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 👉 Please follow one of these issue templates:
 - https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/issues/new/choose
 
+⚠️
+The GitHub issue tracker is for **bugs** and **security issues** ONLY. For feature requests and support, please use the forum:
+https://discourse.joplinapp.org/
+⚠️
+
 Note: to keep the backlog clean and actionable, issues may be immediately closed if they do not follow one of the above issue templates.