with the result, when available.
warnings array No Non-fatal warnings the agent should consider.

Error response

Property Type Required Description
ok boolean constant (false) Yes Whether the tool invocation succeeded.
error object Yes Structured error details when the invocation failed.
continuation oneOf No Action the agent should take before retrying or continuing.
diagnostics array No Diagnostics that explain the failed invocation.
warnings array No Non-fatal warnings the agent should consider.

Error response

Property Type Required Description
ok boolean constant (false) Yes Whether the tool invocation succeeded.
error object Yes Structured error details when the invocation failed.
diagnostics object Yes Diagnostics that explain the failed invocation.
reporting object No Error-reporting workflow available for an unhandled failure.

Bounded collections and continuation

These response locations publish returned items with explicit bounds and continuation state:

  • $/oneOf/0/properties/data/properties/tests

Continuations and required actions

A response may include a structured continuation at the following schema location. Follow its tool call or user-action instruction instead of guessing how to continue:

  • $/oneOf/1/properties/continuation
Complete input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "symbol": {
      "description": "Provide exactly one of location or documentationCommentId.",
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "project": {
          "$ref": "#/$defs/project",
          "description": "Disambiguates symbols with matching identities."
        },
        "location": {
          "description": "Provide exactly one of span or selection.",
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "span": {
              "type": "object",
              "properties": {
                "document": {
                  "$ref": "#/$defs/document",
                  "description": "Provide exactly one of path or documentId."
                },
                "range": {
                  "description": "Zero-based UTF-16 range.",
                  "type": "object",
                  "properties": {
                    "start": {
                      "description": "Zero-based UTF-16 offset.",
                      "type": "integer",
                      "minimum": 0,
                      "maximum": 2147483647
                    },
                    "length": {
                      "description": "UTF-16 code-unit length.",
                      "type": "integer",
                      "minimum": 0,
                      "maximum": 2147483647
                    }
                  }
                }
              },
              "required": [
                "document",
                "range"
              ]
            },
            "selection": {
              "type": "object",
              "properties": {
                "document": {
                  "$ref": "#/$defs/document",
                  "description": "Provide exactly one of path or documentId."
                },
                "selectedText": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "minLength": 1
                },
                "contextBefore": {
                  "type": [
                    "string",
                    "null"
                  ]
                },
                "contextAfter": {
                  "type": [
                    "string",
                    "null"
                  ]
                }
              },
              "required": [
                "document",
                "selectedText"
              ]
            }
          }
        },
        "documentationCommentId": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      }
    },
    "testScope": {
      "description": "Limits candidate test discovery to the selected documents or projects; omitted searches the loaded solution.",
      "type": [
        "object",
        "null"
      ],
      "properties": {
        "kind": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "Solution",
            "Project",
            "Document",
            "Projects"
          ],
          "default": "Solution"
        },
        "project": {
          "$ref": "#/$defs/project",
          "description": "Used only when kind is Project."
        },
        "document": {
          "description": "Used only when kind is Document.",
          "type": [
            "object",
            "null"
          ],
          "properties": {
            "project": {
              "$ref": "#/$defs/project",
              "description": "Disambiguates documents with matching paths or IDs."
            },
            "path": {
              "description": "Workspace-relative path.",
              "type": "string"
            },
            "documentId": {
              "description": "Workspace-local document ID.",
              "type": "string"
            }
          }
        },
        "projects": {
          "description": "Used only when kind is Projects.",
          "type": [
            "array",
            "null"
          ],
          "items": {
            "$ref": "#/$defs/project",
            "description": "Provide projectId, name, path, targetFramework, or any combination."
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "includeReasons": {
      "description": "Include explanations of why each returned test may be affected; defaults to false and does not change which tests match.",
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "testsLimit": {
      "description": "Caps returned likely impacted tests. Omitted or null uses 100; zero returns no tests.",
      "type": [
        "integer",
        "null"
      ],
      "minimum": 0,
      "maximum": 2147483647,
      "default": 100
    },
    "expectedSnapshot": {
      "type": [
        "object",
        "null"
      ],
      "properties": {
        "workspaceId": {
          "type": "string",
          "format": "uuid"
        },
        "workspaceEpoch": {
          "type": "integer"
        },
        "snapshotId": {
          "type": "string",
          "format": "uuid"
        },
        "transactionRevision": {
          "type": [
            "integer",
            "null"
          ]
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "workspaceId",
        "workspaceEpoch",
        "snapshotId",
        "transactionRevision"
      ],
      "description": "Echo the snapshot returned with the data or transaction state used to construct this request."
    },
    "workspace": {
      "description": "Provide workspaceId, alias, path, or any combination.",
      "type": [
        "object",
        "null"
      ],
      "properties": {
        "workspaceId": {
          "type": "string",
          "format": "uuid"
        },
        "alias": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "path": {
          "description": "Absolute workspace path.",
          "type": "string"
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "symbol"
  ],
  "$defs": {
    "project": {
      "type": [
        "object",
        "null"
      ],
      "properties": {
        "projectId": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "name": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "path": {
          "description": "Workspace-relative path.",
          "type": "string"
        },
        "targetFramework": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      }
    },
    "document": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "project": {
          "$ref": "#/$defs/project",
          "description": "Disambiguates documents with matching paths or IDs."
        },
        "path": {
          "description": "Workspace-relative path.",
          "type": "string"
        },
        "documentId": {
          "description": "Workspace-local document ID.",
          "type": "string"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
Complete output schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "oneOf": [
    {
      "type": "object",
      "required": [
        "ok",
        "data",
        "snapshot"
      ],
      "properties": {
        "ok": {
          "const": true,
          "description": "Whether the tool invocation succeeded."
        },
        "data": {
          "type": [
            "object",
            "null"
          ],
          "properties": {
            "symbol": {
              "description": "The queried symbol.",
              "type": [
                "object",
                "null"
              ],
              "properties": {
                "displayName": {
                  "description": "The display name of the symbol.",
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "kind": {
                  "description": "The symbol kind.",
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "documentationCommentId": {
                  "description": "The documentation comment identifier, when available.",
                  "type": [
                    "string",
                    "null"
                  ]
                },
                "location": {
                  "description": "The optional source location of the symbol.",
                  "type": [
                    "object",
                    "null"
                  ],
                  "properties": {
                    "document": {
                      "description": "The resolved document.",
                      "type": [
                        "object",
                        "null"
                      ],
                      "properties": {
                        "documentId": {
                          "description": "The document identifier.",
                          "type": "string"
                        },
                        "path": {
                          "description": "The normalized document path.",
                          "type": "string"
                        },
                        "projectId": {
                          "description": "The owning project identifier.",
                          "type": "string"
                        }
                      },
                      "required": [
                        "documentId",
                        "path",
                        "projectId"
                      ]
                    },
                    "span": {
                      "description": "The resolved text span.",
                      "type": [
                        "object",
                        "null"
                      ],
                      "properties": {
                        "start": {
                          "description": "Zero-based UTF-16 offset.",
                          "type": "integer",
                          "minimum": 0,
                          "maximum": 2147483647
                        },
                        "length": {
                          "description": "UTF-16 code-unit length.",
                          "type": "integer",
                          "minimum": 0,
                          "maximum": 2147483647
                        }
                      }
                    },
                    "line": {
                      "description": "The one-based line number.",
                      "type": "integer"
                    },
                    "column": {
                      "description": "The one-based column number.",
                      "type": "integer"
                    },
                    "snapshot": {
                      "description": "The exact immutable workspace snapshot associated with this location.",
                      "type": "object",
                      "properties": {
                        "workspaceId": {
                          "type": "string",
                          "format": "uuid"
                        },
                        "workspaceEpoch": {
                          "type": "integer"
                        },
                        "snapshotId": {
                          "type": "string",
                          "format": "uuid"
                        },
                        "transactionRevision": {
                          "type": [
                            "integer",
                            "null"
                          ]
                        }
                      },
                      "required": [
                        "workspaceId",
                        "workspaceEpoch",
                        "snapshotId",
                        "transactionRevision"
                      ]
                    },
                    "selector": {
                      "description": "The canonical selector that can resolve this source location again.",
                      "type": [
                        "object",
                        "null"
                      ],
                      "properties": {
                        "span": {
                          "type": "object",
                          "properties": {
                            "document": {
                              "description": "Provide exactly one of path or documentId.",
                              "type": "object",
                              "properties": {
                                "project": {
                                  "description": "Disambiguates documents with matching paths or IDs.",
                                  "type": [
                                    "object",
                                    "null"
                                  ],
                                  "properties": {
                                    "projectId": {
                                      "type": [
                                        "string",
                                        "null"
                                      ]
                                    },
                                    "name": {
                                      "type": [
                                        "string",
                                        "null"
                                      ]
                                    },
                                    "path": {
                                      "description": "Workspace-relative path.",
                                      "type": [
                                        "string",
                                        "null"
                                      ]
                                    },
                                    "targetFramework": {
                                      "type": [
                                        "string",
                                        "null"
                                      ]
                                    }
                                  }
                                },
                                "path": {
                                  "description": "Workspace-relative path.",
                                  "type": [
                                    "string",
                                    "null"
                                  ]
                                },
                                "documentId": {
                                  "description": "Workspace-local document ID.",
                                  "type": [
                                    "string",
                                    "null"
                                  ]
                                }
                              }
                            },
                            "range": {
                              "description": "Zero-based UTF-16 range.",
                              "type": "object",
                              "properties": {
                                "start": {
                                  "description": "Zero-based UTF-16 offset.",
                                  "type": "integer",
                                  "minimum": 0,
                                  "maximum": 2147483647
                                },
                                "length": {
                                  "description": "UTF-16 code-unit length.",
                                  "type": "integer",
                                  "minimum": 0,
                                  "maximum": 2147483647
                                }
                              }
                            }
                          },
                          "required": [
                            "document",
                            "range"
                          ]
                        }
                      },
                      "required": [
                        "span"
                      ]
                    }
                  },
                  "required": [
                    "snapshot"
                  ]
                }
              },
              "required": [
                "displayName",
                "kind"
              ]
            },
            "tests": {
              "description": "The returned impacted tests.",
              "type": "object",
              "properties": {
                "items": {
                  "description": "Items returned in this page.",
                  "type": [
                    "array",
                    "null"
                  ],
                  "items": {
                    "type": "object",
                    "properties": {
                      "test": {
                        "type": [
                          "object",
                          "null"
                        ],
                        "properties": {
                          "displayName": {
                            "description": "The display name of the symbol.",
                            "type": "string"
                          },
                          "kind": {
                            "description": "The symbol kind.",
                            "type": "string"
                          },
                          "documentationCommentId": {
                            "description": "The documentation comment identifier, when available.",
                            "type": [
                              "string",
                              "null"
                            ]
                          },
                          "location": {
                            "description": "The optional source location of the symbol.",
                            "$ref": "#/properties/request/properties/value/properties/symbol/properties/location"
                          }
                        },
                        "required": [
                          "displayName",
                          "kind"
                        ]
                      },
                      "location": {
                        "type": [
                          "object",
                          "null"
                        ],
                        "properties": {
                          "document": {
                            "description": "The resolved document.",
                            "$ref": "#/properties/request/properties/value/properties/symbol/properties/location/properties/document"
                          },
                          "span": {
                            "description": "The resolved text span.",
                            "$ref": "#/properties/request/properties/value/properties/symbol/properties/location/properties/span"
                          },
                          "line": {
                            "description": "The one-based line number.",
                            "type": "integer"
                          },
                          "column": {
                            "description": "The one-based column number.",
                            "type": "integer"
                          },
                          "snapshot": {
                            "description": "The exact immutable workspace snapshot associated with this location.",
                            "$ref": "#/properties/request/properties/value/properties/symbol/properties/location/properties/snapshot"
                          },
                          "selector": {
                            "description": "The canonical selector that can resolve this source location again.",
                            "$ref": "#/properties/request/properties/value/properties/symbol/properties/location/properties/selector"
                          }
                        },
                        "required": [
                          "snapshot"
                        ]
                      },
                      "reasons": {
                        "type": [
                          "array",
                          "null"
                        ],
                        "items": {
                          "type": "string"
                        }
                      }
                    }
                  }
                },
                "hasMore": {
                  "description": "Whether additional items were available beyond this page.",
                  "type": "boolean"
                },
                "totalCount": {
                  "description": "Complete result count, when available without additional expensive work.",
                  "type": [
                    "integer",
                    "null"
                  ]
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "description": "Tool-specific result payload."
        },
        "snapshot": {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "workspaceId": {
              "type": "string",
              "format": "uuid"
            },
            "workspaceEpoch": {
              "type": "integer"
            },
            "snapshotId": {
              "type": "string",
              "format": "uuid"
            },
            "transactionRevision": {
              "type": [
                "integer",
                "null"
              ]
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "workspaceId",
            "workspaceEpoch",
            "snapshotId",
            "transactionRevision"
          ],
          "description": "Exact immutable workspace snapshot associated with the result, when available."
        },
        "warnings": {
          "type": "array",
          "description": "Non-fatal warnings the agent should consider.",
          "items": {
            "$ref": "#/$defs/warningInfo"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "type": "object",
      "required": [
        "ok",
        "error"
      ],
      "properties": {
        "ok": {
          "const": false,
          "description": "Whether the tool invocation succeeded."
        },
        "error": {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "code": {
              "description": "Stable machine-readable error code.",
              "type": "string"
            },
            "message": {
              "description": "Human-readable explanation of the failure.",
              "type": "string"
            },
            "correlationId": {
              "description": "Correlation identifier for matching the failure to server-side diagnostics, when available.",
              "type": [
                "string",
                "null"
              ]
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "code",
            "message"
          ],
          "description": "Structured error details when the invocation failed."
        },
        "continuation": {
          "oneOf": [
            {
              "type": "object",
              "additionalProperties": false,
              "required": [
                "kind",
                "tool",
                "instruction"
              ],
              "properties": {
                "kind": {
                  "const": "CallTool",
                  "description": "Action required before the original request can continue."
                },
                "instruction": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "description": "Agent-facing instruction explaining how to continue.",
                  "minLength": 1
                },
                "tool": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "description": "Tool to call before continuing the original request.",
                  "minLength": 1
                }
              }
            },
            {
              "type": "object",
              "additionalProperties": false,
              "required": [
                "kind",
                "tools",
                "instruction"
              ],
              "properties": {
                "kind": {
                  "const": "ChooseTool",
                  "description": "Action required before the original request can continue."
                },
                "instruction": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "description": "Agent-facing instruction explaining how to continue.",
                  "minLength": 1
                },
                "tools": {
                  "type": "array",
                  "description": "Allowed tool choices from which the agent must select one.",
                  "minItems": 1,
                  "uniqueItems": true,
                  "items": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "description": "Name of a tool the agent may choose.",
                    "minLength": 1
                  }
                }
              }
            },
            {
              "type": "object",
              "additionalProperties": false,
              "required": [
                "kind",
                "instruction"
              ],
              "properties": {
                "kind": {
                  "const": "RetryRequest",
                  "description": "Action required before the original request can continue."
                },
                "instruction": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "description": "Agent-facing instruction explaining how to continue.",
                  "minLength": 1
                }
              }
            },
            {
              "type": "object",
              "additionalProperties": false,
              "required": [
                "kind",
                "instruction"
              ],
              "properties": {
                "kind": {
                  "const": "ReviseRequest",
                  "description": "Action required before the original request can continue."
                },
                "instruction": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "description": "Agent-facing instruction explaining how to continue.",
                  "minLength": 1
                }
              }
            },
            {
              "type": "object",
              "additionalProperties": false,
              "required": [
                "kind",
                "instruction"
              ],
              "properties": {
                "kind": {
                  "const": "ResolveExternally",
                  "description": "Action required before the original request can continue."
                },
                "instruction": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "description": "Agent-facing instruction explaining how to continue.",
                  "minLength": 1
                }
              }
            }
          ],
          "description": "Action the agent should take before retrying or continuing."
        },
        "diagnostics": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "id": {
                "description": "The diagnostic identifier.",
                "type": "string"
              },
              "severity": {
                "description": "The diagnostic severity.",
                "type": "string",
                "enum": [
                  "Hidden",
                  "Info",
                  "Warning",
                  "Error"
                ]
              },
              "message": {
                "description": "The diagnostic message.",
                "type": "string"
              },
              "location": {
                "description": "The optional source location of the diagnostic.",
                "type": [
                  "object",
                  "null"
                ],
                "properties": {
                  "document": {
                    "description": "The resolved document.",
                    "type": [
                      "object",
                      "null"
                    ],
                    "properties": {
                      "documentId": {
                        "description": "The document identifier.",
                        "type": "string"
                      },
                      "path": {
                        "description": "The normalized document path.",
                        "type": "string"
                      },
                      "projectId": {
                        "description": "The owning project identifier.",
                        "type": "string"
                      }
                    },
                    "required": [
                      "documentId",
                      "path",
                      "projectId"
                    ]
                  },
                  "span": {
                    "description": "The resolved text span.",
                    "type": [
                      "object",
                      "null"
                    ],
                    "properties": {
                      "start": {
                        "description": "Zero-based UTF-16 offset.",
                        "type": "integer",
                        "minimum": 0,
                        "maximum": 2147483647
                      },
                      "length": {
                        "description": "UTF-16 code-unit length.",
                        "type": "integer",
                        "minimum": 0,
                        "maximum": 2147483647
                      }
                    }
                  },
                  "line": {
                    "description": "The one-based line number.",
                    "type": "integer"
                  },
                  "column": {
                    "description": "The one-based column number.",
                    "type": "integer"
                  },
                  "snapshot": {
                    "description": "The exact immutable workspace snapshot associated with this location.",
                    "type": "object",
                    "properties": {
                      "workspaceId": {
                        "type": "string",
                        "format": "uuid"
                      },
                      "workspaceEpoch": {
                        "type": "integer"
                      },
                      "snapshotId": {
                        "type": "string",
                        "format": "uuid"
                      },
                      "transactionRevision": {
                        "type": [
                          "integer",
                          "null"
                        ]
                      }
                    },
                    "required": [
                      "workspaceId",
                      "workspaceEpoch",
                      "snapshotId",
                      "transactionRevision"
                    ]
                  },
                  "selector": {
                    "description": "The canonical selector that can resolve this source location again.",
                    "type": [
                      "object",
                      "null"
                    ],
                    "properties": {
                      "span": {
                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
                          "document": {
                            "description": "Provide exactly one of path or documentId.",
                            "type": "object",
                            "properties": {
                              "project": {
                                "description": "Disambiguates documents with matching paths or IDs.",
                                "type": [
                                  "object",
                                  "null"
                                ],
                                "properties": {
                                  "projectId": {
                                    "type": [
                                      "string",
                                      "null"
                                    ]
                                  },
                                  "name": {
                                    "type": [
                                      "string",
                                      "null"
                                    ]
                                  },
                                  "path": {
                                    "description": "Workspace-relative path.",
                                    "type": [
                                      "string",
                                      "null"
                                    ]
                                  },
                                  "targetFramework": {
                                    "type": [
                                      "string",
                                      "null"
                                    ]
                                  }
                                }
                              },
                              "path": {
                                "description": "Workspace-relative path.",
                                "type": [
                                  "string",
                                  "null"
                                ]
                              },
                              "documentId": {
                                "description": "Workspace-local document ID.",
                                "type": [
                                  "string",
                                  "null"
                                ]
                              }
                            }
                          },
                          "range": {
                            "description": "Zero-based UTF-16 range.",
                            "type": "object",
                            "properties": {
                              "start": {
                                "description": "Zero-based UTF-16 offset.",
                                "type": "integer",
                                "minimum": 0,
                                "maximum": 2147483647
                              },
                              "length": {
                                "description": "UTF-16 code-unit length.",
                                "type": "integer",
                                "minimum": 0,
                                "maximum": 2147483647
                              }
                            }
                          }
                        },
                        "required": [
                          "document",
                          "range"
                        ]
                      }
                    },
                    "required": [
                      "span"
                    ]
                  }
                },
                "required": [
                  "snapshot"
                ]
              }
            },
            "required": [
              "id",
              "message"
            ]
          },
          "description": "Diagnostics that explain the failed invocation."
        },
        "warnings": {
          "type": "array",
          "description": "Non-fatal warnings the agent should consider.",
          "items": {
            "$ref": "#/$defs/warningInfo"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "type": "object",
      "required": [
        "ok",
        "error",
        "diagnostics"
      ],
      "properties": {
        "ok": {
          "const": false,
          "description": "Whether the tool invocation succeeded."
        },
        "error": {
          "type": "object",
          "required": [
            "code",
            "message",
            "correlationId"
          ],
          "properties": {
            "code": {
              "const": "UnhandledException"
            },
            "message": {
              "const": "Tool execution failed."
            },
            "correlationId": {
              "type": "string",
              "format": "uuid"
            }
          },
          "description": "Structured error details when the invocation failed."
        },
        "diagnostics": {
          "type": "object",
          "required": [
            "detailsAvailable",
            "detailsTool"
          ],
          "properties": {
            "detailsAvailable": {
              "const": true
            },
            "detailsTool": {
              "const": "get-error-details"
            }
          },
          "description": "Diagnostics that explain the failed invocation."
        },
        "reporting": {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "state": {
              "type": "string",
              "enum": [
                "Available",
                "AlwaysApproved",
                "DisabledByConfiguration",
                "ApprovalUnavailable"
              ]
            },
            "canPrepare": {
              "type": "boolean"
            },
            "prepareTool": {
              "type": [
                "string",
                "null"
              ]
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "state"
          ],
          "description": "Error-reporting workflow available for an unhandled failure."
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "$defs": {
    "warningInfo": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "code": {
          "description": "The stable machine-readable warning code.",
          "type": "string"
        },
        "message": {
          "description": "The human-readable warning message.",
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "code",
        "message"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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