Merge branch '415572-geo-add-npm-metadata-cache-to-geo-data-types' into 'master'

Add npm metadata caches to the GEO data types

See merge request https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/138813



Merged-by: Amy Qualls <aqualls@gitlab.com>
Co-authored-by: Michael Kozono <mkozono@gitlab.com>
Co-authored-by: Dzmitry Meshcharakou <12459192-dmeshcharakou@users.noreply.gitlab.com>

doc/administration/geo/replication/datatypes.md

@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ successfully, you must replicate their data using some other means.
 |[Elasticsearch integration](../../../integration/advanced_search/elasticsearch.md)                                             | [Not planned](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/1186)       | No                                                                         | No                                                                  | No                                                              | Not planned because further product discovery is required and Elasticsearch (ES) clusters can be rebuilt. Secondaries use the same ES cluster as the primary. |
 |[Dependency Proxy Images](../../../user/packages/dependency_proxy/index.md)                                    | [**Yes** (15.7)](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/8833)      | [**Yes** (15.7)](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/8833)                                                                         | [**Yes** (15.7)](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/8833)                                                                  | [**Yes** (16.4)](object_storage.md)                                                             |  |
 |[Vulnerability Export](../../../user/application_security/vulnerability_report/index.md#export-vulnerability-details)  | [Not planned](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/3111)        | No                                                                         | No                                                                  | No                                                              | Not planned because they are ephemeral and sensitive information. They can be regenerated on demand. |
+|Packages NPM metadata cache | [Not planned](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/408278) | No | No | No | Not planned because it would not notably improve disaster recovery capabilities nor response times at secondary sites. |
 
 <sup>1</sup> Migrated to [self-service framework](../../../development/geo/framework.md) in 15.5. See GitLab issue [#337436](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/337436) for more details.