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 # Description of Changes
 
-Please describe your change, mention any related tickets, and so on here.
+<!-- Please describe your change, mention any related tickets, and so on here. -->
 
 # API and ABI breaking changes
 
-If this is an API or ABI breaking change, please apply the
-corresponding GitHub label.
+<!-- If this is an API or ABI breaking change, please apply the
+corresponding GitHub label. -->
 
 # Expected complexity level and risk
 
-*How complicated do you think these changes are? Grade on a scale from 1 to 5,
-where 1 is a trivial change, and 5 is a deep-reaching and complex change.*
+<!--
+How complicated do you think these changes are? Grade on a scale from 1 to 5,
+where 1 is a trivial change, and 5 is a deep-reaching and complex change.
 
-*This complexity rating applies not only to the complexity apparent in the diff,
-but also to its interactions with existing and future code.*
+This complexity rating applies not only to the complexity apparent in the diff,
+but also to its interactions with existing and future code.
 
-*If you answered more than a 2, explain what is complex about the PR,
-and what other components it interacts with in potentially concerning ways.*
+If you answered more than a 2, explain what is complex about the PR,
+and what other components it interacts with in potentially concerning ways.  -->
 
 # Testing
 
-*Describe any testing you've done, and any testing you'd like your reviewers to do,
-so that you're confident that all the changes work as expected!*
+<!-- Describe any testing you've done, and any testing you'd like your reviewers to do,
+so that you're confident that all the changes work as expected! -->
 
-- [x] *Write a test you've completed here.*
-- [ ] *Write a test you want a reviewer to do here, so they can check it off when they're satisfied.*
+- [ ] <!-- maybe a test you want to do -->
+- [ ] <!-- maybe a test you want a reviewer to do, so they can check it off when they're satisfied. -->