Release 13 1 performance improvements

/label release post release post item Technical Writing

The Release Post Manager will use this template to create separate performance improvement and bug fixes MRs for the release post blog.

Key dates & Review

• By the 12th, @fseifoddini reminds EMs/PMs to draft/submit performance improvements via data/release_posts/unreleased/performance_improvements.yml per release post MR task list item
• By the 15th, @Release Post Manager assigns MR to TW lead for review and applies label in review
• By the 16th: @aqualls (backed up by @mjang1) reviews, applies the ready label and assigns to @Release Post Manager
• By the 17th: @Release Post Manager merges the MR, prior to final content assembly