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 See https://ceph.com/ for current information about Ceph.
 
+## Status
+
+[![Issue Backporting](https://github.com/ceph/ceph/actions/workflows/create-backport-trackers.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/ceph/ceph/actions/workflows/create-backport-trackers.yml)
 
 ## Contributing Code