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Update feature flags lists and display metadata

Problem to solve

Adding additional data to feature flag list view will allow users insights, provide information, and allow users to distinguish between feature flags without having to visit the details page.

Intended users

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  • Developers who create feature flags
  • QA engineers enabling/disabling flags
  • Release managers who want to control which features are released and to which customer base
  • Support engineers that wish to release features to beta customers or test version to fix bugs for specific customers

Further details

Proposal

Add the following data to the feature flag list display

  • Created on date
  • Updated date
  • Related issues
  • Related merge requests

UX Proposal

Desc Mockup
Feature flags list Feature_Flags_list
Mobile feature flag list Feature_Flags_list_mobile

Permissions and Security

Users can only modify feature flags that include environments they have access to.

Documentation

Testing

What does success look like, and how can we measure that?

What is the type of buyer?

Links / references

Closely related is the addition of strategies to the list items #35571 (closed)

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