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PolicyViolationDetails
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The error signifies a policy violation caused by text in one of the fields within a mutate response.
Each policy violation has a unique identifier (key) that can be used to request exemption if the policy is exemptible (is_exemptible).
The error provides human-readable details about the violation, including a description (external_policy_description) and the name of the policy (external_policy_name).
Error returned as part of a mutate response. This error indicates single policy violation by some text in one of the fields.
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