diff --git a/.changes/8da6963b-713e-41fa-b8ff-6ea18629118b.json b/.changes/8da6963b-713e-41fa-b8ff-6ea18629118b.json
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+{
+    "id": "8da6963b-713e-41fa-b8ff-6ea18629118b",
+    "type": "bugfix",
+    "description": "fixed a foo",
+    "issues": [
+        "awslabs/aws-sdk-kotlin#1714"
+    ]
+}
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diff --git a/.changes/f3bee672-bc64-4103-adad-5f6db9e139a6.json b/.changes/f3bee672-bc64-4103-adad-5f6db9e139a6.json
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+{
+    "id": "f3bee672-bc64-4103-adad-5f6db9e139a6",
+    "type": "bugfix",
+    "description": "fixed a foo",
+    "issues": [
+        "awslabs/aws-sdk-kotlin#2000"
+    ]
+}
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
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+name: test.yml
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [ opened, synchronize, reopened, labeled, unlabeled ]
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - '*-main'
+
+permissions:
+  issues: write
+
+jobs:
+  auto_comment:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Comment on PRs with issue numbers
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          # Get the previous tag
+          PREVIOUS_TAG=$(git tag --sort=-version:refname | sed -n '5p')
+          CURRENT_TAG=$(git tag --sort=-version:refname | sed -n '1p')
+  
+          # Convert tag date to GitHub search format
+          TAG_DATE=$(git log -1 --format="%ci" "$PREVIOUS_TAG" | sed 's/ /T/' | sed 's/ +0000/Z/')
+          echo "Using tag date: $TAG_DATE"
+          
+          # Find all PRs merged from the last release tag date
+          ALL_PRS=$(gh pr list \
+            --state open \
+            --json number,body,createdAt \
+            --jq '[.[] | select(.createdAt > "'$TAG_DATE'") | .number]' 
+          )
+          echo "Found PRs: $ALL_PRS"
+          
+          # Find all issue number from PRs merged into release branch
+          ISSUE_NUMBERS=""
+          for pr_number in $(echo "$ALL_PRS" | jq -r '.[]'); do
+          
+            # Get the merge commit SHA for this PR
+            MERGE_COMMIT=$(gh pr view "$pr_number" --json mergeCommit --jq '.mergeCommit.oid')
+            echo "  PR $pr_number merge commit: $MERGE_COMMIT"
+          
+            # Check if this commit exists in the release branch
+            if git merge-base --is-ancestor "$MERGE_COMMIT" origin/release 2>/dev/null; then
+              echo "PR $pr_number is in release branch"
+          
+              # Get issue numbers from this PR
+              PR_ISSUES=$(gh pr view "$pr_number" --json body --jq '.body' | \
+                grep -o 'issues/[0-9]*' | \
+                sed 's/issues\///')
+              echo "  Found issues: $PR_ISSUES"
+          
+              ISSUE_NUMBERS="$ISSUE_NUMBERS $PR_ISSUES"
+            fi
+          
+            # TESTING 
+            # testing fetching issue number
+            # Get issue numbers from changelog entries in this PR
+            PR_ISSUES=$(gh pr view "$pr_number" --json files --jq '.files[].path' | \
+              grep '\.changes/.*\.json$' | \
+              xargs -I {} cat {} 2>/dev/null | \
+              jq -r '.issues[]?' 2>/dev/null | \
+              sed 's/.*#//')
+            echo "  Found issues: $PR_ISSUES"
+            ISSUE_NUMBERS="$ISSUE_NUMBERS $PR_ISSUES" 
+          
+          done
+          
+          
+          
+          # Comment on each issue found
+          FAILURES=""
+          
+          while read -r issue_number; do
+            if [ -n "$issue_number" ]; then
+              echo "Commenting on issue #$issue_number"
+              if ! gh issue comment "$issue_number" --body "A [#$pr_number](https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/pull/$pr_number) related to this issue was included in [**$CURRENT_TAG**](https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/releases/tag/$CURRENT_TAG)."; then
+                echo "::error::Failed to comment on issue #$issue_number"
+                FAILURES="$FAILURES #$issue_number"
+              fi
+            fi
+          done < <(echo "$ISSUE_NUMBERS" | tr ' ' '\n')
+          
+          if [ -n "$FAILURES" ]; then
+            echo "::error::Failed to update the following issue(s):$FAILURES"
+            exit 1
+          fi
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