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Every plugin should have a changelog (CHANGELOG.md). If not, please create one. When changes are made to a plugin, make sure to include a changelog entry under the respective version to document the change. The changelog should be easily understood from a user point of view. As we iterate and release plugins rapidly, users use the changelog as a mechanism for deciding whether to update.

Changes that are not user facing should be tagged as “Internal: ”. For example:

* "Internal: Refactored specs for better testing"
* "Default timeout configuration changed from 10s to 5s"
Changes that are not user facing should be tagged as `internal:`. For example:

[source,markdown]
- internal: Refactored specs for better testing
- config: Default timeout configuration changed from 10s to 5s

===== Detailed format of CHANGELOG.md

Sharing a similar format of CHANGELOG.md in plugins ease readability for users.
Please see following annotated example and see a concrete example in https://raw.githubusercontent.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-filter-date/master/CHANGELOG.md[logstash-filter-date].

[source,markdown]
----
## 1.0.x // <1> <2>
- change description // <3>
- tag: change description // <3> <4>
- tag1,tag2: change description // <3> <5>
- tag: Multi-line description // <3> <6>
must be indented and can use
additional markdown syntax
// <7>
## 1.0.0 // <8>
[...]

----
<1> Latest version is the first line of CHANGELOG.md
<2> Each version identifier should be a level-2 header using `##`
<3> One change description is described as a list item using a dash `-` aligned under the version identifier
<4> One change can be tagged by a word and suffixed by `:`. +
Common tags are `bugfix`, `feature`, `doc`, `test` or `internal`.
<5> One change can have multiple tags separated by a comma and suffixed by `:`
<6> A multi-line change description must be properly indented
<7> Please take care to *separate versions with an empty line*
<8> Previous version identifier

==== Continuous Integration

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