On Fri, Dec 19, 2025 at 3:17 PM Dumitru Ceara via dev <
[email protected]> wrote:

> On 12/19/25 10:28 AM, Frode Nordahl wrote:
> > The Assisted-by tag is used to disclose the use of AI assistants in
> > creating patches. This tag was already mentioned in the AI-assisted
> > Contributions section but was not documented in the Tags section.
> >
> > Following review and discussion in the community A/V meeting, the
> > tag should include underlying model name, if known, and only the
> > name of the AI assistant, not an email address.
> >
> > Assisted-by: claude-sonnet-4.5, GitHub Copilot CLI
> > Signed-off-by: Frode Nordahl <[email protected]>
> > ---
>
> Hi Frode,
>
> This looks good to me, thanks!
>
> > v2:
> >   - Note that I omitted the reroll count in subject because the v1 was
> >     labeled v3 due to being submitted together with another patch.
> >   - Add wording for preference of including model name.
> >   - Update example to use fictional product names.
> > v1:
> https://mail.openvswitch.org/pipermail/ovs-dev/2025-December/428594.html
> >
> >  .../contributing/submitting-patches.rst         | 17 +++++++++++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/Documentation/internals/contributing/submitting-patches.rst
> b/Documentation/internals/contributing/submitting-patches.rst
> > index 1d6fa5e45..beede72a2 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/internals/contributing/submitting-patches.rst
> > +++ b/Documentation/internals/contributing/submitting-patches.rst
> > @@ -329,6 +329,23 @@ Examples of common tags follow.
> >    appropriate to cite the URL to the report in a Reported-at
> >    tag.  Use a Reported-by tag to acknowledge the reporters.
> >
> > +``Assisted-by: Name of model, and/or AI Code Assistant``
> > +
> > +  When a patch has been created with the assistance of an AI tool,
> > +  this tag should be used to disclose that fact.  Provide the name
> > +  of the underlying model used, if known.  For the name of the tool,
> > +  only include the name, not an email address.  For
> > +  example:
> > +
> > +  ::
> > +
> > +      Assisted-by: model-name-42.0, OVN-Code-Assistant-Pro-9.0
> > +
> > +  The author of the patch remains fully responsible for the content
> > +  and must ensure it complies with the Developer's Certificate of
> > +  Origin.  See the "AI-assisted Contributions" section for more
> > +  information.
> > +
> >  Developer's Certificate of Origin
> >  ---------------------------------
> >
>
> Acked-by: Dumitru Ceara <[email protected]>
>
> Regards,
> Dumitru
>
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Thank you Frode and Dumitru,

I went ahead and merged this into main.

Regards,
Ales
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