[Feature flag] Cleanup glql_integration

Summary

This issue is to cleanup the glql_integration feature flag, after the feature flag has been enabled by default for an appropriate amount of time in production.

This feature enables GLQL / Embedded views. The feature flag will be removed, enabling the feature by default in all areas Markdown is available.

Owners

  • Team: groupknowledge
  • Most appropriate slack channel to reach out to: #g_knowledge
  • Best individual to reach out to: @himkp
  • PM: @mmacfarlane

Stakeholders

  • Dev: @himkp
  • PM: @mmacfarlane
  • EM: @acroitor

Expectations

What might happen if this goes wrong?

Follow the runbook: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/runbooks/-/blob/master/docs/glql/troubleshooting-guide.md

Cleaning up the feature flag

  • Specify in the issue description if this feature will be removed completely or will be productized as part of the Feature Flag cleanup
  • Create a merge request to remove glql_integration feature flag. Ask for review and merge it.
    • Remove all references to the feature flag from the codebase.
    • Remove the YAML definitions for the feature from the repository.
    • Create a changelog entry.
  • Ensure that the cleanup MR has been deployed to both production and canary. If the merge request was deployed before the code cutoff, the feature can be officially announced in a release blog post.
    • /chatops run auto_deploy status <merge-commit-of-cleanup-mr>
  • Close the feature issue to indicate the feature will be released in the current milestone.
  • If not already done, clean up the feature flag from all environments by running these chatops command in #production channel: /chatops run feature delete glql_integration --dev --pre --staging --staging-ref --production
  • Close this rollout issue.
Edited Jul 17, 2025 by Himanshu Kapoor
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