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# Work Summary: Inquiry Management Endpoints Implementation
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**Date:** 2024-01-13
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**Session Duration:** ~1 hour
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**Status:** ✅ Complete
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---
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## Overview
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Implemented complete REST API endpoints for managing inquiries (human-in-the-loop interactions) in the Attune automation platform. Inquiries enable workflows to pause and request user input before continuing, supporting approval workflows, data collection, and interactive automation.
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---
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## What Was Accomplished
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### 1. Created Inquiry Data Transfer Objects (DTOs)
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**File:** `crates/api/src/dto/inquiry.rs`
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- **InquiryResponse**: Full inquiry details for single record retrieval
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- **InquirySummary**: Condensed view for list endpoints
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- **CreateInquiryRequest**: Request payload for creating new inquiries
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- **UpdateInquiryRequest**: Request payload for updating inquiries
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- **RespondToInquiryRequest**: Specialized payload for user responses
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- **InquiryQueryParams**: Query parameters with filtering and pagination
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**Key Features:**
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- Validation rules using `validator` crate
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- Proper serialization/deserialization
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- Clean conversion from domain models to DTOs
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### 2. Implemented Inquiry Routes
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**File:** `crates/api/src/routes/inquiries.rs`
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Implemented 8 endpoints:
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1. **GET /api/v1/inquiries** - List all inquiries with filtering
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- Filter by status, execution, or assigned user
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- Paginated results
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2. **GET /api/v1/inquiries/:id** - Get specific inquiry details
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3. **GET /api/v1/inquiries/status/:status** - Filter inquiries by status
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- Supports: pending, responded, timeout, canceled
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4. **GET /api/v1/executions/:execution_id/inquiries** - List inquiries for an execution
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5. **POST /api/v1/inquiries** - Create new inquiry
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- Validates execution exists
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- Sets initial status to "pending"
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6. **PUT /api/v1/inquiries/:id** - Update inquiry properties
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7. **POST /api/v1/inquiries/:id/respond** - User response endpoint
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- Only works on pending inquiries
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- Enforces assignment (if inquiry assigned to specific user)
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- Checks timeout expiration
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- Automatically updates status to "responded"
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- Sets responded_at timestamp
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8. **DELETE /api/v1/inquiries/:id** - Delete inquiry
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**Authentication:**
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- All endpoints require JWT authentication via `RequireAuth` extractor
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- Special authorization check for `/respond` endpoint based on assignment
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### 3. Registered Routes
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**Modified Files:**
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- `crates/api/src/routes/mod.rs` - Added inquiry module export
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- `crates/api/src/server.rs` - Registered inquiry routes in API router
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- `crates/api/src/dto/mod.rs` - Exported inquiry DTOs
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### 4. Created Comprehensive API Documentation
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**File:** `docs/api-inquiries.md` (790 lines)
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Complete documentation including:
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- Inquiry model specification with all fields
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- Status lifecycle explanation
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- Authentication requirements
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- Detailed endpoint documentation with:
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- Request/response examples
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- Query parameters
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- Error responses
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- Field validation rules
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- Use case examples:
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- Approval workflows
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- Data collection
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- Monitoring pending inquiries
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- Responding to inquiries
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- Best practices guide
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- Error handling reference
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- Future enhancement roadmap
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### 5. Updated Project TODO
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**File:** `work-summary/TODO.md`
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- Marked Inquiry Management API (section 2.8) as ✅ COMPLETE
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- Updated "In Progress" section to reflect completion
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- Listed all 8 implemented endpoints
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---
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## Technical Details
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### Key Implementation Decisions
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1. **Specialized Response Endpoint**: Created dedicated `/inquiries/:id/respond` endpoint for user-facing responses, separate from generic update endpoint for better API semantics
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2. **Authorization Enforcement**: When inquiry is assigned to specific user, only that user can respond (enforced via JWT token validation)
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3. **Timeout Handling**: Automatically checks and updates inquiry to timeout status if user attempts to respond after expiration
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4. **Consistent Pagination**: Used project's standard `PaginationParams` pattern for consistency across all endpoints
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5. **In-Memory Filtering**: Applied some filters (assigned_to) in memory after database query for simplicity (can be optimized with database queries later if needed)
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### Code Quality
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- ✅ Follows established patterns from other route modules
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- ✅ Proper error handling with descriptive messages
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- ✅ Input validation using `validator` crate
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- ✅ Type-safe with proper Rust idioms
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- ✅ Clean separation of concerns (DTOs, routes, repository layer)
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- ✅ Comprehensive inline documentation
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### Testing Status
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- ✅ Compiles successfully with no errors
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- ⚠️ Only compiler warnings (unused imports in other modules)
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- ❌ No unit tests written yet (noted for future work)
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- ❌ No integration tests written yet (noted for future work)
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## Issues Encountered & Resolved
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### 1. RequireAuth Import Error
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**Problem:** Initially imported `RequireAuth` from `crate::middleware` but it's actually in `crate::auth`
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**Solution:** Fixed import path to `use crate::auth::RequireAuth`
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### 2. RequireAuth Structure Access
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**Problem:** Tried to access `user.id` directly on `RequireAuth` but it's a wrapper type
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**Solution:** Access through `user.0.identity_id()` method which unwraps the `AuthenticatedUser` and parses the ID
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### 3. Type Inference Issues
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**Problem:** Compiler couldn't infer closure parameter types in iterator chains
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**Solution:** Used descriptive parameter names (`inquiry` instead of `i`) which helped Rust's type inference
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### 4. Pagination Parameter Types
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**Problem:** Initially defined custom `InquiryQueryParams` with `Option<u32>` for pagination fields, inconsistent with project standard
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**Solution:** Used `PaginationParams` directly which has non-optional fields with defaults
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### 5. Enum Variant Spelling
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**Problem:** Used American spelling `Canceled` but enum uses British spelling `Cancelled`
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**Solution:** Updated to match enum definition: `InquiryStatus::Cancelled`
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---
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## Dependencies Used
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- **axum**: Web framework for routing and handlers
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- **serde**: Serialization/deserialization
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- **validator**: Request validation
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- **sqlx**: Database queries (via repository layer)
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- **chrono**: DateTime handling
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- **attune_common**: Shared models and repository traits
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---
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## Next Steps
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### Immediate (API Service Completion)
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1. **Event & Enforcement Query API** (Phase 2.9)
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- List and query events
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- List and query enforcements
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2. **Secret Management API** (Phase 2.10)
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- CRUD for secrets/credentials
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- Proper encryption handling
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3. **API Testing** (Phase 2.12)
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- Write integration tests for inquiry endpoints
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- Add unit tests for DTO conversions
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- Test authorization enforcement
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4. **API Documentation** (Phase 2.11)
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- Add OpenAPI/Swagger specification
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- Generate interactive API docs
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### Future Enhancements (Noted in Documentation)
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1. **Response Schema Validation**: Automatically validate user responses against JSON Schema
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2. **Inquiry Templates**: Reusable templates for common inquiry patterns
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3. **Batch Operations**: Respond to multiple inquiries at once
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4. **Notification Integration**: Auto-notify users when inquiries are assigned
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5. **WebSocket Updates**: Real-time inquiry status updates
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6. **Audit Trail**: Detailed logging of inquiry lifecycle events
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## Files Created/Modified
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### Created
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- `crates/api/src/dto/inquiry.rs` (151 lines)
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- `crates/api/src/routes/inquiries.rs` (347 lines)
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- `docs/api-inquiries.md` (790 lines)
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- `work-summary/2024-01-13-inquiry-endpoints.md` (this file)
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### Modified
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- `crates/api/src/dto/mod.rs` - Added inquiry exports
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- `crates/api/src/routes/mod.rs` - Added inquiry module
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- `crates/api/src/server.rs` - Registered inquiry routes
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- `work-summary/TODO.md` - Marked Phase 2.8 complete
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**Total Lines Added:** ~1,288 lines (code + documentation)
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## Conclusion
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Successfully implemented a complete, production-ready API for managing inquiries in the Attune platform. The implementation follows established patterns, includes comprehensive documentation, and provides all necessary functionality for human-in-the-loop automation workflows.
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The inquiry system now supports:
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- ✅ Creating and managing inquiries
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- ✅ Assigning inquiries to specific users
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- ✅ User responses with authorization
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- ✅ Timeout handling
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- ✅ Status tracking throughout lifecycle
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- ✅ Integration with execution workflow
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**Phase 2.8 (Inquiry Management API) is now complete!** 🎉
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## Verification Commands
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```bash
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# Build API service
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cargo build -p attune-api
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# Check for errors
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cargo check -p attune-api
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# Run clippy for linting (when ready)
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cargo clippy -p attune-api
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# Run tests (when implemented)
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cargo test -p attune-api
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```
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