Merge branch 'jocelynjane-master-patch-24263' into 'master'

Deprecation: Change in protected variables behavior

See merge request https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/137177



Merged-by: Marcel Amirault <mamirault@gitlab.com>
Approved-by: Dmytro Biryukov <dbiryukov@gitlab.com>
Approved-by: Scott Hampton <shampton@gitlab.com>
Approved-by: Greg Myers <gmyers@gitlab.com>
Reviewed-by: Greg Myers <gmyers@gitlab.com>
Reviewed-by: Marcel Amirault <mamirault@gitlab.com>
Reviewed-by: Jocelyn Eillis <jeillis@gitlab.com>
Co-authored-by: Greg Myers <gmyers@gitlab.com>
Co-authored-by: Jocelyn Eillis <jeillis@gitlab.com>