diff --git a/.gitlab/CODEOWNERS b/.gitlab/CODEOWNERS
index b1c69ca6b4a..90835286de5 100644
--- a/.gitlab/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.gitlab/CODEOWNERS
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ lib/gitlab/checks/**
 /doc/administration/operations/gitlab_sshd.md @brendan777
 /doc/administration/operations/moving_repositories.md @eread
 /doc/administration/package_information/ @axil
-/doc/administration/packages/ @marcel.amirault
+/doc/administration/packages/ @lyspin
 /doc/administration/packages/index.md @phillipwells
 /doc/administration/pages/ @msedlakjakubowski
 /doc/administration/polling.md @axil
@@ -712,11 +712,11 @@ lib/gitlab/checks/**
 /doc/api/cluster_agents.md @phillipwells
 /doc/api/code_suggestions.md @jglassman1
 /doc/api/commits.md @brendan777
-/doc/api/container_registry.md @marcel.amirault
+/doc/api/container_registry.md @lyspin
 /doc/api/custom_attributes.md @msedlakjakubowski
 /doc/api/dependencies.md @rdickenson @phillipwells
 /doc/api/dependency_list_export.md @rdickenson
-/doc/api/dependency_proxy.md @marcel.amirault
+/doc/api/dependency_proxy.md @lyspin
 /doc/api/deploy_keys.md @phillipwells
 /doc/api/deploy_tokens.md @phillipwells
 /doc/api/deployments.md @phillipwells
@@ -822,7 +822,7 @@ lib/gitlab/checks/**
 /doc/api/project_aliases.md @brendan777
 /doc/api/project_badges.md @brendan777
 /doc/api/project_clusters.md @phillipwells
-/doc/api/project_container_registry_protection_rules.md @marcel.amirault
+/doc/api/project_container_registry_protection_rules.md @lyspin
 /doc/api/project_forks.md @emily.sahlani
 /doc/api/project_import_export.md @ashrafkhamis
 /doc/api/project_job_token_scopes.md @marcel.amirault
@@ -903,9 +903,8 @@ lib/gitlab/checks/**
 /doc/ci/examples/ @lyspin
 /doc/ci/examples/deployment/ @phillipwells
 /doc/ci/examples/semantic-release.md @phillipwells
-/doc/ci/gitlab_google_cloud_integration/ @marcel.amirault
+/doc/ci/gitlab_google_cloud_integration/ @lyspin
 /doc/ci/index.md @lyspin
-/doc/ci/interactive_web_terminal/ @rsarangadharan
 /doc/ci/jobs/ @marcel.amirault
 /doc/ci/jobs/job_artifacts.md @lyspin
 /doc/ci/jobs/job_artifacts_troubleshooting.md @lyspin
@@ -1054,6 +1053,7 @@ lib/gitlab/checks/**
 /doc/user/application_security/secret_detection/ @rdickenson
 /doc/user/application_security/security_dashboard/ @rdickenson
 /doc/user/application_security/vulnerabilities/ @rdickenson
+/doc/user/application_security/vulnerabilities/risk_assessment_data.md @rdickenson @phillipwells
 /doc/user/application_security/vulnerability_report/ @rdickenson
 /doc/user/asciidoc.md @brendan777
 /doc/user/clusters/ @phillipwells
@@ -1104,9 +1104,9 @@ lib/gitlab/checks/**
 /doc/user/operations_dashboard/ @phillipwells
 /doc/user/organization/ @emily.sahlani
 /doc/user/packages/ @phillipwells
-/doc/user/packages/container_registry/ @marcel.amirault
-/doc/user/packages/dependency_proxy/ @marcel.amirault
-/doc/user/packages/harbor_container_registry/ @marcel.amirault
+/doc/user/packages/container_registry/ @lyspin
+/doc/user/packages/dependency_proxy/ @lyspin
+/doc/user/packages/harbor_container_registry/ @lyspin
 /doc/user/profile/account/ @jglassman1
 /doc/user/profile/achievements.md @emily.sahlani
 /doc/user/profile/comment_templates.md @aqualls
@@ -1137,8 +1137,8 @@ lib/gitlab/checks/**
 /doc/user/project/integrations/beyond_identity.md @brendan777
 /doc/user/project/integrations/git_guardian.md @brendan777
 /doc/user/project/integrations/github.md @lyspin
-/doc/user/project/integrations/google_artifact_management.md @marcel.amirault
-/doc/user/project/integrations/harbor.md @marcel.amirault
+/doc/user/project/integrations/google_artifact_management.md @lyspin
+/doc/user/project/integrations/harbor.md @lyspin
 /doc/user/project/integrations/matrix.md @sselhorn
 /doc/user/project/issue_board.md @msedlakjakubowski
 /doc/user/project/issues/ @msedlakjakubowski
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/release-environments.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/release-environments.gitlab-ci.yml
index 02e3ecd62ba..6702da3e66c 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/release-environments.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/release-environments.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 start-release-environments-security-pipeline:
-  allow_failure: false
+  allow_failure: true
   extends:
     - .release-environments:rules:start-release-environments-security-pipeline
   stage: release-environments
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index f02a216a821..aae98404811 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@ gem 'lockbox', '~> 1.3.0' # rubocop:todo Gemfile/MissingFeatureCategory
 gem 'valid_email', '~> 0.1' # rubocop:todo Gemfile/MissingFeatureCategory
 
 # JSON
-gem 'jsonb_accessor', '~> 1.3.10' # rubocop:todo Gemfile/MissingFeatureCategory
+gem 'jsonb_accessor', '~> 1.4' # rubocop:todo Gemfile/MissingFeatureCategory
 gem 'json', '~> 2.7.2', feature_category: :shared
 gem 'json_schemer', '~> 2.3.0', feature_category: :shared
 gem 'oj', '~> 3.13.21' # rubocop:todo Gemfile/MissingFeatureCategory
diff --git a/Gemfile.checksum b/Gemfile.checksum
index 572d190e17a..9b6d34d1c5f 100644
--- a/Gemfile.checksum
+++ b/Gemfile.checksum
@@ -348,8 +348,8 @@
 {"name":"json","version":"2.7.3","platform":"ruby","checksum":"7cc3ccbfc5f83025f5524776ae8581e911772944169666988406679251932bdf"},
 {"name":"json-jwt","version":"1.16.6","platform":"ruby","checksum":"ab451f9cd8743cecc4137f4170806046c1d8a6d4ee6e8570e0b5c958409b266c"},
 {"name":"json_schemer","version":"2.3.0","platform":"ruby","checksum":"9f1fa173b859ca520f15e9e8d08b0892ffca80b78dd8221feb3e360ff4cdeb35"},
-{"name":"jsonb_accessor","version":"1.3.10","platform":"java","checksum":"6630ac69dac46457b03e1352178ed3e2d7ba2d8edb99f2e9b64a0e60cda9ed26"},
-{"name":"jsonb_accessor","version":"1.3.10","platform":"ruby","checksum":"670f80a257ae39e3be9233c6a8ef3b03517e06687affe510dfe61237454c58e0"},
+{"name":"jsonb_accessor","version":"1.4","platform":"java","checksum":"2c5590d33d89c7b929d5cf38ae3d2c52658bf6f84f03b06ede5c88e9d76f3451"},
+{"name":"jsonb_accessor","version":"1.4","platform":"ruby","checksum":"010e087cb843e76b6a624d68af918a8efd6b0ff2ae25b6f0acebdfea45f776ab"},
 {"name":"jsonpath","version":"1.1.2","platform":"ruby","checksum":"6804124c244d04418218acb85b15c7caa79c592d7d6970195300428458946d3a"},
 {"name":"jwt","version":"2.9.3","platform":"ruby","checksum":"55fd07ccdd64c622d36859748f2290fb9c119ce30b482867504e9f12654d6a65"},
 {"name":"kaminari","version":"1.2.2","platform":"ruby","checksum":"c4076ff9adccc6109408333f87b5c4abbda5e39dc464bd4c66d06d9f73442a3e"},
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index d9012471590..4b6116b1f09 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1047,9 +1047,9 @@ GEM
       hana (~> 1.3)
       regexp_parser (~> 2.0)
       simpleidn (~> 0.2)
-    jsonb_accessor (1.3.10)
-      activerecord (>= 5.0)
-      activesupport (>= 5.0)
+    jsonb_accessor (1.4)
+      activerecord (>= 6.1)
+      activesupport (>= 6.1)
       pg (>= 0.18.1)
     jsonpath (1.1.2)
       multi_json
@@ -2143,7 +2143,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   js_regex (~> 3.8)
   json (~> 2.7.2)
   json_schemer (~> 2.3.0)
-  jsonb_accessor (~> 1.3.10)
+  jsonb_accessor (~> 1.4)
   jwt (~> 2.9.3)
   kaminari (~> 1.2.2)
   knapsack (~> 4.0.0)
diff --git a/Gemfile.next.checksum b/Gemfile.next.checksum
index cfdb9aa3e1a..da5add729d2 100644
--- a/Gemfile.next.checksum
+++ b/Gemfile.next.checksum
@@ -352,8 +352,8 @@
 {"name":"json","version":"2.7.3","platform":"ruby","checksum":"7cc3ccbfc5f83025f5524776ae8581e911772944169666988406679251932bdf"},
 {"name":"json-jwt","version":"1.16.6","platform":"ruby","checksum":"ab451f9cd8743cecc4137f4170806046c1d8a6d4ee6e8570e0b5c958409b266c"},
 {"name":"json_schemer","version":"2.3.0","platform":"ruby","checksum":"9f1fa173b859ca520f15e9e8d08b0892ffca80b78dd8221feb3e360ff4cdeb35"},
-{"name":"jsonb_accessor","version":"1.3.10","platform":"java","checksum":"6630ac69dac46457b03e1352178ed3e2d7ba2d8edb99f2e9b64a0e60cda9ed26"},
-{"name":"jsonb_accessor","version":"1.3.10","platform":"ruby","checksum":"670f80a257ae39e3be9233c6a8ef3b03517e06687affe510dfe61237454c58e0"},
+{"name":"jsonb_accessor","version":"1.4","platform":"java","checksum":"2c5590d33d89c7b929d5cf38ae3d2c52658bf6f84f03b06ede5c88e9d76f3451"},
+{"name":"jsonb_accessor","version":"1.4","platform":"ruby","checksum":"010e087cb843e76b6a624d68af918a8efd6b0ff2ae25b6f0acebdfea45f776ab"},
 {"name":"jsonpath","version":"1.1.2","platform":"ruby","checksum":"6804124c244d04418218acb85b15c7caa79c592d7d6970195300428458946d3a"},
 {"name":"jwt","version":"2.9.3","platform":"ruby","checksum":"55fd07ccdd64c622d36859748f2290fb9c119ce30b482867504e9f12654d6a65"},
 {"name":"kaminari","version":"1.2.2","platform":"ruby","checksum":"c4076ff9adccc6109408333f87b5c4abbda5e39dc464bd4c66d06d9f73442a3e"},
diff --git a/Gemfile.next.lock b/Gemfile.next.lock
index be5a505a2de..2d8babe5927 100644
--- a/Gemfile.next.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.next.lock
@@ -1061,9 +1061,9 @@ GEM
       hana (~> 1.3)
       regexp_parser (~> 2.0)
       simpleidn (~> 0.2)
-    jsonb_accessor (1.3.10)
-      activerecord (>= 5.0)
-      activesupport (>= 5.0)
+    jsonb_accessor (1.4)
+      activerecord (>= 6.1)
+      activesupport (>= 6.1)
       pg (>= 0.18.1)
     jsonpath (1.1.2)
       multi_json
@@ -2170,7 +2170,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   js_regex (~> 3.8)
   json (~> 2.7.2)
   json_schemer (~> 2.3.0)
-  jsonb_accessor (~> 1.3.10)
+  jsonb_accessor (~> 1.4)
   jwt (~> 2.9.3)
   kaminari (~> 1.2.2)
   knapsack (~> 4.0.0)
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/ml/model_registry/components/model_versions_table.vue b/app/assets/javascripts/ml/model_registry/components/model_versions_table.vue
index 35c3a1ef0f4..744d347eed7 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/ml/model_registry/components/model_versions_table.vue
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/ml/model_registry/components/model_versions_table.vue
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ export default {
     </template>
     <template #cell(author)="{ item: { author } }">
       <gl-avatar-link
+        v-if="author"
         :href="author.webUrl"
         :title="author.name"
         class="js-user-link !gl-text-subtle"
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/packages_and_registries/settings/group/components/packages_settings.vue b/app/assets/javascripts/packages_and_registries/settings/group/components/packages_settings.vue
index 0e83269f05f..068dc79ec5b 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/packages_and_registries/settings/group/components/packages_settings.vue
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/packages_and_registries/settings/group/components/packages_settings.vue
@@ -161,6 +161,8 @@ export default {
       }
     },
     allowDuplicateExceptions(item) {
+      if (item.format === NUGET_PACKAGE_FORMAT) return item.duplicatesAllowed;
+
       // We're also enabling the duplicate exceptions input when duplicates are allowed
       // But the change is behind the packagesAllowDuplicateExceptions feature flag
       return !this.glFeatures.packagesAllowDuplicateExceptions && item.duplicatesAllowed;
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/work_items/components/design_management/constants.js b/app/assets/javascripts/work_items/components/design_management/constants.js
index e6152c5f868..4484a85ad22 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/work_items/components/design_management/constants.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/work_items/components/design_management/constants.js
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ export const DESIGN_SINGLE_ARCHIVE_ERROR = s__(
 const DESIGN_UPLOAD_SKIPPED_MESSAGE = s__('DesignManagement|Upload skipped. %{reason}');
 const MAX_SKIPPED_FILES_LISTINGS = 5;
 
+export const UPDATE_DESCRIPTION_ERROR = s__(
+  'DesignManagement|Could not update description. Please try again.',
+);
+
 export const UPLOAD_DESIGN_ERROR_MESSAGE = s__(
   'DesignManagement|Error uploading a new design. Please try again.',
 );
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/work_items/components/design_management/design_preview/design_description.vue b/app/assets/javascripts/work_items/components/design_management/design_preview/design_description.vue
index 5e64694b162..d5ed7dbea76 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/work_items/components/design_management/design_preview/design_description.vue
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/work_items/components/design_management/design_preview/design_description.vue
@@ -1,39 +1,292 @@
 <script>
+import { GlButton, GlFormGroup, GlAlert, GlTooltipDirective } from '@gitlab/ui';
 import { s__ } from '~/locale';
+import * as Sentry from '~/sentry/sentry_browser_wrapper';
+import { helpPagePath } from '~/helpers/help_page_helper';
+import { getIdFromGraphQLId } from '~/graphql_shared/utils';
+import { trackSavedUsingEditor } from '~/vue_shared/components/markdown/tracking';
+import { confirmAction } from '~/lib/utils/confirm_via_gl_modal/confirm_via_gl_modal';
+import MarkdownEditor from '~/vue_shared/components/markdown/markdown_editor.vue';
+import markdownEditorEventHub from '~/vue_shared/components/markdown/eventhub';
+import { CLEAR_AUTOSAVE_ENTRY_EVENT } from '~/vue_shared/constants';
+import { renderGFM } from '~/behaviors/markdown/render_gfm';
+import { toggleMarkCheckboxes } from '~/behaviors/markdown/utils';
 import SafeHtml from '~/vue_shared/directives/safe_html';
+import updateDesignDescriptionMutation from '../graphql/update_design_description.mutation.graphql';
+import { UPDATE_DESCRIPTION_ERROR } from '../constants';
+
+const isCheckbox = (target) => target?.classList.contains('task-list-item-checkbox');
 
 export default {
-  i18n: {
-    descriptionLabel: s__('DesignManagement|Description'),
+  components: {
+    MarkdownEditor,
+    GlAlert,
+    GlButton,
+    GlFormGroup,
   },
   directives: {
     SafeHtml,
+    GlTooltip: GlTooltipDirective,
   },
+  i18n: {
+    editDescription: s__('DesignManagement|Edit description'),
+    descriptionLabel: s__('DesignManagement|Description'),
+    addDescriptionLabel: s__('DesignManagement|Add a description'),
+    cancelEdit: s__('DesignManagement|Are you sure you want to cancel editing the description?'),
+    primaryModalButton: s__('DesignManagement|Discard changes'),
+    cancelModalButton: s__('DesignManagement|Continue editing'),
+  },
+  formFieldProps: {
+    id: 'design-description',
+    name: 'design-description',
+    placeholder: s__('DesignManagement|Write a comment or drag your files here…'),
+    'aria-label': s__('DesignManagement|Design description'),
+  },
+  markdownDocsPath: helpPagePath('user/markdown'),
+  quickActionsDocsPath: helpPagePath('user/project/quick_actions'),
   props: {
     design: {
       type: Object,
       required: true,
     },
+    designVariables: {
+      type: Object,
+      required: true,
+    },
+    markdownPreviewPath: {
+      type: String,
+      required: true,
+    },
+  },
+  data() {
+    return {
+      descriptionText: this.design.description || '',
+      showEditor: false,
+      isSubmitting: false,
+      errorMessage: '',
+      autosaveKey: `WorkItem/${getIdFromGraphQLId(this.design.issue.id)}/Design/${getIdFromGraphQLId(
+        this.design.id,
+      )}`,
+    };
+  },
+  computed: {
+    canUpdate() {
+      return this.design.issue?.userPermissions?.updateDesign && !this.showEditor;
+    },
+    showAddDescriptionButton() {
+      return this.design.issue?.userPermissions?.updateDesign && !this.design.descriptionHtml;
+    },
+  },
+  watch: {
+    'design.descriptionHtml': {
+      handler(newDescriptionHtml, oldDescriptionHtml) {
+        if (newDescriptionHtml !== oldDescriptionHtml) {
+          this.renderGFM();
+        }
+      },
+      immediate: true,
+    },
+  },
+  methods: {
+    startEditing() {
+      this.showEditor = true;
+    },
+    closeForm() {
+      // If description text is empty on cancel,
+      // restore the old description
+      if (!this.descriptionText) {
+        this.descriptionText = this.design.description;
+      }
+      this.showEditor = false;
+    },
+    async cancelDescription() {
+      if (this.descriptionText && this.descriptionText !== this.design.description) {
+        const confirmed = await confirmAction(this.$options.i18n.cancelEdit, {
+          primaryBtnText: this.$options.i18n.primaryModalButton,
+          cancelBtnText: this.$options.i18n.cancelModalButton,
+          primaryBtnVariant: 'danger',
+        });
+
+        if (!confirmed) {
+          return;
+        }
+
+        // Update markdown's placeholder text based on if
+        // an existing description was being edited or
+        // a totally new description was being added
+        if (!this.design.descriptionHtml) {
+          this.descriptionText = '';
+        } else {
+          this.descriptionText = this.design.description;
+        }
+
+        markdownEditorEventHub.$emit(CLEAR_AUTOSAVE_ENTRY_EVENT, this.autosaveKey);
+        this.showEditor = false;
+        this.enableCheckboxes();
+      } else {
+        this.descriptionText = this.design.description;
+        this.showEditor = false;
+      }
+    },
+    enableCheckboxes() {
+      if (this.canUpdate) {
+        const checkboxes = this.$el.querySelectorAll('.task-list-item-checkbox');
+
+        // enable boxes, disabled by default in markdown
+        checkboxes.forEach((checkbox) => {
+          // eslint-disable-next-line no-param-reassign
+          checkbox.disabled = false;
+        });
+      }
+    },
+    async renderGFM() {
+      await this.$nextTick();
+      renderGFM(this.$refs['gfm-content']);
+      this.enableCheckboxes();
+    },
+    setDescriptionText(newText) {
+      // Do not update when cmd+enter is executed
+      if (!this.isSubmitting) {
+        this.descriptionText = newText;
+      }
+    },
+    async updateDesignDescription() {
+      this.isSubmitting = true;
+
+      if (this.$refs.markdownEditor) {
+        // eslint-disable-next-line @gitlab/require-i18n-strings
+        trackSavedUsingEditor(this.$refs.markdownEditor.isContentEditorActive, 'Design');
+      }
+
+      try {
+        const descriptionInput = { description: this.descriptionText, id: this.design.id };
+
+        await this.$apollo.mutate({
+          mutation: updateDesignDescriptionMutation,
+          variables: {
+            input: descriptionInput,
+          },
+        });
+
+        this.closeForm();
+      } catch (error) {
+        Sentry.captureException(error);
+        this.errorMessage = UPDATE_DESCRIPTION_ERROR;
+      } finally {
+        this.isSubmitting = false;
+      }
+    },
+    toggleCheckboxes(event) {
+      const { target } = event;
+
+      if (isCheckbox(target)) {
+        target.disabled = true;
+
+        const { sourcepos } = target.parentElement.dataset;
+
+        if (!sourcepos) return;
+
+        // Toggle checkboxes based on user input
+        this.descriptionText = toggleMarkCheckboxes({
+          rawMarkdown: this.descriptionText,
+          checkboxChecked: target.checked,
+          sourcepos,
+        });
+
+        // Update the desciption text using mutation
+        this.updateDesignDescription();
+      }
+    },
   },
 };
 </script>
 
 <template>
   <div class="design-description-container">
-    <div class="design-description-view">
-      <div class="design-description-header gl-mb-2 gl-flex gl-justify-between">
-        <h3 class="gl-m-0 gl-text-lg !gl-leading-20">
-          {{ $options.i18n.descriptionLabel }}
-        </h3>
+    <gl-form-group
+      v-if="showEditor"
+      class="design-description-form common-note-form"
+      :label="$options.i18n.descriptionLabel"
+      label-class="!gl-leading-20 !gl-text-lg"
+    >
+      <div v-if="errorMessage" class="gl-pb-3">
+        <gl-alert variant="danger" @dismiss="errorMessage = null">
+          {{ errorMessage }}
+        </gl-alert>
       </div>
-      <div v-if="design.descriptionHtml" class="design-description js-task-list-container">
-        <div
-          ref="gfm-content"
-          v-safe-html="design.descriptionHtml"
-          class="md gl-mb-4"
-          data-testid="design-description-content"
-        ></div>
+      <markdown-editor
+        ref="markdownEditor"
+        :value="descriptionText"
+        :render-markdown-path="markdownPreviewPath"
+        :markdown-docs-path="$options.markdownDocsPath"
+        :form-field-props="$options.formFieldProps"
+        :quick-actions-docs-path="$options.quickActionsDocsPath"
+        :autosave-key="autosaveKey"
+        enable-autocomplete
+        :supports-quick-actions="false"
+        autofocus
+        @input="setDescriptionText"
+        @keydown.meta.enter="updateDesignDescription"
+        @keydown.ctrl.enter="updateDesignDescription"
+        @keydown.esc.stop="cancelDescription"
+      />
+      <div class="gl-mt-3 gl-flex">
+        <gl-button
+          category="primary"
+          variant="confirm"
+          :loading="isSubmitting"
+          data-testid="save-description"
+          @click="updateDesignDescription"
+          >{{ s__('DesignManagement|Save changes') }}
+        </gl-button>
+        <gl-button
+          category="tertiary"
+          class="gl-ml-3"
+          data-testid="cancel"
+          @click="cancelDescription"
+          >{{ s__('DesignManagement|Cancel') }}
+        </gl-button>
       </div>
+    </gl-form-group>
+    <div v-else class="design-description-view">
+      <gl-button
+        v-if="showAddDescriptionButton"
+        class="gl-mb-5 gl-ml-auto"
+        size="small"
+        data-testid="add-design-description"
+        :aria-label="$options.i18n.addDescriptionLabel"
+        @click="startEditing"
+      >
+        {{ $options.i18n.addDescriptionLabel }}
+      </gl-button>
+      <template v-else>
+        <div class="design-description-header gl-mb-2 gl-flex gl-justify-between">
+          <h3 class="gl-m-0 gl-text-lg !gl-leading-20">
+            {{ $options.i18n.descriptionLabel }}
+          </h3>
+          <gl-button
+            v-if="canUpdate"
+            v-gl-tooltip
+            class="gl-ml-auto"
+            size="small"
+            category="tertiary"
+            :aria-label="$options.i18n.editDescription"
+            :title="$options.i18n.editDescription"
+            data-testid="edit-description"
+            icon="pencil"
+            @click="startEditing"
+          />
+        </div>
+        <div v-if="design.descriptionHtml" class="design-description js-task-list-container">
+          <div
+            ref="gfm-content"
+            v-safe-html="design.descriptionHtml"
+            class="md gl-mb-4"
+            data-testid="design-description-content"
+            @change="toggleCheckboxes"
+          ></div>
+        </div>
+      </template>
     </div>
   </div>
 </template>
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/work_items/components/design_management/design_preview/design_details.vue b/app/assets/javascripts/work_items/components/design_management/design_preview/design_details.vue
index d3fda449b87..b2cd60ad7f9 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/work_items/components/design_management/design_preview/design_details.vue
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/work_items/components/design_management/design_preview/design_details.vue
@@ -131,6 +131,9 @@ export default {
     design() {
       return this.localDesign || {};
     },
+    markdownPreviewPath() {
+      return `/${this.fullPath}/-/preview_markdown?target_type=Issue`;
+    },
     designVariables() {
       return {
         fullPath: this.fullPath,
@@ -330,8 +333,10 @@ export default {
         </div>
         <design-sidebar
           :design="design"
+          :design-variables="designVariables"
           :is-loading="isLoading"
           :is-open="isSidebarOpen"
+          :markdown-preview-path="markdownPreviewPath"
           :resolved-discussions-expanded="resolvedDiscussionsExpanded"
           @toggleResolvedComments="toggleResolvedComments"
         />
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/work_items/components/design_management/design_preview/design_sidebar.vue b/app/assets/javascripts/work_items/components/design_management/design_preview/design_sidebar.vue
index ce6fce06960..db7c85547b0 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/work_items/components/design_management/design_preview/design_sidebar.vue
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/work_items/components/design_management/design_preview/design_sidebar.vue
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ export default {
       type: Boolean,
       required: true,
     },
+    designVariables: {
+      type: Object,
+      required: true,
+    },
     isOpen: {
       type: Boolean,
       required: true,
@@ -37,6 +41,10 @@ export default {
       type: Boolean,
       required: true,
     },
+    markdownPreviewPath: {
+      type: String,
+      required: true,
+    },
   },
   data() {
     return {
@@ -44,8 +52,13 @@ export default {
     };
   },
   computed: {
-    showDescription() {
-      return !this.isLoading && Boolean(this.design.descriptionHtml);
+    showDescriptionForm() {
+      // user either has permission to add or update description,
+      // or the existing description should be shown read-only.
+      return (
+        !this.isLoading &&
+        (this.design.issue?.userPermissions?.updateDesign || Boolean(this.design.descriptionHtml))
+      );
     },
     discussions() {
       return this.design?.discussions ? extractDiscussions(this.design.discussions) : [];
@@ -99,7 +112,13 @@ export default {
   <design-disclosure :open="isOpen">
     <template #default>
       <div class="image-notes gl-h-full gl-pt-0" @click.self="handleSidebarClick">
-        <design-description v-if="showDescription" :design="design" class="gl-border-b gl-my-5" />
+        <design-description
+          v-if="showDescriptionForm"
+          :design="design"
+          :design-variables="designVariables"
+          :markdown-preview-path="markdownPreviewPath"
+          class="gl-border-b gl-my-5"
+        />
         <div v-if="isLoading" class="gl-my-5">
           <gl-skeleton-loader />
         </div>
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/work_items/components/design_management/graphql/design_details.query.graphql b/app/assets/javascripts/work_items/components/design_management/graphql/design_details.query.graphql
index 8dd1f573caa..a45cc4a5609 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/work_items/components/design_management/graphql/design_details.query.graphql
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/work_items/components/design_management/graphql/design_details.query.graphql
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #import "./fragments/design_file.fragment.graphql"
 #import "./fragments/discussion_resolved_status.fragment.graphql"
+#import "~/graphql_shared/fragments/author.fragment.graphql"
 #import "./fragments/design_note.fragment.graphql"
 #import "./fragments/version.fragment.graphql"
 
@@ -34,6 +35,21 @@ query getDesignDetails(
                       }
                     }
                   }
+                  issue {
+                    id
+                    title
+                    webPath
+                    webUrl
+                    participants {
+                      nodes {
+                        ...Author
+                      }
+                    }
+                    userPermissions {
+                      createDesign
+                      updateDesign
+                    }
+                  }
                 }
               }
               versions {
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/work_items/components/design_management/graphql/local_design.query.graphql b/app/assets/javascripts/work_items/components/design_management/graphql/local_design.query.graphql
index b4a93dfeaa8..8504c5c9df8 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/work_items/components/design_management/graphql/local_design.query.graphql
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/work_items/components/design_management/graphql/local_design.query.graphql
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #import "./fragments/design_file.fragment.graphql"
 #import "./fragments/discussion_resolved_status.fragment.graphql"
+#import "~/graphql_shared/fragments/author.fragment.graphql"
 #import "./fragments/design_note.fragment.graphql"
 
 query getLocalDesignQuery($atVersion: DesignManagementVersionID, $filenames: [String!]) {
@@ -17,5 +18,20 @@ query getLocalDesignQuery($atVersion: DesignManagementVersionID, $filenames: [St
         }
       }
     }
+    issue {
+      id
+      title
+      webPath
+      webUrl
+      participants {
+        nodes {
+          ...Author
+        }
+      }
+      userPermissions {
+        createDesign
+        updateDesign
+      }
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/work_items/components/design_management/graphql/update_design_description.mutation.graphql b/app/assets/javascripts/work_items/components/design_management/graphql/update_design_description.mutation.graphql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7150fbbf165
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/work_items/components/design_management/graphql/update_design_description.mutation.graphql
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+mutation updateWorkItemDesignDescriptionMutation($input: DesignManagementUpdateInput!) {
+  designManagementUpdate(input: $input) {
+    errors
+    design {
+      id
+      image
+      description
+      descriptionHtml
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/app/models/namespace.rb b/app/models/namespace.rb
index 35841bc51bb..512d219a3b7 100644
--- a/app/models/namespace.rb
+++ b/app/models/namespace.rb
@@ -235,8 +235,8 @@ class Namespace < ApplicationRecord
       .where(project_statistics[:namespace_id].eq(arel_table[:id]))
       .lateral(subquery.name)
 
-    select(arel_table[Arel.star], subquery[Arel.star])
-      .from([arel.as('namespaces'), statistics])
+    model.select(arel_table[Arel.star], subquery[Arel.star])
+         .from([arel.as(arel_table.name), statistics])
   end
 
   scope :with_jira_installation, ->(installation_id) do
diff --git a/app/services/packages/nuget/check_duplicates_service.rb b/app/services/packages/nuget/check_duplicates_service.rb
index 8a172cb195d..33a66c2bce1 100644
--- a/app/services/packages/nuget/check_duplicates_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/packages/nuget/check_duplicates_service.rb
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ module Packages
       ExtractionError = Class.new(StandardError)
 
       def execute
-        return ServiceResponse.success if Namespace::PackageSetting.duplicates_allowed?(existing_package)
-        return ServiceResponse.success unless target_package_is_duplicate?
+        return ServiceResponse.success if package_settings_allow_duplicates? || !target_package_is_duplicate?
 
         ServiceResponse.error(
           message: 'A package with the same name and version already exists',
@@ -21,12 +20,21 @@ module Packages
 
       private
 
+      def package_settings_allow_duplicates?
+        package_settings.nuget_duplicates_allowed? || package_settings.class.duplicates_allowed?(existing_package)
+      end
+
       def target_package_is_duplicate?
         existing_package.name.casecmp(metadata[:package_name]) == 0 &&
           (existing_package.version.casecmp(metadata[:package_version]) == 0 ||
             existing_package.normalized_nuget_version&.casecmp(metadata[:package_version]) == 0)
       end
 
+      def package_settings
+        project.namespace.package_settings
+      end
+      strong_memoize_attr :package_settings
+
       def existing_package
         ::Packages::Nuget::PackageFinder
           .new(
diff --git a/app/validators/json_schemas/user_detail_onboarding_status.json b/app/validators/json_schemas/user_detail_onboarding_status.json
index 6c217579bb7..3232e8ffe0a 100644
--- a/app/validators/json_schemas/user_detail_onboarding_status.json
+++ b/app/validators/json_schemas/user_detail_onboarding_status.json
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@
     "glm_source": {
       "description": "GitLab link management value for source on the link the user clicks to start onboarding",
       "type": "string"
+    },
+    "joining_project": {
+      "description": "Setting to understand if a user is joining a project or not during onboarding",
+      "type": "boolean"
     }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
diff --git a/config/audit_events/types/api_request_access_with_scope.yml b/config/audit_events/types/api_request_access_with_scope.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..015a60fd898
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/audit_events/types/api_request_access_with_scope.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+name: api_request_access_with_scope
+description: A susbset of API requests authenticated by a token with an audited scope
+introduced_by_issue: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/499461
+introduced_by_mr: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/172548
+feature_category: duo_workflow
+milestone: '17.7'
+saved_to_database: true
+scope: [User]
+streamed: true
diff --git a/config/events/failed.yml b/config/events/failed.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fc8e063a719
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/events/failed.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+---
+description: Tracks when a CI build fails pipeline fails. Includes information about build_id, build_artifact_types, exit_code, failure_reason and project_id
+action: failed
+identifiers:
+- project
+- user
+product_group: pipeline_execution
+milestone: '15.7'
+introduced_by_url: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/92637
+distributions:
+- ce
+- ee
+tiers:
+- free
+- premium
+- ultimate
diff --git a/config/events/promote.yml b/config/events/promote.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d2902aac46e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/events/promote.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+---
+description: Tracks when an issue is promoted to an epic
+action: promote
+identifiers:
+- project
+- namespace
+- user
+product_group: product_planning
+milestone: '14.0'
+introduced_by_url: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/167137
+distributions:
+- ce
+- ee
+tiers:
+- free
+- premium
+- ultimate
+additional_properties:
+  property:
+    description: Always 'issue_id'
+  value:
+    description: Issue id
diff --git a/config/events/pull_manifest.yml b/config/events/pull_manifest.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7ff2bc6a02f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/events/pull_manifest.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+---
+description: Tracks when a manifest is pulled from the package registry
+action: pull_manifest
+identifiers:
+- namespace
+- user
+product_group: container_registry
+milestone: '14.2'
+introduced_by_url: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/167137
+distributions:
+- ce
+tiers:
+- free
+- premium
+- ultimate
diff --git a/config/events/select_abuse_category.yml b/config/events/select_abuse_category.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5e320ca4f8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/events/select_abuse_category.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+---
+description: Tracks when user is reported for abuse
+action: select_abuse_category
+identifiers:
+- user
+product_group: authorization
+milestone: '15.9'
+introduced_by_url: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/167137
+distributions:
+- ce
+tiers:
+- free
+- premium
+- ultimate
+additional_properties:
+  property:
+    description: The abuse category that was reported
diff --git a/config/feature_flags/development/enforce_ssh_certificates_via_settings.yml b/config/feature_flags/development/enforce_ssh_certificates_via_settings.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index e721c2afe8c..00000000000
--- a/config/feature_flags/development/enforce_ssh_certificates_via_settings.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
----
-name: enforce_ssh_certificates_via_settings
-introduced_by_url: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/136498
-rollout_issue_url: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/426235
-milestone: '16.7'
-type: development
-group: group::source code
-default_enabled: false
diff --git a/config/feature_flags/development/ssh_certificates_rest_endpoints.yml b/config/feature_flags/development/ssh_certificates_rest_endpoints.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 29087a8631f..00000000000
--- a/config/feature_flags/development/ssh_certificates_rest_endpoints.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
----
-name: ssh_certificates_rest_endpoints
-introduced_by_url: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/130866
-rollout_issue_url: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/424501
-milestone: '16.4'
-type: development
-group: group::source code
-default_enabled: false
diff --git a/config/feature_flags/gitlab_com_derisk/expand_nested_variables_in_job_rules_exists_and_changes.yml b/config/feature_flags/gitlab_com_derisk/api_audit_requests_with_scope.yml
similarity index 62%
rename from config/feature_flags/gitlab_com_derisk/expand_nested_variables_in_job_rules_exists_and_changes.yml
rename to config/feature_flags/gitlab_com_derisk/api_audit_requests_with_scope.yml
index 384460f92f4..fd822e78f8f 100644
--- a/config/feature_flags/gitlab_com_derisk/expand_nested_variables_in_job_rules_exists_and_changes.yml
+++ b/config/feature_flags/gitlab_com_derisk/api_audit_requests_with_scope.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 ---
-name: expand_nested_variables_in_job_rules_exists_and_changes
-feature_issue_url: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/327780
-introduced_by_url: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/166779
-rollout_issue_url: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/483115
-milestone: '17.6'
-group: group::pipeline authoring
+name: api_audit_requests_with_scope
+feature_issue_url: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/499461
+introduced_by_url: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/172548
+rollout_issue_url: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/505974
+milestone: '17.7'
+group: group::duo workflow
 type: gitlab_com_derisk
 default_enabled: false
diff --git a/config/gitlab_loose_foreign_keys.yml b/config/gitlab_loose_foreign_keys.yml
index ff517617985..76a4346ff39 100644
--- a/config/gitlab_loose_foreign_keys.yml
+++ b/config/gitlab_loose_foreign_keys.yml
@@ -195,6 +195,9 @@ country_access_logs:
     column: user_id
     on_delete: async_delete
 dast_pre_scan_verifications:
+  - table: ci_pipelines
+    column: ci_pipeline_id
+    on_delete: async_delete
   - table: p_ci_pipelines
     column: ci_pipeline_id
     on_delete: async_delete
@@ -213,6 +216,9 @@ dast_profiles:
     column: project_id
     on_delete: async_delete
 dast_profiles_pipelines:
+  - table: ci_pipelines
+    column: ci_pipeline_id
+    on_delete: async_delete
   - table: p_ci_pipelines
     column: ci_pipeline_id
     on_delete: async_delete
@@ -266,6 +272,9 @@ dependency_list_export_parts:
     column: organization_id
     on_delete: async_delete
 dependency_list_exports:
+  - table: ci_pipelines
+    column: pipeline_id
+    on_delete: async_delete
   - table: p_ci_pipelines
     column: pipeline_id
     on_delete: async_delete
@@ -323,6 +332,9 @@ members:
     column: user_id
     on_delete: async_delete
 merge_request_metrics:
+  - table: ci_pipelines
+    column: pipeline_id
+    on_delete: async_nullify
   - table: p_ci_pipelines
     column: pipeline_id
     on_delete: async_nullify
@@ -337,10 +349,16 @@ merge_request_requested_changes:
     column: user_id
     on_delete: async_delete
 merge_requests:
+  - table: ci_pipelines
+    column: head_pipeline_id
+    on_delete: async_nullify
   - table: p_ci_pipelines
     column: head_pipeline_id
     on_delete: async_nullify
 merge_trains:
+  - table: ci_pipelines
+    column: pipeline_id
+    on_delete: async_nullify
   - table: p_ci_pipelines
     column: pipeline_id
     on_delete: async_nullify
@@ -434,6 +452,9 @@ p_ci_stages:
     column: project_id
     on_delete: async_delete
 packages_build_infos:
+  - table: ci_pipelines
+    column: pipeline_id
+    on_delete: async_nullify
   - table: p_ci_pipelines
     column: pipeline_id
     on_delete: async_nullify
@@ -444,6 +465,9 @@ packages_npm_metadata_caches:
     target_column: status
     target_value: 2
 packages_package_file_build_infos:
+  - table: ci_pipelines
+    column: pipeline_id
+    on_delete: async_nullify
   - table: p_ci_pipelines
     column: pipeline_id
     on_delete: async_nullify
@@ -508,6 +532,9 @@ sbom_components:
     column: organization_id
     on_delete: async_delete
 sbom_occurrences:
+  - table: ci_pipelines
+    column: pipeline_id
+    on_delete: async_nullify
   - table: p_ci_pipelines
     column: pipeline_id
     on_delete: async_nullify
@@ -610,6 +637,9 @@ vulnerability_external_issue_links:
     column: author_id
     on_delete: async_delete
 vulnerability_feedback:
+  - table: ci_pipelines
+    column: pipeline_id
+    on_delete: async_nullify
   - table: p_ci_pipelines
     column: pipeline_id
     on_delete: async_nullify
@@ -671,6 +701,12 @@ vulnerability_namespace_historical_statistics:
     column: namespace_id
     on_delete: async_delete
 vulnerability_occurrences:
+  - table: ci_pipelines
+    column: initial_pipeline_id
+    on_delete: async_nullify
+  - table: ci_pipelines
+    column: latest_pipeline_id
+    on_delete: async_nullify
   - table: p_ci_pipelines
     column: initial_pipeline_id
     on_delete: async_nullify
@@ -707,6 +743,9 @@ vulnerability_state_transitions:
     column: author_id
     on_delete: async_nullify
 vulnerability_statistics:
+  - table: ci_pipelines
+    column: latest_pipeline_id
+    on_delete: async_nullify
   - table: p_ci_pipelines
     column: latest_pipeline_id
     on_delete: async_nullify
diff --git a/db/docs/batched_background_migrations/backfill_detected_at_from_created_at_column.yml b/db/docs/batched_background_migrations/backfill_detected_at_from_created_at_column.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..daa2d816379
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/docs/batched_background_migrations/backfill_detected_at_from_created_at_column.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+migration_job_name: BackfillDetectedAtFromCreatedAtColumn
+description: backfills the vulnerabilities table with nil detected_at with values from created_at.
+feature_category: vulnerability_management
+introduced_by_url: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/170022 
+milestone: '17.6'
+queued_migration_version: 20241021063020
+finalized_by: # version of the migration that finalized this BBM
diff --git a/db/post_migrate/20241021063020_queue_backfill_detected_at_from_created_at_column.rb b/db/post_migrate/20241021063020_queue_backfill_detected_at_from_created_at_column.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..79a64a686a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/post_migrate/20241021063020_queue_backfill_detected_at_from_created_at_column.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+class QueueBackfillDetectedAtFromCreatedAtColumn < Gitlab::Database::Migration[2.2]
+  milestone '17.6'
+
+  restrict_gitlab_migration gitlab_schema: :gitlab_sec
+
+  MIGRATION = "BackfillDetectedAtFromCreatedAtColumn"
+  DELAY_INTERVAL = 2.minutes
+  BATCH_SIZE = 1000
+  SUB_BATCH_SIZE = 100
+
+  def up
+    queue_batched_background_migration(
+      MIGRATION,
+      :vulnerabilities,
+      :id,
+      job_interval: DELAY_INTERVAL,
+      batch_size: BATCH_SIZE,
+      sub_batch_size: SUB_BATCH_SIZE
+    )
+  end
+
+  def down
+    delete_batched_background_migration(MIGRATION, :vulnerabilities, :id, [])
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema_migrations/20241021063020 b/db/schema_migrations/20241021063020
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e8bd1258437
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/schema_migrations/20241021063020
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+6031eb946f78909f5934e1476f6fc4458cde1a900488b9b9d9e290d3fdeab659
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/doc/api/group_ssh_certificates.md b/doc/api/group_ssh_certificates.md
index 70cc938ca9a..69602ea5ce2 100644
--- a/doc/api/group_ssh_certificates.md
+++ b/doc/api/group_ssh_certificates.md
@@ -12,9 +12,7 @@ DETAILS:
 
 > - [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/421915) in GitLab 16.4 [with a flag](../user/feature_flags.md) named `ssh_certificates_rest_endpoints`. Disabled by default.
 > - [Enabled on GitLab.com](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/424501) in GitLab 16.9.
-
-FLAG:
-On GitLab.com, this feature is available. On GitLab Dedicated, this feature is not available.
+> - [Generally available](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/424501) in GitLab 17.7. Feature flag `ssh_certificates_rest_endpoints` removed.
 
 Use this API to create, read and delete SSH certificates for a group.
 Only top-level groups can store SSH certificates.
diff --git a/doc/user/compliance/audit_event_types.md b/doc/user/compliance/audit_event_types.md
index 69f79bccd3e..c50c052a0be 100644
--- a/doc/user/compliance/audit_event_types.md
+++ b/doc/user/compliance/audit_event_types.md
@@ -261,6 +261,12 @@ Audit event types belong to the following product categories.
 | [`cluster_agent_token_created`](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/112036) | Triggered when a user creates a cluster agent token | **{check-circle}** Yes | GitLab [15.10](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/382133) | Project |
 | [`cluster_agent_token_revoked`](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/112036) | Triggered when a user revokes a cluster agent token | **{check-circle}** Yes | GitLab [15.10](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/382133) | Project |
 
+### Duo workflow
+
+| Name | Description | Saved to database | Streamed | Introduced in | Scope |
+|:------------|:------------|:------------------|:---------|:--------------|:--------------|
+| [`api_request_access_with_scope`](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/172548) | A susbset of API requests authenticated by a token with an audited scope | **{check-circle}** Yes | **{check-circle}** Yes | GitLab [17.7](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/499461) | User |
+
 ### Dynamic application security testing
 
 | Name | Description | Saved to database | Introduced in | Scope |
diff --git a/doc/user/duo_workflow/index.md b/doc/user/duo_workflow/index.md
index 03cdaa826b8..42fc806904d 100644
--- a/doc/user/duo_workflow/index.md
+++ b/doc/user/duo_workflow/index.md
@@ -233,6 +233,10 @@ If you encounter issues:
    1. Search for the setting **GitLab: Debug** and enable it.
 1. Examine the [Duo Workflow Service production LangSmith trace](https://smith.langchain.com/o/477de7ad-583e-47b6-a1c4-c4a0300e7aca/projects/p/5409132b-2cf3-4df8-9f14-70204f90ed9b?timeModel=%7B%22duration%22%3A%227d%22%7D&tab=0).
 
+## Audit log
+
+Audit event is created for each API request done by Duo Workflow. View these events on the [instance audit events](../../administration/audit_event_reports.md#instance-audit-events) page.
+
 ## Give feedback
 
 Duo Workflow is an experiment and your feedback is crucial. To report issues or suggest improvements,
diff --git a/doc/user/group/ssh_certificates.md b/doc/user/group/ssh_certificates.md
index 34cd95b23b7..1dd75d99617 100644
--- a/doc/user/group/ssh_certificates.md
+++ b/doc/user/group/ssh_certificates.md
@@ -21,10 +21,7 @@ To temporarily grant Git access to your projects, you can use SSH certificates.
 
 > - [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/421915) in GitLab 16.4 [with a flag](../feature_flags.md) named `ssh_certificates_rest_endpoints`. Disabled by default.
 > - [Enabled on GitLab.com](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/424501) in GitLab 16.9.
-
-FLAG:
-The availability of this feature is controlled by a feature flag.
-For more information, see the history.
+> - [Generally available](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/424501) in GitLab 17.7. Feature flag `ssh_certificates_rest_endpoints` removed.
 
 Prerequisites:
 
@@ -69,6 +66,7 @@ The user certificates can only be used to access the projects in the top-level g
 
 > - [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/421915) in GitLab 16.7 [with a flag](../feature_flags.md) named `enforce_ssh_certificates_via_settings`. Disabled by default.
 > - [Enabled on GitLab.com](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/426235) in GitLab 16.9.
+> - [Generally available](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/488635) in GitLab 17.7. Feature flag `enforce_ssh_certificates_via_settings` removed.
 
 FLAG:
 The availability of this feature is controlled by a feature flag.
diff --git a/lib/api/helpers.rb b/lib/api/helpers.rb
index cb8face9911..72c9e3f77cf 100644
--- a/lib/api/helpers.rb
+++ b/lib/api/helpers.rb
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ module API
     API_RESPONSE_STATUS_CODE = 'gitlab.api.response_status_code'
     INTEGER_ID_REGEX = /^-?\d+$/
 
+    # ai_workflows scope is used by Duo Workflow which is an AI automation tool, requests authenticated by token with
+    # this scope are audited to keep track of all actions done by Duo Workflow.
+    TOKEN_SCOPES_TO_AUDIT = [:ai_workflows].freeze
+
     def logger
       API.logger
     end
@@ -89,6 +93,7 @@ module API
 
       if @current_user
         load_balancer_stick_request(::ApplicationRecord, :user, @current_user.id)
+        audit_request_with_token_scope(@current_user)
       end
 
       @current_user
@@ -816,6 +821,29 @@ module API
       end
     end
 
+    def audit_request_with_token_scope(user)
+      return unless Feature.enabled?(:api_audit_requests_with_scope, user)
+
+      token_info = request.env[::Gitlab::Auth::AuthFinders::API_TOKEN_ENV]
+      return unless token_info
+      return unless TOKEN_SCOPES_TO_AUDIT.intersect?(Array.wrap(token_info[:token_scopes]))
+
+      context = {
+        name: 'api_request_access_with_scope',
+        author: user,
+        scope: user,
+        target: ::Gitlab::Audit::NullTarget.new,
+        message: "API request with token scopes #{token_info[:token_scopes]} - #{request.request_method} #{request.path}",
+        additional_details: {
+          request: request.path,
+          method: request.request_method,
+          token_scopes: token_info[:token_scopes]
+        }
+      }
+
+      ::Gitlab::Audit::Auditor.audit(context)
+    end
+
     private
 
     # rubocop:disable Gitlab/ModuleWithInstanceVariables
diff --git a/lib/bulk_imports/ndjson_pipeline.rb b/lib/bulk_imports/ndjson_pipeline.rb
index 03d06baf561..3ecb583ce6a 100644
--- a/lib/bulk_imports/ndjson_pipeline.rb
+++ b/lib/bulk_imports/ndjson_pipeline.rb
@@ -45,28 +45,31 @@ module BulkImports
 
         return unless object
 
-        if object.new_record?
-          saver = Gitlab::ImportExport::Base::RelationObjectSaver.new(
-            relation_object: object,
-            relation_key: relation,
-            relation_definition: relation_definition,
-            importable: portable
-          )
+        begin
+          if object.new_record?
+            saver = Gitlab::ImportExport::Base::RelationObjectSaver.new(
+              relation_object: object,
+              relation_key: relation,
+              relation_definition: relation_definition,
+              importable: portable
+            )
 
-          saver.execute
+            saver.execute
 
-          capture_invalid_subrelations(saver.invalid_subrelations)
-        else
-          if object.invalid?
-            Gitlab::Import::Errors.merge_nested_errors(object)
+            capture_invalid_subrelations(saver.invalid_subrelations)
+          else
+            if object.invalid?
+              Gitlab::Import::Errors.merge_nested_errors(object)
 
-            raise(ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid, object)
+              raise(ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid, object)
+            end
+
+            object.save!
           end
 
-          object.save!
+        ensure
+          push_placeholder_references(original_users_map) if context.importer_user_mapping_enabled?
         end
-
-        push_placeholder_references(original_users_map) if context.importer_user_mapping_enabled?
       end
 
       def deep_transform_relation!(relation_hash, relation_key, relation_definition, &block)
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/auth/auth_finders.rb b/lib/gitlab/auth/auth_finders.rb
index bf6bd9cfa68..83e87ce2041 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/auth/auth_finders.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/auth/auth_finders.rb
@@ -221,7 +221,11 @@ module Gitlab
       private
 
       def save_current_token_in_env
-        request.env[API_TOKEN_ENV] = { token_id: access_token.id, token_type: access_token.class.to_s }
+        request.env[API_TOKEN_ENV] = {
+          token_id: access_token.id,
+          token_type: access_token.class.to_s,
+          token_scopes: access_token.scopes.map(&:to_sym)
+        }
       end
 
       def save_auth_failure_in_application_context(access_token, cause, requested_scopes)
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/background_migration/backfill_detected_at_from_created_at_column.rb b/lib/gitlab/background_migration/backfill_detected_at_from_created_at_column.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..eb453bf4fc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/gitlab/background_migration/backfill_detected_at_from_created_at_column.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module Gitlab
+  module BackgroundMigration
+    class BackfillDetectedAtFromCreatedAtColumn < BatchedMigrationJob
+      operation_name :backfill_vulnerabilities_detected_at
+      feature_category :vulnerability_management
+
+      def perform
+        each_sub_batch do |sub_batch|
+          sub_batch.where(detected_at: nil).update_all('detected_at = created_at')
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/ci/build/rules/rule/clause/changes.rb b/lib/gitlab/ci/build/rules/rule/clause/changes.rb
index bb4600bc1cc..c57f5918ba3 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/ci/build/rules/rule/clause/changes.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/ci/build/rules/rule/clause/changes.rb
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ module Gitlab
           return true unless modified_paths
           return false if modified_paths.empty?
 
-          expanded_globs = expand_globs(context, pipeline).uniq
+          expanded_globs = expand_globs(context).uniq
           return false if expanded_globs.empty?
 
           cache_key = [
@@ -43,17 +43,11 @@ module Gitlab
           end
         end
 
-        def expand_globs(context, pipeline)
+        def expand_globs(context)
           return paths unless context
 
-          if Feature.enabled?(:expand_nested_variables_in_job_rules_exists_and_changes, pipeline.project)
-            paths.map do |glob|
-              expand_value_nested(glob, context)
-            end
-          else
-            paths.map do |glob|
-              expand_value(glob, context)
-            end
+          paths.map do |glob|
+            expand_value_nested(glob, context)
           end
         end
 
@@ -76,22 +70,13 @@ module Gitlab
         def find_compare_to_sha(pipeline, context)
           return unless @globs.include?(:compare_to)
 
-          compare_to = if Feature.enabled?(:expand_nested_variables_in_job_rules_exists_and_changes, pipeline.project)
-                         expand_value_nested(@globs[:compare_to], context)
-                       else
-                         expand_value(@globs[:compare_to], context)
-                       end
-
+          compare_to = expand_value_nested(@globs[:compare_to], context)
           commit = pipeline.project.commit(compare_to)
           raise Rules::Rule::Clause::ParseError, 'rules:changes:compare_to is not a valid ref' unless commit
 
           commit.sha
         end
 
-        def expand_value(value, context)
-          ExpandVariables.expand_existing(value, -> { context.variables_hash })
-        end
-
         def expand_value_nested(value, context)
           ExpandVariables.expand_existing(value, -> { context.variables_hash_expanded })
         end
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/ci/build/rules/rule/clause/exists.rb b/lib/gitlab/ci/build/rules/rule/clause/exists.rb
index 4501d822359..845ffdf0a89 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/ci/build/rules/rule/clause/exists.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/ci/build/rules/rule/clause/exists.rb
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@ module Gitlab
           @ref = clause[:ref]
         end
 
-        def satisfied_by?(pipeline, context)
+        def satisfied_by?(_pipeline, context)
           # Return early to avoid redundant Gitaly calls
           return false unless @globs.any?
 
-          context = change_context(context, pipeline) if @project_path
+          context = change_context(context) if @project_path
 
-          expanded_globs = expand_globs(context, pipeline)
+          expanded_globs = expand_globs(context)
           top_level_only = expanded_globs.all?(&method(:top_level_glob?))
 
           paths = worktree_paths(context, top_level_only)
@@ -42,15 +42,9 @@ module Gitlab
           grouped.values_at(:exact, :extension, :pattern).map { |globs| Array(globs) }
         end
 
-        def expand_globs(context, pipeline)
-          if Feature.enabled?(:expand_nested_variables_in_job_rules_exists_and_changes, pipeline&.project)
-            @globs.map do |glob|
-              expand_value_nested(glob, context)
-            end
-          else
-            @globs.map do |glob|
-              expand_value(glob, context)
-            end
+        def expand_globs(context)
+          @globs.map do |glob|
+            expand_value_nested(glob, context)
           end
         end
 
@@ -127,10 +121,10 @@ module Gitlab
           glob.delete_prefix(WILDCARD_NESTED_PATTERN)
         end
 
-        def change_context(old_context, pipeline)
+        def change_context(old_context)
           user = find_context_user(old_context)
-          new_project = find_context_project(user, old_context, pipeline)
-          new_sha = find_context_sha(new_project, old_context, pipeline)
+          new_project = find_context_project(user, old_context)
+          new_sha = find_context_sha(new_project, old_context)
 
           Gitlab::Ci::Config::External::Context.new(
             project: new_project,
@@ -144,13 +138,8 @@ module Gitlab
           context.is_a?(Gitlab::Ci::Config::External::Context) ? context.user : context.pipeline.user
         end
 
-        def find_context_project(user, context, pipeline)
-          full_path = if Feature.enabled?(:expand_nested_variables_in_job_rules_exists_and_changes, pipeline.project)
-                        expand_value_nested(@project_path, context)
-                      else
-                        expand_value(@project_path, context)
-                      end
-
+        def find_context_project(user, context)
+          full_path = expand_value_nested(@project_path, context)
           project = Project.find_by_full_path(full_path)
 
           unless project
@@ -167,16 +156,10 @@ module Gitlab
           project
         end
 
-        def find_context_sha(project, context, pipeline)
+        def find_context_sha(project, context)
           return project.commit&.sha unless @ref
 
-          ref = if Feature.enabled?(:expand_nested_variables_in_job_rules_exists_and_changes,
-            pipeline.project)
-                  expand_value_nested(@ref, context)
-                else
-                  expand_value(@ref, context)
-                end
-
+          ref = expand_value_nested(@ref, context)
           commit = project.commit(ref)
 
           unless commit
@@ -198,10 +181,6 @@ module Gitlab
           end
         end
 
-        def expand_value(value, context)
-          ExpandVariables.expand_existing(value, -> { context.variables_hash })
-        end
-
         def expand_value_nested(value, context)
           ExpandVariables.expand_existing(value, -> { context.variables_hash_expanded })
         end
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/ci/trace.rb b/lib/gitlab/ci/trace.rb
index e9435752437..846987a0ac8 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/ci/trace.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/ci/trace.rb
@@ -295,6 +295,16 @@ module Gitlab
       def being_watched_cache_key
         "gitlab:ci:trace:#{job.id}:watched"
       end
+
+      # Like `set` it writes the whole trace but doesn't hide secrets!
+      # This is solely used in spec factories to avoid calling unstubbed
+      # ApplicationSetting(ci_job_token_signing_key) attribute outside
+      # spec examples (like in `let_it_be`).
+      def unsafe_set(data)
+        write('w+b') do |stream|
+          stream.set(data.dup)
+        end
+      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/gitaly_client.rb b/lib/gitlab/gitaly_client.rb
index f97b2ea8f97..a2e87b403dc 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/gitaly_client.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/gitaly_client.rb
@@ -163,7 +163,6 @@ module Gitlab
                 { service: 'gitaly.RepositoryService', method: 'RepositorySize' },
                 { service: 'gitaly.RepositoryService', method: 'SearchFilesByContent' },
                 { service: 'gitaly.RepositoryService', method: 'SearchFilesByName' },
-                { service: 'gitaly.ServerService', method: 'ClockSynced' },
                 { service: 'gitaly.ServerService', method: 'DiskStatistics' },
                 { service: 'gitaly.ServerService', method: 'ReadinessCheck' },
                 { service: 'gitaly.ServerService', method: 'ServerInfo' },
diff --git a/lib/tasks/gitlab/tw/codeowners.rake b/lib/tasks/gitlab/tw/codeowners.rake
index 9617899bed3..344d8b0e9b9 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/gitlab/tw/codeowners.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/gitlab/tw/codeowners.rake
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ namespace :tw do
       CodeOwnerRule.new('Code Review', '@aqualls'),
       CodeOwnerRule.new('Compliance', '@eread'),
       CodeOwnerRule.new('Composition Analysis', '@rdickenson @phillipwells'),
-      CodeOwnerRule.new('Container Registry', '@marcel.amirault'),
+      CodeOwnerRule.new('Container Registry', '@lyspin'),
       CodeOwnerRule.new('Contributor Experience', '@eread'),
       CodeOwnerRule.new('Custom Models', '@jglassman1'),
       # CodeOwnerRule.new('Database', ''),
diff --git a/locale/gitlab.pot b/locale/gitlab.pot
index 1c6f207d653..d5dd405d707 100644
--- a/locale/gitlab.pot
+++ b/locale/gitlab.pot
@@ -19307,6 +19307,9 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "DesignManagement|Are you sure you want to cancel creating this comment?"
 msgstr ""
 
+msgid "DesignManagement|Are you sure you want to cancel editing the description?"
+msgstr ""
+
 msgid "DesignManagement|Are you sure you want to cancel editing this comment?"
 msgstr ""
 
diff --git a/spec/factories/ci/builds.rb b/spec/factories/ci/builds.rb
index 8a7a5d1c005..a865969d00b 100644
--- a/spec/factories/ci/builds.rb
+++ b/spec/factories/ci/builds.rb
@@ -262,7 +262,12 @@ FactoryBot.define do
 
     trait :trace_live do
       after(:create) do |build, evaluator|
-        Gitlab::ExclusiveLease.skipping_transaction_check { build.trace.set('BUILD TRACE') }
+        Gitlab::ExclusiveLease.skipping_transaction_check do
+          # We can skip calling `Ci::Build#hide_secrets` because this content is safe.
+          # This allows not to call into potentialy unstubbed ApplicationSetting in specs.
+          # For example: `ci_job_token_signing_key` when in `let_it_be` context.
+          build.trace.send(:unsafe_set, 'BUILD TRACE')
+        end
       end
     end
 
diff --git a/spec/features/file_uploads/nuget_package_spec.rb b/spec/features/file_uploads/nuget_package_spec.rb
index fc8cd51f648..be45e63d65d 100644
--- a/spec/features/file_uploads/nuget_package_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/file_uploads/nuget_package_spec.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ RSpec.describe 'Upload a nuget package', :api, :js, feature_category: :package_r
 
   let(:api_path) { "/projects/#{project.id}/packages/nuget/" }
   let(:url) { capybara_url(api(api_path)) }
-  let(:file) { File.open(expand_fixture_path('packages/nuget/package.nupkg')) }
+  let(:file) { fixture_file_upload('spec/fixtures/packages/nuget/package.nupkg') }
 
   subject do
     HTTParty.put(
diff --git a/spec/frontend/ml/model_registry/components/model_versions_table_spec.js b/spec/frontend/ml/model_registry/components/model_versions_table_spec.js
index 42fc63039d0..efb3a668a6d 100644
--- a/spec/frontend/ml/model_registry/components/model_versions_table_spec.js
+++ b/spec/frontend/ml/model_registry/components/model_versions_table_spec.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import ModelVersionActionsDropdown from '~/ml/model_registry/components/model_ve
 import { createAlert } from '~/alert';
 import {
   modelVersionWithCandidateAndAuthor,
+  modelVersionWithCandidateAndNullAuthor,
   deleteModelVersionResponses,
 } from '../graphql_mock_data';
 
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ describe('ModelVersionsTable', () => {
     deleteResolver = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(deleteModelVersionResponses.success),
     canWriteModelRegistry = true,
     mountFn = mountExtended,
+    tableItems = items,
   } = {}) => {
     const requestHandlers = [[deleteModelVersionMutation, deleteResolver]];
     apolloProvider = createMockApollo(requestHandlers);
@@ -45,7 +47,7 @@ describe('ModelVersionsTable', () => {
         canWriteModelRegistry,
       },
       propsData: {
-        items,
+        items: tableItems,
         canWriteModelRegistry,
       },
       apolloProvider,
@@ -108,6 +110,12 @@ describe('ModelVersionsTable', () => {
     expect(avatarLink.text()).toContain(items[0].author.name);
   });
 
+  it('renders the author information correctly for items with no author', () => {
+    createWrapper({ tableItems: [modelVersionWithCandidateAndNullAuthor] });
+    const avatarLink = findTableRows().at(0).findComponent(GlAvatarLink);
+    expect(avatarLink.exists()).toBe(false);
+  });
+
   it('renders actions dropdown if canWriteModelRegistry is true', () => {
     createWrapper({}, true);
     expect(findActionsDropdown().exists()).toBe(true);
diff --git a/spec/frontend/ml/model_registry/graphql_mock_data.js b/spec/frontend/ml/model_registry/graphql_mock_data.js
index a3802713ef3..00e354a7f8d 100644
--- a/spec/frontend/ml/model_registry/graphql_mock_data.js
+++ b/spec/frontend/ml/model_registry/graphql_mock_data.js
@@ -146,6 +146,11 @@ export const modelVersionWithCandidateAndAuthor = {
   },
 };
 
+export const modelVersionWithCandidateAndNullAuthor = {
+  ...modelVersionWithCandidateAndAuthor,
+  author: null,
+};
+
 export const graphqlCandidates = [
   {
     id: 'gid://gitlab/Ml::Candidate/1',
diff --git a/spec/frontend/packages_and_registries/settings/group/components/package_settings_spec.js b/spec/frontend/packages_and_registries/settings/group/components/package_settings_spec.js
index 118a8f16ce6..f149828f79b 100644
--- a/spec/frontend/packages_and_registries/settings/group/components/package_settings_spec.js
+++ b/spec/frontend/packages_and_registries/settings/group/components/package_settings_spec.js
@@ -299,26 +299,6 @@ describe('Packages Settings', () => {
       });
     });
 
-    describe('with packagesAllowDuplicateExceptions FF enabled', () => {
-      it('renders ExceptionsInput and assigns duplication allowness and exception props', () => {
-        mountComponent({
-          mountFn: mountExtended,
-          features: { packagesAllowDuplicateExceptions: true },
-        });
-
-        const { nugetDuplicateExceptionRegex } = packageSettings;
-
-        expect(findNugetDuplicatedSettingsExceptionsInput().props()).toMatchObject({
-          duplicatesAllowed: false,
-          duplicateExceptionRegex: nugetDuplicateExceptionRegex,
-          duplicateExceptionRegexError: '',
-          loading: false,
-          name: 'nugetDuplicateExceptionRegex',
-          id: 'nuget-duplicated-settings-regex-input',
-        });
-      });
-    });
-
     it('on update event calls the mutation', () => {
       const mutationResolver = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(groupPackageSettingsMutationMock());
       mountComponent({ mountFn: mountExtended, mutationResolver });
diff --git a/spec/frontend/work_items/components/design_management/design_preview/design_description_spec.js b/spec/frontend/work_items/components/design_management/design_preview/design_description_spec.js
index 44f095668d9..eb19c5f1bff 100644
--- a/spec/frontend/work_items/components/design_management/design_preview/design_description_spec.js
+++ b/spec/frontend/work_items/components/design_management/design_preview/design_description_spec.js
@@ -1,25 +1,291 @@
+import Vue, { nextTick } from 'vue';
+import VueApollo from 'vue-apollo';
+import { GlAlert } from '@gitlab/ui';
 import { shallowMountExtended } from 'helpers/vue_test_utils_helper';
+import createMockApollo from 'helpers/mock_apollo_helper';
+import waitForPromises from 'helpers/wait_for_promises';
+import MarkdownEditor from '~/vue_shared/components/markdown/markdown_editor.vue';
+import updateDesignDescriptionMutation from '~/work_items/components/design_management/graphql/update_design_description.mutation.graphql';
 import DesignDescription from '~/work_items/components/design_management/design_preview/design_description.vue';
-import mockDesign from './mock_design';
+import { renderGFM } from '~/behaviors/markdown/render_gfm';
+import { mockTracking } from 'helpers/tracking_helper';
+import { UPDATE_DESCRIPTION_ERROR } from '~/work_items/components/design_management/constants';
+import { mockUpdateDesignDescriptionResponse, designDescriptionFactory } from '../mock_data';
+
+jest.mock('~/behaviors/markdown/render_gfm');
+
+Vue.use(VueApollo);
 
 describe('DesignDescription', () => {
   let wrapper;
 
-  function createComponent() {
+  const mockDesignVariables = {
+    fullPath: '',
+    iid: '1',
+    filenames: ['test.jpg'],
+    atVersion: null,
+  };
+  const formFieldProps = {
+    id: 'design-description',
+    name: 'design-description',
+    placeholder: 'Write a comment or drag your files here…',
+    'aria-label': 'Design description',
+  };
+  const updatedDescription = 'New test description';
+
+  const mockDesign = designDescriptionFactory();
+
+  const findDesignContent = () => wrapper.findByTestId('design-description-content');
+  const findEditDescriptionButton = () => wrapper.findByTestId('edit-description');
+  const findSaveDescriptionButton = () => wrapper.findByTestId('save-description');
+  const findCancelDescriptionButton = () => wrapper.findByTestId('cancel');
+  const findMarkdownEditor = () => wrapper.findComponent(MarkdownEditor);
+  const findCheckboxAtIndex = (index) => wrapper.findAll('input[type="checkbox"]').at(index);
+  const findAlert = () => wrapper.findComponent(GlAlert);
+  const findAddDesignDescriptionButton = () => wrapper.findByTestId('add-design-description');
+
+  const updateDescriptionMutationSuccessHandler = jest
+    .fn()
+    .mockResolvedValue(mockUpdateDesignDescriptionResponse);
+  const mockDesignUpdateResponseHandler = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(
+    mockUpdateDesignDescriptionResponse({
+      description: updatedDescription,
+      descriptionHtml: `<p data-sourcepos="1:1-1:16" dir="auto">${updatedDescription}</p>`,
+    }),
+  );
+  const updateDescriptionMutationError = jest
+    .fn()
+    .mockRejectedValue(new Error(UPDATE_DESCRIPTION_ERROR));
+
+  const createComponent = ({
+    design = mockDesign,
+    descriptionText = '',
+    isSubmitting = false,
+    designUpdateMutationHandler = updateDescriptionMutationSuccessHandler,
+  } = {}) => {
     wrapper = shallowMountExtended(DesignDescription, {
+      apolloProvider: createMockApollo([
+        [updateDesignDescriptionMutation, designUpdateMutationHandler],
+      ]),
       propsData: {
-        design: mockDesign,
+        design,
+        designVariables: mockDesignVariables,
+        markdownPreviewPath: '/gitlab-org/gitlab-test/preview_markdown?target_type=Issue',
+      },
+      data() {
+        return {
+          formFieldProps,
+          descriptionText,
+          isSubmitting,
+        };
       },
     });
-  }
+  };
 
   beforeEach(() => {
     createComponent();
   });
 
   it('renders design description', () => {
-    expect(wrapper.findByTestId('design-description-content').text()).toBe(
-      mockDesign.descriptionHtml,
-    );
+    expect(wrapper.findByTestId('design-description-content').text()).toBe(mockDesign.description);
+  });
+
+  describe('user has no updateDesign permission', () => {
+    it('renders description content without edit button', () => {
+      createComponent({
+        design: designDescriptionFactory({
+          updateDesign: false,
+        }),
+      });
+
+      expect(findDesignContent().text()).toEqual('Description test');
+      expect(findEditDescriptionButton().exists()).toBe(false);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('user has updateDesign permission', () => {
+    it('renders description content with the edit button', () => {
+      createComponent();
+
+      expect(findDesignContent().text()).toEqual('Description test');
+      expect(findEditDescriptionButton().exists()).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it('renders save button when editor is open', async () => {
+      createComponent();
+
+      await findEditDescriptionButton().vm.$emit('click');
+
+      expect(findSaveDescriptionButton().exists()).toBe(true);
+      expect(findSaveDescriptionButton().attributes('disabled')).toBeUndefined();
+    });
+
+    it('renders add a description button when there is no description', () => {
+      createComponent({
+        design: designDescriptionFactory({
+          description: '',
+          descriptionHtml: '',
+        }),
+      });
+
+      expect(findMarkdownEditor().exists()).toBe(false);
+      expect(findAddDesignDescriptionButton().exists()).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it('renders description form when add a description button is clicked', async () => {
+      createComponent({
+        design: designDescriptionFactory({
+          description: '',
+          descriptionHtml: '',
+        }),
+      });
+
+      expect(findAddDesignDescriptionButton().exists()).toBe(true);
+      expect(findMarkdownEditor().exists()).toBe(false);
+
+      await findAddDesignDescriptionButton().vm.$emit('click');
+
+      expect(findMarkdownEditor().exists()).toBe(true);
+      expect(findAddDesignDescriptionButton().exists()).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it('resets description text if empty when form is closed', async () => {
+      createComponent();
+
+      await findEditDescriptionButton().vm.$emit('click');
+
+      findMarkdownEditor().vm.$emit('input', '');
+
+      await findCancelDescriptionButton().vm.$emit('click');
+
+      expect(findDesignContent().text()).toEqual('Description test');
+    });
+
+    it('triggers mutation when form is submitted and hides the form', async () => {
+      const trackingSpy = mockTracking(undefined, null, jest.spyOn);
+      createComponent({
+        designUpdateMutationHandler: mockDesignUpdateResponseHandler,
+      });
+
+      await findEditDescriptionButton().vm.$emit('click');
+
+      findMarkdownEditor().vm.$emit('input', updatedDescription);
+      findSaveDescriptionButton().vm.$emit('click');
+
+      await nextTick();
+
+      expect(mockDesignUpdateResponseHandler).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+        input: {
+          description: updatedDescription,
+          id: 'gid:/gitlab/Design/1',
+        },
+      });
+
+      await waitForPromises();
+
+      expect(findMarkdownEditor().exists()).toBe(false);
+
+      expect(trackingSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(undefined, 'save_markdown', {
+        label: 'markdown_editor',
+        property: 'Design',
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('shows error message when mutation fails', async () => {
+      createComponent({
+        descriptionText: updatedDescription,
+        designUpdateMutationHandler: updateDescriptionMutationError,
+      });
+
+      await findEditDescriptionButton().vm.$emit('click');
+      findMarkdownEditor().vm.$emit('input', updatedDescription);
+      findSaveDescriptionButton().vm.$emit('click');
+
+      await waitForPromises();
+
+      expect(findAlert().exists()).toBe(true);
+      expect(findAlert().text()).toBe(UPDATE_DESCRIPTION_ERROR);
+    });
+
+    describe('content has checkboxes', () => {
+      const mockCheckboxDescription = '- [x] todo 1\n- [ ] todo 2';
+      const mockCheckboxDescriptionHtml = `<ul dir="auto" class="task-list" data-sourcepos="1:1-4:0">
+      <li class="task-list-item" data-sourcepos="1:1-2:15">
+      <input checked="" class="task-list-item-checkbox" type="checkbox"> todo 1</li>
+      <li class="task-list-item" data-sourcepos="2:1-2:15">
+      <input class="task-list-item-checkbox" type="checkbox"> todo 2</li>
+      </ul>`;
+      const checkboxDesignDescription = designDescriptionFactory({
+        updateDesign: true,
+        description: mockCheckboxDescription,
+        descriptionHtml: mockCheckboxDescriptionHtml,
+      });
+      const mockCheckedDescriptionUpdateResponseHandler = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(
+        mockUpdateDesignDescriptionResponse({
+          description: '- [x] todo 1\n- [x] todo 2',
+          descriptionHtml: `<ul dir="auto" class="task-list" data-sourcepos="1:1-4:0">
+          <li class="task-list-item" data-sourcepos="1:1-2:15">
+          <input checked="" class="task-list-item-checkbox" type="checkbox"> todo 1</li>
+          <li class="task-list-item" data-sourcepos="2:1-2:15">
+          <input class="task-list-item-checkbox" type="checkbox"> todo 2</li>
+          </ul>`,
+        }),
+      );
+      const mockUnCheckedDescriptionUpdateResponseHandler = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(
+        mockUpdateDesignDescriptionResponse({
+          description: '- [ ] todo 1\n- [ ] todo 2',
+          descriptionHtml: `<ul dir="auto" class="task-list" data-sourcepos="1:1-4:0">
+          <li class="task-list-item" data-sourcepos="1:1-2:15">
+          <input class="task-list-item-checkbox" type="checkbox"> todo 1</li>
+          <li class="task-list-item" data-sourcepos="2:1-2:15">
+          <input class="task-list-item-checkbox" type="checkbox"> todo 2</li>
+          </ul>`,
+        }),
+      );
+
+      it.each`
+        assertionName  | mockUpdateCheckboxesResponseHandler              | checkboxIndex | checked  | expectedDesignDescription
+        ${'checked'}   | ${mockCheckedDescriptionUpdateResponseHandler}   | ${1}          | ${true}  | ${'- [x] todo 1\n- [x] todo 2'}
+        ${'unchecked'} | ${mockUnCheckedDescriptionUpdateResponseHandler} | ${0}          | ${false} | ${'- [ ] todo 1\n- [ ] todo 2'}
+      `(
+        'updates the store object when checkbox is $assertionName',
+        async ({
+          mockUpdateCheckboxesResponseHandler,
+          checkboxIndex,
+          checked,
+          expectedDesignDescription,
+        }) => {
+          createComponent({
+            design: checkboxDesignDescription,
+            descriptionText: mockCheckboxDescription,
+            designUpdateMutationHandler: mockUpdateCheckboxesResponseHandler,
+          });
+
+          findCheckboxAtIndex(checkboxIndex).setChecked(checked);
+
+          expect(mockUpdateCheckboxesResponseHandler).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+            input: {
+              description: expectedDesignDescription,
+              id: 'gid:/gitlab/Design/1',
+            },
+          });
+
+          await waitForPromises();
+
+          expect(renderGFM).toHaveBeenCalled();
+        },
+      );
+
+      it('disables checkbox while updating', () => {
+        createComponent({
+          design: checkboxDesignDescription,
+          descriptionText: mockCheckboxDescription,
+        });
+
+        findCheckboxAtIndex(1).setChecked();
+
+        expect(findCheckboxAtIndex(1).attributes().disabled).toBeDefined();
+      });
+    });
   });
 });
diff --git a/spec/frontend/work_items/components/design_management/design_preview/design_sidebar_spec.js b/spec/frontend/work_items/components/design_management/design_preview/design_sidebar_spec.js
index 1ac7ff9294d..028c4d5d4c4 100644
--- a/spec/frontend/work_items/components/design_management/design_preview/design_sidebar_spec.js
+++ b/spec/frontend/work_items/components/design_management/design_preview/design_sidebar_spec.js
@@ -40,6 +40,13 @@ describe('DesignSidebar', () => {
     },
   });
 
+  const mockDesignVariables = {
+    fullPath: 'gitlab-org/gitlab-shell',
+    iid: '1',
+    filenames: ['image_name.png'],
+    atVersion: null,
+  };
+
   function createComponent({ design = mockDesign, isLoading = false, isLoggedIn = true } = {}) {
     if (isLoggedIn) {
       window.gon.current_user_id = 1;
@@ -49,8 +56,10 @@ describe('DesignSidebar', () => {
       propsData: {
         design,
         isLoading,
+        designVariables: mockDesignVariables,
         isOpen: true,
         resolvedDiscussionsExpanded: false,
+        markdownPreviewPath: '/group/project/preview_markdown?target_type=WorkItem',
       },
       mocks: {
         $route,
diff --git a/spec/frontend/work_items/components/design_management/mock_data.js b/spec/frontend/work_items/components/design_management/mock_data.js
index c58c3d97773..e81408ff396 100644
--- a/spec/frontend/work_items/components/design_management/mock_data.js
+++ b/spec/frontend/work_items/components/design_management/mock_data.js
@@ -16,6 +16,32 @@ export const mockDesign = {
     nodes: [],
     __typename: 'DiscussionConnection',
   },
+  issue: {
+    id: 'gid:/gitlab/Issue/1',
+    title: 'My precious issue',
+    webPath: 'full-issue-path',
+    webUrl: 'full-issue-url',
+    participants: {
+      nodes: [
+        {
+          name: 'Administrator',
+          id: 'gid://gitlab/User/1"',
+          username: 'root',
+          webUrl: 'link-to-author',
+          webPath: '/root',
+          avatarUrl: 'link-to-avatar',
+          __typename: 'UserCore',
+        },
+      ],
+      __typename: 'UserCoreConnection',
+    },
+    userPermissions: {
+      createDesign: true,
+      updateDesign: true,
+      __typename: 'IssuePermissions',
+    },
+    __typename: 'Issue',
+  },
   __typename: 'Design',
 };
 
@@ -84,6 +110,53 @@ export const designCollectionResponse = (mockDesigns = [mockDesign]) => ({
   },
 });
 
+export const designDescriptionFactory = ({
+  updateDesign = true,
+  description = 'Description test',
+  descriptionHtml = '<p data-sourcepos="1:1-1:16" dir="auto">Description test</p>',
+} = {}) => ({
+  id: 'gid:/gitlab/Design/1',
+  iid: 1,
+  filename: 'test.jpg',
+  fullPath: 'full-design-path',
+  image: 'test.jpg',
+  description,
+  descriptionHtml,
+  updatedAt: '01-01-2019',
+  updatedBy: {
+    name: 'test',
+  },
+  issue: {
+    id: 'gid:/gitlab/Issue/1',
+    title: 'My precious issue',
+    webPath: 'full-issue-path',
+    webUrl: 'full-issue-url',
+    participants: {
+      nodes: [
+        {
+          name: 'Administrator',
+          username: 'root',
+          webUrl: 'link-to-author',
+          avatarUrl: 'link-to-avatar',
+          __typename: 'UserCore',
+        },
+      ],
+      __typename: 'UserCoreConnection',
+    },
+    userPermissions: {
+      updateDesign,
+      awardEmoji: true,
+      __typename: 'IssuePermissions',
+    },
+    __typename: 'Issue',
+  },
+  discussions: {
+    nodes: [],
+    __typename: 'DiscussionConnection',
+  },
+  __typename: 'Design',
+});
+
 export const allDesignsArchivedResponse = () => ({
   data: {
     workItem: {
@@ -134,6 +207,18 @@ export const getDesignResponse = {
   },
 };
 
+export const mockUpdateDesignDescriptionResponse = (options) => {
+  return {
+    data: {
+      designManagementUpdate: {
+        errors: [],
+        design: designDescriptionFactory(options),
+      },
+      __typename: 'DesignManagementUpdatePayload',
+    },
+  };
+};
+
 export const mockArchiveDesignMutationResponse = {
   data: {
     designManagementDelete: {
diff --git a/spec/lib/bulk_imports/ndjson_pipeline_spec.rb b/spec/lib/bulk_imports/ndjson_pipeline_spec.rb
index 4a308e8ff6c..cc6d4bb7212 100644
--- a/spec/lib/bulk_imports/ndjson_pipeline_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/bulk_imports/ndjson_pipeline_spec.rb
@@ -458,6 +458,61 @@ RSpec.describe BulkImports::NdjsonPipeline, feature_category: :importers do
           subject.load(nil, [merge_request, original_users_map])
         end
       end
+
+      context 'when an exception is raised when saving a nested object' do
+        it 'still pushes a placeholder reference for the persisted objects' do
+          merge_request = build(:merge_request,
+            source_project: project,
+            target_project: project,
+            author: source_user_1.mapped_user
+          )
+
+          note = build(:note,
+            project: project,
+            author: source_user_1.mapped_user
+          )
+
+          diff_note = build(:diff_note_on_merge_request,
+            project: project,
+            author: source_user_1.mapped_user
+          )
+          allow(diff_note).to receive(:save).and_raise(DiffNote::NoteDiffFileCreationError)
+
+          merge_request.notes << note
+          merge_request.notes << diff_note
+
+          original_users_map = {}.compare_by_identity
+          original_users_map[merge_request] = {
+            'author_id' => source_user_1.source_user_identifier
+          }
+          original_users_map[note] = {
+            'author_id' => source_user_1.source_user_identifier
+          }
+          original_users_map[diff_note] = {
+            'author_id' => source_user_1.source_user_identifier
+          }
+
+          expect(Import::PlaceholderReferences::PushService).to receive(:from_record).with(
+            import_source: ::Import::SOURCE_DIRECT_TRANSFER,
+            import_uid: context.bulk_import_id,
+            record: merge_request,
+            user_reference_column: :author_id,
+            source_user: source_user_1
+          ).and_call_original
+
+          expect(Import::PlaceholderReferences::PushService).to receive(:from_record).with(
+            import_source: ::Import::SOURCE_DIRECT_TRANSFER,
+            import_uid: context.bulk_import_id,
+            record: note,
+            user_reference_column: :author_id,
+            source_user: source_user_1
+          ).and_call_original
+
+          expect { subject.load(nil, [merge_request, original_users_map]) }.to raise_error(
+            DiffNote::NoteDiffFileCreationError
+          )
+        end
+      end
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/lib/ci/job_token/jwt/decode_spec.rb b/spec/lib/ci/job_token/jwt/decode_spec.rb
index 8104354e497..c6d6c2989cd 100644
--- a/spec/lib/ci/job_token/jwt/decode_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/ci/job_token/jwt/decode_spec.rb
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ RSpec.describe ::Ci::JobToken::Jwt::Decode, feature_category: :continuous_integr
   end
 
   before do
-    stub_feature_flags(ci_job_token_jwt: true)
     allow(::Ci::JobToken::Jwt::Encode).to receive(:key).and_return(key)
     allow(described_class).to receive(:key).and_return(key)
   end
diff --git a/spec/lib/gitlab/auth_spec.rb b/spec/lib/gitlab/auth_spec.rb
index 4a8c6013930..742cee67863 100644
--- a/spec/lib/gitlab/auth_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/gitlab/auth_spec.rb
@@ -1043,10 +1043,6 @@ RSpec.describe Gitlab::Auth, :use_clean_rails_memory_store_caching, feature_cate
 
     let_it_be(:user) { create(:user) }
 
-    before do
-      stub_feature_flags(ci_job_token_jwt: true)
-    end
-
     context 'for running build' do
       let!(:build) { create(:ci_build, :running, user: user) }
 
diff --git a/spec/lib/gitlab/background_migration/backfill_detected_at_from_created_at_column_spec.rb b/spec/lib/gitlab/background_migration/backfill_detected_at_from_created_at_column_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e7ff190bfb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/lib/gitlab/background_migration/backfill_detected_at_from_created_at_column_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+RSpec.describe Gitlab::BackgroundMigration::BackfillDetectedAtFromCreatedAtColumn, :migration, schema: 20241021063020, feature_category: :vulnerability_management do
+  let(:migration) do
+    described_class.new(
+      start_id: vulnerability_without_detected_at.id,
+      end_id: vulnerability_without_detected_at.id,
+      batch_table: :vulnerabilities,
+      batch_column: batch_column,
+      sub_batch_size: sub_batch_size,
+      pause_ms: pause_ms,
+      connection: ApplicationRecord.connection
+    )
+  end
+
+  let(:batch_column) { :id }
+  let(:sub_batch_size) { 1_000 }
+  let(:pause_ms) { 0 }
+
+  let(:projects_table) { table(:projects) }
+  let(:namespaces_table) { table(:namespaces) }
+  let(:vulnerabilities_table) { table(:vulnerabilities) }
+  let(:vulnerability_identifiers_table) { table(:vulnerability_identifiers) }
+  let(:vulnerability_occurrences_table) { table(:vulnerability_occurrences) }
+  let(:scanners_table) { table(:vulnerability_scanners) }
+
+  let(:namespace) { namespaces_table.create!(name: 'test', path: 'test') }
+  let(:project) do
+    projects_table.create!(
+      namespace_id: namespace.id,
+      name: 'test',
+      path: 'test',
+      project_namespace_id: namespace.id
+    )
+  end
+
+  # Add a scanner (required for vulnerability_occurrences)
+  let(:scanner) do
+    scanners_table.create!(
+      project_id: project.id,
+      external_id: 'test_scanner',
+      name: 'test_scanner'
+    )
+  end
+
+  # Create vulnerability identifier (required for vulnerability_occurrences)
+  let(:identifier) do
+    vulnerability_identifiers_table.create!(
+      project_id: project.id,
+      fingerprint: 'test-identifier',
+      external_type: 'test_type',
+      external_id: 'test_id',
+      name: 'test_name'
+    )
+  end
+
+  # Create vulnerability occurrences (findings)
+  let!(:finding1) do
+    vulnerability_occurrences_table.create!(
+      project_id: project.id,
+      scanner_id: scanner.id,
+      primary_identifier_id: identifier.id,
+      project_fingerprint: SecureRandom.hex(20),
+      location_fingerprint: SecureRandom.hex(20),
+      name: 'Test finding 1',
+      severity: 5,
+      confidence: 5,
+      report_type: 1,
+      uuid: SecureRandom.uuid,
+      created_at: 2.days.ago,
+      metadata_version: 'something',
+      raw_metadata: {}
+    )
+  end
+
+  let!(:finding2) do
+    vulnerability_occurrences_table.create!(
+      project_id: project.id,
+      scanner_id: scanner.id,
+      primary_identifier_id: identifier.id,
+      project_fingerprint: SecureRandom.hex(20),
+      location_fingerprint: SecureRandom.hex(20),
+      name: 'Test finding 2',
+      severity: 5,
+      confidence: 5,
+      report_type: 1,
+      uuid: SecureRandom.uuid,
+      created_at: 4.days.ago,
+      metadata_version: 'something',
+      raw_metadata: {}
+    )
+  end
+
+  let!(:vulnerability_without_detected_at) do
+    vulnerabilities_table.create!(
+      project_id: project.id,
+      author_id: 1,
+      title: 'Test vulnerability 1',
+      severity: 5,
+      confidence: 5,
+      report_type: 1,
+      state: 1,
+      finding_id: finding1.id,
+      created_at: 2.days.ago
+    )
+  end
+
+  let!(:vulnerability_with_detected_at) do
+    vulnerabilities_table.create!(
+      project_id: project.id,
+      author_id: 1,
+      title: 'Test vulnerability 2',
+      severity: 5,
+      confidence: 5,
+      report_type: 1,
+      state: 1,
+      finding_id: finding2.id,
+      created_at: 4.days.ago,
+      detected_at: 3.days.ago
+    )
+  end
+
+  before do
+    # detected_at default value is NOW(), so update it to NULL
+    vulnerability_without_detected_at.update_column :detected_at, nil
+  end
+
+  describe '#perform' do
+    it 'backfills detected_at with created_at for vulnerabilities with nil detected_at' do
+      expect(vulnerabilities_table.where(detected_at: nil).count).to eq 1
+
+      migration.perform
+
+      expect(vulnerabilities_table.where(detected_at: nil).count).to eq 0
+    end
+
+    it 'does not modify vulnerabilities that already have detected_at' do
+      expect { migration.perform }.not_to change {
+        vulnerabilities_table.find(vulnerability_with_detected_at.id).detected_at
+      }
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/lib/gitlab/ci/build/rules/rule/clause/changes_spec.rb b/spec/lib/gitlab/ci/build/rules/rule/clause/changes_spec.rb
index ab9971475a0..ef9e42d0b21 100644
--- a/spec/lib/gitlab/ci/build/rules/rule/clause/changes_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/gitlab/ci/build/rules/rule/clause/changes_spec.rb
@@ -177,15 +177,6 @@ RSpec.describe Gitlab::Ci::Build::Rules::Rule::Clause::Changes, feature_category
           end
 
           it { is_expected.to be_truthy }
-
-          context 'when expand_nested_variables_in_job_rules_exists_and_changes is disabled' do
-            before do
-              stub_feature_flags(expand_nested_variables_in_job_rules_exists_and_changes: false)
-              allow(context).to receive(:variables_hash).and_return(variables_hash)
-            end
-
-            it { is_expected.to be_falsey }
-          end
         end
       end
 
@@ -293,15 +284,6 @@ RSpec.describe Gitlab::Ci::Build::Rules::Rule::Clause::Changes, feature_category
 
         it { is_expected.to be_truthy }
 
-        context 'when expand_nested_variables_in_job_rules_exists_and_changes is disabled' do
-          before do
-            stub_feature_flags(expand_nested_variables_in_job_rules_exists_and_changes: false)
-            allow(context).to receive(:variables_hash).and_return(variables_hash)
-          end
-
-          it { is_expected.to be_truthy }
-        end
-
         context 'when the variable is nested' do
           let(:context) { instance_double(Gitlab::Ci::Build::Context::Base) }
           let(:variables_hash) do
@@ -322,19 +304,6 @@ RSpec.describe Gitlab::Ci::Build::Rules::Rule::Clause::Changes, feature_category
           end
 
           it { is_expected.to be_truthy }
-
-          context 'when expand_nested_variables_in_job_rules_exists_and_changes is disabled' do
-            before do
-              stub_feature_flags(expand_nested_variables_in_job_rules_exists_and_changes: false)
-              allow(context).to receive(:variables_hash).and_return(variables_hash)
-            end
-
-            it 'raises ParseError' do
-              expect { satisfied_by }.to raise_error(
-                ::Gitlab::Ci::Build::Rules::Rule::Clause::ParseError, 'rules:changes:compare_to is not a valid ref'
-              )
-            end
-          end
         end
       end
     end
diff --git a/spec/lib/gitlab/ci/build/rules/rule/clause/exists_spec.rb b/spec/lib/gitlab/ci/build/rules/rule/clause/exists_spec.rb
index 1dae395babe..94a6e58f268 100644
--- a/spec/lib/gitlab/ci/build/rules/rule/clause/exists_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/gitlab/ci/build/rules/rule/clause/exists_spec.rb
@@ -72,14 +72,6 @@ RSpec.describe Gitlab::Ci::Build::Rules::Rule::Clause::Exists, feature_category:
           let(:globs) { ['$NESTED_FULL_PATH_VALID'] }
 
           it { is_expected.to be_truthy }
-
-          context 'when expand_nested_variables_in_job_rules_exists_and_changes is disabled' do
-            before do
-              stub_feature_flags(expand_nested_variables_in_job_rules_exists_and_changes: false)
-            end
-
-            it { is_expected.to be_falsey }
-          end
         end
       end
 
@@ -130,14 +122,6 @@ RSpec.describe Gitlab::Ci::Build::Rules::Rule::Clause::Exists, feature_category:
             let(:globs) { ['$FILE_TXT'] }
 
             it { is_expected.to be_truthy }
-
-            context 'when expand_nested_variables_in_job_rules_exists_and_changes is disabled' do
-              before do
-                stub_feature_flags(expand_nested_variables_in_job_rules_exists_and_changes: false)
-              end
-
-              it { is_expected.to be_truthy }
-            end
           end
 
           context 'when the project path is invalid' do
@@ -159,19 +143,6 @@ RSpec.describe Gitlab::Ci::Build::Rules::Rule::Clause::Exists, feature_category:
                   "rules:exists:project `invalid/path/subdir` is not a valid project path"
                 )
               end
-
-              context 'when expand_nested_variables_in_job_rules_exists_and_changes is disabled' do
-                before do
-                  stub_feature_flags(expand_nested_variables_in_job_rules_exists_and_changes: false)
-                end
-
-                it 'raises an error' do
-                  expect { satisfied_by? }.to raise_error(
-                    Gitlab::Ci::Build::Rules::Rule::Clause::ParseError,
-                    "rules:exists:project `invalid/path/subdir` is not a valid project path"
-                  )
-                end
-              end
             end
 
             context 'when the project path contains a masked variable' do
@@ -202,14 +173,6 @@ RSpec.describe Gitlab::Ci::Build::Rules::Rule::Clause::Exists, feature_category:
               let(:ref) { '$NEW_BRANCH' }
 
               it { is_expected.to be_truthy }
-
-              context 'when expand_nested_variables_in_job_rules_exists_and_changes is disabled' do
-                before do
-                  stub_feature_flags(expand_nested_variables_in_job_rules_exists_and_changes: false)
-                end
-
-                it { is_expected.to be_truthy }
-              end
             end
 
             context 'when the ref is invalid' do
@@ -232,20 +195,6 @@ RSpec.describe Gitlab::Ci::Build::Rules::Rule::Clause::Exists, feature_category:
                     "in project `#{other_project.full_path}`"
                   )
                 end
-
-                context 'when expand_nested_variables_in_job_rules_exists_and_changes is disabled' do
-                  before do
-                    stub_feature_flags(expand_nested_variables_in_job_rules_exists_and_changes: false)
-                  end
-
-                  it 'raises an error' do
-                    expect { satisfied_by? }.to raise_error(
-                      Gitlab::Ci::Build::Rules::Rule::Clause::ParseError,
-                      "rules:exists:ref `invalid/ref/new_branch` is not a valid ref " \
-                        "in project `#{other_project.full_path}`"
-                    )
-                  end
-                end
               end
 
               context 'when the ref contains a masked variable' do
diff --git a/spec/migrations/20241021063020_queue_backfill_detected_at_from_created_at_column_spec.rb b/spec/migrations/20241021063020_queue_backfill_detected_at_from_created_at_column_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8aabcbc0973
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/migrations/20241021063020_queue_backfill_detected_at_from_created_at_column_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'spec_helper'
+require_migration!
+
+RSpec.describe QueueBackfillDetectedAtFromCreatedAtColumn, migration: :gitlab_sec, feature_category: :vulnerability_management do
+  let!(:batched_migration) { described_class::MIGRATION }
+
+  it 'schedules a new batched migration' do
+    reversible_migration do |migration|
+      migration.before -> {
+        expect(batched_migration).not_to have_scheduled_batched_migration
+      }
+
+      migration.after -> {
+        expect(batched_migration).to have_scheduled_batched_migration(
+          gitlab_schema: :gitlab_sec,
+          table_name: :vulnerabilities,
+          column_name: :id,
+          interval: described_class::DELAY_INTERVAL,
+          batch_size: described_class::BATCH_SIZE,
+          sub_batch_size: described_class::SUB_BATCH_SIZE
+        )
+      }
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/models/ci/build_spec.rb b/spec/models/ci/build_spec.rb
index 48a91b69a1e..97dcc3e3009 100644
--- a/spec/models/ci/build_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/ci/build_spec.rb
@@ -6125,7 +6125,6 @@ RSpec.describe Ci::Build, feature_category: :continuous_integration, factory_def
     let(:token) { 'my-token' }
 
     before do
-      stub_feature_flags(ci_job_token_jwt: true)
       allow_next_instance_of(::Ci::JobToken::Jwt::Encode, build) do |encode|
         allow(encode).to receive(:jwt).and_return(token)
       end
diff --git a/spec/models/user_detail_spec.rb b/spec/models/user_detail_spec.rb
index e7c477ca0d7..a8cee33e459 100644
--- a/spec/models/user_detail_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/user_detail_spec.rb
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ RSpec.describe UserDetail, feature_category: :system_access do
       let(:registration_type) { 'free' }
       let(:glm_source) { 'glm_source' }
       let(:glm_content) { 'glm_content' }
+      let(:joining_project) { true }
       let(:onboarding_status) do
         {
           step_url: step_url,
@@ -25,7 +26,8 @@ RSpec.describe UserDetail, feature_category: :system_access do
           initial_registration_type: registration_type,
           registration_type: registration_type,
           glm_source: glm_source,
-          glm_content: glm_content
+          glm_content: glm_content,
+          joining_project: joining_project
         }
       end
 
@@ -127,6 +129,22 @@ RSpec.describe UserDetail, feature_category: :system_access do
         end
       end
 
+      context 'for joining_project' do
+        let(:onboarding_status) do
+          {
+            joining_project: joining_project
+          }
+        end
+
+        it { is_expected.to allow_value(onboarding_status).for(:onboarding_status) }
+
+        context "when 'joining_project' is invalid" do
+          let(:joining_project) { 'true' }
+
+          it { is_expected.not_to allow_value(onboarding_status).for(:onboarding_status) }
+        end
+      end
+
       context 'when there is no data' do
         let(:onboarding_status) { {} }
 
diff --git a/spec/requests/api/api_spec.rb b/spec/requests/api/api_spec.rb
index 98da32c048d..f6a81684f9a 100644
--- a/spec/requests/api/api_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/api/api_spec.rb
@@ -516,4 +516,79 @@ RSpec.describe API::API, feature_category: :system_access do
       expect(response).to have_gitlab_http_status(:bad_request)
     end
   end
+
+  describe 'audit logging of requests with a specific token scope' do
+    let_it_be(:user) { create(:user) }
+    let_it_be(:token) { create(:oauth_access_token, user: user, scopes: [:ai_workflows]) }
+    let_it_be(:project) { create(:project) }
+    let_it_be(:issue) { create(:issue, project: project) }
+    let_it_be(:path) { "/projects/#{issue.project.id}/issues/#{issue.iid}" }
+
+    before_all do
+      project.add_developer(user)
+    end
+
+    shared_examples 'audited request' do
+      it 'adds audit log' do
+        expect(::Gitlab::Audit::Auditor).to receive(:audit).with(hash_including({
+          name: 'api_request_access_with_scope',
+          message: "API request with token scopes [:ai_workflows] - GET /api/v4#{path}"
+        })).and_call_original
+
+        subject
+
+        expect(response).to have_gitlab_http_status(status)
+      end
+    end
+
+    shared_examples 'not audited request' do
+      it "doesn't add audit log" do
+        expect(::Gitlab::Audit::Auditor).not_to receive(:audit)
+
+        subject
+
+        expect(response).to have_gitlab_http_status(status)
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'when endpoint allows token with ai_workflow scope' do
+      subject { get api(path, oauth_access_token: token) }
+
+      context 'when token with ai_workflows scope is used' do
+        let(:status) { :ok }
+
+        it_behaves_like 'audited request'
+
+        context 'when request fails' do
+          let_it_be(:path) { "/projects/#{issue.project.id}/issues/#{non_existing_record_id}" }
+          let(:status) { :not_found }
+
+          it_behaves_like 'audited request'
+        end
+
+        context 'when api_audit_requests_with_scope flag is disabled' do
+          before do
+            stub_feature_flags(api_audit_requests_with_scope: false)
+          end
+
+          it_behaves_like 'not audited request'
+        end
+      end
+
+      context 'when token with ai_workflows scope is not used' do
+        let_it_be(:token) { create(:oauth_access_token, user: user, scopes: [:api]) }
+        let(:status) { :ok }
+
+        it_behaves_like 'not audited request'
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "when endpoint doesn't allow token with ai_workflow scope" do
+      subject { delete api(path, oauth_access_token: token) }
+
+      let(:status) { :forbidden }
+
+      it_behaves_like 'not audited request'
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/requests/api/groups_spec.rb b/spec/requests/api/groups_spec.rb
index 8a1b30a9f65..ba1ac291bcf 100644
--- a/spec/requests/api/groups_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/api/groups_spec.rb
@@ -83,6 +83,23 @@ RSpec.describe API::Groups, :with_current_organization, feature_category: :group
     end
   end
 
+  shared_examples 'includes statistics when all_available is false' do
+    let(:params) { { all_available: false, statistics: true } }
+
+    before do
+      group1.add_developer(admin)
+      create(:group, parent: group1)
+    end
+
+    it 'returns the statistics', :aggregate_failures do
+      get api(api_endpoint, admin, admin_mode: true), params: params
+
+      expect(response).to have_gitlab_http_status(:ok)
+      expect(json_response).to be_an Array
+      expect(json_response.first).to include('statistics')
+    end
+  end
+
   describe "GET /groups" do
     shared_examples 'groups list N+1' do
       it 'avoids N+1 queries', :use_sql_query_cache do
@@ -351,6 +368,10 @@ RSpec.describe API::Groups, :with_current_organization, feature_category: :group
 
         expect(json_response[0]["statistics"].keys).to match_array(stat_keys)
       end
+
+      it_behaves_like 'includes statistics when all_available is false' do
+        let(:api_endpoint) { "/groups" }
+      end
     end
 
     context "when using skip_groups in request" do
@@ -2507,6 +2528,10 @@ RSpec.describe API::Groups, :with_current_organization, feature_category: :group
         expect(json_response).to be_an Array
         expect(json_response.first).to include('statistics')
       end
+
+      it_behaves_like 'includes statistics when all_available is false' do
+        let(:api_endpoint) { "/groups/#{group1.id}/subgroups" }
+      end
     end
 
     it_behaves_like 'skips searching in full path' do
@@ -2646,6 +2671,10 @@ RSpec.describe API::Groups, :with_current_organization, feature_category: :group
         expect(json_response).to be_an Array
         expect(json_response.first).to include('statistics')
       end
+
+      it_behaves_like 'includes statistics when all_available is false' do
+        let(:api_endpoint) { "/groups/#{group1.id}/descendant_groups" }
+      end
     end
 
     it_behaves_like 'skips searching in full path' do
diff --git a/spec/services/ci/create_pipeline_service/rules_spec.rb b/spec/services/ci/create_pipeline_service/rules_spec.rb
index 70deebe3369..8a046be1843 100644
--- a/spec/services/ci/create_pipeline_service/rules_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/ci/create_pipeline_service/rules_spec.rb
@@ -249,17 +249,6 @@ RSpec.describe Ci::CreatePipelineService, feature_category: :pipeline_compositio
           expect(pipeline).to be_persisted
           expect(build_names).to contain_exactly('job1', 'job2', 'job4')
         end
-
-        context 'when expand_nested_variables_in_job_rules_exists_and_changes is disabled' do
-          before do
-            stub_feature_flags(expand_nested_variables_in_job_rules_exists_and_changes: false)
-          end
-
-          it 'creates all relevant jobs' do
-            expect(pipeline).to be_persisted
-            expect(build_names).to contain_exactly('job1', 'job2')
-          end
-        end
       end
     end
 
@@ -906,16 +895,6 @@ RSpec.describe Ci::CreatePipelineService, feature_category: :pipeline_compositio
                 it 'creates both jobs' do
                   expect(build_names).to contain_exactly('job1', 'job2')
                 end
-
-                context 'when expand_nested_variables_in_job_rules_exists_and_changes is disabled' do
-                  before do
-                    stub_feature_flags(expand_nested_variables_in_job_rules_exists_and_changes: false)
-                  end
-
-                  it 'does not create job1' do
-                    expect(build_names).to contain_exactly('job2')
-                  end
-                end
               end
             end
           end
diff --git a/spec/services/packages/nuget/check_duplicates_service_spec.rb b/spec/services/packages/nuget/check_duplicates_service_spec.rb
index 14df2e88099..6274036800a 100644
--- a/spec/services/packages/nuget/check_duplicates_service_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/packages/nuget/check_duplicates_service_spec.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ RSpec.describe Packages::Nuget::CheckDuplicatesService, feature_category: :packa
   let_it_be(:project) { create(:project) }
   let_it_be(:user) { create(:user) }
   let_it_be(:file_name) { 'package.nupkg' }
-  let_it_be_with_reload(:package_settings) { create(:namespace_package_setting, :group, namespace: project.namespace) }
 
   let(:params) do
     {
@@ -44,57 +43,13 @@ RSpec.describe Packages::Nuget::CheckDuplicatesService, feature_category: :packa
 
       context 'with nuget_duplicate_exception_regex' do
         before do
-          package_settings.update!(nuget_duplicate_exception_regex: ".*#{existing_package.name.last(3)}.*")
+          package_settings.update_column(:nuget_duplicate_exception_regex, ".*#{existing_package.name.last(3)}.*")
         end
 
         it_behaves_like 'returning success'
       end
     end
 
-    shared_examples 'when package file is in object storage' do
-      let(:params) { super().merge(remote_url: 'https://example.com') }
-
-      before do
-        allow_next_instance_of(::Packages::Nuget::ExtractRemoteMetadataFileService) do |instance|
-          allow(instance).to receive(:execute)
-            .and_return(ServiceResponse.success(payload: Nokogiri::XML::Document.new))
-        end
-        allow_next_instance_of(::Packages::Nuget::ExtractMetadataContentService) do |instance|
-          allow(instance).to receive(:execute).and_return(ServiceResponse.success(payload: metadata))
-        end
-      end
-
-      it_behaves_like 'handling duplicates disallowed when package exists'
-
-      context 'when ExtractRemoteMetadataFileService raises ExtractionError' do
-        before do
-          allow_next_instance_of(::Packages::Nuget::ExtractRemoteMetadataFileService) do |instance|
-            allow(instance).to receive(:execute).and_raise(
-              ::Packages::Nuget::ExtractRemoteMetadataFileService::ExtractionError, 'nuspec file not found'
-            )
-          end
-        end
-
-        it_behaves_like 'returning error', reason: :bad_request, message: 'nuspec file not found'
-      end
-
-      context 'when version is normalized' do
-        let(:metadata) { super().merge(package_version: '1.7.15') }
-
-        it_behaves_like 'handling duplicates disallowed when package exists'
-      end
-    end
-
-    shared_examples 'when package file is on disk' do
-      before do
-        allow_next_instance_of(::Packages::Nuget::MetadataExtractionService) do |instance|
-          allow(instance).to receive(:execute).and_return(ServiceResponse.success(payload: metadata))
-        end
-      end
-
-      it_behaves_like 'handling duplicates disallowed when package exists'
-    end
-
     context 'with existing package' do
       let_it_be(:existing_package) { create(:nuget_package, :with_metadatum, project: project, version: '1.7.15.0') }
       let_it_be(:metadata) do
@@ -106,67 +61,63 @@ RSpec.describe Packages::Nuget::CheckDuplicatesService, feature_category: :packa
         }
       end
 
-      before do
-        allow_next_instance_of(::Packages::Nuget::MetadataExtractionService) do |instance|
-          allow(instance).to receive(:execute).and_return(ServiceResponse.success(payload: metadata))
-        end
-      end
-
       context 'when nuget duplicates are allowed' do
         before do
-          package_settings.update!(nuget_duplicates_allowed: true)
+          allow_next_instance_of(Namespace::PackageSetting) do |instance|
+            allow(instance).to receive(:nuget_duplicates_allowed?).and_return(true)
+          end
         end
 
         it_behaves_like 'returning success'
-
-        context 'when the package name matches the exception regex' do
-          before do
-            package_settings.update!(nuget_duplicate_exception_regex: existing_package.name)
-          end
-
-          it_behaves_like 'returning error', reason: :conflict,
-            message: 'A package with the same name and version already exists'
-        end
-
-        context 'when the package version matches the exception regex' do
-          before do
-            package_settings.update!(nuget_duplicate_exception_regex: existing_package.version)
-          end
-
-          it_behaves_like 'returning error', reason: :conflict,
-            message: 'A package with the same name and version already exists'
-        end
       end
 
       context 'when nuget duplicates are not allowed' do
-        before do
-          package_settings.update!(nuget_duplicates_allowed: false)
+        let!(:package_settings) do
+          create(:namespace_package_setting, :group, namespace: project.namespace, nuget_duplicates_allowed: false)
         end
 
-        it_behaves_like 'when package file is in object storage'
-        it_behaves_like 'when package file is on disk'
-      end
+        context 'when package file is in object storage' do
+          let(:params) { super().merge(remote_url: 'https://example.com') }
 
-      context 'when packages_allow_duplicate_exceptions is disabled' do
-        before do
-          stub_feature_flags(packages_allow_duplicate_exceptions: false)
-        end
-
-        context 'when nuget duplicates are allowed' do
           before do
-            package_settings.update!(nuget_duplicates_allowed: true)
+            allow_next_instance_of(::Packages::Nuget::ExtractRemoteMetadataFileService) do |instance|
+              allow(instance).to receive(:execute)
+              .and_return(ServiceResponse.success(payload: Nokogiri::XML::Document.new))
+            end
+            allow_next_instance_of(::Packages::Nuget::ExtractMetadataContentService) do |instance|
+              allow(instance).to receive(:execute).and_return(ServiceResponse.success(payload: metadata))
+            end
           end
 
-          it_behaves_like 'returning success'
-        end
+          it_behaves_like 'handling duplicates disallowed when package exists'
 
-        context 'when nuget duplicates are not allowed' do
-          before do
-            package_settings.update!(nuget_duplicates_allowed: false)
+          context 'when ExtractRemoteMetadataFileService raises ExtractionError' do
+            before do
+              allow_next_instance_of(::Packages::Nuget::ExtractRemoteMetadataFileService) do |instance|
+                allow(instance).to receive(:execute).and_raise(
+                  ::Packages::Nuget::ExtractRemoteMetadataFileService::ExtractionError, 'nuspec file not found'
+                )
+              end
+            end
+
+            it_behaves_like 'returning error', reason: :bad_request, message: 'nuspec file not found'
           end
 
-          it_behaves_like 'when package file is in object storage'
-          it_behaves_like 'when package file is on disk'
+          context 'when version is normalized' do
+            let(:metadata) { super().merge(package_version: '1.7.15') }
+
+            it_behaves_like 'handling duplicates disallowed when package exists'
+          end
+        end
+
+        context 'when package file is on disk' do
+          before do
+            allow_next_instance_of(::Packages::Nuget::MetadataExtractionService) do |instance|
+              allow(instance).to receive(:execute).and_return(ServiceResponse.success(payload: metadata))
+            end
+          end
+
+          it_behaves_like 'handling duplicates disallowed when package exists'
         end
       end
     end
@@ -183,42 +134,20 @@ RSpec.describe Packages::Nuget::CheckDuplicatesService, feature_category: :packa
       end
 
       context 'when nuget duplicates are allowed' do
-        before do
-          package_settings.nuget_duplicates_allowed = true
+        let_it_be(:package_settings) do
+          create(:namespace_package_setting, :group, namespace: project.namespace, nuget_duplicates_allowed: true)
         end
 
         it_behaves_like 'returning success'
       end
 
       context 'when nuget duplicates are not allowed' do
-        before do
-          package_settings.nuget_duplicates_allowed = false
+        let_it_be(:package_settings) do
+          create(:namespace_package_setting, :group, namespace: project.namespace, nuget_duplicates_allowed: false)
         end
 
         it_behaves_like 'returning success'
       end
-
-      context 'when packages_allow_duplicate_exceptions is disabled' do
-        before do
-          stub_feature_flags(packages_allow_duplicate_exceptions: false)
-        end
-
-        context 'when nuget duplicates are allowed' do
-          before do
-            package_settings.nuget_duplicates_allowed = true
-          end
-
-          it_behaves_like 'returning success'
-        end
-
-        context 'when nuget duplicates are not allowed' do
-          before do
-            package_settings.nuget_duplicates_allowed = false
-          end
-
-          it_behaves_like 'returning success'
-        end
-      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 6ed9c88779b..5eac6f968db 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -356,10 +356,6 @@ RSpec.configure do |config|
       # Our test suite is setup to test plain text editor by default with separate tests just
       # for the rich text editor. Switch the flag off to continue testing the same way as before
       stub_feature_flags(rich_text_editor_as_default: false)
-
-      # TODO: temporary measure to unblock master
-      # issue: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/quality/engineering-productivity/master-broken-incidents/-/issues/9437
-      stub_feature_flags(ci_job_token_jwt: false)
     else
       unstub_all_feature_flags
     end
diff --git a/spec/support/shared_examples/requests/api/nuget_packages_shared_examples.rb b/spec/support/shared_examples/requests/api/nuget_packages_shared_examples.rb
index 88a21d4ef79..05bdaccf9d8 100644
--- a/spec/support/shared_examples/requests/api/nuget_packages_shared_examples.rb
+++ b/spec/support/shared_examples/requests/api/nuget_packages_shared_examples.rb
@@ -652,12 +652,6 @@ RSpec.shared_examples 'nuget upload endpoint' do |symbol_package: false|
     )
   end
 
-  before do
-    allow_next_instance_of(::Packages::Nuget::CheckDuplicatesService) do |instance|
-      allow(instance).to receive(:execute).and_return(ServiceResponse.success)
-    end
-  end
-
   it { is_expected.to have_request_urgency(:low) }
 
   context 'with valid project' do
@@ -764,86 +758,30 @@ RSpec.shared_examples 'nuget upload endpoint' do |symbol_package: false|
     it_behaves_like 'returning response status', :forbidden
   end
 
-  context 'when handling duplicates' do
+  context 'when package duplicates are not allowed' do
     let(:params) { { package: temp_file(file_name, content: File.open(expand_fixture_path('packages/nuget/package.nupkg'))) } }
     let(:headers) { basic_auth_header(deploy_token.username, deploy_token.token).merge(workhorse_headers) }
     let_it_be(:existing_package) { create(:nuget_package, project: project) }
     let_it_be(:metadata) { { package_name: existing_package.name, package_version: existing_package.version } }
+    let_it_be(:package_settings) do
+      create(:namespace_package_setting, :group, namespace: project.namespace, nuget_duplicates_allowed: false)
+    end
 
     before do
       allow_next_instance_of(::Packages::Nuget::MetadataExtractionService) do |instance|
         allow(instance).to receive(:execute).and_return(ServiceResponse.success(payload: metadata))
       end
-      allow_next_instance_of(::Packages::Nuget::CheckDuplicatesService) do |instance|
-        allow(instance).to receive(:execute).and_call_original
-      end
     end
 
-    context 'when package duplicates are not allowed' do
-      let_it_be(:package_settings) do
-        create(:namespace_package_setting, :group, namespace: project.namespace, nuget_duplicates_allowed: false)
-      end
+    it_behaves_like 'returning response status', :conflict unless symbol_package
+    it_behaves_like 'returning response status', :created if symbol_package
 
-      it_behaves_like 'returning response status', :conflict unless symbol_package
-      it_behaves_like 'returning response status', :created if symbol_package
-
-      context 'when exception_regex is set' do
-        before do
-          package_settings.update_column(:nuget_duplicate_exception_regex, ".*#{existing_package.name.last(3)}.*")
-        end
-
-        it_behaves_like 'returning response status', :created
-      end
-
-      context 'with packages_allow_duplicate_exceptions disabled' do
-        before do
-          stub_feature_flags(packages_allow_duplicate_exceptions: false)
-        end
-
-        it_behaves_like 'returning response status', :conflict unless symbol_package
-        it_behaves_like 'returning response status', :created if symbol_package
-
-        context 'when exception_regex is set' do
-          before do
-            package_settings.update_column(:nuget_duplicate_exception_regex, ".*#{existing_package.name.last(3)}.*")
-          end
-
-          it_behaves_like 'returning response status', :created
-        end
-      end
-    end
-
-    context 'when package duplicates are allowed' do
-      let_it_be(:package_settings) do
-        create(:namespace_package_setting, :group, namespace: project.namespace, nuget_duplicates_allowed: true)
+    context 'when exception_regex is set' do
+      before do
+        package_settings.update_column(:nuget_duplicate_exception_regex, ".*#{existing_package.name.last(3)}.*")
       end
 
       it_behaves_like 'returning response status', :created
-
-      context 'when exception_regex is set' do
-        before do
-          package_settings.update_column(:nuget_duplicate_exception_regex, ".*#{existing_package.name.last(3)}.*")
-        end
-
-        it_behaves_like 'returning response status', :conflict unless symbol_package
-        it_behaves_like 'returning response status', :created if symbol_package
-      end
-
-      context 'with packages_allow_duplicate_exceptions disabled' do
-        before do
-          stub_feature_flags(packages_allow_duplicate_exceptions: false)
-        end
-
-        it_behaves_like 'returning response status', :created
-
-        context 'when exception_regex is set' do
-          before do
-            package_settings.update_column(:nuget_duplicate_exception_regex, ".*#{existing_package.name.last(3)}.*")
-          end
-
-          it_behaves_like 'returning response status', :created
-        end
-      end
     end
   end
 end