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@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ As of 1.21, PRRs are now blocking. PRR _approval_ is required for the enhancemen
to be part of the release. This means that any KEPs targeting the release for any
stage will require production readiness approval by the *Enhancements Freeze Date*.
+Introduced in 1.23, *Product Readiness Freeze* happens a week before *Enhancements
+Freeze Date*. All KEPs must be opted in by this date to help PRR reviewers provision
+their workload. KEPs opted in after the *Product Readiness Freeze* are at risk of not
+being reviewed by the PRR team, depending on bandwidth. KEP owners can file an
+[Exception request](https://github.com/kubernetes/sig-release/blob/master/releases/EXCEPTIONS.md) if the PRR has not been completed post Enhancements Freeze.
+
Note that some of the questions in the [KEP template] should be answered in both
the KEP's README.md and the `kep.yaml`, in order to support automated checks on
the PRR. The template points out these as needed.