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 ### Are there any user-facing changes?
 
+### Checklist
+
+- [ ] The PR's title follows existing conventions of the repository
+- [ ] My code follows the general style and conventions of the codebase
+- [ ] I have performed a self-review of these changes
+- [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas
+- [ ] I have added docstrings for any non-trivial APIs I have added
+- [ ] I have run `pre-commit run --all` locally and it passed successfully
+- [ ] New and existing tests pass locally with my changes
+
 **This PR includes breaking changes to public APIs.** (If there are any breaking changes to public APIs, please explain which changes are breaking. If not, you can remove this.)
 
 **This PR contains a "Critical Fix".** (If the changes fix either (a) a security vulnerability, (b) a bug that caused incorrect or invalid data to be produced, or (c) a bug that causes a crash (even when the API contract is upheld), please provide explanation. If not, you can remove this.)