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 3. **Confirm and close**: Make sure that all items with the `story` label have left the "Ready for release" column. Select all remaining items in the "Ready for release" column and move them to the "Closed" column. This will close the related GitHub issues.
 
-4. **Confirm and celebrate**: Open the [Drafting](https://github.com/orgs/fleetdm/projects/67) board. Filter by the current milestone and move all stories to the "Confirm and celebrate" column. Product will close the issues during their [confirm and celebrate ritual](https://fleetdm.com/handbook/product#rituals).
+4. **Confirm and celebrate**: Open the [Drafting](https://github.com/orgs/fleetdm/projects/67) board. Filter by the current milestone and move all stories to the "Confirm and celebrate" column. Product will close the issues during their [confirm and celebrate ritual](https://fleetdm.com/handbook/product#rituals). [Engineering-initiated stories](https://fleetdm.com/handbook/engineering#create-an-engineering-initiated-story) (`~engineering-initiated` label) can be closed without confirm and celebrate.
 
 5. **Close GitHub milestone**: Visit [GitHub's milestone page](https://github.com/fleetdm/fleet/milestones) and close the current milestone.