Remove "Comment & close" buttons on MR/issues
requested to merge 198562-merge-request-user-interface-encourages-accidentally-closing-the-request into master
What does this MR do?
Removes the "Comment & close" buttons on merge requests/issues, because users were confused by it and accidentally closed merge requests.
https://twitter.com/karanssh/status/1336064081514569728
This change is hidden behind the remove_comment_close_reopen feature flag and should initially only be enabled for gitlab-org and gitlab-com to see if users notice and potentially complain.
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Does this MR meet the acceptance criteria?
Conformity
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Separation of EE specific content
Availability and Testing
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Review and add/update tests for this feature/bug. Consider all test levels. See the Test Planning Process. -
Tested in all supported browsers -
Informed Infrastructure department of a default or new setting change, if applicable per definition of done
Security
If this MR contains changes to processing or storing of credentials or tokens, authorization and authentication methods and other items described in the security review guidelines:
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Label as security and @ mention @gitlab-com/gl-security/appsec -
The MR includes necessary changes to maintain consistency between UI, API, email, or other methods -
Security reports checked/validated by a reviewer from the AppSec team
Related #198562 (closed)