---
name: Breaking change proposal
about: Track a breaking change in Haystack
title: ''
labels: breaking change
assignees: ''

---

## Summary and motivation

Briefly explain how the change is breaking and why it is needed.

## Checklist

```[tasklist]
### Tasks
- [ ] The changes are merged in the `main` branch (Code + Docstrings)
- [ ] Release notes have documented the breaking change
- [ ] A new version of `haystack-ai` has been released on PyPI
- [ ] Docs at https://docs.haystack.deepset.ai/ were updated
- [ ] Integrations on [haystack-core-integrations](https://github.com/deepset-ai/haystack-core-integrations) were updated (if needed) - This step might require a [Breaking change proposal](https://github.com/deepset-ai/haystack-core-integrations/issues/new?assignees=&labels=breaking+change&projects=&template=breaking-change-proposal.md&title=) on the repo
- [ ] Notebooks on https://github.com/deepset-ai/haystack-cookbook were updated (if needed)
- [ ] Tutorials on https://github.com/deepset-ai/haystack-tutorials were updated (if needed)
- [ ] Articles on https://github.com/deepset-ai/haystack-home/tree/main/content were updated (if needed)
- [ ] Integration tile on https://github.com/deepset-ai/haystack-integrations was updated (if needed)
```