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-{
-  "comments": [
-    "Query Translation tests should make sure that the command that is being executed can be ",
-    "persisted properly onto the command topic (i.e. serialized using SqlFormatter). Otherwise, ",
-    "it is possible that we may not execute the same statement after enqueuing as we did before. ",
-    "This test will fail if we refactor QueryTranslationTest in a way that makes it no longer go ",
-    "through the SqlFormatInjector, which serializes and then deserializes the statements to make ",
-    "sure that these inconsistencies are caught.",
-    "",
-    "NOTE: This test is a little hacky at the moment because it relies on us not formatting SET ",
-    "expressions. There is nothing preventing us in the future from doing this, but I don't have ",
-    "a better way as of now to ensure failure."
-  ],
-  "tests": [
-    {
-      "name": "ensure QTTs go through SqlFormatter",
-      "statements": [
-        "CREATE STREAM IGNORED (ID bigint) WITH (kafka_topic='topic', value_format='DELIMITED');",
-        "SET 'auto.offset.reset'='earliest';"
-      ],
-      "inputs": [ ],
-      "outputs": [ ],
-      "expectedException": {
-        "type": "io.confluent.ksql.util.KsqlException",
-        "message": "Unable to format statement!"
-      }
-    }
-  ]
-}
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