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+**IMPORTANT**: Before you create an issue, please take a look at our [Issue Reporting Guide](https://github.com/alexa/avs-device-sdk/wiki/Issue-Reporting-Guide).
+
+
+## Briefly summarize your issue:
+<!--- Provide a more detailed introduction to the issue itself, and why you consider it to be a bug -->
+
+## What is the expected behavior?
+<!--- Tell us what should happen -->
+
+## What behavior are you observing?
+<!--- Tell us what's happening instead -->
+
+## Provide the steps to reproduce the issue, if applicable:
+<!--- Provide the steps for reproduce -->
+
+## Tell us about your environment:
+<!--- Include as many relevant details about the environment you experienced the bug in -->
+### What version of the AVS Device SDK are you using?
+      <x.y.z>
+
+### Tell us what hardware you're using:
+- [ ] Desktop / Laptop
+- [ ] Raspberry Pi
+- [ ] Other - tell us more:
+
+
+### Tell us about your OS (Type & version):
+- [ ] Linux
+- [ ] MacOS
+- [ ] Raspbian Stretch
+- [ ] Raspbian Jessy
+- [ ] Other - tell us more: