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+run:
+  timeout: 10m
+
+linters:
+  enable:
+    - bodyclose
+    - depguard
+    - errorlint
+    - exportloopref
+    - importas
+    - gci
+    - gofmt
+    - gofumpt
+    - goimports
+    - gocritic
+    - gosec
+    - govet
+    - misspell
+    - revive
+    - stylecheck
+    - testifylint
+    - unconvert
+
+linters-settings:
+  depguard:
+    rules:
+      Main:
+        deny:
+          - pkg: github.com/gogo/protobuf
+            desc: "gogo/protobuf is deprecated, use golang/protobuf"
+          - pkg: gopkg.in/yaml.v2
+            desc: "use sigs.k8s.io/yaml instead"
+          - pkg: gopkg.in/yaml.v3
+            desc: "use sigs.k8s.io/yaml instead"
+          - pkg: k8s.io/utils/pointer
+            desc: "use k8s.io/utils/ptr instead"
+  importas:
+    # Do not allow unaliased imports of aliased packages.
+    no-unaliased: true
+    # Do not allow non-required aliases.
+    no-extra-aliases: false
+    alias:
+      # gateway-api
+      - pkg: sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api/apis/v1
+        alias: gwapiv1
+      - pkg: sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api/apis/v1alpha2
+        alias: gwapiv1a2
+      - pkg: sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api/apis/v1alpha3
+        alias: gwapiv1a3
+      - pkg: sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api/apis/v1beta1
+        alias: gwapiv1b1
+      - pkg: github.com/envoyproxy/gateway/api/v1alpha1
+        alias: egv1a1
+      - pkg: github.com/envoyproxy/ai-gateway/api/v1alpha1
+        alias: aigv1a1
+      # kubernetes api
+      - pkg: k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1
+        alias: metav1
+      - pkg: k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apis/apiextensions/v1
+        alias: apiextensionsv1
+      - pkg: sigs.k8s.io/mcs-api/pkg/apis/v1alpha1
+        alias: mcsapiv1a1
+      - pkg: k8s.io/api/(\w+)/(v[\w\d]+)
+        alias: $1$2
+  gci:
+    sections:
+      # Captures all standard packages if they do not match another section.
+      - standard
+      # Contains all imports that could not be matched to another section type.
+      - default
+      # Groups all imports with the specified Prefix.
+      - prefix(github.com/envoyproxy/ai-gateway)
+  gofmt:
+    simplify: true
+  goimports:
+    # put imports beginning with prefix after 3rd-party packages;
+    # it's a comma-separated list of prefixes
+    local-prefixes: github.com/envoyproxy/ai-gateway
+  govet:
+    enable-all: true
+    disable:
+      - shadow
+      - fieldalignment
+  revive:
+    rules:
+      # TODO: enable if-return check
+      - name: if-return
+        disabled: true
+  testifylint:
+    disable:
+      - float-compare
+      - go-require
+    enable:
+      - bool-compare
+      - compares
+      - empty
+      - error-is-as
+      - error-nil
+      - expected-actual
+      - len
+      - require-error
+      - suite-dont-use-pkg
+      - suite-extra-assert-call
+
+issues:
+  exclude-rules:
+    - path: zz_generated
+      linters:
+        - goimports
+    - linters:
+        - staticcheck
+      text: "SA1019:"
+    - path: test/e2e
+      linters:
+        - bodyclose
+  # Show the complete output
+  max-issues-per-linter: 0
+  max-same-issues: 0