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+## Describe your changes
+
+## Issue ticket number and link
+
+## Checklist before requesting a review
+
+- [ ] If this code contains consensus-breaking changes, I have added the "consensus-breaking" label. Otherwise, I declare my belief that there are not consensus-breaking changes, for the following reason:
+
+  > REPLACE THIS TEXT WITH RATIONALE (CAN BE BRIEF)
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-## Describe your changes
-
-## Issue ticket number and link
-
-## Checklist before requesting a review
-
-- [ ] If this code contains consensus-breaking changes, I have added the "consensus-breaking" label.