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-- [ ] Tests for the changes have been added
-- [ ] Related documentation has been added / updated
-- [ ] OSS packages added to Curious [open source credit page](https://mindlogger.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/MINDLOGGER1/pages/263127186/Admin+Panel+Applet+Builder+Library)
-- [ ] Delivered the `fix` or `feature` branches into `develop` or `release` branches via `Squash and Merge` (to keep clean history)
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 ### 📝 Description
 
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+### ✅ Checklist
+
+### Functionality
+
+- [ ] The feature behaves correctly in practice and fulfills the intended business purpose
+- [ ] The implementation accounts for edge cases, avoids subtle logical errors, and handles somewhat rare failure states (e.g. offline mode for mobile, 3rd party being down, etc)
+
+### Testing
+
+- [ ] Verify there are automated tests added that meaningfully cover critical behavior and failure cases
+- [ ] Code coverage does not go down as result of this change
+- [ ] Test suite passes
+
+### Security & Data Privacy
+
+- [ ] Verify there is no chance we would accidentally log PII to application logs
+- [ ] Verify this addition does not materially affect our security attack surface, and if so it has undergone security review
+- [ ] All inputs are sanitized
+- [ ] New dependencies are well maintained, have significant justification for being added to the project, and are documented in the Curious [open source credit page](https://mindlogger.atlassian.net/jira/servicedesk/projects/MLA/knowledge/articles/340623543?spaceKey=MLA)
+
+### Logging/Monitoring
+
+- [ ] Logging is implemented for this change such that you could troubleshoot this feature in production
+- [ ] The change/feature is able to be monitored in production
+
+### Performance
+
+- [ ] This change does not introduce n+1 queries or other performance issues within our expected scale (e.g. missing indexes on frequently queried columns, frequently updating tables that are accessed often)
+
+### Readability
+
+- [ ] All commented out code is removed
+- [ ] Debugging code including extraneous log lines are removed
+- [ ] Code is easy to understand through naming and structure; comments explain intent or non‑obvious decisions
+
+### Change Safety
+
+- [x] ~~Backend changes are backwards compatible with old clients, or it is well known they are not and a deployment/rollout plan is in place. This include backend changes being compatible with old mobile app versions, as well as applet versioning within Curious.~~
+- [x] ~~Destructive database migrations are rolled out in stages. For example, renaming a column means adding a new column and migrating the existing data to that columns in one deployment. Then monitoring to ensure that field isn’t used, and finally removing that old column in a separate deployment.~~