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 This repository contains a series of smoke tests that can be ran against Sourcegraph instances.
 
+These automated tests help ensure Sourcegraph deployments are working correctly.
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 ### Web functionality
 
 Series of checks that assess if a Sourcegraph instance is functioning properly.