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DESCRIBE THE ISSUE IN DETAIL:  
Since Android Gradle Plugin 8.1.0-alpha02, `:app:processDebugMainManifest` task was failed.  

STEPS TO REPRODUCE:  
1. AndroidManifest.xml has following elements to display badge count on several launchers.
```
<manifest>
  <queries>
        <provider android:authorities="com.sonymobile.home.resourceprovider" />
        <provider android:authorities="com.android.badge" />    
        <provider android:authorities="com.huawei.android.launcher.settings" />
  </queries>
</manifest>
```


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ATTACH LOG FILES (Select Help > Show Log in Files, or Show Log in Finder on a Mac)
```
$ ./gradlew :app:bundleDebug

> Task :app:processDebugMainManifest FAILED
app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml:2187:19-77 Error:
        Attribute provider@authorities value=(com.sonymobile.home.resourceprovider) from AndroidManifest.xml:2187:19-77
        is also present at AndroidManifest.xml:2188:19-58 value=(com.android.badge).
        Suggestion: add 'tools:replace="android:authorities"' to <provider> element at AndroidManifest.xml to override.
app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml:2187:19-77 Error:
        Attribute provider@authorities value=(com.sonymobile.home.resourceprovider) from AndroidManifest.xml:2187:19-77
        is also present at AndroidManifest.xml:2189:19-77 value=(com.huawei.android.launcher.settings).
        Suggestion: add 'tools:replace="android:authorities"' to <provider> element at AndroidManifest.xml to override.

See https://developer.android.com/r/studio-ui/build/manifest-merger for more information about the manifest merger.

```

Workaround : Just add `tools:replace="android:authorities"` on provider element  
```
<manifest>
  <queries>
        <provider android:authorities="com.sonymobile.home.resourceprovider" />
        <provider android:authorities="com.android.badge"
            tools:replace="android:authorities" />    
        <provider android:authorities="com.huawei.android.launcher.settings"
            tools:replace="android:authorities" />    
  </queries>
</manifest>
```
But it seems to be weird, because these should not be replaced by `processDebugMainManifest` task.

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Studio Build: N/A  
Version of Gradle Plugin: Android Gradle Plugin 8.1.0-alpha02 - alpha06 (latest alpha release)
Version of Gradle: 8.0  
Version of Java: OpenJDK 17  
OS: Any