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+# This environment can be used to optionally disable the mistral workflow_tasks
+# by mapping OS::Mistral resources to None.
+
+resource_registry:
+  OS::Mistral::Workflow: OS::Heat::None
+  OS::Mistral::ExternalResource: OS::Heat::None