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 > [!WARNING]
 > Please make sure you remove any personally identifiable information from the log file.
 > Please set `-loglevel` to `all` before launching the game for more verbose logs.
+
+## A note on issue management
+
+`Closed as not planned` means exactly that - it's closed, because it's not on our plans to address them any time soon. It doesn't mean your issue is invalid, it just means it's not a priority, and we can always revisit them later.