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+changelog:
+  exclude:
+    labels:
+      - ignore-for-release
+      - dependencies
+    authors:
+      - rapids-bot[bot]
+      - dependabot[bot]
+  categories:
+    - title: "\U0001F6A8 Breaking Changes"
+      labels:
+        - breaking
+    - title: "\U0001F41B Bug Fixes"
+      labels:
+        - bug
+    - title: "\U0001F4D6 Documentation"
+      labels:
+        - doc
+    - title: "\U0001F680 New Features"
+      labels:
+        - feature request
+    - title: "\U0001F6E0\uFE0F Improvements"
+      labels:
+        - improvement