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       trying to produce images that work in the broadest number of environments,
       and therefore want to use older releases.
 
+### Special labels
+
+Some github labels are used to trigger certain jobs:
+
+* `backport release-x.y` - backport to release branch
+* `ci-s390x` - enable s390x CI
+* `needs:response` - Close PR after a certain amount of time if author doesn't
+  respond
+
 See also
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