Update last_activity_on for Users on some main GET endpoints

In order to have an accurate date about the last activity of a User
we need to update the last_activity_on field when the User is visiting
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diff --git a/app/controllers/concerns/record_user_last_activity.rb b/app/controllers/concerns/record_user_last_activity.rb
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+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+# == RecordUserLastActivity
+#
+# Controller concern that updates the `last_activity_on` field of `users`
+# for any authenticated GET request. The DB update will only happen once per day
+# if the client supports cookies.
+#
+# In order to determine if you should include this concern or not, please check the
+# description and discussion on this issue: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/54947
+module RecordUserLastActivity
+  include CookiesHelper
+  extend ActiveSupport::Concern
+
+  included do
+    before_action :set_user_last_activity
+  end
+
+  def set_user_last_activity
+    return unless request.get?
+    return unless Feature.enabled?(:set_user_last_activity, default_enabled: true)
+    return if Gitlab::Database.read_only?
+
+    if current_user && current_user.last_activity_on != Date.today
+      Users::ActivityService.new(current_user, "visited #{request.path}").execute
+    end
+  end
+end