Design: When :needs connection refers to a stage, show it in the pipeline graph
Release notes
Problem to solve
In #220758 we're working on making it possible for :needs
to refer to a stage. we need to make sure we accurately show such dependency in the visualization.
Intended users
User experience goal
When using :needs to refer to a stage I want to see those connections in the pipeline visualization.
Proposal
As per #232946 (closed) when a job needs all jobs in a specific stage, when you hover over that job we'll highlight all the jobs it's dependent on. It shouldn't matter if the :needs relationship was established to individual jobs or to a stage (as a collection of jobs). We show the connections to all individual jobs that a job needs when you hover over that job.
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Further details
This is the design issue to address the UI changes necessary for #220758
Permissions and Security
Documentation
Availability & Testing
What does success look like, and how can we measure that?
What is the type of buyer?
Is this a cross-stage feature?
Links / references
Edited by Laura Montemayor