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+Before submitting a bug please check the following:
+- [ ] Start a new R session
+- [ ] Check your credentials file
+- [ ] Install the latest doAzureParallel package
+- [ ] Submit a minimal, reproducible example 
+- [ ] run `sessionInfo()`
+
+**Description**
+
+**Instruction to repro the problem if applicable**