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+# These owners are the maintainers and approvers of this repo
+* @dapr/maintainers-components-contrib @dapr/maintainers-dapr @dapr/maintainers-test-infra @dapr/approvers-components-contrib @dapr/approvers-dapr @dapr/approvers-test-infra