Merge upstream GitLab up to the branching point of version 17.1
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This instance will be upgraded to Heptapod 17.7.0rc1 on 2025-01-23 between 18:00 and 19:00 UTC+2
All legacy (hg-git based) Projects will be automatically migrated to native starting with the upgrade of 2025-01-23
Brings in 235 non-merge commits.