remove "checking your browser before accessing gitlab.com" splash screen

Deprecation Summary

Remove obnoxious "checking your browser before accessing gitlab.com" splash screen.

Breaking Change

No idea at all. It was described as part of DDOS protection, so maybe sadly it is really necessary.

Affected Topology

Everyone, but positively.

Affected Tier

It is not a feature, that is obnoxious and infuriating splash screen resurrected from 1990 page designs.

Checklist

• @mention your stage's stable counterparts on this issue. For example, Customer Support, Customer Success (Technical Account Manager), Product Marketing Manager.
  • To see who the stable counterparts are for a product team visit product categories
    • If there is no stable counterpart listed for Sales/CS please mention @timtams
    • If there is no stable counterpart listed for Support please @mention @gitlab-com/support/managers
    • If there is no stable counterpart listed for Marketing please mention @williamchia

@gitlab-com/support/managers I guess?

• @mention your GPM so that they are aware of planned deprecations. The goal is to have reviews happen at least two releases before the final removal of the feature or introduction of a breaking change.

What is GPM?

Deprecation Milestone

no idea

Links

it would fix at least #337918 (closed)