added note about whitelisting ip send usage ping

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!24315

Document Container Scanning DOCKER_INSECURE var

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!25223

Add a cross link to a new Geo Framework

Closes #118743

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!25525

Fix Typo: add/pull

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!24989

Remove extra gitlab_rails['omniauth_enabled'] flags

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!24945

Docs: Add group saml identity API response info

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!25652

Fix variable passthrough in SAST template when using DinD

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!25697

Fix typos in GitLab Maven Repository docs

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!25610

Remove the FF note form Self monitoring project docs

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!25761

Add note warning on changing titles

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!25654

Modify archive rate limit to throttle by user

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!25759

In the previous implementation, an unauthenticated user attempting to
download the archive repeatedly would interfere with authenticated
users. To avoid that, we increase the scope of the limiter to include
the user.

Inject CSP values when repository static objects external caching is enabled

Closes #198299

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!25711

Rate limit archive endpoint by user

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!25750

This adds a user-specific rate limit for the repository archive
endpoint:

1. For anonymous users, the rate is 100 downloads/minute.
2. For individual users, the rate is 5 downloads/minute.

Rename self monitor spec file

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!25701

Improve grammar of principles.md

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!25630

Refactor project/group variables UI into Vue - 3 / 4

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!25468

Added neccessary components/tests
for the ci variables project/group
settings refactor to Vue.

Use clearer error for pages when SHA is outdated

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!25659

Clarify the scope of the setting in ApprovalState model spec

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!25540

Update version to 12.9.0-pre

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!25726

Update version to 12.8.0 pre

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!25722

Fix WebMock::NetConnectNotAllowedError spec failure

Closes #207531

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!25713

Without it, Web IDE won't be able to display blobs as the browser
is blocking the requests on the account of a missing external storage
URL from CSP rules.

Fixes https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/issues/198299

Part of https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/scalability/issues/4 and
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/infrastructure/issues/6829

Add Release "edit" page feature spec

Closes #207261

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!25558

Add guidance on writing problem statements to template

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!25708

Add migration to create self monitoring project environment

Closes #204858

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!25289