Merge branch 'jy-to-sym' into 'master'

Ensure that no ability calls are made with string

See merge request https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/138279



Merged-by: Aleksei Lipniagov <alipniagov@gitlab.com>
Approved-by: Lee Tickett <ltickett@gitlab.com>
Reviewed-by: Aleksei Lipniagov <alipniagov@gitlab.com>
Co-authored-by: Jessie Young <jessieyoung@gitlab.com>