From 5832d72e6632de3e25372b8d816616d0f0cbaa59 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pranshusharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2025 10:03:30 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 01/74] Updated the Static-analysis for artifacts repo download

---
 .gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
index d0c0dd38918f69..54d1738d431f6d 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
   extends:
     - .default-retry
     - .default-before_script
+    - .repo-from-artifacts
   stage: lint
-  needs: []
+  needs:
+    - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
   variables:
     SETUP_DB: "false"
     ENABLE_SPRING: "1"
@@ -19,6 +21,7 @@ static-analysis:
     - .static-analysis:rules:static-analysis
     - .use-pg16
   needs:
+    - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
     - job: cache:ruby-gems
       optional: true
     - job: cache:node-modules
-- 
GitLab


From 17ef8a25d781737e92bffbaf75b83aa7327c5578 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pranshusharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2025 14:55:27 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 02/74] Updated the static analysis gitlab CI/CD

---
 .gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
index 54d1738d431f6d..72e2155240f75d 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -54,7 +54,9 @@ generate-apollo-graphql-schema:
   image:
     name: ${REGISTRY_HOST}/${REGISTRY_GROUP}/gitlab-build-images:apollo
     entrypoint: [""]
-  needs: ['graphql-schema-dump']
+  needs: 
+    - ['graphql-schema-dump']
+    - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
   variables:
     USE_BUNDLE_INSTALL: "false"
   script:
@@ -142,6 +144,7 @@ haml-lint:
   needs:
     - job: cache:ruby-gems
       optional: true
+    - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
   script:
     - bundle exec haml-lint --parallel
   artifacts:
@@ -158,6 +161,7 @@ rubocop:
   needs:
     - job: detect-tests
       optional: true
+    - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
   variables:
     RUBOCOP_TARGET_FILES: "tmp/rubocop_target_files.txt"
   script:
-- 
GitLab


From 7ddb076e9e98de58e03b5bc60591fe0f529f7fe4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pranshusharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2025 15:03:09 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 03/74] Fix the linting error

---
 .gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
index 72e2155240f75d..5ff233b48a5a6b 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ generate-apollo-graphql-schema:
   image:
     name: ${REGISTRY_HOST}/${REGISTRY_GROUP}/gitlab-build-images:apollo
     entrypoint: [""]
-  needs: 
+  needs:
     - ['graphql-schema-dump']
     - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
   variables:
-- 
GitLab


From ee5eb3c49206bde51663ae423ab7bf6b7830b909 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pranshusharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2025 15:26:31 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 04/74] commented repo-from-artifacts download to check metrics

---
 .gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml | 12 ++++++------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
index 5ff233b48a5a6b..030b12e40b7cc0 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
   extends:
     - .default-retry
     - .default-before_script
-    - .repo-from-artifacts
+    # - .repo-from-artifacts
   stage: lint
   needs:
-    - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
+    # - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
   variables:
     SETUP_DB: "false"
     ENABLE_SPRING: "1"
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ static-analysis:
     - .static-analysis:rules:static-analysis
     - .use-pg16
   needs:
-    - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
+    # - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
     - job: cache:ruby-gems
       optional: true
     - job: cache:node-modules
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ generate-apollo-graphql-schema:
     entrypoint: [""]
   needs:
     - ['graphql-schema-dump']
-    - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
+    # - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
   variables:
     USE_BUNDLE_INSTALL: "false"
   script:
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ haml-lint:
   needs:
     - job: cache:ruby-gems
       optional: true
-    - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
+    # - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
   script:
     - bundle exec haml-lint --parallel
   artifacts:
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ rubocop:
   needs:
     - job: detect-tests
       optional: true
-    - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
+    # - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
   variables:
     RUBOCOP_TARGET_FILES: "tmp/rubocop_target_files.txt"
   script:
-- 
GitLab


From 0edeeb501b3bbb2935f0c21f7d2bb05ecdb8c9b1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pranshusharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2025 15:55:34 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 05/74] removed the commented artifacts download

---
 .gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml | 12 ++++++------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
index 030b12e40b7cc0..5ff233b48a5a6b 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
   extends:
     - .default-retry
     - .default-before_script
-    # - .repo-from-artifacts
+    - .repo-from-artifacts
   stage: lint
   needs:
-    # - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
+    - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
   variables:
     SETUP_DB: "false"
     ENABLE_SPRING: "1"
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ static-analysis:
     - .static-analysis:rules:static-analysis
     - .use-pg16
   needs:
-    # - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
+    - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
     - job: cache:ruby-gems
       optional: true
     - job: cache:node-modules
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ generate-apollo-graphql-schema:
     entrypoint: [""]
   needs:
     - ['graphql-schema-dump']
-    # - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
+    - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
   variables:
     USE_BUNDLE_INSTALL: "false"
   script:
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ haml-lint:
   needs:
     - job: cache:ruby-gems
       optional: true
-    # - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
+    - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
   script:
     - bundle exec haml-lint --parallel
   artifacts:
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ rubocop:
   needs:
     - job: detect-tests
       optional: true
-    # - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
+    - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
   variables:
     RUBOCOP_TARGET_FILES: "tmp/rubocop_target_files.txt"
   script:
-- 
GitLab


From 6fc105185f512fc2d14f9486181960dc22afcb54 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pranshusharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2025 12:57:04 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 06/74] updated docs and qa yaml of stage lint

---
 .gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++----------
 .gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml   |  5 +++++
 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
index e7979ccb02e090..3361641d26747b 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   extends:
     - .default-retry
     - .docs:rules:review-docs
+    - .repo-from-artifacts
   image: ${GITLAB_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_ADDRESS}ruby:${RUBY_VERSION}-alpine
   stage: review
   needs: []
@@ -59,7 +60,8 @@ docs-lint markdown:
     - .docs:rules:docs-lint
     - .docs-markdown-lint-image
   stage: lint
-  needs: []
+  needs: 
+    - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
   script:
     - |
       cat << EOF >> .markdownlint-cli2.yaml
@@ -86,7 +88,8 @@ docs-lint mermaid:
     - .docs-markdown-lint-image
     - .yarn-cache
   stage: lint
-  needs: []
+  needs: 
+    - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
   script:
     - source ./scripts/utils.sh
     - yarn_install_script
@@ -97,7 +100,8 @@ docs code_quality:
     - .reports:rules:docs_code_quality
     - .docs-markdown-lint-image
   stage: lint
-  needs: []
+  needs: 
+    - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
   dependencies: []
   allow_failure: true
   script:
@@ -116,7 +120,8 @@ docs hugo_build:
     - .default-retry
     - .docs:rules:docs-all-lint
   stage: lint
-  needs: []
+  needs: 
+    - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
   dependencies: []
   variables:
     DOCS_BRANCH: "main"
@@ -167,7 +172,8 @@ docs-lint links:
     - .docs:rules:docs-lint
     - .docs-markdown-lint-image
   stage: lint
-  needs: []
+  needs: 
+    - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
   before_script:
     - source scripts/utils.sh
   script:
@@ -185,6 +191,7 @@ docs-lint deprecations-and-removals:
   needs:
     - job: cache:ruby-gems
       optional: true
+    - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
   script:
     - bundle exec rake gitlab:docs:check_deprecations
     # - bundle exec rake gitlab:docs:check_windows
@@ -195,7 +202,8 @@ docs-lint redirects:
   extends:
     - .default-retry
     - .docs:rules:redirect-check
-  needs: []
+  needs: 
+    - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
   before_script:
     - source scripts/utils.sh
   script: ./scripts/lint-docs-redirects.rb
@@ -206,7 +214,8 @@ docs-i18n-lint markdown:
     - .docs:rules:docs-i18n-lint
     - .docs-markdown-lint-image
   stage: lint
-  needs: []
+  needs: 
+    - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
   script:
     - source ./scripts/utils.sh
     - install_gitlab_gem
@@ -218,7 +227,8 @@ docs-i18n-lint links:
     - .docs:rules:docs-i18n-lint
     - .docs-markdown-lint-image
   stage: lint
-  needs: []
+  needs: 
+    - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
   when: manual
   allow_failure: true
   before_script:
@@ -233,7 +243,8 @@ docs-i18n-lint japanese-vale:
     - .docs:rules:docs-i18n-lint-japanese
     - .docs-markdown-lint-image
   stage: lint
-  needs: []
+  needs: 
+    - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
   variables:
     LANGUAGE_CODE: "ja-jp"
     LANGUAGE_NAME: "Japanese"
@@ -250,7 +261,8 @@ docs-i18n-lint paths:
     - .docs-markdown-lint-image
   allow_failure: true
   stage: lint
-  needs: []
+  needs: 
+    - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
   script:
     - source ./scripts/utils.sh
     - install_gitlab_gem
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml
index 03ca93a15fb0eb..6676e902f344cc 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
     - .with-ruby-slim-image
     - .default-retry
     - .qa-cache
+    - .repo-from-artifacts
   stage: test
   needs: []
   variables:
@@ -77,6 +78,8 @@ qa:metadata-lint:
     - .needs-e2e-gem-cache
     - .qa:rules:metadata-lint
   stage: lint
+  needs:
+    - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
   variables:
     # Disable warnings in browserslist which can break on backports
     # https://github.com/browserslist/browserslist/blob/a287ec6/node.js#L367-L384
@@ -98,6 +101,8 @@ qa:selectors:
     - .needs-e2e-gem-cache
     - .qa:rules:selectors
   stage: lint
+  needs:
+    - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
   script:
     - bundle exec bin/qa Test::Sanity::Selectors
 
-- 
GitLab


From 35ae6891ed1ec2f5f9d03f8aad9bd01ecf8b4a0e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pranshusharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2025 13:56:04 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 07/74] fix the liniting issue removed trailing space

---
 .gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml | 20 ++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
index 3361641d26747b..4452e071871dd1 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ docs-lint markdown:
     - .docs:rules:docs-lint
     - .docs-markdown-lint-image
   stage: lint
-  needs: 
+  needs:
     - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
   script:
     - |
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ docs-lint mermaid:
     - .docs-markdown-lint-image
     - .yarn-cache
   stage: lint
-  needs: 
+  needs:
     - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
   script:
     - source ./scripts/utils.sh
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ docs code_quality:
     - .reports:rules:docs_code_quality
     - .docs-markdown-lint-image
   stage: lint
-  needs: 
+  needs:
     - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
   dependencies: []
   allow_failure: true
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ docs hugo_build:
     - .default-retry
     - .docs:rules:docs-all-lint
   stage: lint
-  needs: 
+  needs:
     - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
   dependencies: []
   variables:
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ docs-lint links:
     - .docs:rules:docs-lint
     - .docs-markdown-lint-image
   stage: lint
-  needs: 
+  needs:
     - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
   before_script:
     - source scripts/utils.sh
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ docs-lint redirects:
   extends:
     - .default-retry
     - .docs:rules:redirect-check
-  needs: 
+  needs:
     - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
   before_script:
     - source scripts/utils.sh
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ docs-i18n-lint markdown:
     - .docs:rules:docs-i18n-lint
     - .docs-markdown-lint-image
   stage: lint
-  needs: 
+  needs:
     - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
   script:
     - source ./scripts/utils.sh
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ docs-i18n-lint links:
     - .docs:rules:docs-i18n-lint
     - .docs-markdown-lint-image
   stage: lint
-  needs: 
+  needs:
     - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
   when: manual
   allow_failure: true
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ docs-i18n-lint japanese-vale:
     - .docs:rules:docs-i18n-lint-japanese
     - .docs-markdown-lint-image
   stage: lint
-  needs: 
+  needs:
     - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
   variables:
     LANGUAGE_CODE: "ja-jp"
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ docs-i18n-lint paths:
     - .docs-markdown-lint-image
   allow_failure: true
   stage: lint
-  needs: 
+  needs:
     - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
   script:
     - source ./scripts/utils.sh
-- 
GitLab


From 19ac6f3ed319006eaa470a7e6e00b6080ee68810 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pranshusharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2025 13:57:32 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 08/74] fix qa:orchestrator-lint job

---
 .gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml
index 6676e902f344cc..ba0d1aa67ed193 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -111,9 +111,12 @@ qa:orchestrator-lint:
     - .qa-orchestrator-job-base
     - .needs-orchestrator-gem-cache
     - .qa:rules:gitlab-orchestrator
+    - .repo-from-artifacts
   stage: lint
   script:
     - bundle exec rubocop
+  needs:
+    - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
 
 qa:orchestrator-rspec:
   extends:
-- 
GitLab


From a273d338fd98daf0909e0d0f38e5e829377d551e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pranshusharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2025 14:04:29 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 09/74] Updated e2e-test-pipeline-generate job

---
 .gitlab/ci/setup.gitlab-ci.yml | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/setup.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/setup.gitlab-ci.yml
index b22bf8b5ad30c4..7abd82e616eddf 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/setup.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/setup.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -203,7 +203,10 @@ e2e-test-pipeline-generate:
     - .needs-e2e-gem-cache
     - .predictive-job
     - .qa:rules:determine-e2e-tests
+    - .repo-from-artifacts
   stage: prepare
+  needs:
+    - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
   variables:
     COLORIZED_LOGS: "true"
     GENERATED_PIPELINE_PATH: "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/qa/tmp"
-- 
GitLab


From f954c63679356584f3b81e758bab27028591dfd3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pranshusharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2025 14:23:41 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 10/74] fix: qa:orchestrator-rspec job

---
 .gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml
index ba0d1aa67ed193..1089df666d2508 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -123,6 +123,9 @@ qa:orchestrator-rspec:
     - .qa-orchestrator-job-base
     - .needs-orchestrator-gem-cache
     - .qa:rules:gitlab-orchestrator
+    - .repo-from-artifacts
+  needs:
+    - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
   stage: test
   script:
     - bundle exec rspec --force-color
-- 
GitLab


From 102d6cdd977b88cee44005eb8104ec2b25dced1a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pranshusharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2025 15:14:06 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 11/74] Updated docs artifacts download

---
 .gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
index 4452e071871dd1..effeb7705e5c36 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ docs-lint markdown:
     - .default-retry
     - .docs:rules:docs-lint
     - .docs-markdown-lint-image
+    - .repo-from-artifacts
   stage: lint
   needs:
     - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ docs-lint mermaid:
     - .docs:rules:docs-lint
     - .docs-markdown-lint-image
     - .yarn-cache
+    - .repo-from-artifacts
   stage: lint
   needs:
     - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
@@ -99,6 +101,7 @@ docs code_quality:
   extends:
     - .reports:rules:docs_code_quality
     - .docs-markdown-lint-image
+    - .repo-from-artifacts
   stage: lint
   needs:
     - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
@@ -119,6 +122,7 @@ docs hugo_build:
   extends:
     - .default-retry
     - .docs:rules:docs-all-lint
+    - .repo-from-artifacts
   stage: lint
   needs:
     - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
@@ -171,6 +175,7 @@ docs-lint links:
   extends:
     - .docs:rules:docs-lint
     - .docs-markdown-lint-image
+    - .repo-from-artifacts
   stage: lint
   needs:
     - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
@@ -202,6 +207,7 @@ docs-lint redirects:
   extends:
     - .default-retry
     - .docs:rules:redirect-check
+    - .repo-from-artifacts
   needs:
     - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
   before_script:
@@ -213,6 +219,7 @@ docs-i18n-lint markdown:
     - .default-retry
     - .docs:rules:docs-i18n-lint
     - .docs-markdown-lint-image
+    - .repo-from-artifacts
   stage: lint
   needs:
     - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
@@ -242,6 +249,7 @@ docs-i18n-lint japanese-vale:
     - .default-retry
     - .docs:rules:docs-i18n-lint-japanese
     - .docs-markdown-lint-image
+    - .repo-from-artifacts
   stage: lint
   needs:
     - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
@@ -259,6 +267,7 @@ docs-i18n-lint paths:
     - .default-retry
     - .docs:rules:docs-i18n-lint
     - .docs-markdown-lint-image
+    - .repo-from-artifacts
   allow_failure: true
   stage: lint
   needs:
-- 
GitLab


From da07036646d76ff6343f2d9c23b5426ae353691d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pranshusharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2025 15:28:57 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 12/74] Updated docs hugo_build job

---
 .gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml | 3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
index effeb7705e5c36..d7cc58114f8ac6 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -122,10 +122,7 @@ docs hugo_build:
   extends:
     - .default-retry
     - .docs:rules:docs-all-lint
-    - .repo-from-artifacts
   stage: lint
-  needs:
-    - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
   dependencies: []
   variables:
     DOCS_BRANCH: "main"
-- 
GitLab


From 48d214b2232512dd600ee8ea645192a7ad8b232d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pranshusharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2025 18:26:43 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 13/74] Updated the docs code_quality job

---
 .gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
index d7cc58114f8ac6..67126e7c679455 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -103,8 +103,7 @@ docs code_quality:
     - .docs-markdown-lint-image
     - .repo-from-artifacts
   stage: lint
-  needs:
-    - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
+  needs: []
   dependencies: []
   allow_failure: true
   script:
-- 
GitLab


From bb180ca616b2a178db3916d5b520220e1e289ddd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pranshusharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2025 15:40:14 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 14/74] Updated job docs-lint mermaid

---
 .gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
index 67126e7c679455..f90ea4add764e9 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -90,8 +90,7 @@ docs-lint mermaid:
     - .yarn-cache
     - .repo-from-artifacts
   stage: lint
-  needs:
-    - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
+  needs: []
   script:
     - source ./scripts/utils.sh
     - yarn_install_script
-- 
GitLab


From 9059cf611f551574b8390c0a3f05e9316439e980 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pranshusharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2025 15:43:28 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 15/74] Updated job docs-i18n-lint paths:to download artifacts
 repo

---
 .gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
index f90ea4add764e9..fbd07ec79a2a90 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -265,8 +265,7 @@ docs-i18n-lint paths:
     - .repo-from-artifacts
   allow_failure: true
   stage: lint
-  needs:
-    - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
+  needs: []
   script:
     - source ./scripts/utils.sh
     - install_gitlab_gem
-- 
GitLab


From 0392ac006cf3d287e9d9af74031692c8871058d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pranshusharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2025 17:34:18 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 16/74] Fixed job e2e-test-pipeline-generate

---
 .gitlab/ci/setup.gitlab-ci.yml | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/setup.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/setup.gitlab-ci.yml
index 7abd82e616eddf..4020054cceefe2 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/setup.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/setup.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -203,10 +203,8 @@ e2e-test-pipeline-generate:
     - .needs-e2e-gem-cache
     - .predictive-job
     - .qa:rules:determine-e2e-tests
-    - .repo-from-artifacts
+    # - .repo-from-artifacts
   stage: prepare
-  needs:
-    - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
   variables:
     COLORIZED_LOGS: "true"
     GENERATED_PIPELINE_PATH: "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/qa/tmp"
-- 
GitLab


From 0575646298c85bb81392e24028962b3049491fdc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pranshusharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2025 17:38:45 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 17/74] Removed commented lines

---
 .gitlab/ci/setup.gitlab-ci.yml | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/setup.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/setup.gitlab-ci.yml
index 4020054cceefe2..b22bf8b5ad30c4 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/setup.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/setup.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -203,7 +203,6 @@ e2e-test-pipeline-generate:
     - .needs-e2e-gem-cache
     - .predictive-job
     - .qa:rules:determine-e2e-tests
-    # - .repo-from-artifacts
   stage: prepare
   variables:
     COLORIZED_LOGS: "true"
-- 
GitLab


From d88ac3a1057851ab0dcd956a712cbe9f059f5add Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pranshusharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2025 21:52:06 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 18/74] Updated jobs qa:orchestrator-lint

---
 .gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
index fbd07ec79a2a90..116115025b3ff8 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ docs-lint mermaid:
     - .yarn-cache
     - .repo-from-artifacts
   stage: lint
-  needs: []
+  needs:
+    - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
   script:
     - source ./scripts/utils.sh
     - yarn_install_script
-- 
GitLab


From 7650594a9098c9767de6f92a98105d3505b9ce43 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pranshusharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2025 21:55:21 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 19/74] Commented refrence for repo_from_artifacts

---
 .gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml | 12 ++++--------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml
index 1089df666d2508..d50d3822b53ad2 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@ qa:selectors:
     - .needs-e2e-gem-cache
     - .qa:rules:selectors
   stage: lint
-  needs:
-    - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
+  # needs:
+  #   - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
   script:
     - bundle exec bin/qa Test::Sanity::Selectors
 
@@ -111,21 +111,17 @@ qa:orchestrator-lint:
     - .qa-orchestrator-job-base
     - .needs-orchestrator-gem-cache
     - .qa:rules:gitlab-orchestrator
-    - .repo-from-artifacts
   stage: lint
   script:
     - bundle exec rubocop
-  needs:
-    - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
+  # needs:
+  #   - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
 
 qa:orchestrator-rspec:
   extends:
     - .qa-orchestrator-job-base
     - .needs-orchestrator-gem-cache
     - .qa:rules:gitlab-orchestrator
-    - .repo-from-artifacts
-  needs:
-    - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
   stage: test
   script:
     - bundle exec rspec --force-color
-- 
GitLab


From 1d163f87dc41f35977d4b70ec60cd534c4ad13d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pranshusharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2025 22:14:52 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 20/74] Commented need black for .qa-job-base

---
 .gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
index 116115025b3ff8..4b3f0f63eca321 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     - .repo-from-artifacts
   image: ${GITLAB_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_ADDRESS}ruby:${RUBY_VERSION}-alpine
   stage: review
-  needs: []
+  # needs: []
   variables:
     GIT_DEPTH: 1
     # By default, deploy the Review App using the `main` branch of the `gitlab-org/technical-writing/docs-gitlab-com` project
-- 
GitLab


From b539d793b01dcb2f038d771063cd5af5f34bcb01 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pranshusharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2025 22:15:17 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 21/74] Commented need block

---
 .gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml
index d50d3822b53ad2..955c6da8603fe8 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     - .qa-cache
     - .repo-from-artifacts
   stage: test
-  needs: []
+  # needs: []
   variables:
     USE_BUNDLE_INSTALL: "false"
     BUNDLE_GEMFILE: "Gemfile"
-- 
GitLab


From 85ccb5b11d0152a8bfd4679231da4ce3d9c3d69d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pranshu Sharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2025 12:07:38 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 22/74] Removes needs section of  qa:metadata-lint job

---
 .gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml
index 955c6da8603fe8..dbe018ef7e796c 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -78,8 +78,6 @@ qa:metadata-lint:
     - .needs-e2e-gem-cache
     - .qa:rules:metadata-lint
   stage: lint
-  needs:
-    - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
   variables:
     # Disable warnings in browserslist which can break on backports
     # https://github.com/browserslist/browserslist/blob/a287ec6/node.js#L367-L384
-- 
GitLab


From f8a054d71263cb44b3e42ac6887c7e183b23b010 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pranshu Sharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2025 12:08:16 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 23/74] Add .repo-from-artifacts for docs-lint
 deprecations-and-removals job

---
 .gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
index 4b3f0f63eca321..d579d497b6763c 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ docs-lint deprecations-and-removals:
     - .ruby-cache
     - .default-before_script
     - .docs:rules:deprecations-and-removals
+    - .repo-from-artifacts
   stage: lint
   needs:
     - job: cache:ruby-gems
-- 
GitLab


From 9aa0f2a7a10b4b85193102635efbee14599645f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pranshu Sharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2025 12:08:35 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 24/74] Added .repo-from-artifacts

---
 .gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
index 5ff233b48a5a6b..d6b5a72e1d6f9c 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@ static-analysis:
     - .static-analysis-cache
     - .static-analysis:rules:static-analysis
     - .use-pg16
-  needs:
-    - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
+    - .repo-from-artifacts
     - job: cache:ruby-gems
       optional: true
     - job: cache:node-modules
-- 
GitLab


From 77321b68c00dddfedf6df6f34f28f148b96e0857 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pranshu Sharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2025 12:11:08 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 25/74] Removes need section for static-analysis-base

---
 .gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
index d6b5a72e1d6f9c..32f576333228fb 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
     - .default-before_script
     - .repo-from-artifacts
   stage: lint
-  needs:
-    - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
   variables:
     SETUP_DB: "false"
     ENABLE_SPRING: "1"
-- 
GitLab


From 765d5bfb6376dcb5bf1550fde0349edd9a3592fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pranshusharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2025 12:14:48 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 26/74] Updated the jobs of stage lint by removing need section

---
 .gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml | 25 +++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
index 4b3f0f63eca321..cb5ea48920a526 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ docs code_quality:
     - .docs-markdown-lint-image
     - .repo-from-artifacts
   stage: lint
-  needs: []
+  # needs: []
   dependencies: []
   allow_failure: true
   script:
@@ -173,8 +173,8 @@ docs-lint links:
     - .docs-markdown-lint-image
     - .repo-from-artifacts
   stage: lint
-  needs:
-    - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
+  # needs:
+  #   - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
   before_script:
     - source scripts/utils.sh
   script:
@@ -204,8 +204,8 @@ docs-lint redirects:
     - .default-retry
     - .docs:rules:redirect-check
     - .repo-from-artifacts
-  needs:
-    - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
+  # needs:
+  #   - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
   before_script:
     - source scripts/utils.sh
   script: ./scripts/lint-docs-redirects.rb
@@ -217,8 +217,8 @@ docs-i18n-lint markdown:
     - .docs-markdown-lint-image
     - .repo-from-artifacts
   stage: lint
-  needs:
-    - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
+  # needs:
+  #   - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
   script:
     - source ./scripts/utils.sh
     - install_gitlab_gem
@@ -229,9 +229,10 @@ docs-i18n-lint links:
     - .default-retry
     - .docs:rules:docs-i18n-lint
     - .docs-markdown-lint-image
+    - .repo-from-artifacts
   stage: lint
-  needs:
-    - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
+  # needs:
+  #   - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
   when: manual
   allow_failure: true
   before_script:
@@ -247,8 +248,8 @@ docs-i18n-lint japanese-vale:
     - .docs-markdown-lint-image
     - .repo-from-artifacts
   stage: lint
-  needs:
-    - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
+  # needs:
+  #   - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
   variables:
     LANGUAGE_CODE: "ja-jp"
     LANGUAGE_NAME: "Japanese"
@@ -266,7 +267,7 @@ docs-i18n-lint paths:
     - .repo-from-artifacts
   allow_failure: true
   stage: lint
-  needs: []
+  # needs: []
   script:
     - source ./scripts/utils.sh
     - install_gitlab_gem
-- 
GitLab


From 5193643b878c990f9306c05519fa9c0055324852 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pranshusharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2025 12:20:13 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 27/74] Updated static-analysis CI file by removing needs
 section

---
 .gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
index 32f576333228fb..a59b93192cf531 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
     - .default-before_script
     - .repo-from-artifacts
   stage: lint
+  # needs:
+  #   - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
   variables:
     SETUP_DB: "false"
     ENABLE_SPRING: "1"
@@ -18,7 +20,8 @@ static-analysis:
     - .static-analysis-cache
     - .static-analysis:rules:static-analysis
     - .use-pg16
-    - .repo-from-artifacts
+  needs:
+    # - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
     - job: cache:ruby-gems
       optional: true
     - job: cache:node-modules
-- 
GitLab


From 9cb421d96ac2512397a5be73ff69f7c2bc85a0a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pranshusharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2025 13:42:44 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 28/74] Added repo-from-artifacts for stage lint jobs

---
 .gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml
index dbe018ef7e796c..b6c8954b59a92a 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ qa:metadata-lint:
     - .qa-job-base
     - .needs-e2e-gem-cache
     - .qa:rules:metadata-lint
+    - .repo-from-artifacts
   stage: lint
   variables:
     # Disable warnings in browserslist which can break on backports
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@ qa:selectors:
     - .qa-job-base
     - .needs-e2e-gem-cache
     - .qa:rules:selectors
+    - .repo-from-artifacts
   stage: lint
   # needs:
   #   - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
@@ -109,6 +111,7 @@ qa:orchestrator-lint:
     - .qa-orchestrator-job-base
     - .needs-orchestrator-gem-cache
     - .qa:rules:gitlab-orchestrator
+    - .repo-from-artifacts
   stage: lint
   script:
     - bundle exec rubocop
-- 
GitLab


From b82c8d2bb5d212d969929a72c7f06c66b4260dd5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pranshusharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2025 22:18:37 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 29/74] Updated static-analysis job with repo artifgacts
 download

---
 .gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
index a59b93192cf531..9bf3bdcd714d37 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ static-analysis:
     - .static-analysis-cache
     - .static-analysis:rules:static-analysis
     - .use-pg16
+    - .repo-from-artifacts
   needs:
     # - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
     - job: cache:ruby-gems
@@ -219,6 +220,7 @@ rails-next-dependency-check:
   extends:
     - .ruby-cache
     - .rails:rules:rails-next-dependency-check
+    - .repo-from-artifacts
   variables:
     BUNDLE_GEMFILE: Gemfile.next
   script:
-- 
GitLab


From 35388444c5fcdcbc28fc0faeeebddd8a155f1ad3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pranshusharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2025 22:27:08 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 30/74] Removed artifacts download from .qa-job-base

---
 .gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml
index ec3b3adb712d91..d7636f8da3d24c 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     - .with-ruby-slim-image
     - .default-retry
     - .qa-cache
-    - .repo-from-artifacts
+    # - .repo-from-artifacts
   stage: test
   # needs: []
   variables:
-- 
GitLab


From 44785594310496f3002cd2613f4bb42720d7e67d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pranshusharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2025 22:27:42 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 31/74] Updated yaml-lint jobs

---
 .gitlab/ci/yaml.gitlab-ci.yml | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/yaml.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/yaml.gitlab-ci.yml
index 70816705bfeb19..3e1a783b11e71b 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/yaml.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/yaml.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ lint-yaml:
   extends:
     - .default-retry
     - .yaml-lint:rules
+    - .repo-from-artifacts
   image: ${GITLAB_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_ADDRESS}pipelinecomponents/yamllint:latest
   stage: lint
   needs: []
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ lint-pipeline-yaml:
   extends:
     - .default-retry
     - .lint-pipeline-yaml:rules
+    - .repo-from-artifacts
   image: ${GITLAB_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_ADDRESS}pipelinecomponents/yamllint:latest
   stage: lint
   needs: []
@@ -31,6 +33,7 @@ lint-metrics-yaml:
   extends:
     - .default-retry
     - .lint-metrics-yaml:rules
+    - .repo-from-artifacts
   image: ${GITLAB_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_ADDRESS}pipelinecomponents/yamllint:latest
   stage: lint
   needs: []
-- 
GitLab


From 45aa17e001597e09c2dd7a0d8da8316de9cc7b45 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pranshusharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2025 22:34:09 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 32/74] commented needs []

---
 .gitlab/ci/yaml.gitlab-ci.yml | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/yaml.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/yaml.gitlab-ci.yml
index 3e1a783b11e71b..09dff34fe1a1e5 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/yaml.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/yaml.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ lint-yaml:
     - .repo-from-artifacts
   image: ${GITLAB_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_ADDRESS}pipelinecomponents/yamllint:latest
   stage: lint
-  needs: []
+  # needs: []
   script:
     - yamllint --strict -f colored .
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ lint-pipeline-yaml:
     - .repo-from-artifacts
   image: ${GITLAB_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_ADDRESS}pipelinecomponents/yamllint:latest
   stage: lint
-  needs: []
+  # needs: []
   variables:
     LINT_PATHS: .gitlab-ci.yml .gitlab/ci lib/gitlab/ci/templates data/deprecations data/whats_new
   script:
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ lint-metrics-yaml:
     - .repo-from-artifacts
   image: ${GITLAB_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_ADDRESS}pipelinecomponents/yamllint:latest
   stage: lint
-  needs: []
+  # needs: []
   variables:
     LINT_PATHS: config/metrics
   script:
-- 
GitLab


From c094755c33c8d8af227f6fad3f28fb045409d041 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pranshusharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2025 22:52:46 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 33/74] Updated .static-analysis-base

---
 .gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
index 73241979ff367a..59d3cb8f86ffe3 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   extends:
     - .default-retry
     - .default-before_script
-    - .repo-from-artifacts
+    # - .repo-from-artifacts
   stage: lint
   # needs:
   #   - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ semgrep-appsec-custom-rules:
   stage: lint
   extends:
     - .semgrep-appsec-custom-rules:rules
+    - .repo-from-artifacts
   rules:
     - if: $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_DRAFT == "true"
       when: never
-- 
GitLab


From ba3711ab3373037b7184c5ed2d48e4c6c9d96492 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pranshusharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2025 22:53:46 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 34/74] Updated docs job of stage lint

---
 .gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml | 11 ++++++-----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
index 84b6ced4a93a48..3d591f4230c5ee 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ docs-lint markdown:
     - .docs-markdown-lint-image
     - .repo-from-artifacts
   stage: lint
-  needs:
-    - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
+  # needs:
+  #   - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
   script:
     - |
       cat << EOF >> .markdownlint-cli2.yaml
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ docs-lint mermaid:
     - .yarn-cache
     - .repo-from-artifacts
   stage: lint
-  needs:
-    - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
+  # needs:
+  #   - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
   script:
     - source ./scripts/utils.sh
     - yarn_install_script
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ docs hugo_build:
   extends:
     - .default-retry
     - .docs:rules:docs-all-lint
+    - .repo-from-artifacts
   stage: lint
   dependencies: []
   variables:
@@ -177,7 +178,7 @@ docs-lint deprecations-and-removals:
   needs:
     - job: cache:ruby-gems
       optional: true
-    - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
+    # - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
   script:
     - bundle exec rake gitlab:docs:check_deprecations
     # - bundle exec rake gitlab:docs:check_windows
-- 
GitLab


From 2870a1f3ba342ed5848c850b570f0f6719c56f51 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pranshusharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2025 23:20:34 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 35/74] Updated .static-analysis-base

---
 .gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
index 59d3cb8f86ffe3..858339668e9a78 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
     - .default-before_script
     # - .repo-from-artifacts
   stage: lint
-  # needs:
-  #   - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
+  needs:
+    - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
   variables:
     SETUP_DB: "false"
     ENABLE_SPRING: "1"
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ static-analysis:
     - .static-analysis-cache
     - .static-analysis:rules:static-analysis
     - .use-pg16
-    - .repo-from-artifacts
+    # - .repo-from-artifacts
   needs:
     # - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
     - job: cache:ruby-gems
-- 
GitLab


From d1e9db89c6bcf755edea20bd49e0bd0a04cfefe1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pranshusharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2025 23:46:55 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 36/74] Added artifacts download for docs hugo_build job

---
 .gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
index 3d591f4230c5ee..b8ade455022da0 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -105,7 +105,9 @@ docs hugo_build:
   extends:
     - .default-retry
     - .docs:rules:docs-all-lint
-    - .repo-from-artifacts
+    # - .repo-from-artifacts
+  needs:
+    - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
   stage: lint
   dependencies: []
   variables:
-- 
GitLab


From e36c5e1a1e97c1890f7bdf9f449d5a31087782d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pranshusharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2025 23:54:22 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 37/74] Fix: remove commented lines

---
 .gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml | 16 ----------------
 1 file changed, 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
index b8ade455022da0..db446072b0b2c5 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ docs-lint markdown:
     - .docs-markdown-lint-image
     - .repo-from-artifacts
   stage: lint
-  # needs:
-  #   - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
   script:
     - |
       cat << EOF >> .markdownlint-cli2.yaml
@@ -74,8 +72,6 @@ docs-lint mermaid:
     - .yarn-cache
     - .repo-from-artifacts
   stage: lint
-  # needs:
-  #   - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
   script:
     - source ./scripts/utils.sh
     - yarn_install_script
@@ -160,8 +156,6 @@ docs-lint links:
     - .docs-markdown-lint-image
     - .repo-from-artifacts
   stage: lint
-  # needs:
-  #   - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
   before_script:
     - source scripts/utils.sh
   script:
@@ -180,7 +174,6 @@ docs-lint deprecations-and-removals:
   needs:
     - job: cache:ruby-gems
       optional: true
-    # - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
   script:
     - bundle exec rake gitlab:docs:check_deprecations
     # - bundle exec rake gitlab:docs:check_windows
@@ -192,8 +185,6 @@ docs-lint redirects:
     - .default-retry
     - .docs:rules:redirect-check
     - .repo-from-artifacts
-  # needs:
-  #   - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
   before_script:
     - source scripts/utils.sh
   script: ./scripts/lint-docs-redirects.rb
@@ -205,8 +196,6 @@ docs-i18n-lint markdown:
     - .docs-markdown-lint-image
     - .repo-from-artifacts
   stage: lint
-  # needs:
-  #   - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
   script:
     - source ./scripts/utils.sh
     - install_gitlab_gem
@@ -219,8 +208,6 @@ docs-i18n-lint links:
     - .docs-markdown-lint-image
     - .repo-from-artifacts
   stage: lint
-  # needs:
-  #   - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
   when: manual
   allow_failure: true
   before_script:
@@ -236,8 +223,6 @@ docs-i18n-lint japanese-vale:
     - .docs-markdown-lint-image
     - .repo-from-artifacts
   stage: lint
-  # needs:
-  #   - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
   variables:
     LANGUAGE_CODE: "ja-jp"
     LANGUAGE_NAME: "Japanese"
@@ -255,7 +240,6 @@ docs-i18n-lint paths:
     - .repo-from-artifacts
   allow_failure: true
   stage: lint
-  # needs: []
   script:
     - source ./scripts/utils.sh
     - install_gitlab_gem
-- 
GitLab


From d55a82733b090e3b89bb484393e992a37ed736c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pranshusharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2025 23:56:43 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 38/74] Fix remove commented lines from qa lint jobs

---
 .gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml | 6 ------
 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml
index d7636f8da3d24c..03fae85ef88ed4 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@
     - .with-ruby-slim-image
     - .default-retry
     - .qa-cache
-    # - .repo-from-artifacts
   stage: test
-  # needs: []
   variables:
     USE_BUNDLE_INSTALL: "false"
     BUNDLE_GEMFILE: "Gemfile"
@@ -101,8 +99,6 @@ qa:selectors:
     - .qa:rules:selectors
     - .repo-from-artifacts
   stage: lint
-  # needs:
-  #   - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
   script:
     - bundle exec bin/qa Test::Sanity::Selectors
 
@@ -115,8 +111,6 @@ qa:orchestrator-lint:
   stage: lint
   script:
     - bundle exec rubocop
-  # needs:
-  #   - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
 
 qa:orchestrator-rspec:
   extends:
-- 
GitLab


From 3f9d74486cc2b28b22e606513e28640e7fa9d881 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pranshusharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 12:38:13 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 39/74] Updated .qa-job-base with repo artifacts download

---
 .gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml
index 03fae85ef88ed4..416ab146b3c34f 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
     - .with-ruby-slim-image
     - .default-retry
     - .qa-cache
+    - .repo-from-artifacts
   stage: test
   variables:
     USE_BUNDLE_INSTALL: "false"
-- 
GitLab


From 5b2789fc85d54f1a46e3b7fda0f131d7744e16ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pranshusharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 12:43:03 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 40/74] Fix: removed commented lines

---
 .gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml | 2 --
 .gitlab/ci/yaml.gitlab-ci.yml | 3 ---
 2 files changed, 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
index db446072b0b2c5..82e3047ce309a6 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
     - .repo-from-artifacts
   image: ${GITLAB_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_ADDRESS}ruby:${RUBY_VERSION}-alpine
   stage: review
-  # needs: []
   variables:
     GIT_DEPTH: 1
     # By default, deploy the Review App using the `main` branch of the `gitlab-org/technical-writing/docs-gitlab-com` project
@@ -83,7 +82,6 @@ docs code_quality:
     - .docs-markdown-lint-image
     - .repo-from-artifacts
   stage: lint
-  # needs: []
   dependencies: []
   allow_failure: true
   script:
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/yaml.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/yaml.gitlab-ci.yml
index 09dff34fe1a1e5..2d5e08436f2d3c 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/yaml.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/yaml.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ lint-yaml:
     - .repo-from-artifacts
   image: ${GITLAB_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_ADDRESS}pipelinecomponents/yamllint:latest
   stage: lint
-  # needs: []
   script:
     - yamllint --strict -f colored .
 
@@ -23,7 +22,6 @@ lint-pipeline-yaml:
     - .repo-from-artifacts
   image: ${GITLAB_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_ADDRESS}pipelinecomponents/yamllint:latest
   stage: lint
-  # needs: []
   variables:
     LINT_PATHS: .gitlab-ci.yml .gitlab/ci lib/gitlab/ci/templates data/deprecations data/whats_new
   script:
@@ -36,7 +34,6 @@ lint-metrics-yaml:
     - .repo-from-artifacts
   image: ${GITLAB_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_ADDRESS}pipelinecomponents/yamllint:latest
   stage: lint
-  # needs: []
   variables:
     LINT_PATHS: config/metrics
   script:
-- 
GitLab


From ebe7538b2d8bb81f7dfc07934badd52ba3d417f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pranshusharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 12:46:02 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 41/74] Testing qa jobs

---
 .gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml
index 416ab146b3c34f..06690903c58787 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ qa:selectors:
     - .qa-job-base
     - .needs-e2e-gem-cache
     - .qa:rules:selectors
-    - .repo-from-artifacts
+    # - .repo-from-artifacts
   stage: lint
   script:
     - bundle exec bin/qa Test::Sanity::Selectors
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ qa:orchestrator-lint:
     - .qa-orchestrator-job-base
     - .needs-orchestrator-gem-cache
     - .qa:rules:gitlab-orchestrator
-    - .repo-from-artifacts
+    # - .repo-from-artifacts
   stage: lint
   script:
     - bundle exec rubocop
-- 
GitLab


From 79ade76104e740006ba76768494e43bb5d969776 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pranshusharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 12:53:59 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 42/74] Updated qa jobs

---
 .gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml
index 06690903c58787..03fae85ef88ed4 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
     - .with-ruby-slim-image
     - .default-retry
     - .qa-cache
-    - .repo-from-artifacts
   stage: test
   variables:
     USE_BUNDLE_INSTALL: "false"
@@ -98,7 +97,7 @@ qa:selectors:
     - .qa-job-base
     - .needs-e2e-gem-cache
     - .qa:rules:selectors
-    # - .repo-from-artifacts
+    - .repo-from-artifacts
   stage: lint
   script:
     - bundle exec bin/qa Test::Sanity::Selectors
@@ -108,7 +107,7 @@ qa:orchestrator-lint:
     - .qa-orchestrator-job-base
     - .needs-orchestrator-gem-cache
     - .qa:rules:gitlab-orchestrator
-    # - .repo-from-artifacts
+    - .repo-from-artifacts
   stage: lint
   script:
     - bundle exec rubocop
-- 
GitLab


From 37275d3274b5fed82b91858e78d64512e8274aab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pranshusharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 13:35:34 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 43/74] Fix : Remove commented lines

---
 .gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml            | 3 ---
 .gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml | 4 ----
 2 files changed, 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
index 82e3047ce309a6..fbd6da5b3a7fd3 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -99,9 +99,6 @@ docs hugo_build:
   extends:
     - .default-retry
     - .docs:rules:docs-all-lint
-    # - .repo-from-artifacts
-  needs:
-    - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
   stage: lint
   dependencies: []
   variables:
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
index 858339668e9a78..f9ea7b6f5a5fb9 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -2,10 +2,8 @@
   extends:
     - .default-retry
     - .default-before_script
-    # - .repo-from-artifacts
   stage: lint
   needs:
-    - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
   variables:
     SETUP_DB: "false"
     ENABLE_SPRING: "1"
@@ -20,9 +18,7 @@ static-analysis:
     - .static-analysis-cache
     - .static-analysis:rules:static-analysis
     - .use-pg16
-    # - .repo-from-artifacts
   needs:
-    # - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
     - job: cache:ruby-gems
       optional: true
     - job: cache:node-modules
-- 
GitLab


From 8d36f6fbc57ae6296eb6a5ecd1373a45a95894c1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pranshusharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 14:40:22 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 44/74] Removing needs section

---
 .gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
index f9ea7b6f5a5fb9..897a4dbf32cc44 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
     - .default-retry
     - .default-before_script
   stage: lint
-  needs:
   variables:
     SETUP_DB: "false"
     ENABLE_SPRING: "1"
@@ -53,7 +52,6 @@ generate-apollo-graphql-schema:
     entrypoint: [""]
   needs:
     - ['graphql-schema-dump']
-    - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
   variables:
     USE_BUNDLE_INSTALL: "false"
   script:
-- 
GitLab


From cf041edc200ba5cf6141bf2a93ae814fe9674275 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pranshusharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 15:42:29 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 45/74] Updated ping-appsec-for-sast-findings job

---
 .gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
index 897a4dbf32cc44..90f3dbe7256f72 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -360,6 +360,7 @@ ping-appsec-for-sast-findings:
   image: ${GITLAB_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_ADDRESS}alpine:latest
   extends:
     - .ping-appsec-for-sast-findings:rules
+    - .repo-from-artifacts 
   rules:
     - if: $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_DRAFT == "true"
       when: never
@@ -396,6 +397,7 @@ check-deprecated-files:
   extends:
     - .static-analysis-base
     - .static-analysis:rules:check-deprecated-files
+    - .repo-from-artifacts
   variables:
     USE_BUNDLE_INSTALL: "false"
   script:
-- 
GitLab


From 2f10ebd4c359f445b2063451eb921d19aa3abe3a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pranshusharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 16:06:04 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 46/74] Fix: pipeline linitng error

---
 .gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
index 90f3dbe7256f72..bbf6891c3f05c9 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ ping-appsec-for-sast-findings:
   image: ${GITLAB_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_ADDRESS}alpine:latest
   extends:
     - .ping-appsec-for-sast-findings:rules
-    - .repo-from-artifacts 
+    - .repo-from-artifacts
   rules:
     - if: $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_DRAFT == "true"
       when: never
-- 
GitLab


From 84a225de89f3d896e00456c81598ab6f84ced2e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pranshusharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 16:19:31 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 47/74] Updated static-analysis job

---
 .gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
index bbf6891c3f05c9..d775dc21ac9bf6 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ static-analysis:
     - .static-analysis-cache
     - .static-analysis:rules:static-analysis
     - .use-pg16
+    - .repo-from-artifacts
   needs:
     - job: cache:ruby-gems
       optional: true
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ static-analysis:
       optional: true
     - job: db:setup pg16
       optional: true
+    - clone-gitlab-repo
   parallel: 2
   variables:
     SETUP_DB: "true"
@@ -38,6 +40,7 @@ static-verification-with-database:
     - .rubocop-job-cache
     - .static-analysis:rules:static-verification-with-database
     - .use-pg16
+    - .repo-from-artifacts
   script:
     - bundle exec rake lint:static_verification_with_database
   variables:
@@ -47,6 +50,7 @@ generate-apollo-graphql-schema:
   extends:
     - .static-analysis-base
     - .frontend:rules:default-frontend-jobs
+    - .repo-from-artifacts
   image:
     name: ${REGISTRY_HOST}/${REGISTRY_GROUP}/gitlab-build-images:apollo
     entrypoint: [""]
@@ -136,6 +140,7 @@ haml-lint:
     - .static-analysis-base
     - .ruby-cache
     - .static-analysis:rules:haml-lint
+    - .repo-from-artifacts
   needs:
     - job: cache:ruby-gems
       optional: true
-- 
GitLab


From 8cdb4cf15dc2dc69ccf8a344845aa049bb7a7e1c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pranshusharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 19:52:30 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 48/74] Added needs - clone-gitlab-repo

---
 .gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
index d775dc21ac9bf6..0cb34883b06933 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ generate-apollo-graphql-schema:
     entrypoint: [""]
   needs:
     - ['graphql-schema-dump']
+    - clone-gitlab-repo
   variables:
     USE_BUNDLE_INSTALL: "false"
   script:
@@ -375,6 +376,7 @@ ping-appsec-for-sast-findings:
     BOT_USER_ID: 19650678
   needs:
     - semgrep-appsec-custom-rules
+    - clone-gitlab-repo
   script:
     - apk update
     - apk add ruby
-- 
GitLab


From d92c221b8333e81eb030101187a4748abcffea0a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pranshusharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 20:23:21 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 49/74] Updated stage lint based jobs

---
 .gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml            | 5 +++++
 .gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
index fbd6da5b3a7fd3..030a192730aad2 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ docs code_quality:
     - .docs-markdown-lint-image
     - .repo-from-artifacts
   stage: lint
+  needs:
+    - clone-gitlab-repo
   dependencies: []
   allow_failure: true
   script:
@@ -99,8 +101,11 @@ docs hugo_build:
   extends:
     - .default-retry
     - .docs:rules:docs-all-lint
+    - .repo-from-artifacts
   stage: lint
   dependencies: []
+  needs:
+    - clone-gitlab-repo
   variables:
     DOCS_BRANCH: "main"
   before_script:
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
index 0cb34883b06933..e4975f13ec3ec4 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ rubocop:
     - .static-analysis-base
     - .rubocop-job-cache-push
     - .static-analysis:rules:rubocop
+    - .repo-from-artifacts
   needs:
     - job: detect-tests
       optional: true
@@ -190,6 +191,7 @@ rubocop-docs:
     - .static-analysis-base
     - .rubocop-job-cache
     - .docs:rules:docs-lint
+    - .repo-from-artifacts
   script:
     - bundle exec rubocop --only Gitlab/DocumentationLinks/Link
 
@@ -243,6 +245,7 @@ feature-flags-usage:
     - .ruby-cache
     # this jobs is a non optional needs for rspec:feature-flags job so it should use same rule to ensure it is present
     - .rails:rules:rspec-feature-flags
+    - .repo-from-artifacts
   script:
     - fail_on_warnings bundle exec rubocop --only Gitlab/MarkUsedFeatureFlags --cache false
   artifacts:
-- 
GitLab


From db40b86c3eb6975e7cc55e692686e1fad54e48f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pranshusharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 20:31:42 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 50/74] Updated docs hugo_build job

---
 .gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
index 030a192730aad2..2011c8f348a042 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ docs hugo_build:
     - clone-gitlab-repo
   variables:
     DOCS_BRANCH: "main"
+    CI_FETCH_REPO_GIT_STRATEGY: none
   before_script:
     # Check if this a release branch, which would be the case for a backport.
     # If this is a backport MR, we need to checkout the appropriate version
-- 
GitLab


From 863eccc41694c50654e426059154738e235028c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pranshusharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 20:52:06 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 51/74] Removes dependency from docs hugo_build job

---
 .gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
index 2011c8f348a042..fe0433eaaea66d 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -103,12 +103,11 @@ docs hugo_build:
     - .docs:rules:docs-all-lint
     - .repo-from-artifacts
   stage: lint
-  dependencies: []
   needs:
     - clone-gitlab-repo
   variables:
     DOCS_BRANCH: "main"
-    CI_FETCH_REPO_GIT_STRATEGY: none
+    # CI_FETCH_REPO_GIT_STRATEGY: none
   before_script:
     # Check if this a release branch, which would be the case for a backport.
     # If this is a backport MR, we need to checkout the appropriate version
-- 
GitLab


From d881a674ec90334d5372c4c44d41226dc1b0f059 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pranshusharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 20:56:31 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 52/74] Remove dependency block from docs code_quality job

---
 .gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
index fe0433eaaea66d..7b56d9669e604f 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ docs code_quality:
   stage: lint
   needs:
     - clone-gitlab-repo
-  dependencies: []
   allow_failure: true
   script:
     - vale --output=doc/.vale/vale-json.tmpl --minAlertLevel warning doc > gl-code-quality-report-docs.json || exit_code=$?
-- 
GitLab


From b893119236963eb2e21c018bc8c73fc793f22e7f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pranshusharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 21:04:12 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 53/74] Updated semgrep-appsec-custom-rules job

---
 .gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
index e4975f13ec3ec4..2f66550147f63d 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -274,7 +274,8 @@ semgrep-appsec-custom-rules:
       when: never
     - !reference [.semgrep-appsec-custom-rules:rules, rules]
   image: ${GITLAB_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_ADDRESS}returntocorp/semgrep:1.99.0
-  needs: []
+  needs:
+    - clone-gitlab-repo
   script:
     - git clone $CUSTOM_RULES_REPOSITORY sast-custom-rules
     - |
@@ -358,6 +359,7 @@ templates-shellcheck:
     - .default-retry
     - .ruby-cache
     - .use-pg17
+    - .repo-from-artifacts
   stage: lint
   needs:
     - setup-test-env
-- 
GitLab


From a612ff2f4ef6f0d2d1c4a25da9f20c7a305d6e38 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pranshusharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 21:04:35 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 54/74] Updated secret_detection job

---
 .gitlab/ci/reports.gitlab-ci.yml | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/reports.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/reports.gitlab-ci.yml
index 7b87ceaf875349..485045f03ca46c 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/reports.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/reports.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ semgrep-sast:
 
 secret_detection:
   rules: !reference [".reports:rules:secret_detection", rules]
+  extends:
+    - .repo-from-artifacts
 
 dependency-scanning:
   extends:
-- 
GitLab


From 82cbb550ac9f3fb32182ba62ebc1e1ebbb189153 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pranshusharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 21:08:58 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 55/74] Cleanup: Removed refrence section from lint stage jobs

---
 .gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
index 2f66550147f63d..51cab1a5fb4404 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -145,7 +145,6 @@ haml-lint:
   needs:
     - job: cache:ruby-gems
       optional: true
-    - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
   script:
     - bundle exec haml-lint --parallel
   artifacts:
@@ -163,7 +162,6 @@ rubocop:
   needs:
     - job: detect-tests
       optional: true
-    - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
   variables:
     RUBOCOP_TARGET_FILES: "tmp/rubocop_target_files.txt"
   script:
-- 
GitLab


From e8c541be37339075ade5f0389b3bb390c516f575 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pranshusharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 21:14:21 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 56/74] Cleanup removing commented lines

---
 .gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
index 7b56d9669e604f..d6880aae3b7aec 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@ docs hugo_build:
     - clone-gitlab-repo
   variables:
     DOCS_BRANCH: "main"
-    # CI_FETCH_REPO_GIT_STRATEGY: none
   before_script:
     # Check if this a release branch, which would be the case for a backport.
     # If this is a backport MR, we need to checkout the appropriate version
-- 
GitLab


From db94c8e54664b8c0dcadd392c928ef39612331c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pranshusharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2025 13:03:32 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 57/74] Added clone-gitlab-repo to lint jobs

---
 .gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
index 51cab1a5fb4404..4e301e380713db 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ haml-lint:
   needs:
     - job: cache:ruby-gems
       optional: true
+    - clone-gitlab-repo
   script:
     - bundle exec haml-lint --parallel
   artifacts:
@@ -162,6 +163,7 @@ rubocop:
   needs:
     - job: detect-tests
       optional: true
+    - clone-gitlab-repo
   variables:
     RUBOCOP_TARGET_FILES: "tmp/rubocop_target_files.txt"
   script:
@@ -361,6 +363,7 @@ templates-shellcheck:
   stage: lint
   needs:
     - setup-test-env
+    - clone-gitlab-repo
   script:
     - bundle exec scripts/lint_templates_bash.rb
 
-- 
GitLab


From 700e5ece867eaf2b261094db2012a26faea95727 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pranshusharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2025 13:26:34 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 58/74] Updated secret_detection job

---
 .gitlab/ci/reports.gitlab-ci.yml | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/reports.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/reports.gitlab-ci.yml
index 485045f03ca46c..7b87ceaf875349 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/reports.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/reports.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ semgrep-sast:
 
 secret_detection:
   rules: !reference [".reports:rules:secret_detection", rules]
-  extends:
-    - .repo-from-artifacts
 
 dependency-scanning:
   extends:
-- 
GitLab


From a063268f204e888fc5569821740562b36e6fe586 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pranshusharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2025 13:27:33 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 59/74] Updated eslint job to use repo-from-artifacts download

---
 .gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
index 4e301e380713db..39a8baa775e93b 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ eslint:
   extends:
     - .eslint-base
     - .frontend:rules:eslint-default
+    - .repo-from-artifacts
   script:
     - yarn run lint:eslint:all --format gitlab
   artifacts:
-- 
GitLab


From 21c65c31b3e6fdc42e5341dbc568ab5dec0a4626 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pranshusharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2025 13:59:48 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 60/74] Updated check-deprecated-files job to use
 repo-artifacts

---
 .gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
index 39a8baa775e93b..7884d35febc559 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -411,7 +411,6 @@ check-deprecated-files:
   extends:
     - .static-analysis-base
     - .static-analysis:rules:check-deprecated-files
-    - .repo-from-artifacts
   variables:
     USE_BUNDLE_INSTALL: "false"
   script:
-- 
GitLab


From 08a1f48ef506cca67c9f322874556dc2e4d569e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pranshusharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2025 16:21:48 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 61/74] Added new base job artifact-repo-download

---
 .gitlab/ci/global.gitlab-ci.yml          |  6 ++++++
 .gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml | 24 ++++++++++++------------
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/global.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/global.gitlab-ci.yml
index 7e67ff2faea5d9..4a3722501e2a70 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/global.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/global.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@
     - job: clone-gitlab-repo
       optional: true  # Optional so easier to switch in between
 
+.artifact-repo-download:
+  extends:
+    - .repo-from-artifacts
+  needs:
+    - clone-gitlab-repo
+
 .production:
   variables:
     RAILS_ENV: "production"
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
index 7884d35febc559..e64b3063697e39 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ static-analysis:
     - .static-analysis-cache
     - .static-analysis:rules:static-analysis
     - .use-pg16
-    - .repo-from-artifacts
+    - .artifact-repo-download
   needs:
     - job: cache:ruby-gems
       optional: true
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ static-verification-with-database:
     - .rubocop-job-cache
     - .static-analysis:rules:static-verification-with-database
     - .use-pg16
-    - .repo-from-artifacts
+    - .artifact-repo-download
   script:
     - bundle exec rake lint:static_verification_with_database
   variables:
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ generate-apollo-graphql-schema:
   extends:
     - .static-analysis-base
     - .frontend:rules:default-frontend-jobs
-    - .repo-from-artifacts
+    - .artifact-repo-download
   image:
     name: ${REGISTRY_HOST}/${REGISTRY_GROUP}/gitlab-build-images:apollo
     entrypoint: [""]
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ eslint:
   extends:
     - .eslint-base
     - .frontend:rules:eslint-default
-    - .repo-from-artifacts
+    - .artifact-repo-download
   script:
     - yarn run lint:eslint:all --format gitlab
   artifacts:
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ haml-lint:
     - .static-analysis-base
     - .ruby-cache
     - .static-analysis:rules:haml-lint
-    - .repo-from-artifacts
+    - .artifact-repo-download
   needs:
     - job: cache:ruby-gems
       optional: true
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ rubocop:
     - .static-analysis-base
     - .rubocop-job-cache-push
     - .static-analysis:rules:rubocop
-    - .repo-from-artifacts
+    - .artifact-repo-download
   needs:
     - job: detect-tests
       optional: true
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ rubocop-docs:
     - .static-analysis-base
     - .rubocop-job-cache
     - .docs:rules:docs-lint
-    - .repo-from-artifacts
+    - .artifact-repo-download
   script:
     - bundle exec rubocop --only Gitlab/DocumentationLinks/Link
 
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ rails-next-dependency-check:
   extends:
     - .ruby-cache
     - .rails:rules:rails-next-dependency-check
-    - .repo-from-artifacts
+    - .artifact-repo-download
   variables:
     BUNDLE_GEMFILE: Gemfile.next
   script:
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ feature-flags-usage:
     - .ruby-cache
     # this jobs is a non optional needs for rspec:feature-flags job so it should use same rule to ensure it is present
     - .rails:rules:rspec-feature-flags
-    - .repo-from-artifacts
+    - .artifact-repo-download
   script:
     - fail_on_warnings bundle exec rubocop --only Gitlab/MarkUsedFeatureFlags --cache false
   artifacts:
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ semgrep-appsec-custom-rules:
   stage: lint
   extends:
     - .semgrep-appsec-custom-rules:rules
-    - .repo-from-artifacts
+    - .artifact-repo-download
   rules:
     - if: $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_DRAFT == "true"
       when: never
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ templates-shellcheck:
     - .default-retry
     - .ruby-cache
     - .use-pg17
-    - .repo-from-artifacts
+    - .artifact-repo-download
   stage: lint
   needs:
     - setup-test-env
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ ping-appsec-for-sast-findings:
   image: ${GITLAB_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_ADDRESS}alpine:latest
   extends:
     - .ping-appsec-for-sast-findings:rules
-    - .repo-from-artifacts
+    - .artifact-repo-download
   rules:
     - if: $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_DRAFT == "true"
       when: never
-- 
GitLab


From 20902113e95b69a1f7b54715a01a85027fd6f0ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pranshusharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2025 16:28:46 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 62/74] Updated all the lint stage jobs to use
 .artifact-repo-download

---
 .gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml | 24 ++++++++++++------------
 .gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml   |  6 +++---
 .gitlab/ci/yaml.gitlab-ci.yml |  6 +++---
 3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
index d6880aae3b7aec..80748da318ce59 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   extends:
     - .default-retry
     - .docs:rules:review-docs
-    - .repo-from-artifacts
+    - .artifact-repo-download
   image: ${GITLAB_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_ADDRESS}ruby:${RUBY_VERSION}-alpine
   stage: review
   variables:
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ docs-lint markdown:
     - .default-retry
     - .docs:rules:docs-lint
     - .docs-markdown-lint-image
-    - .repo-from-artifacts
+    - .artifact-repo-download
   stage: lint
   script:
     - |
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ docs-lint mermaid:
     - .docs:rules:docs-lint
     - .docs-markdown-lint-image
     - .yarn-cache
-    - .repo-from-artifacts
+    - .artifact-repo-download
   stage: lint
   script:
     - source ./scripts/utils.sh
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ docs code_quality:
   extends:
     - .reports:rules:docs_code_quality
     - .docs-markdown-lint-image
-    - .repo-from-artifacts
+    - .artifact-repo-download
   stage: lint
   needs:
     - clone-gitlab-repo
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ docs hugo_build:
   extends:
     - .default-retry
     - .docs:rules:docs-all-lint
-    - .repo-from-artifacts
+    - .artifact-repo-download
   stage: lint
   needs:
     - clone-gitlab-repo
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ docs-lint links:
   extends:
     - .docs:rules:docs-lint
     - .docs-markdown-lint-image
-    - .repo-from-artifacts
+    - .artifact-repo-download
   stage: lint
   before_script:
     - source scripts/utils.sh
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ docs-lint deprecations-and-removals:
     - .ruby-cache
     - .default-before_script
     - .docs:rules:deprecations-and-removals
-    - .repo-from-artifacts
+    - .artifact-repo-download
   stage: lint
   needs:
     - job: cache:ruby-gems
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ docs-lint redirects:
   extends:
     - .default-retry
     - .docs:rules:redirect-check
-    - .repo-from-artifacts
+    - .artifact-repo-download
   before_script:
     - source scripts/utils.sh
   script: ./scripts/lint-docs-redirects.rb
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ docs-i18n-lint markdown:
     - .default-retry
     - .docs:rules:docs-i18n-lint
     - .docs-markdown-lint-image
-    - .repo-from-artifacts
+    - .artifact-repo-download
   stage: lint
   script:
     - source ./scripts/utils.sh
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ docs-i18n-lint links:
     - .default-retry
     - .docs:rules:docs-i18n-lint
     - .docs-markdown-lint-image
-    - .repo-from-artifacts
+    - .artifact-repo-download
   stage: lint
   when: manual
   allow_failure: true
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ docs-i18n-lint japanese-vale:
     - .default-retry
     - .docs:rules:docs-i18n-lint-japanese
     - .docs-markdown-lint-image
-    - .repo-from-artifacts
+    - .artifact-repo-download
   stage: lint
   variables:
     LANGUAGE_CODE: "ja-jp"
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ docs-i18n-lint paths:
     - .default-retry
     - .docs:rules:docs-i18n-lint
     - .docs-markdown-lint-image
-    - .repo-from-artifacts
+    - .artifact-repo-download
   allow_failure: true
   stage: lint
   script:
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml
index 03fae85ef88ed4..0ca833d0eeecd0 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ qa:metadata-lint:
     - .qa-job-base
     - .needs-e2e-gem-cache
     - .qa:rules:metadata-lint
-    - .repo-from-artifacts
+    - .artifact-repo-download
   stage: lint
   variables:
     # Disable warnings in browserslist which can break on backports
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ qa:selectors:
     - .qa-job-base
     - .needs-e2e-gem-cache
     - .qa:rules:selectors
-    - .repo-from-artifacts
+    - .artifact-repo-download
   stage: lint
   script:
     - bundle exec bin/qa Test::Sanity::Selectors
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ qa:orchestrator-lint:
     - .qa-orchestrator-job-base
     - .needs-orchestrator-gem-cache
     - .qa:rules:gitlab-orchestrator
-    - .repo-from-artifacts
+    - .artifact-repo-download
   stage: lint
   script:
     - bundle exec rubocop
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/yaml.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/yaml.gitlab-ci.yml
index 2d5e08436f2d3c..cbf058f0569071 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/yaml.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/yaml.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ lint-yaml:
   extends:
     - .default-retry
     - .yaml-lint:rules
-    - .repo-from-artifacts
+    - .artifact-repo-download
   image: ${GITLAB_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_ADDRESS}pipelinecomponents/yamllint:latest
   stage: lint
   script:
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ lint-pipeline-yaml:
   extends:
     - .default-retry
     - .lint-pipeline-yaml:rules
-    - .repo-from-artifacts
+    - .artifact-repo-download
   image: ${GITLAB_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_ADDRESS}pipelinecomponents/yamllint:latest
   stage: lint
   variables:
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ lint-metrics-yaml:
   extends:
     - .default-retry
     - .lint-metrics-yaml:rules
-    - .repo-from-artifacts
+    - .artifact-repo-download
   image: ${GITLAB_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_ADDRESS}pipelinecomponents/yamllint:latest
   stage: lint
   variables:
-- 
GitLab


From b8eb74925ccf2f7c29b88f47906160e220d94858 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pranshusharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2025 13:48:15 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 63/74] updated docs hugo build comment need

---
 .gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
index 80748da318ce59..b207518714f3f3 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ docs hugo_build:
     - .docs:rules:docs-all-lint
     - .artifact-repo-download
   stage: lint
-  needs:
-    - clone-gitlab-repo
+  # needs:
+  #   - clone-gitlab-repo
   variables:
     DOCS_BRANCH: "main"
   before_script:
-- 
GitLab


From 43c46888f64d0b864af2a5129946be6298b47008 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pranshusharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2025 13:54:28 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 64/74] Debug docs hugo build

---
 .gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
index b207518714f3f3..b54d5de1077aca 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -100,7 +100,8 @@ docs hugo_build:
   extends:
     - .default-retry
     - .docs:rules:docs-all-lint
-    - .artifact-repo-download
+    # - .artifact-repo-download
+    - .repo-from-artifacts
   stage: lint
   # needs:
   #   - clone-gitlab-repo
-- 
GitLab


From 3a53dc7711e2e9004ece6edcfdc6ae713f5b95fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pranshusharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2025 15:21:01 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 65/74] Added new base job .lint-base

---
 .gitlab/ci/global.gitlab-ci.yml       | 10 ++--------
 .gitlab/ci/rails/shared.gitlab-ci.yml |  8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/global.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/global.gitlab-ci.yml
index 4a3722501e2a70..5ba57c67af00c6 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/global.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/global.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -29,17 +29,11 @@
 .repo-from-artifacts:
   variables:
     GIT_STRATEGY: "${CI_FETCH_REPO_GIT_STRATEGY}"
-  needs:
     # If the job extending this also defines `needs`, make sure to update
     # its `needs` to include `clone-gitlab-repo` because it'll be overridden.
-    - job: clone-gitlab-repo
-      optional: true  # Optional so easier to switch in between
+  needs: clone-gitlab-repo
+
 
-.artifact-repo-download:
-  extends:
-    - .repo-from-artifacts
-  needs:
-    - clone-gitlab-repo
 
 .production:
   variables:
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/rails/shared.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/rails/shared.gitlab-ci.yml
index 9aa58abdb03b47..928a38e7744871 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/rails/shared.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/rails/shared.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ include:
     - if: $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_IID
       when: manual
       allow_failure: true
+      
 
 #######################
 # rspec job base specs
@@ -349,6 +350,13 @@ include:
 # rspec job base specs
 ######################
 
+.lint-base:
+  extends:
+    - .repo-from-artifacts
+    - .default-retry
+  stage: lint
+
+
 ############################
 # rspec job parallel configs
 # Adjusting these parallel job counts has an impact on the
-- 
GitLab


From bd40ca6ac60aa61db32b2ae45f1d9d379b631283 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pranshusharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2025 15:22:42 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 66/74] Updated job .lint-base in stage lint jobs

---
 .gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml            | 27 ++++++++++++------------
 .gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml              |  6 +++---
 .gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml | 27 ++++++++++++------------
 .gitlab/ci/templates/gem.gitlab-ci.yml   |  3 +--
 .gitlab/ci/yaml.gitlab-ci.yml            |  6 +++---
 5 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
index b54d5de1077aca..880b12c8cee02b 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   extends:
     - .default-retry
     - .docs:rules:review-docs
-    - .artifact-repo-download
+    - .lint-base
   image: ${GITLAB_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_ADDRESS}ruby:${RUBY_VERSION}-alpine
   stage: review
   variables:
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ docs-lint markdown:
     - .default-retry
     - .docs:rules:docs-lint
     - .docs-markdown-lint-image
-    - .artifact-repo-download
+    - .lint-base
   stage: lint
   script:
     - |
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ docs-lint mermaid:
     - .docs:rules:docs-lint
     - .docs-markdown-lint-image
     - .yarn-cache
-    - .artifact-repo-download
+    - .lint-base
   stage: lint
   script:
     - source ./scripts/utils.sh
@@ -80,10 +80,9 @@ docs code_quality:
   extends:
     - .reports:rules:docs_code_quality
     - .docs-markdown-lint-image
-    - .artifact-repo-download
+    - .lint-base
   stage: lint
-  needs:
-    - clone-gitlab-repo
+  
   allow_failure: true
   script:
     - vale --output=doc/.vale/vale-json.tmpl --minAlertLevel warning doc > gl-code-quality-report-docs.json || exit_code=$?
@@ -100,7 +99,7 @@ docs hugo_build:
   extends:
     - .default-retry
     - .docs:rules:docs-all-lint
-    # - .artifact-repo-download
+    - .lint-base
     - .repo-from-artifacts
   stage: lint
   # needs:
@@ -153,7 +152,7 @@ docs-lint links:
   extends:
     - .docs:rules:docs-lint
     - .docs-markdown-lint-image
-    - .artifact-repo-download
+    - .lint-base
   stage: lint
   before_script:
     - source scripts/utils.sh
@@ -168,7 +167,7 @@ docs-lint deprecations-and-removals:
     - .ruby-cache
     - .default-before_script
     - .docs:rules:deprecations-and-removals
-    - .artifact-repo-download
+    - .lint-base
   stage: lint
   needs:
     - job: cache:ruby-gems
@@ -183,7 +182,7 @@ docs-lint redirects:
   extends:
     - .default-retry
     - .docs:rules:redirect-check
-    - .artifact-repo-download
+    - .lint-base
   before_script:
     - source scripts/utils.sh
   script: ./scripts/lint-docs-redirects.rb
@@ -193,7 +192,7 @@ docs-i18n-lint markdown:
     - .default-retry
     - .docs:rules:docs-i18n-lint
     - .docs-markdown-lint-image
-    - .artifact-repo-download
+    - .lint-base
   stage: lint
   script:
     - source ./scripts/utils.sh
@@ -205,7 +204,7 @@ docs-i18n-lint links:
     - .default-retry
     - .docs:rules:docs-i18n-lint
     - .docs-markdown-lint-image
-    - .artifact-repo-download
+    - .lint-base
   stage: lint
   when: manual
   allow_failure: true
@@ -220,7 +219,7 @@ docs-i18n-lint japanese-vale:
     - .default-retry
     - .docs:rules:docs-i18n-lint-japanese
     - .docs-markdown-lint-image
-    - .artifact-repo-download
+    - .lint-base
   stage: lint
   variables:
     LANGUAGE_CODE: "ja-jp"
@@ -236,7 +235,7 @@ docs-i18n-lint paths:
     - .default-retry
     - .docs:rules:docs-i18n-lint
     - .docs-markdown-lint-image
-    - .artifact-repo-download
+    - .lint-base
   allow_failure: true
   stage: lint
   script:
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml
index 0ca833d0eeecd0..7542e8204879a7 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ qa:metadata-lint:
     - .qa-job-base
     - .needs-e2e-gem-cache
     - .qa:rules:metadata-lint
-    - .artifact-repo-download
+    - .lint-base
   stage: lint
   variables:
     # Disable warnings in browserslist which can break on backports
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ qa:selectors:
     - .qa-job-base
     - .needs-e2e-gem-cache
     - .qa:rules:selectors
-    - .artifact-repo-download
+    - .lint-base
   stage: lint
   script:
     - bundle exec bin/qa Test::Sanity::Selectors
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ qa:orchestrator-lint:
     - .qa-orchestrator-job-base
     - .needs-orchestrator-gem-cache
     - .qa:rules:gitlab-orchestrator
-    - .artifact-repo-download
+    - .lint-base
   stage: lint
   script:
     - bundle exec rubocop
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
index e64b3063697e39..92c9c2f336361e 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ static-analysis:
     - .static-analysis-cache
     - .static-analysis:rules:static-analysis
     - .use-pg16
-    - .artifact-repo-download
+    - .lint-base
   needs:
     - job: cache:ruby-gems
       optional: true
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ static-verification-with-database:
     - .rubocop-job-cache
     - .static-analysis:rules:static-verification-with-database
     - .use-pg16
-    - .artifact-repo-download
+    - .lint-base
   script:
     - bundle exec rake lint:static_verification_with_database
   variables:
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ generate-apollo-graphql-schema:
   extends:
     - .static-analysis-base
     - .frontend:rules:default-frontend-jobs
-    - .artifact-repo-download
+    - .lint-base
   image:
     name: ${REGISTRY_HOST}/${REGISTRY_GROUP}/gitlab-build-images:apollo
     entrypoint: [""]
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ eslint:
   extends:
     - .eslint-base
     - .frontend:rules:eslint-default
-    - .artifact-repo-download
+    - .lint-base
   script:
     - yarn run lint:eslint:all --format gitlab
   artifacts:
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ haml-lint:
     - .static-analysis-base
     - .ruby-cache
     - .static-analysis:rules:haml-lint
-    - .artifact-repo-download
+    - .lint-base
   needs:
     - job: cache:ruby-gems
       optional: true
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ rubocop:
     - .static-analysis-base
     - .rubocop-job-cache-push
     - .static-analysis:rules:rubocop
-    - .artifact-repo-download
+    - .lint-base
   needs:
     - job: detect-tests
       optional: true
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ rubocop-docs:
     - .static-analysis-base
     - .rubocop-job-cache
     - .docs:rules:docs-lint
-    - .artifact-repo-download
+    - .lint-base
   script:
     - bundle exec rubocop --only Gitlab/DocumentationLinks/Link
 
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ rails-next-dependency-check:
   extends:
     - .ruby-cache
     - .rails:rules:rails-next-dependency-check
-    - .artifact-repo-download
+    - .lint-base
   variables:
     BUNDLE_GEMFILE: Gemfile.next
   script:
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ feature-flags-usage:
     - .ruby-cache
     # this jobs is a non optional needs for rspec:feature-flags job so it should use same rule to ensure it is present
     - .rails:rules:rspec-feature-flags
-    - .artifact-repo-download
+    - .lint-base
   script:
     - fail_on_warnings bundle exec rubocop --only Gitlab/MarkUsedFeatureFlags --cache false
   artifacts:
@@ -269,14 +269,13 @@ semgrep-appsec-custom-rules:
   stage: lint
   extends:
     - .semgrep-appsec-custom-rules:rules
-    - .artifact-repo-download
+    - .lint-base
   rules:
     - if: $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_DRAFT == "true"
       when: never
     - !reference [.semgrep-appsec-custom-rules:rules, rules]
   image: ${GITLAB_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_ADDRESS}returntocorp/semgrep:1.99.0
-  needs:
-    - clone-gitlab-repo
+  
   script:
     - git clone $CUSTOM_RULES_REPOSITORY sast-custom-rules
     - |
@@ -360,7 +359,7 @@ templates-shellcheck:
     - .default-retry
     - .ruby-cache
     - .use-pg17
-    - .artifact-repo-download
+    - .lint-base
   stage: lint
   needs:
     - setup-test-env
@@ -373,7 +372,7 @@ ping-appsec-for-sast-findings:
   image: ${GITLAB_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_ADDRESS}alpine:latest
   extends:
     - .ping-appsec-for-sast-findings:rules
-    - .artifact-repo-download
+    - .lint-base
   rules:
     - if: $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_DRAFT == "true"
       when: never
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/templates/gem.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/templates/gem.gitlab-ci.yml
index 87aafacd2a6224..520bb9b21e3734 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/templates/gem.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/templates/gem.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -35,8 +35,7 @@ spec:
 
 gems $[[inputs.gem_name]]:
   extends: ".gems:rules:$[[inputs.gem_name]]"
-  needs:
-    - clone-gitlab-repo
+  
   trigger:
     include: "$[[inputs.gem_path_prefix]]$[[inputs.gem_name]]/.gitlab-ci.yml"
     strategy: depend
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/yaml.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/yaml.gitlab-ci.yml
index cbf058f0569071..b47fd4755d7c8f 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/yaml.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/yaml.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ lint-yaml:
   extends:
     - .default-retry
     - .yaml-lint:rules
-    - .artifact-repo-download
+    - .lint-base
   image: ${GITLAB_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_ADDRESS}pipelinecomponents/yamllint:latest
   stage: lint
   script:
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ lint-pipeline-yaml:
   extends:
     - .default-retry
     - .lint-pipeline-yaml:rules
-    - .artifact-repo-download
+    - .lint-base
   image: ${GITLAB_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_ADDRESS}pipelinecomponents/yamllint:latest
   stage: lint
   variables:
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ lint-metrics-yaml:
   extends:
     - .default-retry
     - .lint-metrics-yaml:rules
-    - .artifact-repo-download
+    - .lint-base
   image: ${GITLAB_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_ADDRESS}pipelinecomponents/yamllint:latest
   stage: lint
   variables:
-- 
GitLab


From 160a08f8cdd49ca93b2d4bc45f7d621aa58d4402 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pranshusharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2025 15:36:58 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 67/74] Updated .review-docs jobs

---
 .gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
index 880b12c8cee02b..8bc2e794036a7f 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   extends:
     - .default-retry
     - .docs:rules:review-docs
-    - .lint-base
+    # - .lint-base
   image: ${GITLAB_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_ADDRESS}ruby:${RUBY_VERSION}-alpine
   stage: review
   variables:
-- 
GitLab


From c1de2607cb607972d21ce6f5235368ab7a59401d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pranshusharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2025 15:41:59 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 68/74] Updated .repo-from-artifacts need section

---
 .gitlab/ci/global.gitlab-ci.yml | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/global.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/global.gitlab-ci.yml
index 5ba57c67af00c6..b109014e0dce6c 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/global.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/global.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@
     GIT_STRATEGY: "${CI_FETCH_REPO_GIT_STRATEGY}"
     # If the job extending this also defines `needs`, make sure to update
     # its `needs` to include `clone-gitlab-repo` because it'll be overridden.
-  needs: clone-gitlab-repo
+  needs: 
+  - clone-gitlab-repo
 
 
 
-- 
GitLab


From e0555b9ce3ee22ec8c20f6157334cbaa31087bd9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pranshusharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2025 16:02:38 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 69/74] Fix pipeline liniting error

---
 .gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml            | 1 -
 .gitlab/ci/global.gitlab-ci.yml          | 6 ++----
 .gitlab/ci/rails/shared.gitlab-ci.yml    | 3 +--
 .gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml | 1 -
 4 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
index 8bc2e794036a7f..48af9de00dfad2 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ docs code_quality:
     - .docs-markdown-lint-image
     - .lint-base
   stage: lint
-  
   allow_failure: true
   script:
     - vale --output=doc/.vale/vale-json.tmpl --minAlertLevel warning doc > gl-code-quality-report-docs.json || exit_code=$?
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/global.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/global.gitlab-ci.yml
index b109014e0dce6c..df722cd508d9ee 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/global.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/global.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -31,10 +31,8 @@
     GIT_STRATEGY: "${CI_FETCH_REPO_GIT_STRATEGY}"
     # If the job extending this also defines `needs`, make sure to update
     # its `needs` to include `clone-gitlab-repo` because it'll be overridden.
-  needs: 
-  - clone-gitlab-repo
-
-
+  needs:
+    - clone-gitlab-repo
 
 .production:
   variables:
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/rails/shared.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/rails/shared.gitlab-ci.yml
index 928a38e7744871..210e511f95bc16 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/rails/shared.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/rails/shared.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ include:
       allow_failure: true
     - if: $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_IID
       when: manual
-      allow_failure: true
-      
+      allow_failure: true      
 
 #######################
 # rspec job base specs
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
index 92c9c2f336361e..51a0afad231ce2 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -275,7 +275,6 @@ semgrep-appsec-custom-rules:
       when: never
     - !reference [.semgrep-appsec-custom-rules:rules, rules]
   image: ${GITLAB_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_ADDRESS}returntocorp/semgrep:1.99.0
-  
   script:
     - git clone $CUSTOM_RULES_REPOSITORY sast-custom-rules
     - |
-- 
GitLab


From de61628b579e4303a4ea3eff2bd78f778fabdadb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pranshusharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2025 16:12:57 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 70/74] Fix linting error

---
 .gitlab/ci/rails/shared.gitlab-ci.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/rails/shared.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/rails/shared.gitlab-ci.yml
index 210e511f95bc16..b743b75f77d78a 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/rails/shared.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/rails/shared.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ include:
       allow_failure: true
     - if: $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_IID
       when: manual
-      allow_failure: true      
+      allow_failure: true
 
 #######################
 # rspec job base specs
-- 
GitLab


From 7ff2ca4178159844bd0a141dc3e2c20365f05ba8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pranshusharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2025 16:14:35 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 71/74] Updated gem.gitlab-ci.yml

---
 .gitlab/ci/templates/gem.gitlab-ci.yml | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/templates/gem.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/templates/gem.gitlab-ci.yml
index 520bb9b21e3734..87aafacd2a6224 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/templates/gem.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/templates/gem.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ spec:
 
 gems $[[inputs.gem_name]]:
   extends: ".gems:rules:$[[inputs.gem_name]]"
-  
+  needs:
+    - clone-gitlab-repo
   trigger:
     include: "$[[inputs.gem_path_prefix]]$[[inputs.gem_name]]/.gitlab-ci.yml"
     strategy: depend
-- 
GitLab


From 73604d8a25dc79a99827a5d3796dff586daf8921 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pranshusharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2025 16:16:07 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 72/74] Fix remove commented lines

---
 .gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml | 3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
index 48af9de00dfad2..229984f13dd5ed 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   extends:
     - .default-retry
     - .docs:rules:review-docs
-    # - .lint-base
   image: ${GITLAB_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_ADDRESS}ruby:${RUBY_VERSION}-alpine
   stage: review
   variables:
@@ -101,8 +100,6 @@ docs hugo_build:
     - .lint-base
     - .repo-from-artifacts
   stage: lint
-  # needs:
-  #   - clone-gitlab-repo
   variables:
     DOCS_BRANCH: "main"
   before_script:
-- 
GitLab


From 22686c511bd96b2632e0ee2004e93175c19d53d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pranshusharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2025 16:58:33 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 73/74] Removed .repo-from-artifacts from stage lint jobs

---
 .gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml            | 1 -
 .gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml | 6 ------
 2 files changed, 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
index 229984f13dd5ed..112a9f4f1affb8 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ docs hugo_build:
     - .default-retry
     - .docs:rules:docs-all-lint
     - .lint-base
-    - .repo-from-artifacts
   stage: lint
   variables:
     DOCS_BRANCH: "main"
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
index 51a0afad231ce2..fa2f7dc0ee474b 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ static-analysis:
       optional: true
     - job: db:setup pg16
       optional: true
-    - clone-gitlab-repo
   parallel: 2
   variables:
     SETUP_DB: "true"
@@ -56,7 +55,6 @@ generate-apollo-graphql-schema:
     entrypoint: [""]
   needs:
     - ['graphql-schema-dump']
-    - clone-gitlab-repo
   variables:
     USE_BUNDLE_INSTALL: "false"
   script:
@@ -146,7 +144,6 @@ haml-lint:
   needs:
     - job: cache:ruby-gems
       optional: true
-    - clone-gitlab-repo
   script:
     - bundle exec haml-lint --parallel
   artifacts:
@@ -164,7 +161,6 @@ rubocop:
   needs:
     - job: detect-tests
       optional: true
-    - clone-gitlab-repo
   variables:
     RUBOCOP_TARGET_FILES: "tmp/rubocop_target_files.txt"
   script:
@@ -362,7 +358,6 @@ templates-shellcheck:
   stage: lint
   needs:
     - setup-test-env
-    - clone-gitlab-repo
   script:
     - bundle exec scripts/lint_templates_bash.rb
 
@@ -381,7 +376,6 @@ ping-appsec-for-sast-findings:
     BOT_USER_ID: 19650678
   needs:
     - semgrep-appsec-custom-rules
-    - clone-gitlab-repo
   script:
     - apk update
     - apk add ruby
-- 
GitLab


From 6fef7074fb5c08974d51f1f064248c1471d267c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pranshusharma <prsharma@gitlab.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2025 17:03:38 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 74/74] Updated comment for LINT STAGE job base specs

---
 .gitlab/ci/rails/shared.gitlab-ci.yml | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/rails/shared.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/rails/shared.gitlab-ci.yml
index b743b75f77d78a..a1f12c443ca89a 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/rails/shared.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/rails/shared.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -346,16 +346,17 @@ include:
     - .use-pg17
   stage: test
   needs: ["setup-test-env"]
-# rspec job base specs
-######################
 
+# LINT STAGE job base specs
+######################
 .lint-base:
   extends:
     - .repo-from-artifacts
     - .default-retry
   stage: lint
 
-
+# rspec job base specs
+######################
 ############################
 # rspec job parallel configs
 # Adjusting these parallel job counts has an impact on the
-- 
GitLab