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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lestart="2026-06-25T15:27:33Z" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <logevents>
      <item logid="968" ns="0" title="revert to snapshot on checkpoint" pageid="278" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Nighthawk" timestamp="2026-08-25T20:58:42Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="956" prev="955" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="967" ns="0" title="revert to snapshot on checkpoint" pageid="278" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Nighthawk" timestamp="2026-08-25T14:23:49Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="955" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="966" ns="0" title="get checkpoint software installed" pageid="277" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Nighthawk" timestamp="2026-08-25T14:16:26Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="954" prev="953" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="965" ns="0" title="get checkpoint software installed" pageid="277" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Nighthawk" timestamp="2026-08-25T14:14:12Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="953" prev="952" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="964" ns="0" title="get checkpoint software installed" pageid="277" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Nighthawk" timestamp="2026-08-25T14:14:00Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="952" prev="951" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="963" ns="0" title="get checkpoint software installed" pageid="277" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Nighthawk" timestamp="2026-08-25T14:13:02Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="951" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="962" ns="0" title="ssh client error no matching cipher" pageid="276" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Nighthawk" timestamp="2026-08-11T17:01:19Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="950" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="961" ns="0" title="r80 api notes" pageid="220" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Nighthawk" timestamp="2026-08-11T15:31:58Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="949" prev="948" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="960" ns="0" title="r80 api notes" pageid="220" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Nighthawk" timestamp="2026-08-11T15:30:28Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="948" prev="947" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="959" ns="0" title="r80 api notes" pageid="220" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Nighthawk" timestamp="2026-08-11T15:22:46Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="947" prev="911" auto="1" />
      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
</api>