<!--IssueSummary start--> <details> <summary> Everyone can contribute. [Help move this issue forward](https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/marketing/developer-relations/contributor-success/community-contributors-workflows/#contributor-links) while earning points, leveling up and collecting rewards. </summary> - [Close this issue](https://contributors.gitlab.com/manage-issue?action=close&projectId=278964&issueIid=27544) </details> <!--IssueSummary end--> # Background With https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/56557, we will allow users to choose whether or not they want to self-manage their clusters or have gitlab manage it for them. In a practical sense, this means create the namespace/service account. # Problem If a user creates a cluster that they solely want to manage, and then we turn on Auto DevOps (ADO) automatically for their project, then it will create a namespace they didn't want. # Solution For self-managed clusters, do not create a namespace for their cluster when Auto DevOps is turned on automatically for their project. Instead, fail the pipeline.