# This is a template for announcing a feature deprecation or other important planned change.
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# Please refer to the deprecation guidelines to confirm your understanding of GitLab's definitions.
# https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/development/deprecation_guidelines/#terminology
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# Deprecations and other future breaking changes must be announced at least
# three releases prior to removal.
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# Breaking changes must happen in a major release.
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# See the OPTIONAL END OF SUPPORT FIELDS section below if an End of Support period also applies.
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# For more information please refer to the handbook documentation here:
# https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/marketing/blog/release-posts/#deprecations-and-other-planned-breaking-change-announcements
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# Please delete this line and above before submitting your merge request.
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# REQUIRED FIELDS
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- title: "Projects API field `operations_access_level` is deprecated"  # (required) Clearly explain the change, or planned change. For example, "The `confidential` field for a `Note` is deprecated" or "CI/CD job names will be limited to 250 characters."
  announcement_milestone: "15.8"  # (required) The milestone when this feature was first announced as deprecated.
  announcement_date: "2023-01-22"  # (required) The date of the milestone release when this feature was first announced as deprecated. This should almost always be the 22nd of a month (YYYY-MM-22), unless you did an out of band blog post.
  removal_milestone: "16.0"  # (required) The milestone when this feature is planned to be removed
  removal_date: 2023-05-22  # (required) The date of the milestone release when this feature is planned to be removed. This should almost always be the 22nd of a month (YYYY-MM-22), unless you did an out of band blog post.
  breaking_change: true  # (required) Change to false if this is not a breaking change.
  reporter: cbalane  # (required) GitLab username of the person reporting the change
  stage: Release  # (required) String value of the stage that the feature was created in. e.g., Growth
  issue_url: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/385798  # (required) Link to the deprecation issue in GitLab
  body: |  # (required) Do not modify this line, instead modify the lines below.
    We are deprecating the `operations_access_level` field in the Projects API. This field has been replaced by fields to control specific features: `releases_access_level`, `environments_access_level`, `feature_flags_access_level`, `infrastructure_access_level`, and `monitor_access_level`.
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# OPTIONAL END OF SUPPORT FIELDS
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# If an End of Support period applies, the announcement should be shared with GitLab Support
# in the `#spt_managers` channel in Slack, and mention `@gitlab-com/support` in this MR.
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  end_of_support_milestone:  # (optional) Use "XX.YY" format. The milestone when support for this feature will end.
  end_of_support_date:  # (optional) The date of the milestone release when support for this feature will end.
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  # OTHER OPTIONAL FIELDS
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  tiers:  # (optional - may be required in the future) An array of tiers that the feature is available in currently.  e.g., [Free, Silver, Gold, Core, Premium, Ultimate]
  documentation_url:  # (optional) This is a link to the current documentation page
  image_url:  # (optional) This is a link to a thumbnail image depicting the feature
  video_url:  # (optional) Use the youtube thumbnail URL with the structure of https://img.youtube.com/vi/UNIQUEID/hqdefault.jpg