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Only allow documented token types for GraphQL authentication

Andrew Evans requested to merge atevans/16-10-graphql-token-change into 16-10-stable-ee

What does this MR do and why?

Backport of !150407 (merged)

Only allow documented token types for GraphQL authentication

Currently, some token types besides those documented in the Token authentication section of the GraphQL docs can be used to authenticate a user for GraphQL. This MR ensures that only the documented token types are usable, once the associated feature flag is enabled.

Changelog: fixed

Related to #442520 Relates to https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/release/tasks/-/issues/11141+

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