What’s New with Sketch — Latest Updates and Features (Page 15)

Bug Fixes

Fixes a crasher with complex Symbols, a security vulnerability in Mirror Web, and a bug where reordering pages could detach Symbols.

Bug Fixes (3)

Fixes a bug where Sketch could crash on complex documents
Fixes a security vulnerability in Mirror Web
Fixes a bug where reordering pages could detach Symbols

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Bug Fixes

Performance and fixes bugs relating to background blur, layer selection, layout grids, and fixes for two crashers.

Other Enhancements (15)

Performance improvements when selecting Artboards in the Canvas
Fixes a bug where Artboards couldn’t be dragged in the Canvas after they’d been selected
Fixes a bug where Pages could be greyed out in the Pages List
Fixes a bug where the Layer List would fail to render previews of complex dash patterns
Fixes a bug where the Canvas would stop rendering content altogether in complex documents
Fixes a bug where Sketch could hang when another layer was selected in a complex document
Fixes a bug where background blurs would not render properly if they had a shadow applied
Fixes a bug where background blurs would display white areas around their edges
Fixes a bug where multiple background blurs in the same Artboard resulted in rendering problems
Fixes a bug where dragging the export preview from Sketch to the Finder created a file name with two periods
Fixes a bug where layers could not be selected inside groups even when the CMD key was pressed
Fixes a bug where rows could be missing from the Layout Grid when scrolling or zooming
Fixes a crash that could occur after text editing had ended
Fixes a crash that could occur when trying to show Border Options if the selected layer had no border
Fixes a few UI bugs in Mirror for Web

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Bug Fix

Fixes a bug where shadows would not clip under transparent fills.

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Sketch Mirror

Brand new Sketch Mirror for iOS with USB connectivity, iPad Pro support, and greater performance.

Better Undo

Undo has been rewritten from the ground up to be faster and more reliable.

Performance Updates

Improved performance for things like background blur, scrolling, and caching.

Bug Fixes

Improved performance for things like background blur, scrolling, and caching.

Other Enhancements (9)

Horizontal and vertical guides can now be removed independently of each other in the Rulers
The Edit toolbar item can now also be used to edit text layers
Any negative rotation values entered are now stored instead of being converted to a positive value
If a layer is hidden and locked we now show the hide icon in the Layer List, opposed to the lock icon
When hiding the Inspector, Sketch will now close any open popovers
The Canvas now updates when you move the application window between multiple displays with different color profiles
New vector points added to a straight path will now be added as a Straight point instead of Mirrored
Improves SVG importing by now recognizing rotations around a specific origin point
Improves SVG importing by adding support for percentage-based layer positions

Performance (4)

Improves performance in documents that have many layers with background blur applied
Improves rendering performance during scrolling
Improves performance when rotating copies
Improves caching for further performance enhancement

Fixes (23)

Fixes a bug that could crash Sketch whilst trying to register without any open documents
Fixes a bug where editing a radial gradient could leave unwanted artifacts on the Canvas
Fixes a bug where imported images could be scaled down too much by accounting for both a high DPI, and “@2x” suffixes
Fixes a bug where Sketch could freeze when using long Layout Grids
Fixes a bug where Layer List previews could disappear after undo
Fixes a bug where some old documents would not pan or zoom reliably
Fixes a bug where SVG imports would not work when its colors were specified as rgba()
Fixes a bug where Sketch would be erratic after disconnecting it from Full Screen on an external display
Fixes a bug where deleting the first Page would select the last Page in the list, instead of the second
Fixes a bug where moving Artboards in the Canvas could change their order in the Layer List
Fixes a bug where the Layer List would jump unexpectedly when expanding groups
Fixes a bug where vector points could become disconnected
Fixes a bug where changing boolean operations via the Layer List would reset a layer’s rotation
Fixes layer selection and scrolling issues in the Layer List
Fixes a bug where selecting multiple layers in the Layer List could unexpectedly deselect other layers
Fixes a bug where the Layer List wouldn’t update its icons when removing sub-paths
Fixes a bug where selecting multiple layers in the Layer List might not refresh the Canvas properly
Fixes a rare crasher when rendering complex documents
Fixes a refreshing issue when rotating a shape’s sub-paths
Fixes an issue exporting objects with rounded corners in SVG
Fixes a bug where some SVG files wouldn’t import if they had SVG namespaces defined
Empty groups are no longer present after an SVG import
Fixes aliasing issues along the edges of some layers using background blur

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Bug Fixes

A fix for bug when printing Artboards, and a bug fix relating to detaching Symbol instances.

Other Enhancements (8)

New Symbols created from Artboards are now named after the Artboard, rather than being renamed to ‘Symbol’
SketchTool now dumps Symbol overrides as a dictionary instead of a string
Fixes a crash that could occur when swapping a Symbol instance in the Inspector
Fixes a crash that could occur when reverting changes
Fixes a bug where printing Artboards resulted in blank pages
Fixes a bug where Sketch would hang after choosing ‘Paste Here’, having copied a layer style
Fixes a bug where Symbol instance layer styles would not be applied to the Group created when detaching an instance from its Symbol
Fixes a bug where Symbol instances could end up detached when reordering pages

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Faster Exporting

Greatly increases the speed of exporting images out of complex documents.

Fixed PDF Exporting

Symbols will no longer be included in PDF export.

Bug Fixes

Various bug fixes for Symbol migration, and fixes for two crashers.

Other Enhancements (9)

Greatly increases the speed of exporting images out of complex documents
Exporting to PDF will now ignore Symbol Artboards
Fixes a crash in SVG exporting
Fixes a crash when selecting Symbol instances with missing overrides
Contextual menu for rulers once again shows proper check marks when the properties are enabled
Fixes a bug where migrated Symbols could lose their shadow or opacity
Fixes a bug related to overrides on empty text layers
Fixes a bug when pasting Symbols with missing masters
Fixes a bug where a Slice’s background wouldn’t be properly reflected in the Inspector

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New Symbols

Redesigned and more powerful than before. You can now nest symbols and set image and text overrides.

Manual Style Sync

Shared Styles now no longer sync automatically, to help ensure there is less accidental edits.

Performance Updates

Improved performance on complex documents with many gradients, shadows, and blend modes.

Preservation of Missing Fonts

Missing fonts will be preserved if a Sketch file containing them is opened on another machine.

New Symbols (6)

Symbols have been redesigned from the ground up. They are now faster, enable the ability to nest Symbols, override images in instances, and much more
Symbols can now be nested as deep as you want
You can now override images in Symbol instances alongside text
Text overrides are more flexible and they now move their trailing layers
New Symbol text overrides deal with mixed text styles in overridden text boxes better
Copying Symbols and Styles between documents no longer updates existing Symbols and Styles in the document, but creates a new one instead

Other Enhancements (12)

Files saved with Sketch 3.7 will no longer lose their fonts when opened on another system where those fonts are missing
Shared Styles now no longer sync automatically, to help ensure there is less accidental edits
The Make Grid sheet has been improved and streamlined getting rid of the old and confusing Boxed settings
You can now ungroup Artboards like you can ungroup normal groups
Improved Distribute functions by now asking what to do if we can’t distribute evenly on full pixels
When syncing Text Style changes between layers, we now also keep the baselines of the other instances intact
Artboards can now be auto-sized to fit their contents with a single action
Sketch now remembers the width of the Layer List between windows
When entering groups using the keyboard, we now select the top-most instead of bottom-most layer
Sketch now remembers if you had the Page Panel open or not
Updates the visual style of points and handles when editing vector shapes
Improvements to the scripting panel with proper undo support and syntax highlighting

Performance (8)

Improves performance with blurred layers
Improves performance for complex documents using many rectangles
Improves performance when using angular gradients
Improved performance when selecting many layers on the Canvas
Improves performance when zooming into complex documents with masks or blend modes
Performance improvements when inserting new layers in complex documents
Minor performance improvements to the Layer List
Improved performance for mouse hover blue highlights on text layers

SVG Export (6)

SVG export now supports inner and outer borders and blend modes for individual fills
Improves accuracy of shadows in SVG export
SVG export now also includes Image fills
SVG export now also includes the Artboard’s background
SVG export now includes Noise fills
Adds an item to the right-click menu to copy SVG code to the clipboard for the selected layers

Fixes (19)

Fixes a bug where the contextual menu for Masks wasn’t checked in all cases
Fixes a bug where going to File > Export would change your selection to a near exportable layer
Fixes a rare crasher when using the Color Picker
Fixes a bug in Artboard exporting where a background might be included even if the option was unchecked
Fixes a bug that would crash Sketch when making a grid out of Slices
Fixes a bug where Artboards created around masked layers could sometimes not include the Artboard when moved
Fixes a crash where inserting an image in shape edit mode could crash Sketch
Fixes a bug where resized sub-paths could be clipped unexpectedly
Fixes a bug where the delete key wouldn’t work after moving layers back or forth in the hierarchy
Fixes a bug where Symbols and Shared Styles wouldn’t be copied across to other documents when dragging entire pages via the Layer List
The Layer List now shows the correct preview when editing shapes
Fixes a bug where hiding the Artboard shadow wouldn’t have an immediate effect
Fixes a confusing issue in the shape editor where the handles would sometimes be drawn for multiple selections, and sometimes not
Fixes a rare crasher that could appear after closing our Welcome window
Fixes a small issue where the Make Exportable option would disappear while you were moving layers around
Fixes a bug where copying some text from Safari could result in inexplicable padding for the new text
Fixes a rare bug where layers could fail to reorder
Fixes a possible crash when pasting layer styles
Fixes a bug where Sketch could stall when dropping invalid content on the Canvas

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Bug Fixes

Fixes a zoom bug, a text editing crash and PDF import issue.

Fixes (3)

Fixes a crash when editing text layers with non-integral widths
Fixes a crash when importing complex vectors from Illustrator
Fixes behaviour when zooming in on selection

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Text Improvements

A number of improvements that fixes baseline and line height issues with text layers.

Better SVG Support

Importing and exporting SVGs see a number of improvements and changes.

Performance Enhancements

More power! Sketch is better at handling large, and complex documents.

Improved Rendering

Bug fixes and updates that helps redrawing and refreshing.

Text Improvements (12)

Sketch now maintains consistent baseline spacing for paragraphs with a fixed line height
When changing the typeface or font size for a text layer, the layer is repositioned to maintain the first baseline position
Baseline snapping for multi-line text now uses the first baseline rather than the last
Text layer character spacing can now be set to “auto”, allowing the font’s native kerning to be applied
New text layers use “auto” line height rather than inheriting what was previously used
Text layer “auto” line height is now distinct from fixed line height of the same value, and the Inspector now shows the “auto” value as its placeholder
Text in the font weight menu is now vertically centred
Glyphs for fonts that use swashes such as Zapfino are no longer clipped when editing
The Type > Underline menu item now works as expected for selected text layers as well as selections when editing
Fixes a bug where the insertion point was missing when editing right-aligned text
Fixes a bug where text would not always be properly italicised when using the shortcuts from the menu
Text rendering is no longer sub-pixel anti-aliased for performance reasons, and improved consistency with mobile platforms

SVG Improvements (5)

SVG export now exports much more compact SVG files by doing away with unnecessary prefixes
SVG importing and exporting now supports blend modes
SVG export is improved by now also including shadows on groups in the export
Fixes a bug where font weight information was lost when exporting to SVG
Fixes a bug where rounded corners in polygons are not exported properly to SVG

Performance Improvements (7)

Improves performance when using Sketch on an external display
Improves general drawing performance and reduces power consumption
Improves performance when hovering layers for selecting them in complex documents
Improves scrolling and zooming performance in the Canvas
Improves zooming performance in complex documents
Improves application performance using improved caching
Improves performance when opening large documents

Enhancements (10)

Improves the masking toolbar item and makes the contextual ‘Use Mask’ menu item smarter too
Improved pasting behaviour by now pasting on above any selected layers
Improves importing of retina or high-DPI images into Sketch by automatically scaling them down to their logical size
Added an item to the menu to make a layer exportable
Convert to Outlines and Vectorize Stroke have been merged into a single action to avoid confusion
Names for the Pixel Fitting, and Round to Pixel actions are now consistent
Shapes combined using Boolean Operations now have predictable names
The file format now includes metadata to indicate whether it has been autosaved or not
The Pencil tool has a new cursor to distinguish it better from the Pen tool
Updated icons in the Layer List slightly for better consistency

Fixes (26)

Fixes a crash where Sketch could crash when displaying the Open panel on external displays
Fixes a rare crash where documents wouldn’t open if they contained incorrect text style objects
Fixes a regression which prevented legacy plugins being installed by double-clicking
Fixes a bug where older documents may not have opened correctly
Fixes a bug where opening multiple complex documents could halt Sketch
Fixes a bug where the Export panel would not warn users when they were about to export two layers with the same name
Fixes a bug where inserting the same preset Artboard multiple times would give them the same name
Fixes a bug where flattening an Artboard to a bitmap would not include its background
Fixes a bug where dragging images into the Canvas could have them end up in unexpected places
Fixes a bug where Sketch could crash when loading documents with certain color profiles
Fixes a bug where scaling a layer could have unexpected results if a text field in the Inspector still had focus
Fixes a bug where Sketch could crash unexpectedly when in trial-mode
Fixes a bug where Artboards with truncated titles would still be selectable in their truncated area
Fixes a bug where Artboards in the Layer List would be automatically collapsed when they didn’t contain selected layers
Fixes a bug where the color popover would prevent zoom gestures in the Canvas
Fixes a bug where rendering would not update when the color popover is open
Fixes a bug where moving layers would be very slow in Sketch when the font panel was open
Fixes a bug where converting text in multiple Artboards to outlines would cause layers to jump between Artboards
Fixes a bug where importing PDF files or copying data from Adobe Illustrator with certain color profiles could crash Sketch
Fixes a bug where outlining a path would lose the name of the layer
Fixes a bug where ungrouping rotated groups could result in some layers appearing flipped
Fixes a bug where image layers could change in size after editing
Fixes a bug where back-tabbing through vector points in the shape editor could skip some points
When changing a text layer, the line height or spacing now operates on the paragraph enclosing the selection
Renaming a layer is now disabled when the Layer List is hidden
Fixes for various other crashes

Rendering (4)

Fixes a refresh issue when toggling masks on or off
Fixes a bug where Slices wouldn’t export the background color of an Artboard
Fixes a bug which prevented the Canvas redrawing correctly when dragging some text layers
Noise patterns are now more accurate when zoomed in

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Bug Fix

Fixes a vulnerability in the updater by now delivering all updates over https.

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Bug Fix

Fixes a bug where PDF and EPS files copied from Illustrator would not import correctly.

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Speed Improvements

Greatly speeds up working with large documents and performing complex operations.

Performance Updates

Better caching for multiple blends, complex bezier paths, and for documents with large images.

Performance (13)

Improved rendering performance during complex operations such as moving many objects and undoing big changes
Improved performance while zooming and panning the canvas
Background blurs that are effectively disabled with a 0 radius will no longer slow down rendering
Improved performance when making large grids of layers
Much improved performance when moving large numbers of objects
Improved performance when making edits in large artboards
Improved performance for drawing paths with a dash pattern
Improved performance when working with multiple blended layers due to smarter caching
Performance improvements when using complex bezier paths due to smarter caching
Significant performance improvements when rendering documents with large images scaled down to small sizes due to better caching
Improves performance when doing Rotate Copies with many selected layers
Improves performance when moving multiple layers using the keyboard arrow keys
Improved performance when moving layers around in large documents with nested groups that have been open for a long time

Changes (6)

Artboard titles now truncate, so as not to extend beyond the edge, and get hidden if the artboard is very narrow.
Subpixel anti-aliasing has been turned off for all documents and the default setting is off - we soon expect to drop support for it entirely
We removed the Retina Canvas checkbox from preferences since it was a confusing setting
Fixes a bug where changing border opacity could in rare cases affect the opacity of layers above it
Fixes a rare bug where grey shadows could be tinted with the color of a fill from another layer
Fixes a bug where the canvas could flicker white when making edits

Improvements (26)

When resizing a text layer from the bottom we now also scale line height along
Holding the Option key in the shape editor now hides all overlay points for better precision
Rotate toolbar action is now disabled when there are no layers selected
When you drag a shape onto another shape in the Layer List it now creates a Union operation with the two by default
When creating a new Group, it is now just called ‘Group’ instead of a combination of its child layer names
Distributing layers horizontally or vertically now also takes the Pixel Fitting preference into account
Improves the previews in the Layer List for boolean operation subpaths
New images are now always inserted above the selected layer
When rotating a layer we now show the current degrees as a tooltip with the mouse
Added tooltips to many buttons that were lacking them
Running scripts should now release their memory after they’re done running
Subsequent exports will now remember which slices you had enabled the previous time so it becomes easier to repeatedly export the same set
Updated the iOS Icon Template
When exporting artboards to a PDF, the default file name is now the name of the document.
When hovering a shape with dashed borders, the hovering outline is no longer dashed
The contextual menu that appears when right-clicking on a ruler now includes an item to remove all guides along that ruler.
Rearranged the text fields in the Scale sheet to put the percentage first, since that’s the most common action when scaling
Shared Styles and Symbols now truncate their names less aggressively when displayed in menus.
The list of used fonts in a document now includes all pages, and not only the current one
Reduced the minimum size of a new shape created by dragging to 1 (was 4).
Dragging a selection rectangle outside an artboard will no longer select any layers in the artboard.
Adds the ability to export slices in SketchTool using their ID instead of the layer name
Added a toolbar icon for the common action of Aligning Layers to Pixel Edge
Applying a mask to multiple layers now disables the ‘Ignore Underlying Mask’ setting on the layers, to avoid confusion.
When reducing the size of images we now display a warning dialog explaining the effects
Improves the consistency of alignment icons when aligning to layers or artboards

Fixes (33)

Fixes a rare bug where images could get lost between saving a document and reopening it
Fixes a bug where changing lists in text layers would not cause proper refresh
Fixes a bug in the vector editor where a straight line with one faux Mirrored point could disappear
Scale sheet no longer accepts negative values for its width and height fields
Fixes a bug where symbols could be pasted into each other in some cases
Fixes a crash that could happen when changing selection in or out of Full Screen mode.
Fixes a bug in SketchTool where it would fail to dump the contents of certain documents
Fixes a bug where hitting the export button while an export-size field still had focus wouldn’t register the last edit and thus export at the wrong size
Fixes a bug where resized image layers could be blurry when exported to larger resolutions
Fixes a bug where SVG code copied from Illustrator could be inserted as plain text instead
Fixes a bug where the Trial notification in the corner of the window could stick around even after registering successfully
Fixes a bug where multiple overlapping Background Blurs could crash Sketch
Fixes a bug where the canvas could flicker white after zooming in or out
Fixes a bug where moving layers around using the keyboard in groups with opacity could lead to unexpected clipping
Fixes a bug where closing documents could crash Sketch in rare cases
Fixes a bug where undoing edits to Shared Styles could hang Sketch
Fixes a bug where duplicated artboards could end on top of existing artboards
Fixes a bug where Layout Settings of the last selected Artboard could in rare cases be applied to all Artboards
Fixes a bug where documents could be immediately marked as edited again after saving
Fixes a bug in the Artboard Preset-panel that would allow you to summon it multiple times
Fixes a rare bug whereby documents could be corrupted when saved to disk
Fixes a bug where the Artboard Preset-panel wouldn’t remember the name you gave it
Fixes a bug where pasted layers would end up at the top of their group instead of inserted above the selected layer
Fixes a bug where the Layer List would be too slow, or incorrect, in refreshing its previews after layers had been reordered
Fixes a bug where Artboards with a background color would also draw that color on other slices
Fixes a bug where selecting the Arrow tool would instead select the Line tool in the toolbar
Fixes a bug where open lines would make it impossible to select layers below them because their non-existent fill would intercept the click
Fixes a bug where the Feedback menu might misbehave when there was no internet connection
Fixes a bug where flattened layers would take the background color of their parent artboard
Fixes a bug where opening the ‘Organise Symbols’ sheet would deselect all objects on the Canvas.
Fixes a bug where it would be near impossible to select small text layers
Fixes a bug where reordering paths in boolean operations could reset the operation
And various crashes have been fixed

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Bug Fixes and Speed

Fixes a bug where symbols could get unlinked and old documents could take too long to open.

SketchTool and Deployment

Improves compatibility with certain corporate installers. Also improves SketchTool exporting.

Enhancements (3)

Updated iOS App Icon Template
Improved SketchTool by allowing exporting by ID: Use –use-id-for-name option
Improves compatibility with Corporate Installers and their codesigning

Fixes (4)

Fixes a bug where opening large documents created in older versions would take far too long
Fixes a bug where changing the name of a text layer in the list view would not stick
Fixes a bug where SketchTool would fail to dump the tree structure of entire documents in certain cases
Fixes a bug where Shared Styles or Symbols could get unlinked when renaming them

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Bug Fixes

Fixes a bug in scripting and in editing some images.

Fixes (4)

Fixes a bug in scripting which sometimes returned the incorrect document
Fixes a crash with documents using Shared Text Styles
Fixes an issue where the Layer List would not be refreshed properly when deleting layers
Fixes a bug when editing non-transparent images

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Bug Fixes

Improves performance and fixes bugs related to rendering, images, pdf export and more.

Enhancements (4)

Added iPad Pro and tvOS Artboard Presets
Added option to indicate whether the opacity of an image should translate to its fill
Improves the behaviour of the Layer List auto-collapsing after deleting layers
Updated iOS UI Design Template

Fixes (14)

Fixes a bug where images with fills would blend unexpectedly
Fixed a bug where some text layers would display the first line at the wrong position
Fixed a bug where legacy 9-slice images would not render properly
Fixed a crash when editing gradient fills on 10.11
Fixed a rendering bug where layer blend modes in combination with shadows and fills could look differently
Fixed a possible crash in documents with multiple background blurs
Fixed a crash when exporting layers at very small sizes
Fixes a significant memory leak in documents using many artboards
Fixes a bug where certain PDFs would not import properly
Fixes a rare bug where some symbols would fail to sync their changes across
Fixes a rare bug where edited images could disappear
Fixes a bug where transparent images could be trimmed on import
Fixes a couple of bugs in Boolean Operations
Fixes a bug that would seem to prevent documents from saving

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Bug Fixes

Fixes various crashes and bugs related to rendering, plug-ins, zooming and more.

Enhancements (5)

Updated iOS UI Design Template.
Added support for menu separators in Plugin options (“-“)
Improved behaviour when entering values in the border dash fields.
Improved behaviour of insertion point color when editing text.
Improved capitalization style consistency in Preferences.

Fixes (14)

Fixed a crash where shared layer styles may be wrongly applied to text
Fixed a crash when setting text colors with non-RGB color spaces
Fixed a crash when pressing Escape in an empty font search field
Fixed a crash when using the color picker in Grid or Layout Settings
Fixed a crash that could occur when closing documents
Fixed a rare crash that could occur when rendering was cancelled
Fixed an issue that caused some Plugins to stop working
Fixed an issue in Boolean operations which reversed operations for orthogonal shapes
Fixed an issue when a dash length shorter than 1 was entered
Fixed an issue where two levels of zoom may be seen at once when pinching to zoom
Fixed an issue when copying multiple shadow’s CSS properties when one shadow was disabled
Fixed an issue where a selected Artboard could not be moved on the canvas
Fixed an issue where pressing Z and then ⌥ (Option), and then clicking multiple times, would only zoom out once
Fixed an issue where having invalid characters in the filename would prevent Local Sharing from working correctly

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