Merge branch '27067-mention-user-dropdown-does-not-suggest-by-non-ascii-characters-in-name' into 'master'

Resolve "Mention @user dropdown does not suggest by non-ASCII characters in name"

Closes #27067

See merge request !8729

Fixes broken build: Use jquery to get the element position in the page

See merge request !8926

Move Dashboard shortcuts specs from Spinah to RSpec

See merge request !8899

UX guide: Update animation guidance to 100ms

See merge request !8692

Change the reply shortcut to focus the field even without a selection.

See merge request !8873

Reduce hits to LDAP on Git HTTP auth by reordering auth mechanisms

Closes #24462

See merge request !8752

Fix permalink discussion note being collapsed

Closes #26860, #27089, and #27151

See merge request !8773

Fix permalink discussion note being collapsed

Closes #26860, #27089, and #27151

See merge request !8773

Fix permalink discussion note being collapsed

Closes #26860, #27089, and #27151

See merge request !8773

Fix filtering usernames with multiple words

Closes #27404

See merge request !8851

Edited the column header for the environments list from created to updated and a…

Closes #27494

See merge request !8904

Format chat messages

Closes #24917 and #25746

See merge request !8528

Fix user validation error in Import/Export

Closes #23833

See merge request !8909

Don't capitalize environment name in show page

Closes #27484

See merge request !8902

19164 Add settings dropdown to mobile screens

Closes #19164

See merge request !8896

19164 Add settings dropdown to mobile screens

Closes #19164

See merge request !8896

19164 Add settings dropdown to mobile screens

Closes #19164

See merge request !8896

Improve pipeline status icon linking in widgets

Closes #26982

See merge request !8705

Add the 8-16-3 changelog entries to master

See merge request !8912

Cop for gem fetched from a git source

Closes #27311

See merge request !8856

Corrected docs href's

See merge request !8527

Fix disable storing of sensitive information when importing a new repo

Closes #23767

See merge request !8885

Fix notification when group set to watch

Closes #395

See merge request !8883

Remove new branch button for confidential issues

Closes #27479

See merge request !8894

Promote project labels to group labels

Closes #24021

See merge request !7242

Resolve "Document that auto deploy only works for public projects"

Closes #27474

See merge request !8897

Remove outdated text and link to up-to-date documentation

See merge request !8789