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- title: "Major bundled Helm Chart updates for the GitLab Helm Chart"  # (required) Clearly explain the change, or planned change. For example, "The `confidential` field for a `Note` is deprecated" or "CI/CD job names will be limited to 250 characters."
  announcement_milestone: "15.10"  # (required) The milestone when this feature was first announced as deprecated.
  removal_milestone: "16.0"  # (required) The milestone when this feature is planned to be removed
  breaking_change: true  # (required) Change to false if this is not a breaking change.
  reporter: twk3  # (required) GitLab username of the person reporting the change
  stage: enablement  # (required) String value of the stage that the feature was created in. e.g., Growth
  issue_url: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/charts/gitlab/-/issues/3442  # (required) Link to the deprecation issue in GitLab
  body: |  # (required) Do not modify this line, instead modify the lines below.
    To coincide with GitLab 16.0, the GitLab Helm Chart will release the 7.0 major version. The following major bundled chart updates will be included:

    - In GitLab 16.0, [PostgreSQL 12 support is being removed, and PostgreSQL 13 is becoming the new minimum](#postgresql-12-deprecated).
      - Installs using production-ready external databases will need to complete their migration to a newer PostgreSQL version before upgrading.
      - Installs using the [non-production bundled PostgreSQL 12 chart](https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/installation/tools.html#postgresql) will have the chart upgraded to the new version. For more information, [see issue 4118](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/charts/gitlab/-/issues/4118)
    - Installs using the [non-production bundled Redis chart](https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/installation/tools.html#redis) will have the chart upgraded to a newer version. For more information, [see issue 3375](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/charts/gitlab/-/issues/3375)
    - Installs using the [bundled cert-manager chart](https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/installation/tls.html#option-1-cert-manager-and-lets-encrypt) will have the chart upgraded to a newer version. For more information, [see issue 4313](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/charts/gitlab/-/issues/4313)

    The full GitLab Helm Chart 7.0 upgrade steps will be available in the [upgrade docs](https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/installation/upgrade.html).