Removed unnecessary to_s from Variables' key
Updated tests to avoid unnecessary as_json conversion

Added a test to validate Variables in jobs_request_post_spec
Updated other tests to expect an empty Variables property

CI lint now validates the Services hash
even after adding a Variables hash

Variables are also returned in the Service object
when the runner requests a new Job

Changelog: added

Add note on how to get protected_branch_ids

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!71853

Remove outdated GitLab versions from Source Code docs

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!71857

Doc Consistency: push_rules

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!71613

Added INFO alert type

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!72019

Update reducing-repo-size page with more info

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!71930

Provide explicit instructions for user removal

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!71848

Merge branch 'mo-remove-deprecation-warning-activemodel-errors-keys-is-deprecated-and-will-be-removed-in' into 'master'

Remove deprecation warning for ActiveModel::Errors#keys

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!71854

Related to: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-docs/-/merge_requests/2019

Make ldap-troubleshooting.md page compatible with markdownlint-cli 0.29.0

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!71976

Make praefect.md page compatible with markdownlint-cli 0.29.0

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!71977

Merge branch '284704-refactor-jquery-dropdown-implementation-to-gitlab-ui-gldropdown-in-namespace_select-js' into 'master'

Resolve "Refactor jQuery dropdown implementation to GitLab UI GlDropdown in namespace_select.js"

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!60677

Docs: Update name of screenshot

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!71910

Fixed loading text in MR extensions

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!71996

Update Gitaly version

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!71993

Extract helpers for filter and pagination params

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!71917

Deprecate DropLab library

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!68109

Merge branch '625-add-tests-for-serving-content-from-large-zip-files-with-lots-of-metadata' into 'master'

Update workhorse zipartifacts test to ensure minimum number of range requests

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!70443

Hand raise lead modal placeholder

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!71838

Implement hand-raise PQLs in SaaS app

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!70044

Docs: Move clusters index content into infra/clusters

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!71588

Update json schema version for StandardContext

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!71861

Migrate protected environments's edit access dropdown to GlDropdown

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!71119

Due to migration to GlDropdown.

Also, migrate `protected_environment_edit` to Vue. This is  done
for easier communication between the components. Besides the
migration would eventually happen anyways.

Part of https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/284784.

Changelog: changed
EE: true

Improve performance settings UI text

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!71554

Delete dead global JS code

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!71941

Add spring support to rails/rake binstubs

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!71696

Use import for json fixture - 5/7

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!71902

Use import for json fixture - 2/7

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!71899