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Area/<name>: Involves changes to the named area (APIv4, E2E Tests, Localization, Plugins, etc.)Bug Report/Open: Bug report unresolved, awaiting for more information or in development backlog.Bug Report/Scheduled for Release: Bug report resolved and scheduled for an upcoming release. Milestone indicates scheduled release version.Difficulty/1:easy: Easy ticket.Difficulty/2:medium: Medium ticket.Difficulty/3:hard: Hard ticket.Good First Issue: Suitable for first-time contributors.Help Wanted: Community help wanted.Move to Feature Ideas forum: Marked for relocation to the feature ideas forum.Move to Troubleshooting: Marked for relocation to the troubleshooting section of the documentation.PR Submitted: A pull request has been opened for this issue.Tech/<name>: Requires using the named technology (Go, JavaScript, ReactJS, Redux, etc.)Up for Grabs: Ready for help from the community. Removed when someone volunteers.1: PM Review: Requires review by a product manager.1: UX Review: Requires review by a UX designer.1: SME Review: Requires review by a subject matter expert (used in the Handbook).2: Dev Review: Requires review by a core committer.2: Editor Review: Requires review by a technical writer.3: QA Review: Requires review by a QA tester. May occur at the same time as Dev Review.4: Reviews Complete: All reviewers have approved the pull request.Awaiting Submitter Action: Blocked on the author.AutoMerge: If all checks and approvals pass and the user adds this label, it will be in the queue to get merge automatically without a human intervention.Changelog/Done: Required changelog entry has been written.Changelog/Not Needed: Does not require a changelog entry.CherryPick/Approved: Meant for the quality or patch release tracked in the milestone.CherryPick/Candidate: A candidate for a quality or patch release, but not yet approved.CherryPick/Done: Successfully cherry-picked to the quality or patch release tracked in the milestone.Demo Plugin Changes/Needed: Requires changes to the demo plugin.Demo Plugin Changes/Done: Required changes to the demo plugin have been submitted.Do Not Merge/Awaiting Loadtest: Must be loadtested before it can be merged.Do Not Merge/Awaiting Next Release: To be merged with the next release (e.g. API documentation updates).Do Not Merge/Awaiting PR: Awaiting another pull request before merging (e.g. server changes).Do Not Merge: Should not be merged until this label is removed.Docs/Done: Required documentation has been written.Docs/Needed: Requires documentation.Docs/Not Needed: Does not require documentation.Hackfest: Related to a Mattermost hackathon.Hacktoberfest: Related to Hacktoberfest.Lifecycle/<state>: An inactive contribution.Loadtest: Triggers an automatic load test.Major Change: The pull request is a major feature or affects large areas of the code base (e.g. moving channel store and actions to Redux).QA Deferred: Testing of this PR is expected to be completed after merge, likely when it is available on Community. Apply this in lieu of asking for 3: QA Review.Setup Cloud Test Server: Triggers the creation of a Enterprise Edition test server.Setup HA Cloud Test Server: Triggers the creation of a test server that has high availability.Setup Cloud + CWS Test Server: Triggers the creation of a test server that connects to our test Customer Web Server.Setup Upgrade Test Server: Triggers the creation a test server and performs an upgrade.Tests/Done: Required tests have been written.Tests/Not Needed: Does not require tests.Work in Progress: Not yet ready for review.