Add *_VERSION files to the .backend-patterns list

Closes #250272

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!42444

Display Contributor and Author badges on notes

Closes #16534

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!40198

Add instance level variables to the priority list

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!42442

docs: Fix typo in GitLab Notification Email

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!42447

Fix Gitaly update Slack notification

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!42369

Merge branch '227575-fe-implementation-convert-rest-api-to-graphql-mutation-for-mr-creation-flow' into 'master'

Replace POST with GraphQL mutation in SAST Configuration

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!41995

This replaces the existing form submission POST request with a GraphQL
mutation.

This change also updates some stale TODO comments to point to a more
relevant issue.

Addresses https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/227575.

Docs: Update page with several style edits

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!42410

As this would need changing Ruby files.

Migrating deprecated button on the Productivity Analysis page

Closes #219772

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!42339

Fix feature flag documentation guideline

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!42467

Network policy editor feature flag

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!41949

Update Gitaly version

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!42460

Pass project ID to issue placement worker

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!42091

[RUN AS-IF-FOSS] Restrict incident list query to available fields

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!42301

Update design list item component to use GitLab UI classes

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!42441

Remove alert detail markdown sections

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!42183

Update Gitaly version

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!42043

Visualization of .gitlab-ci.yml static file (MVC)

Closes #241722

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!40880

Add tabs that allow user to switch between the
text and the preview of the gitlab-ci.yml files.
The preview is a graph that shows job dependencies.

Since CI_COMMIT_BRANCH does not exist for merge request pipeline

Rename `issuables_list` app to `issues_list`

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!42366

fix: allow bot account to clone through http (#219551)

Closes #219551

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!40635

[FE] Support custom JSON schema validation in the Web IDE

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!41700

Adds Web Vitals log to performance bar

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!42446

Add Instance Statistics to usage ping

Closes #233919

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!42211

Expose approvals required and approvals left

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!42354

Fix the paginated_notes feature flag for groups

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!42227

Fix MR Modal Vulnerability Links Overflow Modal

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!42332

Add versioning support to Terraform backend

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!35211

Make SSH keys publicly accessible

Closes #235756

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!42288

Also add a `Snippet.default_branch` helper with a fallback to the
currently hardcoded 'master'.