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+# Weaviate read-only API key in historical commits (now replaced with placeholder)
+# These findings are from old commits where the key was present before cleanup
+1289b668e1ce8a8554be3504465617218af78722:Knowledge/Data_Structure.md:generic-api-key:12
+664b6a63fffe8df984896cf6abb6dd23cad1c9e6:Knowledge/README.md:generic-api-key:12