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diff --git a/lib/gitlab/database/obsolete_ignored_columns.rb b/lib/gitlab/database/obsolete_ignored_columns.rb
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+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module Gitlab
+  module Database
+    # Checks which `ignored_columns` can be safely removed by scanning
+    # the current schema for all `ApplicationRecord` descendants.
+    class ObsoleteIgnoredColumns
+      def initialize(base = ApplicationRecord)
+        @base = base
+      end
+
+      def execute
+        @base.descendants.map do |klass|
+          next if klass.abstract_class?
+
+          safe_to_remove = ignored_columns_safe_to_remove_for(klass)
+          next if safe_to_remove.empty?
+
+          [klass.name, safe_to_remove]
+        end.compact.sort_by(&:first)
+      end
+
+      private
+
+      def ignored_columns_safe_to_remove_for(klass)
+        ignored = klass.ignored_columns.map(&:to_s)
+
+        return [] if ignored.empty?
+
+        schema = klass.connection.schema_cache.columns_hash(klass.table_name)
+        existing = schema.values.map(&:name)
+
+        used = ignored & existing
+        ignored - used
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end