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+name: Postgres Operator issue template
+about: How are you using the operator?
+title: ''
+labels: ''
+assignees: ''
+
+---
+
+Please answer some short question which should help us to understand your problem / question better?
+
+**Which version of the operator are you using?** e.g. v1.5.0
+**Are you running Postgres Operator in production?** [yes | no]
+**Where do you run it? Kubernetes or OpenShift?** [AWS K8s | GCP ... | Bare Metal K8s]
+**Type of issue?** [Bug report, question, feature request, etc.]
+
+Some general remarks when posting a bug report:
+- Please, check the operator and postgres pod (Patroni) logs first. When copy pasting many log lines please do it in a separate GitHub gist together with your Postgres CRD and configuration manifest.
+- If you feel this issue might be more related to the [Spilo](https://github.com/zalando/spilo/issues) docker image or [Patroni](https://github.com/zalando/patroni/issues), consider to open issues in the respective repos.