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 Thank you for submitting a Pull Request to the WebGoat. Please make sure that:
 
 - [ ] Status checks have passed (e.g. packaging, linting, testing are fine)
+- [ ] Commits are [signed off](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-commit#Documentation/git-commit.txt--s) or you have a commit which you amend with `git commit -m "Sign off" --amend --signof`. See [Contributing.md](https://github.com/WebGoat/WebGoat/blob/develop/CONTRIBUTING.md) for more details.
 
 If your PR is related to an issue. Please end your PR test with the following line:
 This PR closes #< insert number here >.
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