diff --git a/.github/workflows/commit-message-based-labels.yml b/.github/workflows/commit-message-based-labels.yml
index 14dc49974..c9bb7445a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/commit-message-based-labels.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/commit-message-based-labels.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
-      - uses: ./github-actions/commit-message-based-labels
+      - uses: ./github-actions/pull-request-labeling
         with:
           angular-robot-key: ${{ secrets.ANGULAR_ROBOT_PRIVATE_KEY }}
diff --git a/.ng-dev/commit-message.mts b/.ng-dev/commit-message.mts
index 2b3931041..dd64a13a2 100644
--- a/.ng-dev/commit-message.mts
+++ b/.ng-dev/commit-message.mts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export const commitMessage: CommitMessageConfig = {
       'spec-bundling',
     ]),
     ...buildScopesFor('github-actions', [
-      'commit-message-based-labels',
+      'pull-request-labeling',
       'feature-request',
       'lock-closed',
       'rebase',
diff --git a/.prettierignore b/.prettierignore
index f48ea34d5..724c314b7 100644
--- a/.prettierignore
+++ b/.prettierignore
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 github-actions/bazel/configure-remote/configure-remote.cjs
 github-actions/branch-manager/main.js
 github-actions/browserstack/set-browserstack-env.cjs
-github-actions/commit-message-based-labels/main.js
+github-actions/pull-request-labeling/main.js
 github-actions/feature-request/main.js
 github-actions/google-internal-tests/main.js
 github-actions/org-file-sync/main.js
diff --git a/github-actions/commit-message-based-labels/BUILD.bazel b/github-actions/commit-message-based-labels/BUILD.bazel
deleted file mode 100644
index 00818fa49..000000000
--- a/github-actions/commit-message-based-labels/BUILD.bazel
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-load("//tools:defaults.bzl", "esbuild_checked_in")
-
-esbuild_checked_in(
-    name = "main",
-    entry_point = "//github-actions/commit-message-based-labels/lib:main.ts",
-    target = "node16",
-    deps = [
-        "//github-actions/commit-message-based-labels/lib",
-    ],
-)
diff --git a/github-actions/pull-request-labeling/BUILD.bazel b/github-actions/pull-request-labeling/BUILD.bazel
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..992f42b29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/github-actions/pull-request-labeling/BUILD.bazel
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+load("//tools:defaults.bzl", "esbuild_checked_in")
+
+esbuild_checked_in(
+    name = "main",
+    entry_point = "//github-actions/pull-request-labeling/lib:main.ts",
+    target = "node16",
+    deps = [
+        "//github-actions/pull-request-labeling/lib",
+    ],
+)
diff --git a/github-actions/commit-message-based-labels/action.yml b/github-actions/pull-request-labeling/action.yml
similarity index 56%
rename from github-actions/commit-message-based-labels/action.yml
rename to github-actions/pull-request-labeling/action.yml
index 5ce8b8705..0604d8026 100644
--- a/github-actions/commit-message-based-labels/action.yml
+++ b/github-actions/pull-request-labeling/action.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-name: 'Breaking Changes Labeling'
-description: 'Automatically label pull requests with a breaking change with a breaking change label'
+name: 'Pull Request Labeling'
+description: 'Automatically label pull requests based on pull request metadata'
 author: 'Angular'
 inputs:
   angular-robot-key:
diff --git a/github-actions/commit-message-based-labels/lib/BUILD.bazel b/github-actions/pull-request-labeling/lib/BUILD.bazel
similarity index 82%
rename from github-actions/commit-message-based-labels/lib/BUILD.bazel
rename to github-actions/pull-request-labeling/lib/BUILD.bazel
index 4d998ef3b..bbb1f07c1 100644
--- a/github-actions/commit-message-based-labels/lib/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/github-actions/pull-request-labeling/lib/BUILD.bazel
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 load("//tools:defaults.bzl", "ts_library")
 
-package(default_visibility = ["//github-actions/commit-message-based-labels:__subpackages__"])
+package(default_visibility = ["//github-actions/pull-request-labeling:__subpackages__"])
 
 exports_files([
     "main.ts",
diff --git a/github-actions/commit-message-based-labels/lib/main.ts b/github-actions/pull-request-labeling/lib/main.ts
similarity index 68%
rename from github-actions/commit-message-based-labels/lib/main.ts
rename to github-actions/pull-request-labeling/lib/main.ts
index 0e6e2f36a..5f495c47b 100644
--- a/github-actions/commit-message-based-labels/lib/main.ts
+++ b/github-actions/pull-request-labeling/lib/main.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
 import * as core from '@actions/core';
 import {context} from '@actions/github';
-import {Octokit} from '@octokit/rest';
+import {Octokit, RestEndpointMethodTypes} from '@octokit/rest';
 import {Commit, parseCommitMessage} from '../../../ng-dev/commit-message/parse.js';
-import {managedLabels} from '../../../ng-dev/pr/common/labels/index.js';
+import {managedLabels, targetLabels} from '../../../ng-dev/pr/common/labels/index.js';
 import {ANGULAR_ROBOT, getAuthTokenFor, revokeActiveInstallationToken} from '../../utils.js';
 import {ManagedRepositories} from '../../../ng-dev/pr/common/labels/base.js';
 
-class CommitMessageBasedLabelManager {
+/** The type of the response data for a the pull request get method on from octokit. */
+type PullRequestGetData = RestEndpointMethodTypes['pulls']['get']['response']['data'];
+/** A Regex matcher to match releasable branch patterns. */
+const releasableBranchMatcher = /(main|\d+\.\d+\.x)/;
+
+class PullRequestLabeling {
   /** Run the commit message based labelling process. */
   static run = async () => {
     const token = await getAuthTokenFor(ANGULAR_ROBOT);
@@ -26,6 +31,8 @@ class CommitMessageBasedLabelManager {
   labels = new Set<string>();
   /** All commits in the PR */
   commits: Commit[] = [];
+  /** The pull request information from the github API. */
+  pullRequestMetadata?: PullRequestGetData;
 
   private constructor(private git: Octokit) {}
 
@@ -35,6 +42,14 @@ class CommitMessageBasedLabelManager {
     await this.initialize();
     core.info(`PR #${context.issue.number}`);
 
+    await this.commitMessageBasedLabeling();
+    await this.pullRequestMetadataLabeling();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Perform labeling based on the commit messages for the pull request.
+   */
+  async commitMessageBasedLabeling() {
     // Add or Remove label as appropriate for each of the supported label and commit messaage
     // combinations.
     for (const {commitCheck, name, repositories} of Object.values(managedLabels)) {
@@ -62,6 +77,31 @@ class CommitMessageBasedLabelManager {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Perform labeling based on the metadata for the pull request from the Github API.
+   */
+  async pullRequestMetadataLabeling() {
+    // If we are unable to get pull request metadata, we can shortcut and exit early.
+    if (this.pullRequestMetadata === undefined) {
+      return;
+    }
+    /** The base reference string, or target branch of the pull request. */
+    const baseRef = this.pullRequestMetadata.base.ref;
+
+    if (!releasableBranchMatcher.test(baseRef)) {
+      if (this.labels.has(targetLabels.TARGET_FEATURE.name)) {
+        core.info(
+          `The target branch (${baseRef}) is not a releasable branch, already has "target: feature" label`,
+        );
+      } else {
+        core.info(
+          `The target branch (${baseRef}) is not a releasable branch, adding "target: feature" label`,
+        );
+        await this.addLabel(targetLabels.TARGET_FEATURE.name);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   /** Add the provided label to the pull request. */
   async addLabel(label: string) {
     const {number: issue_number, owner, repo} = context.issue;
@@ -97,13 +137,17 @@ class CommitMessageBasedLabelManager {
     await this.git.issues
       .listLabelsOnIssue({issue_number: number, owner, repo})
       .then((resp) => resp.data.forEach(({name}) => this.labels.add(name)));
+
+    await this.git.pulls.get({owner, repo, pull_number: number}).then(({data}) => {
+      this.pullRequestMetadata = data;
+    });
   }
 }
 
 // Only run if the action is executed in a repository within the Angular org. This is in place
 // to prevent the action from actually running in a fork of a repository with this action set up.
 if (context.repo.owner === 'angular') {
-  CommitMessageBasedLabelManager.run().catch((e: Error) => {
+  PullRequestLabeling.run().catch((e: Error) => {
     console.error(e);
     core.setFailed(e.message);
   });
diff --git a/github-actions/commit-message-based-labels/main.js b/github-actions/pull-request-labeling/main.js
similarity index 99%
rename from github-actions/commit-message-based-labels/main.js
rename to github-actions/pull-request-labeling/main.js
index 04750f45e..50da4362a 100644
--- a/github-actions/commit-message-based-labels/main.js
+++ b/github-actions/pull-request-labeling/main.js
@@ -43411,7 +43411,8 @@ async function revokeActiveInstallationToken(githubOrToken) {
 
 // 
 var _a;
-var CommitMessageBasedLabelManager = class {
+var releasableBranchMatcher = /(main|\d+\.\d+\.x)/;
+var PullRequestLabeling = class {
   constructor(git) {
     this.git = git;
     this.repoAreaLabels = /* @__PURE__ */ new Set();
@@ -43421,6 +43422,10 @@ var CommitMessageBasedLabelManager = class {
   async run() {
     await this.initialize();
     core.info(`PR #${import_github2.context.issue.number}`);
+    await this.commitMessageBasedLabeling();
+    await this.pullRequestMetadataLabeling();
+  }
+  async commitMessageBasedLabeling() {
     for (const { commitCheck, name, repositories } of Object.values(managedLabels)) {
       if (!repositories.includes(import_github2.context.repo.repo)) {
         continue;
@@ -43439,6 +43444,20 @@ var CommitMessageBasedLabelManager = class {
       }
     }
   }
+  async pullRequestMetadataLabeling() {
+    if (this.pullRequestMetadata === void 0) {
+      return;
+    }
+    const baseRef = this.pullRequestMetadata.base.ref;
+    if (!releasableBranchMatcher.test(baseRef)) {
+      if (this.labels.has(targetLabels.TARGET_FEATURE.name)) {
+        core.info(`The target branch (${baseRef}) is not a releasable branch, already has "target: feature" label`);
+      } else {
+        core.info(`The target branch (${baseRef}) is not a releasable branch, adding "target: feature" label`);
+        await this.addLabel(targetLabels.TARGET_FEATURE.name);
+      }
+    }
+  }
   async addLabel(label) {
     const { number: issue_number, owner, repo } = import_github2.context.issue;
     try {
@@ -43455,10 +43474,13 @@ var CommitMessageBasedLabelManager = class {
     await this.git.paginate(this.git.issues.listLabelsForRepo, { owner, repo }).then((labels) => labels.filter((l) => l.name.startsWith("area: ")).forEach((l) => this.repoAreaLabels.add(l.name)));
     await this.git.paginate(this.git.pulls.listCommits, { owner, pull_number: number, repo }).then((commits) => this.commits = commits.map(({ commit }) => parseCommitMessage(commit.message)));
     await this.git.issues.listLabelsOnIssue({ issue_number: number, owner, repo }).then((resp) => resp.data.forEach(({ name }) => this.labels.add(name)));
+    await this.git.pulls.get({ owner, repo, pull_number: number }).then(({ data }) => {
+      this.pullRequestMetadata = data;
+    });
   }
 };
-_a = CommitMessageBasedLabelManager;
-CommitMessageBasedLabelManager.run = async () => {
+_a = PullRequestLabeling;
+PullRequestLabeling.run = async () => {
   const token = await getAuthTokenFor(ANGULAR_ROBOT);
   const git = new Octokit2({ auth: token });
   try {
@@ -43469,7 +43491,7 @@ CommitMessageBasedLabelManager.run = async () => {
   }
 };
 if (import_github2.context.repo.owner === "angular") {
-  CommitMessageBasedLabelManager.run().catch((e) => {
+  PullRequestLabeling.run().catch((e) => {
     console.error(e);
     core.setFailed(e.message);
   });
diff --git a/ng-dev/commit-message/BUILD.bazel b/ng-dev/commit-message/BUILD.bazel
index f3c4a4da0..16c121437 100644
--- a/ng-dev/commit-message/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/ng-dev/commit-message/BUILD.bazel
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ ts_library(
         exclude = ["**/*.spec.ts"],
     ),
     visibility = [
-        "//github-actions/commit-message-based-labels:__subpackages__",
+        "//github-actions/pull-request-labeling:__subpackages__",
         "//ng-dev:__subpackages__",
     ],
     deps = [
diff --git a/ng-dev/pr/common/BUILD.bazel b/ng-dev/pr/common/BUILD.bazel
index 483616106..def4f9368 100644
--- a/ng-dev/pr/common/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/ng-dev/pr/common/BUILD.bazel
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ ts_library(
     ),
     visibility = [
         "//.github/local-actions/branch-manager:__subpackages__",
-        "//github-actions/commit-message-based-labels:__subpackages__",
+        "//github-actions/pull-request-labeling:__subpackages__",
         "//ng-dev:__subpackages__",
     ],
     deps = [