Merge branch '38358-update-migration-helpers-to-use-check-constraints-instead-of-change-column-null' into 'master'

Update migration helpers to use check constraints instead of change_column_null

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!30943

Add CI_KUBERNETES_ACTIVE alternative to only:kubernetes:active

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!31146

This adds a CI variable CI_KUBERNETES_ACTIVE as an alternative to
only:kubernetes:active/except:kubernetes:active for use with the rules
syntax.

This will enable us to move deployment-related Auto DevOps sub-templates
to rules syntax, see
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/213336

Add Azure equivalents to the ref. architectures in the docs

Closes gitlab-org/quality/performance#151

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!30084

Docs: line wrap and style issues for pod logs page

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!31416

Fix some minor style issues and hard-wrap the lines in this page.

Use correct permission and path for enabling Alert Management

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!31260

Add recording finish times to usage data

Closes #216157

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!31222

We want the usage ping to be performant, we'd like to see how long it
takes to calculate the ce and the ee usage data

Drop support for `License-Management` CI config

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!30645

Remove protected paths settings from initializers

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!31221

Enable first_class_vulnerabilities feature flag by default

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!29431

SSO Enforcement expiry

Closes #214816 and #5015

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!29786

Add support for pre-made and custom templates

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!31122

Mandatory active_users param for SyncSeatLinkRequestWorker#perform

Closes #212905

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!30810

Make the active_users param mandatory for SyncSeatLinkRequestWorker
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/28241
made it option for backwards compatibility

Fix broken Istio metrics installation

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!31382

Update slot syntax for Vue 3 migration

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!31226

Revert "Merge branch 'ss-simon/rm-data-from-mount' into 'master'"

Closes #217006

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!31400

Add spinner to Roadmap

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!31080

Roadmap did not show any indication that anything was
being loaded when it was fetching epics for the roadmap

This will enable the first class vulnerabilities feature flag by
default.
Removes the feature flag restriction from the graphql.

Use Object spread over Object.assign in spec/

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!31356

Extract logic into separate component
Refactor some existing qa-classes into data-qa

Update UI copy for image expiration policy

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!31104

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/31104

Remove unused DependenciesTableRow component

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!31096

Add configuration steps for the 2,000 reference architecture

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!31244

This reverts merge request !31143

See https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/202172

This is part of multiple merge requests in order to reduce the risk of
breaking master

Exclude skipped tests in success calculation

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!31154

Merge branch '39467-allow-a-release-s-associated-milestones-to-be-edited-through-the-edit-release-page' into 'master'

Resolve "Allow a Release's associated Milestones to be edited through the "Edit Release" page"

Closes #39467

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!28583

Make retry an integer in Sidekiq logs

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!31347

Use Object spread over Object.assign in app/assets

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!31354

Starting on 12.4, protected paths can be configured from the Admin UI.
So far, the Omnibus settings have been preserved to comply with the
Omnibus deprecation policy, but given 13.0 is major release, deprecated
settings can be removed now.

Related to https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/29952