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+name: "\U0001F47D External issues"
+about: Please report WooCommerce REST API or WooCommerce Gutenberg Products Blocks issues directly to their respective repositories.
+title: ''
+labels: ''
+assignees: ''
+
+---
+
+Please report WooCommerce REST API (https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce-rest-api) or WooCommerce Gutenberg Products Blocks (https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce-gutenberg-products-block) issues directly to their respective repositories.