1.[Secure coding guidelines](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-security/security-guidelines) have been followed.
1.[Documented](../documentation/index.md) in the `/doc` directory.
1.[Changelog entry added](../changelog.md), if necessary.
1. Reviewed by relevant reviewers and all concerns are addressed for Availability, Regressions, Security. Documentation reviews should take place as soon as possible, but they should not block a merge request unless there are significant concerns over quality or content.
1. Reviewed by relevant reviewers and all concerns are addressed for Availability, Regressions, Security. Documentation reviews should take place as soon as possible, but they should not block a merge request.
1. Merged by a project maintainer.
1. Create an issue in the [infrastructure issue tracker](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/infrastructure/-/issues) to inform the Infrastructure department when your contribution is changing default settings or introduces a new setting, if relevant.
1. Confirmed to be working in the [Canary stage](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/#canary-testing) or on GitLab.com once the contribution is deployed.