Issue: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/growth/team-tasks/-/issues/533/
MR: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/77569

This implements an **experiment** where we require users to 
verify their identity (by providing credit card payment details) 
before allowing them to create new groups.

Clean up pending escalations after moving incident to new project

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!77086

Changelog: added
EE: true

Reduce total execution time gitaly e2e

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!76995

Support default templates for issues/MRs via .gitlab/ folders

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!76326

Docs: Reword the section heading for clarity

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!77686

Add filter bar to compliance report

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!77012

- Adds project and date range filters to the compliance report.
- Updates VSA shared project dropdown to watch for default projects
  changes and adds a default projects loading state.

Update Praefect load balancer note to mention strategy

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!78087

Now that https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/73302
is merged a long timeout is no longer necessary for Praefect.

Let's replace that note with one on the recommended LB strategy.

Improve spelling of "administrator"

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!78139

Nullify project_namespace_id reference

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!78046

Destroy UpcomingReconciliation record when there is no longer an upcoming reconciliation

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!76068

For new issues or merge requests, if a template name of "Default"
(case-insensitive) exists in the template dropdown, it will be
selected.

This allows default templates for issues and merge requests to
be provided via the .gitlab/issue_templates/ and
.gitlab/merge_request_templates/ folders.

Changelog: added

Allow skipping CI when rebasing in UI

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!76056

Fix/acknowledge various cross-DB modifications

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!78098

Add e2e tests for upgrade group subscription with existing add-on purchase

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!76890

Docs: Note NLB hairpin issue in Pages docs

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!78126

Add note to Pages docs warning that a hair pinned connection with an
AWS Network Load Balancer will be dropped, causing random 502 errors.

Deprecation MR for Monitor:Tracing

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!77421

Update frequency and data-source

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!77993

Add index for selecting active agent tokens

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!77923

Add link to the self-managed trial flow from SaaS trial signup

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!76476

- Track the new link
- Add a couple simple tests

Changelog: added
EE: true

Revert: Add twenty alert boxes on docs headed to free trial on about.gitlab

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!77893

Add gtm tracking for GitLab export project imports

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!77905

Truncate ci_namespace_mirrors and ci_project_mirrors

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!77953

Enable new rich text to source toggle button in self-managed instances by default

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!77995

Add check for ref to deployment notifications

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!74423

Geo Nodes Form - Object Storage Beta Badge

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!77989

Merge branch '340362-add-support-for-multiple-resource-values-for-cluster-image-scanning-analyzer-and-policy' into 'master'

Multi-valued Cluster Image Scanning CI filter variables

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!76334

Update GTM to capture trial form saasTrialGroup event

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!77896