System-level Validation for CI/CD templates [RUN ALL RSPEC] [RUN AS-IF-FOSS]
What does this MR do?
This MR addresses Validate CI/CD Templates at system-level for aligning the behaviors, specifically:
- For template authors: Allow CI/CD templates to declare its metadata.
- For template consumers: When a template is included at pipeline creation, the system performs run-time validation to verify the template is safe to be used.
This feature is behind ci_template_metadata
feature flag.
Related #326298
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Edited by Shinya Maeda