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For security releases, begin the commit message with the phrase
`This is a security release.` to allow the
[distribution indexer](https://github.com/nodejs/nodejs-dist-indexer) to
identify it as such:

```txt
YYYY-MM-DD, Version x.y.z (Release Type)

This is a security release.

Notable changes:

* Copy the notable changes list here, reformatted for plain-text
```

### 6. Propose Release on GitHub

Push the release branch to `nodejs/node`, not to your own fork. This allows
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