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+synopsis: "Add host attribute of github/gitlab flakerefs to URL serialization"
+issues:
+prs: [12580]
+---
+
+Resolved an issue where `github:` or `gitlab:` URLs lost their `host` attribute when written to a lockfile, resulting in invalid URLs.