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Deleting a free project says it will be deleted in 7 days but it looks like it is deleted immediately

Summary

A project in a group on the free tier says it will be deleted in 7 days but is actually deleted immediately

Demo of bug at Gitlab Unfiltered - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vf61fGwnTAw

Steps to reproduce

  1. Create a public group on the free tier
  2. Create a public project in this group
  3. Go to the project -> Settings -> General -> Advanced
  4. The message in the delete section says it will be deleted in 7 days but if you delete the project it looks like it is deleted immediately
  5. If you go to https://gitlab.com/dashboard/projects/removed you can see the project and restore it

Example Project

What is the current bug behavior?

Message says project will be deleted in 7 days but looks like it is deleted immediately

What is the expected correct behavior?

Based on https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/working_with_projects.html#delayed-project-deletion I think free projects should be deleted immediately and the UI should reflect this.

Relevant logs and/or screenshots

#498956 (comment 2166689984)

Possible fixes

Edited by Peter Hegman