diff --git a/ProcessLib/PhaseField/Tests.cmake b/ProcessLib/PhaseField/Tests.cmake
index 29c3a780e48a70d7e00e759b590cc699177a4f0d..596d0e315b2e1b5b2ab26d998851d893afc83291 100644
--- a/ProcessLib/PhaseField/Tests.cmake
+++ b/ProcessLib/PhaseField/Tests.cmake
@@ -10,3 +10,56 @@ AddTest(
expected_cube_1e0_pcs_0_ts_10000_t_1.000000.vtu cube_1e0_pcs_0_ts_10000_t_1.000000.vtu displacement displacement 1e-6 1e-6
expected_cube_1e0_pcs_0_ts_10000_t_1.000000.vtu cube_1e0_pcs_0_ts_10000_t_1.000000.vtu phasefield phasefield 1e-6 1e-6
)
+
+AddTest(
+ NAME PhaseField_2D_StaticHydraulicFracture
+ PATH PhaseField
+ EXECUTABLE ogs
+ EXECUTABLE_ARGS 2D_static.prj
+ WRAPPER time
+ TESTER vtkdiff
+ REQUIREMENTS NOT (OGS_USE_LIS OR OGS_USE_MPI)
+ DIFF_DATA
+ expected_2D_StaticCrack_pcs_1_ts_1_t_1.000000.vtu 2D_StaticCrack_pcs_1_ts_1_t_1.000000.vtu displacement displacement 1e-15 1e-15
+ expected_2D_StaticCrack_pcs_1_ts_1_t_1.000000.vtu 2D_StaticCrack_pcs_1_ts_1_t_1.000000.vtu phasefield phasefield 1e-15 1e-15
+ )
+
+AddTest(
+ NAME PhaseField_3D_beam_LARGE
+ PATH PhaseField
+ EXECUTABLE ogs
+ EXECUTABLE_ARGS beam3d_stag_1pcs.prj
+ WRAPPER time
+ TESTER vtkdiff
+ REQUIREMENTS NOT (OGS_USE_LIS OR OGS_USE_MPI)
+ DIFF_DATA
+ expected_beam3_stag1pcsAT2_pcs_1_ts_10_t_1.000000.vtu beam3_stag1pcsAT2_pcs_1_ts_10_t_1.000000.vtu displacement displacement 1e-15 1e-15
+ expected_beam3_stag1pcsAT2_pcs_1_ts_10_t_1.000000.vtu beam3_stag1pcsAT2_pcs_1_ts_10_t_1.000000.vtu phasefield phasefield 1e-15 1e-15
+ )
+
+
+AddTest(
+ NAME LARGE_PhaseField_Staggered_square_line
+ PATH PhaseField
+ EXECUTABLE ogs
+ EXECUTABLE_ARGS square_line_h_400.prj
+ WRAPPER time
+ TESTER vtkdiff
+ REQUIREMENTS NOT (OGS_USE_LIS OR OGS_USE_MPI)
+ DIFF_DATA
+ square_line_h_400_pcs_0_ts_400000_t_400.000000.vtu square_line_h_400_pcs_0_ts_400000_t_400.000000.vtu displacement displacement 1e-16 0
+ square_line_h_400_pcs_0_ts_400000_t_400.000000.vtu square_line_h_400_pcs_0_ts_400000_t_400.000000.vtu phasefield phasefield 1e-16 0
+ )
+
+AddTest(
+ NAME LARGE_PhaseField_Staggered_square_shear
+ PATH PhaseField
+ EXECUTABLE ogs
+ EXECUTABLE_ARGS square_shear_h_400.prj
+ WRAPPER time
+ TESTER vtkdiff
+ REQUIREMENTS NOT (OGS_USE_LIS OR OGS_USE_MPI)
+ DIFF_DATA
+ square_shear_h_400_pcs_0_ts_30000_t_300.000000.vtu square_shear_h_400_pcs_0_ts_30000_t_300.000000.vtu displacement displacement 1e-16 0
+ square_shear_h_400_pcs_0_ts_30000_t_300.000000.vtu square_shear_h_400_pcs_0_ts_30000_t_300.000000.vtu phasefield phasefield 1e-16 0
+ )
diff --git a/Tests/Data/PhaseField/2D_static.prj b/Tests/Data/PhaseField/2D_static.prj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1c99b5b3605e7217d9acde25be9c73f0f4a943be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/Data/PhaseField/2D_static.prj
@@ -0,0 +1,306 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
+<OpenGeoSysProject>
+ <mesh>cracked_medium_ic.vtu</mesh>
+ <geometry>bar.gml</geometry>
+ <processes>
+ <process>
+ <name>PhaseField</name>
+ <type>PHASE_FIELD</type>
+ <coupling_scheme>staggered</coupling_scheme>
+ <integration_order>2</integration_order>
+ <constitutive_relation>
+ <type>LinearElasticIsotropic</type>
+ <youngs_modulus>E</youngs_modulus>
+ <poissons_ratio>nu</poissons_ratio>
+ </constitutive_relation>
+ <phasefield_parameters>
+ <residual_stiffness>k</residual_stiffness>
+ <crack_resistance>gc</crack_resistance>
+ <crack_length_scale>ls</crack_length_scale>
+ <kinetic_coefficient>M</kinetic_coefficient>
+ <history_field>H</history_field>
+ </phasefield_parameters>
+ <solid_density>rho_sr</solid_density>
+ <process_variables>
+ <phasefield>phasefield</phasefield>
+ <displacement>displacement</displacement>
+ </process_variables>
+ <specific_body_force>0 0 </specific_body_force>
+ </process>
+ </processes>
+ <time_loop>
+ <global_process_coupling>
+ <max_iter> 1000 </max_iter>
+ <convergence_criteria>
+ <!-- convergence criterion for the first process -->
+ <convergence_criterion>
+ <type>DeltaX</type>
+ <norm_type>INFINITY_N</norm_type>
+ <abstol>1.e-1</abstol>
+ <reltol>1.e-1</reltol>
+ </convergence_criterion>
+ <!-- convergence criterion for the second process -->
+ <convergence_criterion>
+ <type>DeltaX</type>
+ <norm_type>INFINITY_N</norm_type>
+ <abstol>1.e-4</abstol>
+ <reltol>1.e-10</reltol>
+ </convergence_criterion>
+ </convergence_criteria>
+ </global_process_coupling>
+ <processes>
+ <process ref="PhaseField">
+ <nonlinear_solver>basic_newton_u</nonlinear_solver>
+ <convergence_criterion>
+ <type>DeltaX</type>
+ <norm_type>NORM2</norm_type>
+ <reltol>1.e-14</reltol>
+ </convergence_criterion>
+ <time_discretization>
+ <type>BackwardEuler</type>
+ </time_discretization>
+ <output>
+ <variables>
+ <variable>displacement</variable>
+ </variables>
+ </output>
+ <time_stepping>
+ <type>FixedTimeStepping</type>
+ <t_initial>0</t_initial>
+ <t_end>1</t_end>
+ <timesteps>
+ <pair>
+ <repeat>2</repeat>
+ <delta_t>1.0</delta_t>
+ </pair>
+ </timesteps>
+ </time_stepping>
+ </process>
+ <process ref="PhaseField">
+ <nonlinear_solver>basic_newton_d</nonlinear_solver>
+ <convergence_criterion>
+ <type>DeltaX</type>
+ <norm_type>NORM2</norm_type>
+ <reltol>1.e-14</reltol>
+ </convergence_criterion>
+ <time_discretization>
+ <type>BackwardEuler</type>
+ </time_discretization>
+ <output>
+ <variables>
+ <variable>phasefield</variable>
+ </variables>
+ </output>
+ <time_stepping>
+ <type>FixedTimeStepping</type>
+ <t_initial>0</t_initial>
+ <t_end>1</t_end>
+ <timesteps>
+ <pair>
+ <repeat>2</repeat>
+ <delta_t>1.0</delta_t>
+ </pair>
+ </timesteps>
+ </time_stepping>
+ </process>
+ </processes>
+ <output>
+ <type>VTK</type>
+ <prefix>2D_StaticCrack</prefix>
+ <timesteps>
+ <pair>
+ <repeat>10</repeat>
+ <each_steps>1</each_steps>
+ </pair>
+ <pair>
+ <repeat>10</repeat>
+ <each_steps>1</each_steps>
+ </pair>
+ <!--<pair><repeat>50</repeat><each_steps>100</each_steps></pair>-->
+ </timesteps>
+ </output>
+ </time_loop>
+ <parameters>
+ <!-- Mechanics -->
+ <parameter>
+ <name>E</name>
+ <type>Constant</type>
+ <value>1.0</value>
+ </parameter>
+ <parameter>
+ <name>nu</name>
+ <type>Constant</type>
+ <value>0.15</value>
+ </parameter>
+ <parameter>
+ <name>k</name>
+ <type>Constant</type>
+ <value>1e-8</value>
+ </parameter>
+ <parameter>
+ <name>gc</name>
+ <type>Constant</type>
+ <value>1.0</value>
+ </parameter>
+ <parameter>
+ <name>ls</name>
+ <type>Constant</type>
+ <value>0.02</value>
+ </parameter>
+ <parameter>
+ <name>H</name>
+ <type>Constant</type>
+ <value>0.0</value>
+ </parameter>
+ <parameter>
+ <name>rho_sr</name>
+ <type>Constant</type>
+ <value>0.0</value>
+ </parameter>
+ <parameter>
+ <name>displacement0</name>
+ <type>Constant</type>
+ <values>0 0</values>
+ </parameter>
+ <parameter>
+ <name>phasefield_ic</name>
+ <type>MeshNode</type>
+ <field_name>phase-field</field_name>
+ <!--type>Constant</type>
+ <value>1</value>-->
+ </parameter>
+ <parameter>
+ <name>phasefield_bc</name>
+ <type>Constant</type>
+ <value>1</value>
+ </parameter>
+ <parameter>
+ <name>dirichlet0</name>
+ <type>Constant</type>
+ <value>0</value>
+ </parameter>
+ <parameter>
+ <name>M</name>
+ <type>Constant</type>
+ <value>0.0</value>
+ </parameter>
+ <parameter>
+ <name>Dirichlet_load</name>
+ <type>Constant</type>
+ <value>1</value>
+ </parameter>
+ <parameter>
+ <name>Dirichlet_top_y</name>
+ <type>CurveScaled</type>
+ <curve>Dirichlet_top_time</curve>
+ <parameter>Dirichlet_load</parameter>
+ </parameter>
+ </parameters>
+ <curves>
+ <curve>
+ <name>Dirichlet_top_time</name>
+ <coords>0 1</coords>
+ <values>0 1.0</values>
+ </curve>
+ </curves>
+ <process_variables>
+ <process_variable>
+ <name>displacement</name>
+ <components>2</components>
+ <order>1</order>
+ <initial_condition>displacement0</initial_condition>
+ <boundary_conditions>
+ <boundary_condition>
+ <geometrical_set>bar</geometrical_set>
+ <geometry>bottom</geometry>
+ <type>Dirichlet</type>
+ <component>1</component>
+ <parameter>dirichlet0</parameter>
+ </boundary_condition>
+ <boundary_condition>
+ <geometrical_set>bar</geometrical_set>
+ <geometry>top</geometry>
+ <type>Dirichlet</type>
+ <component>1</component>
+ <parameter>dirichlet0</parameter>
+ </boundary_condition>
+ <boundary_condition>
+ <geometrical_set>bar</geometrical_set>
+ <geometry>left</geometry>
+ <type>Dirichlet</type>
+ <component>0</component>
+ <parameter>dirichlet0</parameter>
+ </boundary_condition>
+ <boundary_condition>
+ <geometrical_set>bar</geometrical_set>
+ <geometry>right</geometry>
+ <type>Dirichlet</type>
+ <component>0</component>
+ <parameter>dirichlet0</parameter>
+ </boundary_condition>
+ </boundary_conditions>
+ </process_variable>
+ <process_variable>
+ <name>phasefield</name>
+ <components>1</components>
+ <order>1</order>
+ <initial_condition>phasefield_ic</initial_condition>
+ <boundary_conditions>
+ <boundary_condition>
+ <geometrical_set>bar</geometrical_set>
+ <geometry>left</geometry>
+ <type>Dirichlet</type>
+ <component>0</component>
+ <parameter>phasefield_bc</parameter>
+ </boundary_condition>
+ <boundary_condition>
+ <geometrical_set>bar</geometrical_set>
+ <geometry>right</geometry>
+ <type>Dirichlet</type>
+ <component>0</component>
+ <parameter>phasefield_bc</parameter>
+ </boundary_condition>
+ <boundary_condition>
+ <geometrical_set>bar</geometrical_set>
+ <geometry>right</geometry>
+ <type>PhaseFieldIrreversibleDamageOracleBoundaryCondition</type>
+ <component>0</component>
+ </boundary_condition>
+ </boundary_conditions>
+ </process_variable>
+ </process_variables>
+ <nonlinear_solvers>
+ <nonlinear_solver>
+ <name>basic_newton_d</name>
+ <type>Newton</type>
+ <max_iter>50</max_iter>
+ <linear_solver>linear_solver_d</linear_solver>
+ </nonlinear_solver>
+ <nonlinear_solver>
+ <name>basic_newton_u</name>
+ <type>Newton</type>
+ <max_iter>50</max_iter>
+ <linear_solver>linear_solver_u</linear_solver>
+ </nonlinear_solver>
+ </nonlinear_solvers>
+ <linear_solvers>
+ <linear_solver>
+ <name>linear_solver_d</name>
+ <eigen>
+ <solver_type>BiCGSTAB</solver_type>
+ <precon_type>ILUT</precon_type>
+ <max_iteration_step>10000</max_iteration_step>
+ <error_tolerance>1e-16</error_tolerance>
+ </eigen>
+ </linear_solver>
+ <linear_solver>
+ <name>linear_solver_u</name>
+ <eigen>
+ <solver_type>BiCGSTAB</solver_type>
+ <precon_type>ILUT</precon_type>
+ <max_iteration_step>10000</max_iteration_step>
+ <error_tolerance>1e-16</error_tolerance>
+ </eigen>
+ </linear_solver>
+ </linear_solvers>
+</OpenGeoSysProject>
diff --git a/Tests/Data/PhaseField/bar.gml b/Tests/Data/PhaseField/bar.gml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d226fe62c21fdde3fde76e6d94cd2b29f34016c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/Data/PhaseField/bar.gml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:19c58dced67204b13be71364487e0f0591191151b6162d19bc29db839471c1fa
+size 910
diff --git a/Tests/Data/PhaseField/beam3d_stag_1pcs.prj b/Tests/Data/PhaseField/beam3d_stag_1pcs.prj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2d71e978074adec4655b7c873e065d8573e157c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/Data/PhaseField/beam3d_stag_1pcs.prj
@@ -0,0 +1,322 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
+<OpenGeoSysProject>
+ <mesh>beam3d.vtu</mesh>
+ <geometry>beam3d.gml</geometry>
+ <processes>
+ <process>
+ <name>PhaseField</name>
+ <type>PHASE_FIELD</type>
+ <coupling_scheme>staggered</coupling_scheme>
+ <integration_order>2</integration_order>
+ <constitutive_relation>
+ <type>LinearElasticIsotropic</type>
+ <youngs_modulus>E</youngs_modulus>
+ <poissons_ratio>nu</poissons_ratio>
+ </constitutive_relation>
+ <phasefield_parameters>
+ <residual_stiffness>k</residual_stiffness>
+ <crack_resistance>gc</crack_resistance>
+ <crack_length_scale>ls</crack_length_scale>
+ <kinetic_coefficient>M</kinetic_coefficient>
+ <history_field>H</history_field>
+ </phasefield_parameters>
+ <solid_density>rho_sr</solid_density>
+ <process_variables>
+ <phasefield>phasefield</phasefield>
+ <displacement>displacement</displacement>
+ </process_variables>
+ <specific_body_force>0 0 0</specific_body_force>
+ </process>
+ </processes>
+ <time_loop>
+ <global_process_coupling>
+ <max_iter> 1000 </max_iter>
+ <convergence_criteria>
+ <!-- convergence criterion for the first process -->
+ <convergence_criterion>
+ <type>DeltaX</type>
+ <norm_type>INFINITY_N</norm_type>
+ <abstol>1.e-1</abstol>
+ <reltol>1.e-1</reltol>
+ </convergence_criterion>
+ <!-- convergence criterion for the second process -->
+ <convergence_criterion>
+ <type>DeltaX</type>
+ <norm_type>INFINITY_N</norm_type>
+ <abstol>1.e-4</abstol>
+ <reltol>1.e-10</reltol>
+ </convergence_criterion>
+ </convergence_criteria>
+ </global_process_coupling>
+ <processes>
+ <process ref="PhaseField">
+ <nonlinear_solver>basic_newton_u</nonlinear_solver>
+ <convergence_criterion>
+ <type>DeltaX</type>
+ <norm_type>NORM2</norm_type>
+ <reltol>1.e-14</reltol>
+ </convergence_criterion>
+ <time_discretization>
+ <type>BackwardEuler</type>
+ </time_discretization>
+ <output>
+ <variables>
+ <variable>displacement</variable>
+ </variables>
+ </output>
+ <time_stepping>
+ <type>FixedTimeStepping</type>
+ <t_initial>0</t_initial>
+ <t_end>1</t_end>
+ <timesteps>
+ <pair>
+ <repeat>10</repeat>
+ <delta_t>1e-1</delta_t>
+ </pair>
+ </timesteps>
+ </time_stepping>
+ </process>
+ <process ref="PhaseField">
+ <nonlinear_solver>basic_newton_d</nonlinear_solver>
+ <convergence_criterion>
+ <type>DeltaX</type>
+ <norm_type>NORM2</norm_type>
+ <reltol>1.e-14</reltol>
+ </convergence_criterion>
+ <time_discretization>
+ <type>BackwardEuler</type>
+ </time_discretization>
+ <output>
+ <variables>
+ <variable>phasefield</variable>
+ </variables>
+ </output>
+ <time_stepping>
+ <type>FixedTimeStepping</type>
+ <t_initial>0</t_initial>
+ <t_end>1</t_end>
+ <timesteps>
+ <pair>
+ <repeat>10</repeat>
+ <delta_t>1e-1</delta_t>
+ </pair>
+ </timesteps>
+ </time_stepping>
+ </process>
+ </processes>
+ <output>
+ <type>VTK</type>
+ <prefix>beam3_stag1pcsAT2</prefix>
+ <timesteps>
+ <pair>
+ <repeat>10</repeat>
+ <each_steps>1</each_steps>
+ </pair>
+ <pair>
+ <repeat>10</repeat>
+ <each_steps>1</each_steps>
+ </pair>
+ </timesteps>
+ </output>
+ </time_loop>
+ <parameters>
+ <!-- Mechanics -->
+ <parameter>
+ <name>E</name>
+ <type>Constant</type>
+ <value>2.1e5</value>
+ </parameter>
+ <parameter>
+ <name>nu</name>
+ <type>Constant</type>
+ <value>0.3</value>
+ </parameter>
+ <parameter>
+ <name>k</name>
+ <type>Constant</type>
+ <value>1e-8</value>
+ </parameter>
+ <parameter>
+ <name>gc</name>
+ <type>Constant</type>
+ <value>2.7</value>
+ </parameter>
+ <parameter>
+ <name>ls</name>
+ <type>Constant</type>
+ <value>0.02</value>
+ </parameter>
+ <parameter>
+ <name>H</name>
+ <type>Constant</type>
+ <value>0.0</value>
+ </parameter>
+ <parameter>
+ <name>rho_sr</name>
+ <type>Constant</type>
+ <value>0.0</value>
+ </parameter>
+ <parameter>
+ <name>displacement0</name>
+ <type>Constant</type>
+ <values>0 0 0</values>
+ </parameter>
+ <parameter>
+ <name>phasefield_ic</name>
+ <type>Constant</type>
+ <value>1</value>
+ </parameter>
+ <parameter>
+ <name>phasefield_bc</name>
+ <type>Constant</type>
+ <value>1</value>
+ </parameter>
+ <parameter>
+ <name>dirichlet0</name>
+ <type>Constant</type>
+ <value>0</value>
+ </parameter>
+ <parameter>
+ <name>Dirichlet_spatial</name>
+ <type>Constant</type>
+ <value>1</value>
+ </parameter>
+ <parameter>
+ <name>dirichlet1</name>
+ <type>CurveScaled</type>
+ <curve>Dirichlet_temporal</curve>
+ <parameter>Dirichlet_spatial</parameter>
+ </parameter>
+ <parameter>
+ <name>dirichlet2</name>
+ <type>CurveScaled</type>
+ <curve>Dirichlet_temporal_left</curve>
+ <parameter>Dirichlet_spatial</parameter>
+ </parameter>
+ <parameter>
+ <name>M</name>
+ <type>Constant</type>
+ <value>0.0</value>
+ </parameter>
+ </parameters>
+ <curves>
+ <curve>
+ <name>Dirichlet_temporal</name>
+ <coords>0 1</coords>
+ <values>0 0.013</values>
+ </curve>
+ <curve>
+ <name>Dirichlet_temporal_left</name>
+ <coords>0 1</coords>
+ <values>0 -0.013</values>
+ </curve>
+ </curves>
+ <process_variables>
+ <process_variable>
+ <name>phasefield</name>
+ <components>1</components>
+ <order>1</order>
+ <initial_condition>phasefield_ic</initial_condition>
+ <boundary_conditions>
+ <boundary_condition>
+ <geometrical_set>beam3d_geometry</geometrical_set>
+ <geometry>left</geometry>
+ <type>Dirichlet</type>
+ <component>0</component>
+ <parameter>phasefield_bc</parameter>
+ </boundary_condition>
+ <boundary_condition>
+ <geometrical_set>beam3d_geometry</geometrical_set>
+ <geometry>right</geometry>
+ <type>Dirichlet</type>
+ <component>0</component>
+ <parameter>phasefield_bc</parameter>
+ </boundary_condition>
+ </boundary_conditions>
+ </process_variable>
+ <process_variable>
+ <name>displacement</name>
+ <components>3</components>
+ <order>1</order>
+ <initial_condition>displacement0</initial_condition>
+ <boundary_conditions>
+ <boundary_condition>
+ <geometrical_set>beam3d_geometry</geometrical_set>
+ <geometry>bottom</geometry>
+ <type>Dirichlet</type>
+ <component>1</component>
+ <parameter>dirichlet0</parameter>
+ </boundary_condition>
+ <boundary_condition>
+ <geometrical_set>beam3d_geometry</geometrical_set>
+ <geometry>top</geometry>
+ <type>Dirichlet</type>
+ <component>1</component>
+ <parameter>dirichlet0</parameter>
+ </boundary_condition>
+ <boundary_condition>
+ <geometrical_set>beam3d_geometry</geometrical_set>
+ <geometry>back</geometry>
+ <type>Dirichlet</type>
+ <component>2</component>
+ <parameter>dirichlet0</parameter>
+ </boundary_condition>
+ <boundary_condition>
+ <geometrical_set>beam3d_geometry</geometrical_set>
+ <geometry>front</geometry>
+ <type>Dirichlet</type>
+ <component>2</component>
+ <parameter>dirichlet0</parameter>
+ </boundary_condition>
+ <boundary_condition>
+ <geometrical_set>beam3d_geometry</geometrical_set>
+ <geometry>left</geometry>
+ <type>Dirichlet</type>
+ <component>0</component>
+ <parameter>dirichlet2</parameter>
+ </boundary_condition>
+ <boundary_condition>
+ <geometrical_set>beam3d_geometry</geometrical_set>
+ <geometry>right</geometry>
+ <type>Dirichlet</type>
+ <component>0</component>
+ <parameter>dirichlet1</parameter>
+ </boundary_condition>
+ </boundary_conditions>
+ </process_variable>
+ </process_variables>
+ <nonlinear_solvers>
+ <nonlinear_solver>
+ <name>basic_newton_d</name>
+ <type>Newton</type>
+ <max_iter>50</max_iter>
+ <linear_solver>linear_solver_d</linear_solver>
+ </nonlinear_solver>
+ <nonlinear_solver>
+ <name>basic_newton_u</name>
+ <type>Newton</type>
+ <max_iter>50</max_iter>
+ <linear_solver>linear_solver_u</linear_solver>
+ </nonlinear_solver>
+ </nonlinear_solvers>
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