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| 3 | 3 |  <!-- Bookkeeping information for release management -->
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| 4 | 4 |  
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| 5 |  | -- ### Related Issues
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| 6 |  | -  - tor-browser#xxxxx
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| 7 |  | -  - tor-browser-build#xxxxx
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| 8 |  | -  - etc
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| 9 |  | -
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| 10 |  | -- ### Backport Timeline
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| 11 |  | -  - [ ] **Immediate** - patchsets for critical bug fixes or other major blocker (e.g. fixes for a 0-day exploit) OR patchsets with trivial changes which do not need testing (e.g. fixes for typos or fixes easily verified in a local developer build)
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| 12 |  | -  - [ ] **Next Minor Stable Release** - patchset that needs to be verified in nightly before backport
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| 13 |  | -  - [ ] **Eventually** - patchset that needs to be verified in alpha before backport
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| 14 |  | -  - [ ] **No Backport** - patchset for the next major stable
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| 15 |  | -
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| 16 |  | -- ### Upstream Merging
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| 17 |  | -  - [ ] Merge to `base-browser` - typically for `!fixups` to patches in the `base-browser` branch, though sometimes new patches as well
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| 18 |  | -    - **NOTE**: if your changeset includes patches to both `base-browser` and `tor-browser` please please make separate merge requests for each part
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| 19 |  | -
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| 20 |  | -- ### Issue Tracking
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| 21 |  | -  - [ ] Link resolved issues with appropriate [Release Prep issue](https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/applications/-/issues/?sort=updated_desc&state=opened&label_name%5B%5D=Release%20Prep&first_page_size=20) for changelog generation
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|  | 5 | +### Related Issues
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|  | 6 | +- tor-browser#xxxxx
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|  | 7 | +- mullvad-browser#xxxxx
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|  | 8 | +- tor-browser-build#xxxxx
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|  | 9 | +
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|  | 10 | +### Backporting
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|  | 11 | +
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|  | 12 | +#### Timeline
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|  | 13 | +- [ ] **Immediate**: patchset needed as soon as possible
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|  | 14 | +- [ ] **Next Minor Stable Release**: patchset that needs to be verified in nightly before backport
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|  | 15 | +- [ ] **Eventually**: patchset that needs to be verified in alpha before backport
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|  | 16 | +- [ ] **No Backport (preferred)**: patchset for the next major stable
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|  | 18 | +#### (Optional) Justification
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|  | 19 | +- [ ] **Emergency security update**: patchset fixes CVEs, 0-days, etc
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|  | 20 | +- [ ] **Censorship event**: patchset enables censorship circumvention
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|  | 21 | +- [ ] **Critical bug-fix**: patchset fixes a bug in core-functionality
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|  | 22 | +- [ ] **Consistency**: patchset which would make development easier if it were in both the alpha and release branches; developer tools, build system changes, etc
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|  | 23 | +- [ ] **Sponsor required**: patchset required for sponsor
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|  | 24 | +- [ ] **Other**: please explain
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|  | 26 | +### Merging
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|  | 27 | +- [ ] Merge to `tor-browser` - `!fixups` to `tor-browser`-specific commits, new features, security backports
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|  | 28 | +- [ ] Merge to `base-browser` -`!fixups` to `base-browser`-specific commits, new features to be shared with `mullvad-browser`, and security backports
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|  | 29 | +  - **NOTE**: if your changeset includes patches to both `base-browser` and `tor-browser` please clearly label in the change description which commits should be cherry-picked to `base-browser` after merging
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|  | 31 | +### Issue Tracking
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|  | 32 | +- [ ] Link resolved issues with appropriate [Release Prep issue](https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/applications/-/issues/?sort=updated_desc&state=opened&label_name%5B%5D=Release%20Prep&first_page_size=20) for changelog generation
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| 23 | 34 |  ## Change Description
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| 24 | 35 |  
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