Merge branch 'breaking-changes-exception-requests' into 'master'

Breaking change exception request

See merge request https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/122626



Merged-by: David DeSanto <ddesanto@gitlab.com>
Approved-by: David DeSanto <ddesanto@gitlab.com>
Approved-by: Marin Jankovski <marin@gitlab.com>
Approved-by: Michele Bursi <mbursi@gitlab.com>
Approved-by: Joshua Lambert <joshua@gitlab.com>
Approved-by: Wei-Meng Lee <wlee@gitlab.com>
Approved-by: Mike Flouton <mflouton@gitlab.com>
Approved-by: Sam Wiskow <swiskow@gitlab.com>
Approved-by: Joerg Heilig <jheilig@gitlab.com>
Reviewed-by: Marin Jankovski <marin@gitlab.com>
Reviewed-by: Lee Matos <lee@gitlab.com>
Co-authored-by: Fabian Zimmer <fzimmer@gitlab.com>
Co-authored-by: Wei-Meng Lee <wlee@gitlab.com>
Co-authored-by: Lee Matos <lee@gitlab.com>
Co-authored-by: Marin Jankovski <marin@gitlab.com>