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  },
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  },
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    "self_contained_resolve_archive": "not produced",
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    "resolve_recipe_renders": "not produced",
    "resolve_52s_demonstration": "not produced",
    "clean_library_restore": "not run",
    "rendered_fidelity_comparison": "not run",
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    "Permission to create a disposable local project library, import neutral fixtures, export .drp/.dra/.comp/.setting and render.",
    "Access to the reference manual and Developer/Scripting documentation supplied with that installation.",
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  "api_policy": "Offline helpers invoke no Resolve or Fusion API. No guessed API, unattended render, fake .drp, or other-engine render is offered as verification."
}