Avoid adding headless column to the end of a table for action buttons

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There are several places in GitLab where a table has a column of action buttons at the right edge, and the column's header has no accessible text.

cf. https://dequeuniversity.com/rules/axe/4.10/empty-table-header

Examples

Note: these are not exhaustive lists of examples. There are likely additional tables that violate this rule.

Negative examples

Admin users table

Admin Runners table

Admin jobs table

Admin deploy keys

Positive examples

There are examples of places where this is done correctly.

For example:

Admin Applications table

Project settings badges table

Project access tokens table

Recommended solution

1. Add documentation in Pajamas (at https://design.gitlab.com/components/table#additional-actions) about the need for table header text in this additional actions column
2. Identify tables that are breaking this rule and edit them to comply
3. Consolidate copy for this column header -- should it be Action or Actions? (needs Technical Writing input)