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+# Issue or Problem
+
+Include all relevant information, how to reproduce the issue
+ and any analysis you have about the problem. Put links
+ to relevant documents and include screenshots as necessary.
+
+# Related Issues
+
+Include all the related issues that you have researched prior
+to opening this issue ticket. If any other issue was closed
+previously without resolution, please include here and describe
+what has changed since the other issue.
+
+Relevant to # (issue)
+
+# Type of Issue
+
+- [ ] Regression
+- [ ] New feature
+- [ ] Not implemented functionality
+- [ ] Incorrectly implemented functionality
+- [ ] Usability
+- [ ] Other
+
+# Issue Checklist
+
+- [ ] I have attached minimal reproducible code
+- [ ] I am attaching details about my specific configuration where the failure is noticed
+- [ ] I am not attaching any confidential data that cannot be public
+
+# Issue Configuration
+
+- Please list any environment variables that need to be set
+  for this to be reproduced.
+- Please list any configuration changes that need to be present
+  for this to be reproduced.
+- Python Version:
+- OS/Distribution:
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+# Issue or Problem Addressed
+
+If there is a GitHub issue that describes this problem, only include a link
+to the issue.
+
+If not, please create a GitHub issue. Include all relevant information, how
+to reproduce the issue and any analysis you have about the problem. Put links
+ to relevant documents and include screenshots as necessary.
+
+# Description
+
+Describe how this PR fixes the mentioned Issue. Please include relevant
+motivation and context. Please list any dependencies that need to go in
+before this change can be tested and merged.
+
+Fixes # (issue)
+
+# Type of change
+
+Please delete options that are not relevant.
+
+- [ ] Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
+- [ ] New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
+- [ ] Deprecation (existing functionality will cease working in the future)
+- [ ] Breaking Change (remove deprecated functionality once enough deprecation notice is given)
+- [ ] Documentation change (This change requires a documentation update)
+
+# How Has This Been Tested?
+
+Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please
+Provide instructions so we can reproduce. Please list any relevant details
+for your build and test configuration.
+
+## List of Tests Added
+
+- [ ] TestA
+- [ ] TestB
+
+## Test Procedure
+
+- [ ] `make tests`
+- [ ] `make integration_tests`
+- [ ] Any other manual test mechanism
+
+## Test Configuration
+
+- Please list any environment variables that need to be set
+  for this test to work.
+- Please list any configuration changes that need to be present
+  for this test to work.
+- Python Version:
+- OS/Distribution:
+
+# Review Checklist:
+
+- [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project
+- [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code
+- [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas
+- [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation
+- [ ] My changes generate no new warnings
+- [ ] I have no changes that break existing user workflows. If so, I am providing a deprecation path
+- [ ] I have added tests that prove my fix is effective or that my feature works
+- [ ] New and existing unit tests pass locally with my changes
+- [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules