the feature can be officially announced in a release blog post.
- [ ] `/chatops run auto_deploy status <merge-commit>`
-[ ] Close [the feature issue](ISSUE LINK) to indicate the feature will be released in the current milestone.
- [ ] (Optional) If you plan to clean up the feature flag in a future milestone, you can close this issue and create a separate issue for scheduling the steps below to "Release the feature".
- [ ] (Optional) If you plan to clean up the feature flag in a future milestone, you can close this issue and create a separate issue for scheduling the steps below to "Release the feature". Be sure to link this as a related issue. Set the milestone if possible. Use the /copy_metadata quick action to copy the labels from this issue.
**WARNING:** This approach has the downside that it makes it difficult for us to
[clean up](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/development/feature_flags/controls.html#cleaning-up) the flag.
