From 29c4d85b7d1df8a5522080ad7bdc16b2b219b711 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Elliot Lee <github.public@intelliot.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2023 11:50:54 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] docs(pull_request_template): add API Impact section

---
 .github/pull_request_template.md | 20 ++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/pull_request_template.md b/.github/pull_request_template.md
index ca7367b8753..4b23fa046d9 100644
--- a/.github/pull_request_template.md
+++ b/.github/pull_request_template.md
@@ -33,10 +33,26 @@ Please check [x] relevant options, delete irrelevant ones.
 - [ ] New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
 - [ ] Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to not work as expected)
 - [ ] Refactor (non-breaking change that only restructures code)
-- [ ] Tests (You added tests for code that already exists, or your new feature included in this PR)
-- [ ] Documentation Updates
+- [ ] Tests (you added tests for code that already exists, or your new feature included in this PR)
+- [ ] Documentation update
 - [ ] Release
 
+### API Impact
+
+<!--
+Please check [x] relevant options, delete irrelevant ones.
+
+* If there is any impact to the public API methods (HTTP / WebSocket), please update https://github.com/xrplf/rippled/blob/develop/API-CHANGELOG.md
+  * Update API-CHANGELOG.md and add the change directly in this PR by pushing to your PR branch.
+* libxrpl: See https://github.com/XRPLF/rippled/blob/develop/docs/build/depend.md
+* Peer Protocol: See https://xrpl.org/peer-protocol.html
+-->
+
+- [ ] Public API: New feature (new methods and/or new fields)
+- [ ] Public API: Breaking change (in general, breaking changes should only impact the next api_version)
+- [ ] `libxrpl` change (any change that may affect `libxrpl` or dependents of `libxrpl`)
+- [ ] Peer protocol change (must be backward compatible or bump the peer protocol version)
+
 <!--
 ## Before / After
 If relevant, use this section for an English description of the change at a technical level.

From ee2af5b376e36fd52772babe9d8f58274c001137 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Elliot Lee <github.public@intelliot.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2023 14:26:17 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update .github/pull_request_template.md

---
 .github/pull_request_template.md | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/.github/pull_request_template.md b/.github/pull_request_template.md
index 4b23fa046d9..f3c5edd0b0b 100644
--- a/.github/pull_request_template.md
+++ b/.github/pull_request_template.md
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ Please check [x] relevant options, delete irrelevant ones.
 - [ ] Refactor (non-breaking change that only restructures code)
 - [ ] Tests (you added tests for code that already exists, or your new feature included in this PR)
 - [ ] Documentation update
+- [ ] Chore (no impact to binary, e.g. `.gitignore`, formatting, dropping support for older tooling)
 - [ ] Release
 
 ### API Impact