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 * Your changes don't perform **unnecessary line addition / deletions / style changes on unrelated files / lines**.
 
-* All CI jobs are **passing**, including **style checks** and **flaky test detection jobs**.
+* All CI jobs are **passing**, including **style checks** and **flaky test detection jobs**. Note that if you're an external contributor, you don't have to wait CI jobs to run (and finish) because they don't get automatically triggered for external contributors.
 
 * Your PR has necessary amount of **tests** and that they're passing.