- title: "Enforced validation of CI/CD parameter character lengths"  # (required) Clearly explain the change. For example, "The `confidential` field for a `Note` is removed" or "CI/CD job names are limited to 250 characters."
  announcement_milestone: "15.9"  # (required) The milestone when this feature was deprecated.
  removal_milestone: "16.0"  # (required) The milestone when this feature is being removed.
  breaking_change: true  # (required) Change to false if this is not a breaking change.
  reporter: jreporter  # (required) GitLab username of the person reporting the removal
  stage: Verify  # (required) String value of the stage that the feature was created in. e.g., Growth
  issue_url: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/372770  # (required) Link to the deprecation issue in GitLab
  body: |  # (required) Do not modify this line, instead modify the lines below.
   Previously, only CI/CD [job names](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/jobs/index.html#job-name-limitations) had a strict 255-character limit. Now, more CI/CD keywords are validated to ensure they stay under the limit.

   The following to 255 characters are now strictly limited to 255 characters:

   - The `stage` keyword.
   - The `ref` parameter, which is the Git branch or tag name for the pipeline.
   - The `description` and `target_url` parameters, used by external CI/CD integrations.

   Users on self-managed instances should update their pipelines to ensure they do not use parameters that exceed 255 characters. Users on GitLab.com do not need to make any changes, as these parameters are already limited in that database.

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  tiers:  # (optional - may be required in the future) An array of tiers that the feature is available in currently.  e.g., [Free, Silver, Gold, Core, Premium, Ultimate]
  documentation_url:  # (optional) This is a link to the current documentation page
  image_url:  # (optional) This is a link to a thumbnail image depicting the feature
  video_url:  # (optional) Use the youtube thumbnail URL with the structure of https://img.youtube.com/vi/UNIQUEID/hqdefault.jpg