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 Please convert it to a draft if any of the following conditions are not met. Reviewers may skip over until all the items are checked:
 
 - [ ] Added tests for the changes
+- [ ] Added property-based tests for code which performs user input validation
 - [ ] Changed lines covered in coverage report
 - [ ] Change log has been added to `changes/(ce|ee)/(feat|perf|fix)-<PR-id>.en.md` files
 - [ ] For internal contributor: there is a jira ticket to track this change
-- [ ] If there should be document changes, a PR to emqx-docs.git is sent, or a jira ticket is created to follow up
+- [ ] Created PR to [emqx-docs](https://github.com/emqx/emqx-docs) if documentation update is required, or link to a follow-up jira ticket
 - [ ] Schema changes are backward compatible
 
 ## Checklist for CI (.github/workflows) changes