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+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Contributors to the Power Grid Model project <powergridmodel@lfenergy.org>
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
+
+changelog:
+  categories:
+    - title: Features and improvements
+      labels:
+        - feature
+        - improvement
+    - title: Bug fixes
+      labels:
+        - bug
+    - title: Dependencies
+      labels:
+        - dependencies
+      authors:
+        - dependabot
+    - title: Documentation
+      labels:
+        - documentation
+    - title: Other Changes
+      labels:
+        - "*"