Update contributing guidelines (#11917)

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### Reporting an Issue
* Make sure you test against the latest released version. It is possible
we already fixed the bug you're experiencing. Even better is if you can test
against `master`, as bugs are fixed regularly but new versions are only
released every few months.
* Make sure you test against the latest released version. It is possible we
already fixed the bug you're experiencing. Even better is if you can test
against the `main` branch, as the bugs are regularly fixed but new versions
are only released every few months.
* Provide steps to reproduce the issue, and if possible include the expected
results as well as the actual results. Please provide text, not screen shots!
* If you are seeing an internal Vault error (a status code of 5xx), please be
sure to post relevant parts of (or the entire) Vault log, as often these
errors are logged on the server but not reported to the user
errors are logged on the server but not reported to the user.
* If you experienced a panic, please create a [gist](https://gist.github.com)
of the *entire* generated crash log for us to look at. Double check
no sensitive items were in the log.
* Respond as promptly as possible to any questions made by the Vault
team to your issue. Stale issues will be closed periodically.
team to your issue.
### Issue Lifecycle
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referenced in the commit message so that the code that fixes it is clearly
linked.
5. The issue is closed. Sometimes, valid issues will be closed to keep
the issue tracker clean. The issue is still indexed and available for
future viewers, or can be re-opened if necessary.
5. The issue is closed.
6. Issues that are not reproducible and/or not gotten responses for a long time are
stale issues. In order to provide faster responses and better engagement with
the community, we strive to keep the issue tracker clean and the issue count
low. In this regard, our current policy is to close stale issues after 30 days.
Closed issues will still be indexed and available for future viewers. If users
feel that the issue is still relevant, we encourage reopening them.
## Pull requests