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      "reason": null
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  "notes": [
    "generated_at is the report assembly time, not a source observation time.",
    "Data are fetched on demand, with no more than five minutes of public caching.",
    "Stale source values remain labeled stale; absent values remain null.",
    "This report is informational and is not a navigation, surf, health, or emergency alert service."
  ]
}