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.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/middleware_change_request.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+name: RDK-E Middleware Change Request
+description: Change Request for RDK-E Middleware
+title: "<JIRA TICKET>:<Ticket Title> "
+labels: ["MW Change Request"]
+body:
+  - type: markdown
+    attributes:
+      value: |
+        Change Request for RDK-E Middleware
+  
+  - type: textarea
+    id: description
+    attributes:
+      label: Description
+      description: Provide a clear and concise description of the feature or bug ticket
+      placeholder: Describe the changes you are bringing
+    validations:
+      required: true
+
+  - type: textarea
+    id: additional-context
+    attributes:
+      label: Additional Context
+      description: Add any other context, screenshots, or examples about the feature request
+      placeholder: Any other relevant information
+    validations:
+      required: false
+
+  - type: textarea
+    id: dod-checklist
+    attributes:
+      label: Definition of Done (DoD)
+      description: Mark items with [x] and replace the placeholder text on Details lines with actual information.
+      value: |
+        Please complete the following Middleware Layer Integration checklist items to ensure all requirements for changes to be merged.
+
+        **IMPORTANT:** Do NOT provide any proprietary information including:
+        - Links to internal Automatics/CI builds
+        - Links to internal Confluence pages
+        - Any other Comcast/Sky proprietary or confidential information
+        - Development Build/Setup Details
+
+        Only provide publicly accessible information and links. All proprietary information should be added to JIRA Ticket.
+        
+        ---
+
+        - [ ] **Middleware component tags with changelog**
+          - Details: For instance https://github.com/rdkcentral/hdmicec/blob/1.0.7/CHANGELOG.md. Include all components that need to go together for Builds to work.
+
+        - [ ] **Tested on STBs**
+        
+        - [ ] **Tested on TVs**
+
+        - [ ] **Dependent Layer tags (App Layer, OSS, Product, Halif Headers, Vendor Layers)**
+          - Details: (e.g. https://github.com/rdk-e/meta-image-support/blob/4.1.1/CHANGELOG.md)
+
+        - [ ] **Do Widgets Need Publishing**
+          - Details: (Provide context if widgets are involved)
+
+        - [ ] **Copilot review for Components**
+          - Details: (Any comments on the review)
+          
+        - [ ] **Component Test**
+          - Details: Share Testing done as part of components release
+
+        - [ ] **Integration Testing**
+          - Details: Provide details on Integration testing done within Middleware layer
+          
+        - [ ] **E2E Testing**
+          - Details: Provide details on end to end testing done across all layers
+
+        - [ ] **Performance Testing**
+          - Details: Provide details on performance testing done
+
+        - [ ] **Static code analysis/Coverity**
+          - Details: Share Coverity runs for components affected
+          
+        - [ ] **Manual Functional Test**
+        
+    validations:
+      required: true

.github/workflows/auto_pr_creation_target_repo_caller.yml

@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ on:
     types: [closed]
     branches:
       - develop
-      - support/dunfell
       - 'support/*.*.*'
+      - 'support/*.*.*.*'
+
 
 jobs:
   call_auto_pr_workflow:

.github/workflows/validate_pr_desc.yml → .github/workflows/validate_pr_title.yml

@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
-name: PR Description Validation
+name: PR Title Validation
 
 on:
   pull_request:
     branches: [develop]
     types: [opened, edited, synchronize]
 
 jobs:
-  validate-pr-description:
+  validate-pr-title:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - name: Checkout code
       uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-    - name: Validate PR Description
+    - name: Validate PR Title
       env:
         PR_TITLE: ${{ github.event.pull_request.title }}
         PR_BODY: ${{ github.event.pull_request.body }}
@@ -74,40 +74,16 @@ jobs:
           return 0
         }
 
-        # Track validation results
-        TITLE_VALID=true
-        DESCRIPTION_VALID=true
-
-        # Validate PR Title
+        # Validate PR Title (always required)
         echo "=== Validating PR Title ==="
         if ! validate_ticket "$PR_TITLE" "PR title"; then
-          TITLE_VALID=false
-        fi
-
-        echo ""
-        echo "=== Validating PR Description ==="
-        # Validate PR Description 
-        if [ -n "$PR_BODY" ]; then
-          if ! validate_ticket "$PR_BODY" "PR description"; then
-            DESCRIPTION_VALID=false
-          fi
-        else
-          echo "ERROR: PR description is empty."
-          echo "Both PR title and description must contain valid ticket IDs."
-          DESCRIPTION_VALID=false
-        fi
-
-        echo ""
-        echo "=== Validation Summary ==="
-        echo "PR Title: $([ "$TITLE_VALID" = true ] && echo "PASSED" || echo " FAILED")"
-        echo "PR Description: $([ "$DESCRIPTION_VALID" = true ] && echo "PASSED" || echo "FAILED")"
-
-        # Exit with error if either validation failed
-        if [ "$TITLE_VALID" = false ] || [ "$DESCRIPTION_VALID" = false ]; then
           echo ""
-          echo "VALIDATION FAILED: Both PR title and description must contain valid ticket IDs from the approved list: ${VALID_TICKET_IDS[@]}"
+          echo "VALIDATION FAILED: PR title must contain a valid ticket ID from the approved list: ${VALID_TICKET_IDS[@]}"
           exit 1
         fi
 
         echo ""
-        echo "ALL VALIDATIONS PASSED! Both PR title and description contain valid ticket IDs."
+        echo "=== PR Title Validation PASSED ==="
+        echo "Ticket ID found in PR title."
+        echo ""
+        echo "ALL VALIDATIONS PASSED! PR title contains a valid ticket ID."