Skip metric validation if status is deprecated or removed

lib/gitlab/usage/metric_definition.rb

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ module Gitlab
     class MetricDefinition
       METRIC_SCHEMA_PATH = Rails.root.join('config', 'metrics', 'schema.json')
       BASE_REPO_PATH = 'https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/blob/master'
+      DEPRECATED_METRIC_STATUSES = %w[deprecated removed].to_set.freeze
 
       attr_reader :path
       attr_reader :attributes
@@ -106,7 +107,7 @@ module Gitlab
       end
 
       def skip_validation?
-        !!attributes[:skip_validation] || @skip_validation
+        !!attributes[:skip_validation] || @skip_validation || DEPRECATED_METRIC_STATUSES.include?(attributes[:status])
       end
     end
   end

spec/lib/gitlab/usage/metric_definition_spec.rb

@@ -84,6 +84,33 @@ RSpec.describe Gitlab::Usage::MetricDefinition do
     end
   end
 
+  describe 'statuses' do
+    using RSpec::Parameterized::TableSyntax
+
+    where(:status, :raise_exception) do
+      'deprecated'     | false
+      'removed'        | false
+      'data_available' | false
+      'random'         | true
+    end
+
+    with_them do
+      subject(:validation) do
+        described_class.new(path, attributes.merge( { status: status } )).validate!
+      end
+
+      it "checks for valid/invalid statuses" do
+        if raise_exception
+          expect(Gitlab::ErrorTracking).to receive(:track_and_raise_for_dev_exception).at_least(:once).with(instance_of(Gitlab::Usage::Metric::InvalidMetricError))
+        else
+          expect(Gitlab::ErrorTracking).not_to receive(:track_and_raise_for_dev_exception)
+        end
+
+        validation
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
   describe '.load_all!' do
     let(:metric1) { Dir.mktmpdir('metric1') }
     let(:metric2) { Dir.mktmpdir('metric2') }