Merge branch 'jennli-iteration2-job-dependencies' into 'master'

Improve output message and fix default return

See merge request https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/157510



Merged-by: Peter Leitzen <pleitzen@gitlab.com>
Approved-by: Peter Leitzen <pleitzen@gitlab.com>
Reviewed-by: Peter Leitzen <pleitzen@gitlab.com>
Co-authored-by: Jennifer Li <jli@gitlab.com>