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+Thank you for taking the time to reach out regarding zrok.
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+If you think you have found a bug in zrok, or you need help with a specific issue, please reach out for support on the OpenZiti Discourse group at:
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+https://openziti.discourse.group/
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+There is a zrok topic available there. The entire OpenZiti and zrok team is monitoring that discourse. They're not monitoring this issue database.
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+This issue database is for vetted roadmap items and confirmed bugs with the core open-source portion of zrok.
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