Commit d2924c1c authored by Suzanne Selhorn's avatar Suzanne Selhorn Committed by Evan Read

Docs: Redo of Releases page

Removed several screenshots, changed capitalization,
Changed topics to be task-based, and added to intro.
Related to: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/220842
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> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/29382) in GitLab 13.0.
You can use the Freeze Periods API to manipulate GitLab's [Freeze Period](../user/project/releases/index.md#set-a-deploy-freeze) entries.
You can use the Freeze Periods API to manipulate GitLab's [Freeze Period](../user/project/releases/index.md#prevent-unintentional-releases-by-setting-a-deploy-freeze) entries.
## Permissions and security
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You can:
- [Restrict write-access to a critical environment](#restrict-write-access-to-a-critical-environment)
- [Restrict deployments for a particular period](#restrict-deployments-for-a-particular-period)
- [Prevent deployments during deploy freeze windows](#prevent-deployments-during-deploy-freeze-windows)
If you are using a continuous deployment workflow and want to ensure that concurrent deployments to the same environment do not happen, you should enable the following options:
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1. The `deploy` job in Pipeline-B finishes first, and deploys the newer code.
1. The `deploy` job in Pipeline-A is automatically cancelled, so that it doesn't overwrite the deployment from the newer pipeline.
## Restrict deployments for a particular period
## Prevent deployments during deploy freeze windows
If you want to prevent deployments for a particular period, for example during a planned
vacation period when most employees are out, you can set up a [Deploy Freeze](../../user/project/releases/index.md#set-a-deploy-freeze).
vacation period when most employees are out, you can set up a [Deploy Freeze](../../user/project/releases/index.md#prevent-unintentional-releases-by-setting-a-deploy-freeze).
During a deploy freeze period, no deployment can be executed. This is helpful to
ensure that deployments do not happen unexpectedly.
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- [Restrict write-access to a critical environment](deployment_safety.md#restrict-write-access-to-a-critical-environment)
- [Limit the job-concurrency for deployment jobs](deployment_safety.md#ensure-only-one-deployment-job-runs-at-a-time)
- [Skip outdated deployment jobs](deployment_safety.md#skip-outdated-deployment-jobs)
- [Restrict deployments for a particular period](deployment_safety.md#restrict-deployments-for-a-particular-period)
- [Prevent deployments during deploy freeze windows](deployment_safety.md#prevent-deployments-during-deploy-freeze-windows)
### Complete example
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1. Set the milestone title to the version of your release, such as `Version 9.4`.
1. Add an issue to your release by associating the desired milestone from the issue's right-hand sidebar.
Additionally, you can integrate milestones with GitLab's [Releases feature](../releases/index.md#releases-associated-with-milestones).
Additionally, you can integrate milestones with GitLab's [Releases feature](../releases/index.md#associate-milestones-with-a-release).
## Project milestones and group milestones
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