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 See the [Auto DevOps template](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/blob/master/lib/gitlab/ci/templates/Auto-DevOps.gitlab-ci.yml) for information on available jobs.
 
+CAUTION: **Deprecation**
+Auto DevOps templates using the [`only`](../../ci/yaml/README.md#onlyexcept-basic) or
+[`except`](../../ci/yaml/README.md#onlyexcept-basic) syntax will switch
+to the [`rules`](../../ci/yaml/README.md#rules) syntax, starting in
+[GitLab 13.0](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/213336).
+If your `.gitlab-ci.yml` extends these Auto DevOps templates and override the `only` or
+`except` keywords, you must migrate your templates to use the
+[`rules`](../../ci/yaml/README.md#rules) syntax after the
+base template is migrated to use the `rules` syntax.
+
 ## PostgreSQL database support
 
 To support applications requiring a database,