diff --git a/db/docs/ci_instance_variables.yml b/db/docs/ci_instance_variables.yml
index cb7aced84615d8f52da7b281dceb97bfd5eb9726..328a8b8378b1ca475106303c90c3ea70f7960f32 100644
--- a/db/docs/ci_instance_variables.yml
+++ b/db/docs/ci_instance_variables.yml
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ description: CI/CD variables available to all projects and groups in an instance
 introduced_by_url: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/30156
 milestone: '13.0'
 gitlab_schema: gitlab_ci
+sharding_key_issue_url: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/459039
diff --git a/db/docs/ci_job_variables.yml b/db/docs/ci_job_variables.yml
index 306aabb225dba4d25a6d041e708aa45f3116c163..1184664e75892bfa3c5d423e3de7629f06169f7c 100644
--- a/db/docs/ci_job_variables.yml
+++ b/db/docs/ci_job_variables.yml
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ description: CI/CD variables set to a job when running it manually.
 introduced_by_url: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/14784
 milestone: '12.2'
 gitlab_schema: gitlab_ci
+sharding_key_issue_url: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/463243
diff --git a/db/docs/ci_pipeline_variables.yml b/db/docs/ci_pipeline_variables.yml
index 4b1e4dc39c3933e658b3d4923a5eddc76d54362c..69aadb3f3af453cf7f3be129db27fd1c4b66450c 100644
--- a/db/docs/ci_pipeline_variables.yml
+++ b/db/docs/ci_pipeline_variables.yml
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ description: TODO
 introduced_by_url: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/commit/56418e85ac6b667d19495665860092ce4d74f55d
 milestone: '9.5'
 gitlab_schema: gitlab_ci
+sharding_key_issue_url: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/463244