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 Package: httr2
 Title: Perform HTTP Requests and Process the Responses
-Version: 1.0.4
+Version: 1.0.4.9000
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Hadley", "Wickham", , "hadley@posit.co", role = c("aut", "cre")),
     person("Posit Software, PBC", role = c("cph", "fnd")),
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+# httr2 (development version)
+
 # httr2 1.0.4
 
 * `req_body_file()` now works with files >64kb once more (#524) and no longer leaks a connection if the response doesn't complete succesfully (#534).