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+# .github/release.yml
+
+changelog:
+  exclude:
+    labels:
+      - ignore-for-release
+    authors:
+      - amazon-auto
+  categories:
+    - title: Breaking Changes 🛠
+      labels:
+        - Semver-Major
+        - breaking-change
+    - title: Exciting New Features 🎉
+      labels:
+        - Semver-Minor
+        - enhancement
+        - feature
+    - title: Security fix
+      labels:
+        - cve
+        - security vulnerability
+    - title: Bug Fix
+    - title: Other Changes
+      labels:
+        - "*"
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