diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
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--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -134,8 +134,19 @@ ### Creating pull requests
 their contributions accepted. This includes users who have been banned from
 conduwuit Matrix rooms for Code of Conduct violations.
 
+### Branch Policy
+
+##### This section applies to Matrix-Construct members and Tuwunel maintainers
+
+All branches on the matrix-construct/tuwunel repository are _centrally
+maintained_. They may be rebased without your consent. Trivial conflicts may be
+resolved by another maintainer. Please resolve more difficult conflicts as soon
+as possible. Personal forks are advised to reduce the workload on other
+maintainers. Stale branches will be deleted to reduce the effort for this
+policy.
+
 [issues]: https://github.com/matrix-construct/tuwunel/issues
-[conduwuit-matrix]: https://matrix.to/#/#tuwunel:tuwunel.chat
+[tuwunel-chat]: https://matrix.to/#/#tuwunel:tuwunel.chat
 [complement]: https://github.com/matrix-org/complement/
 [engage.toml]: https://github.com/matrix-construct/tuwunel/blob/main/engage.toml
 [engage]: https://charles.page.computer.surgery/engage/