- name: "merge_status API field"  # The name of the feature to be deprecated
  announcement_milestone: "15.6"  # The milestone when this feature was first announced as deprecated.
  announcement_date: "2022-11-22"  # The date of the milestone release when this feature was first announced as deprecated. This should almost always be the 22nd of a month (YYYY-MM-22), unless you did an out of band blog post.
  removal_milestone: "16.0"  # The milestone when this feature is planned to be removed
  removal_date: "2023-05-22"  # the date of the milestone release when this feature is planned to be removed
  breaking_change: true  # If this deprecation is a breaking change, set this value to true
  body: |  # Do not modify this line, instead modify the lines below.
    The `merge_status` field in the [merge request API](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/api/merge_requests.html#merge-status) has been deprecated in favor of the `detailed_merge_status` field which more correctly identifies all of the potential statuses that a merge request can be in. API users are encouraged to use the new `detailed_merge_status` field instead. The `merge_status` field will be removed in v5 of the GitLab REST API.
# The following items are not published on the docs page, but may be used in the future.
  stage: create  # (optional - may be required in the future) String value of the stage that the feature was created in. e.g., Growth
  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]
  issue_url: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/382032  # (optional) This is a link to the deprecation issue in GitLab
  documentation_url: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/api/merge_requests.html#merge-status # (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