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In case you start noticing a bunch of failed change log checks in CI, it is due to a recent release in towncrier. See Check if any news fragments have invalid filenames by MetRonnie · Pull Request #622 · twisted/towncrier · GitHub
Before you waste any time wondering WTF, renaming your .gitkeep files, or adding .gitkeep to your towncrier configuration as an ignored file, you might want to wait for a proposed solution in Add `.gitkeep` as one of default valid filenames · Issue #643 · twisted/towncrier · GitHub.