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This PR contains the following updates: | Package | Update | Change | |---|---|---| | [grafana/alloy](https://github.com/grafana/alloy) | minor | `v1.15.0` → `v1.16.0` | --- > ⚠️ **Warning** > > Some dependencies could not be looked up. 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Reference: peter/homelab-docker-config#314
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