diff --git a/extensions/samples/assets/projects/QnASample/settings/appsettings.json b/extensions/samples/assets/projects/QnASample/settings/appsettings.json
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-{
-  "feature": {
-    "UseShowTypingMiddleware": false,
-    "UseInspectionMiddleware": false,
-    "RemoveRecipientMention": false
-  },
-  "MicrosoftAppPassword": "",
-  "MicrosoftAppId": "",
-  "cosmosDb": {
-    "authKey": "",
-    "collectionId": "botstate-collection",
-    "cosmosDBEndpoint": "",
-    "databaseId": "botstate-db"
-  },
-  "applicationInsights": {
-    "InstrumentationKey": ""
-  },
-  "blobStorage": {
-    "connectionString": "",
-    "container": "transcripts"
-  },
-  "luis": {
-    "name": "",
-    "authoringKey": "",
-    "authoringEndpoint": "",
-    "endpointKey": "",
-    "endpoint": "",
-    "authoringRegion": "westus",
-    "defaultLanguage": "en-us",
-    "environment": "composer"
-  },
-  "publishTargets": [],
-  "qna": {
-    "subscriptionKey": "",
-    "knowledgebaseid": "",
-    "endpointKey": "",
-    "hostname": "",
-    "region": "westus"
-  },
-  "telemetry": {
-    "logPersonalInformation": false,
-    "logActivities": true
-  },
-  "runtime": {
-    "customRuntime": false,
-    "path": "",
-    "command": ""
-  },
-  "downsampling": {
-    "maxImbalanceRatio": 10,
-    "maxUtteranceAllowed": 15000
-  },
-  "defaultLanguage": "en-us",
-  "languages": [
-    "en-us"
-  ]
-}
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