diff --git a/test-app/src/main/ml-config/security/users/rest-temporal-writer.json b/test-app/src/main/ml-config/security/users/rest-temporal-writer.json
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+{
+  "user-name": "rest-temporal-writer",
+  "description": "rest-writer user with temporal privileges",
+  "password": "x",
+  "role": [
+    "rest-temporal-writer"
+  ]
+}
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