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-name: Issue_Template
-about: Submit a formatted issue for attention by the CDK team
-title: ''
-labels: needs-triage
-assignees: ''
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-**Note: for support questions, please first reference our [documentation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cdk/api/latest), then use [Stackoverflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/ask?tags=aws-cdk)**. This repository's issues are intended for feature requests and bug reports.
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-* **I'm submitting a ...**
-  - [ ] :beetle: bug report
-  - [ ] :rocket: feature request
-  - [ ] :books: construct library gap
-  - [ ] :phone: security issue or vulnerability => Please see [policy](https://github.com/awslabs/aws-cdk/security/policy)
-  - [ ] :question: support request => Please see note at the top of this template.
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-* **What is the current behavior?**
-*If the current behavior is a :beetle:bug:beetle:: Please provide the steps to reproduce*
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-* **What is the expected behavior (or behavior of feature suggested)?**
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-* **What is the motivation / use case for changing the behavior or adding this feature?**
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-* **Please tell us about your environment:**
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-  - CDK CLI Version: xx.xx.xx
-  - Module Version: xx.xx.xx
-  - OS: [all | Windows 10 | OSX Mojave | Ubuntu | etc... ]
-  - Language: [all | TypeScript | Java | Python ]
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-* **Other information** (e.g. detailed explanation, stacktraces, related issues, suggestions how to fix, links for us to have context, eg. associated pull-request, stackoverflow, gitter, etc)