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+# this is just to test the secret scanning with a fake AWS canaryan token
+aws_access_key_id = AKIAT4GVSAXXCCWDXEQK
+aws_secret_access_key = DgcQ/9tsxWhT3hAi4RB6Rmf2t2NLO0JVVDvF19OP