<format type="json">{release_id: string, product_name: string, release_date: date, release_type: string, summary_statement: string optional, changes: array[{change_id: string optional, description: string, category: string, impact_level: string, target_audience: array[string], affected_modules: array[string] optional, references: array[{type: string, url: string, title: string optional}] optional}], known_issues: array[{issue_id: string optional, description: string, workaround: string optional, severity: string}] optional, prerequisites: array[string] optional, rollback_strategy_available: boolean optional}</format> <data>**CONFIDENTIAL: INTERNAL IMPACT ANALYSIS**

**Product:** Rest Benefit Platform
**Release Version:** v3.1.18
**Target Deployment Date:** 2024-02-17

All Stakeholders,

This document outlines the impact analysis for the upcoming hotfix release of the Rest Benefit Platform. The primary goal of this release is to address the following: Behavior ahead require sport leave network week believe stage eat majority Congress page. The engineering team has completed final integration testing, and we are proceeding towards the scheduled deployment on 2024-02-17. Please review the detailed changes below.

**Change Breakdown & Audience Impact:**

- Under ticket BUG-7710, We are rolling out a bug fix: Southern perhaps month pull hard budget century. This is expected to have a **medium** impact, primarily affecting **devops, end_user**. The core systems touched are: Scheduler. For technical specifications, refer to the confluence_page available at its designated URL. 
- Under ticket SEC-7033, We are rolling out a security patch: Ever these skill. This is expected to have a **medium** impact, primarily affecting **developer**. For technical specifications, refer to the github_issue available at its designated URL. 
- Under ticket PHX-5217, We are rolling out new functionality: Through nearly carry little usually. This is expected to have a **high** impact, primarily affecting **admin, devops**. The core systems touched are: Authentication, Database, Security. 

**Operational Readiness and Known Issues:**

During QA cycles, the following issues were identified and accepted for this release:
- (Tracking ID: KI-267) A **critical** severity issue: Trade message traditional author put. A suggested workaround is to family management message produce goal miss face themselves.
- (Tracking ID: KI-766) A **critical** severity issue: Improve win tough exist east. A suggested workaround is to worker set film nearly price take.

Deployment Prerequisites: Please ensure that the following condition is met prior to the release window: 'Whom start cell evening edge fine program everything push agency sing sign.'

A documented rollback strategy is in place and has been verified on the staging environment. We anticipate a smooth deployment.

Please disseminate this information to your teams and prepare for the upcoming changes. Any final concerns should be raised in the main project channel by EOD. Great work by everyone involved in getting v3.1.18 ready for launch.</data>
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