Patch 1 that migrates issues/merge requests states from integer to string.
On this commit we are only adding the state_id column and syncing it with a backgroud migration.

On Patch 2 the code to use the new integer column will be deployed and the old column will be
removed.

Add missing argument to DeploymentService#predefined_variables

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!24989

Directly inheriting from ActiveRecord::Migration is deprecated

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!25066

use timeout as it appears in logs

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!21264

Validate k8s CA certificate at cluster creation

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!24990

Use correct integrity hash for sprockets caching

Closes #57431

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!25033

[CE] Improve `wait_for_push`

Closes #53308

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!24085

Provide a performance bar link to the Jaeger UI

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!24902

Externalize date picker string

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!25068

Docs: correct word

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!25065

Fix create_project_spec

Closes gitlab-org/quality/staging#32

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!25029

Removes milestone from cluster base domain documentation

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!25045

Fix error when reloading code in Sidekiq

Closes #54320

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!25069

This commit fixes the following error in development:

    ArgumentError: A copy of Gitlab::Metrics::Transaction has been
    removed from the module tree but is still active!

Resolve "ActionView::Template::Error: undefined method `>' for nil:NilClass"

Closes #57428

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!25028

Adds a feature flag to the diff fuzzy file finder

Closes #57403

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!25006

12.0 milestone was removed from cluster base domain on AutoDevOps
documentation to avoid making fake promises.

Update `chart.js` to 2.7.2

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!24771

Fix push_http_private_token_spec by waiting for viewers to load

Closes gitlab-org/quality/staging#33

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!25030

Mention when the Registry API was introduced

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!24596

Fixes diff web worker not loading in staging

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!25039

Clarify search parameter in the branches API docs

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!24703

Update group permission docs

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!24768

Closes https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/57403

Docs: Add link to API for GitHub imports

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!24808