diff --git a/.github/labels.yaml b/.github/labels.yaml
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/labels.yaml
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+- name: 'area/compute'
+  color: 'C5DEF5'
+
+- name: 'area/iam'
+  color: 'C5DEF5'
+
+- name: 'area/networking'
+  color: 'C5DEF5'
+
+- name: 'area/physical'
+  color: 'C5DEF5'
+
+- name: 'area/storage'
+  color: 'C5DEF5'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sync-labels.yaml b/.github/workflows/sync-labels.yaml
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index 0000000..fe0e0ae
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+++ b/.github/workflows/sync-labels.yaml
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+name: Sync labels
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  issues: write
+
+jobs:
+  labels:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8
+        with:
+          sparse-checkout: .github/labels.yaml
+
+      - uses: EndBug/label-sync@26760db32aee156cab323d62cfcf90824b792844
+        with:
+          config-file: .github/labels.yaml
+          delete-other-labels: true