gitlabhq/data/deprecations/17-3-codeclimate.yml

- title: "CodeClimate-based Code Quality scanning will be removed"  # (required) Clearly explain the change, or planned change. For example, "The `confidential` field for a `Note` is deprecated" or "CI/CD job names will be limited to 250 characters."
  announcement_milestone: "17.3"  # (required) The milestone when this feature was first announced as deprecated.
  removal_milestone: "19.0"  # (required) The milestone when this feature is planned to be removed
  breaking_change: true  # (required) Change to false if this is not a breaking change.
  window: 1
  check_impact: Refer to the [Understanding this change](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/471677#understanding-this-change) section for details.
  impact: high
  reporter: connorgilbert  # (required) GitLab username of the person reporting the change
  stage: secure  # (required) String value of the stage that the feature was created in. e.g., Growth
  issue_url: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/471677  # (required) Link to the deprecation issue in GitLab
  body: |  # (required) Do not modify this line, instead modify the lines below.
    In GitLab 19.0, we will remove CodeClimate-based Code Quality scanning.
    This change was previously scheduled for GitLab 18.0 and has now been delayed.

    In its place, you should use quality tools directly in your CI/CD pipeline and [provide the tool's report as an artifact](https://docs.gitlab.com/ci/testing/code_quality/#import-code-quality-results-from-a-cicd-job).
    We've already documented how to integrate many tools directly, and you can integrate them by following the [documentation](https://docs.gitlab.com/ci/testing/code_quality/#integrate-common-tools-with-code-quality).

    We expect to implement this change by:

    1. Changing the [`Code-Quality.gitlab-ci.yml` CI/CD template](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/blob/master/lib/gitlab/ci/templates/Jobs/Code-Quality.gitlab-ci.yml) to no longer execute scans. Today, this template runs CodeClimate-based scans. (We plan to change the template rather than delete it to reduce the impact on any pipelines that still `include` the template after 19.0.)
    1. No longer running CodeClimate-based scanning as part of Auto DevOps.

    Effective immediately, CodeClimate-based scanning will receive only [limited updates](https://docs.gitlab.com/update/terminology/#deprecation).
    After End of Support in GitLab 19.0, we won't provide further updates.
    However, we won't delete previously published container images or remove the ability to run them by using custom CI/CD pipeline job definitions.

    For more details, see [Scan code for quality violations](https://docs.gitlab.com/ci/testing/code_quality/#scan-code-for-quality-violations).