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+changelog:
+  exclude:
+    authors:
+      - dependabot
+  categories:
+    - title: Breaking Changes and Deprecations
+      labels:
+        - "topic: bc breaking"
+        - "topic: deprecation"
+    - title: API
+      labels:
+        - "module: api"
+    - title: Core
+      labels:
+        - "module: core"
+    - title: Graph Passes
+      labels:
+        - "module: passes"
+    - title: Bug fixes
+      labels:
+        - "topic: bug fix"
+    - title: Build, CI and Tests
+      labels:
+        - "module: build"
+        - "module: CI pipelines"
+        - "module: test"
+    - title: Documentation
+      labels:
+        - "module: docs"
+    - title: Other Changes
+      labels:
+        - "*"