Merge branch 'dhershkovitch-master-patch-23140' into 'master'

Deprecates needs view

See merge request https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/154218



Merged-by: Marcel Amirault <mamirault@gitlab.com>
Approved-by: Lorena Ciutacu <lciutacu@gitlab.com>
Reviewed-by: Marcel Amirault <mamirault@gitlab.com>
Co-authored-by: Dov Hershkovitch <dhershkovitch@gitlab.com>

data/deprecations/17-1-deprecate-needs.yml

+- title: "Removed Needs tab from the pipeline view"
+  # The milestones for the deprecation announcement, and the removal.
+  removal_milestone: "17.4"
+  announcement_milestone: "17.1"
+  # Change breaking_change to false if needed.
+  breaking_change: false
+  # The stage and GitLab username of the person reporting the change,
+  # and a link to the deprecation issue
+  reporter: dhershkovitch
+  stage: verify
+  issue_url: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/336560
+  body: |  # (required) Don't change this line.
+    We are removing the Needs tab from the pipeline view, as it duplicates the information displayed in the regular pipeline view with the **Job dependencies** grouping option. We will continue improving the views in the main pipeline graph in the future.
+
+# ==============================
+# OPTIONAL END-OF-SUPPORT FIELDS
+# ==============================
+#
+# If an End of Support period applies:
+# 1) Share this announcement in the `#spt_managers` Support channel in Slack
+# 2) Mention `@gitlab-com/support` in this merge request.
+#
+  # When support for this feature ends, in XX.YY milestone format.
+  end_of_support_milestone:
+  # Array of tiers the feature is currently available to,
+  # like [Free, Silver, Gold, Core, Premium, Ultimate]
+  tiers:
+  # Links to documentation and thumbnail image
+  documentation_url:
+  image_url:
+  # Use the youtube thumbnail URL with the structure of https://img.youtube.com/vi/UNIQUEID/hqdefault.jpg
+  video_url:

doc/update/deprecations.md

@@ -747,6 +747,25 @@ This is one small step towards moving away from CI/CD templates in preference of
 </div>
 </div>
 
+<div class="milestone-wrapper" data-milestone="17.4">
+
+## GitLab 17.4
+
+<div class="deprecation " data-milestone="17.4">
+
+### Removed Needs tab from the pipeline view
+
+<div class="deprecation-notes">
+- Announced in GitLab <span class="milestone">17.1</span>
+- Removal in GitLab <span class="milestone">17.4</span>
+- To discuss this change or learn more, see the [deprecation issue](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/336560).
+</div>
+
+We are removing the Needs tab from the pipeline view, as it duplicates the information displayed in the regular pipeline view with the **Job dependencies** grouping option. We will continue improving the views in the main pipeline graph in the future.
+
+</div>
+</div>
+
 <div class="milestone-wrapper" data-milestone="17.3">
 
 ## GitLab 17.3