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+---
+name: "Traefik pull request template"
+---
+
+<!-- 
+Thank you for doing recipe maintenance work!
+Please mark all checklist items which are relevant for your changes.
+Please remove the checklist items which are not relevant for your changes.
+Feel free to remove this comment.
+-->
+
+* [ ] I have deployed and tested my changes
+* [ ] I have [updated relevant versions in `abra.sh`](https://docs.coopcloud.tech/maintainers/upgrade/#updating-versions-in-the-abrash)
+* [ ] I have made my environment variable changes [backwards compatible](https://docs.coopcloud.tech/maintainers/upgrade/#backwards-compatible-environment-variable-changes)
+* [ ] I have added a [release note entry](https://docs.coopcloud.tech/maintainers/upgrade/#creating-new-release-notes)