See thread at https://codedotorg.slack.com/archives/C03CK49G9/p1765072570543329 for more details

Warning!!

We have entered Pixel Lock for Hour of AI! All merges to the staging branch from Dec 2 through Dec 12 must go through live change review and be deemed critical for supporting the Hour of AI. External contributions will not be accepted at this time.

For non-critical changes, please change your base to staging-next and delete this warning. We will merge staging-next into staging on Dec 15, 2025.

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PR Creation Checklist:

• Tests provide adequate coverage
• Privacy impacts have been documented
• Security impacts have been documented
• Code is well-commented
• New features are translatable or updates will not break translations
• Relevant documentation has been added or updated
• User impact is well-understood and desirable
• Follow-up work items (including potential tech debt) are tracked and linked