Automatic pipeline cleanup setting not copied from custom project template

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Summary

When creating a new project, using custom project templates for a group the setting for Automatic pipeline cleanup inside the template repository is not being copied to the newly created project.

Steps to reproduce

1. Create a gitlab group test
2. Create a sub group templates inside the group test
3. Create a project project-template inside the sub group
4. Inside project project-template go to Settings -> CI/CD -> General pipelines and set Automatic pipeline cleanup to 6mo
5. Inside group test go to Settings -> General -> Custom project templates, select the sub group templates and save changes
6. Create a new project test-project inside the group test, choose Create from template and choose project-template from the Group tab
7. Check inside test-project for setting Automatic pipeline cleanup under Settings -> CI/CD -> General pipelines and find the setting empty

What is the current bug behavior?

Inside a new project, created using a custom project template, the setting Automatic pipeline cleanup is not the same as the setting inside the project template repository.

What is the expected correct behavior?

Inside a new project, created using a custom project template, the setting Automatic pipeline cleanup is the same as the setting inside the project template repository.

Output of checks

Results of GitLab environment info

running in on-premise gitlab instance

GitLab Enterprise Edition v18.2.2-ee