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+#
+#  Copyright (c) 2021, 2023 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
+#
+#  See the NOTICE file(s) distributed with this work for additional
+#  information regarding copyright ownership.
+#
+#  This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
+#  terms of the Apache License, Version 2.0 which is available at
+#  https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#  WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#  License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#  under the License.
+#
+#  SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+
+---
+changelog:
+  exclude:
+    authors:
+      - dependabot[bot]
+  categories:
+    - title: Bugfixes
+      labels:
+        - bug
+    - title: New Features & Improvements
+      labels:
+        - "*"
+    - title: Documentation
+      labels:
+        - documentation
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