Add latest changes from gitlab-org/gitlab@16-3-stable-ee

4 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/doc/topics/autodevops/cloud_deployments/auto_devops_with_eks.md b/doc/topics/autodevops/cloud_deployments/auto_devops_with_eks.md
index d8544f3f382..53b20f880a9 100644
--- a/doc/topics/autodevops/cloud_deployments/auto_devops_with_eks.md
+++ b/doc/topics/autodevops/cloud_deployments/auto_devops_with_eks.md
@@ -178,6 +178,8 @@ The jobs are separated into stages:
   - Jobs suffixed with `-sast` run static analysis on the current code to check for potential
     security issues, and are allowed to fail ([Auto SAST](../stages.md#auto-sast))
   - The `secret-detection` job checks for leaked secrets and is allowed to fail ([Auto Secret Detection](../stages.md#auto-secret-detection))
+  - The `license_scanning` job is deprecated and does not produce any results. It is allowed to fail
+    ([Auto License Compliance](../stages.md#auto-license-compliance-deprecated))
 
 - **Review** - Pipelines on the default branch include this stage with a `dast_environment_deploy` job.
   To learn more, see [Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST)](../../../user/application_security/dast/index.md).
diff --git a/doc/topics/autodevops/cloud_deployments/auto_devops_with_gke.md b/doc/topics/autodevops/cloud_deployments/auto_devops_with_gke.md
index 26902fa1168..a939fe108a1 100644
--- a/doc/topics/autodevops/cloud_deployments/auto_devops_with_gke.md
+++ b/doc/topics/autodevops/cloud_deployments/auto_devops_with_gke.md
@@ -182,6 +182,8 @@ The jobs are separated into stages:
   - Jobs suffixed with `-sast` run static analysis on the current code to check for potential
     security issues, and are allowed to fail ([Auto SAST](../stages.md#auto-sast))
   - The `secret-detection` job checks for leaked secrets and is allowed to fail ([Auto Secret Detection](../stages.md#auto-secret-detection))
+  - The `license_scanning` job is deprecated and does not produce any results. It is allowed to fail
+    ([Auto License Compliance](../stages.md#auto-license-compliance-deprecated))
 
 - **Review** - Pipelines on the default branch include this stage with a `dast_environment_deploy` job.
   For more information, see [Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST)](../../../user/application_security/dast/index.md).
diff --git a/doc/topics/autodevops/index.md b/doc/topics/autodevops/index.md
index 18b7c825066..0668ea0df14 100644
--- a/doc/topics/autodevops/index.md
+++ b/doc/topics/autodevops/index.md
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ Auto DevOps supports development during each of the [DevOps stages](stages.md).
 | Test | [Auto Code Intelligence](stages.md#auto-code-intelligence) |
 | Test | [Auto Code Quality](stages.md#auto-code-quality) |
 | Test | [Auto Container Scanning](stages.md#auto-container-scanning) |
+| Test | [Auto License Compliance](stages.md#auto-license-compliance-deprecated) |
 | Deploy | [Auto Review Apps](stages.md#auto-review-apps) |
 | Deploy | [Auto Deploy](stages.md#auto-deploy) |
 | Secure | [Auto Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST)](stages.md#auto-dast) |
diff --git a/doc/topics/autodevops/stages.md b/doc/topics/autodevops/stages.md
index 8d89736b56d..bb3e6db785a 100644
--- a/doc/topics/autodevops/stages.md
+++ b/doc/topics/autodevops/stages.md
@@ -242,10 +242,12 @@ For more information, see
 
 <!--- start_remove The following content will be removed on remove_date: '2023-11-22' -->
 
-## Auto License Compliance (removed) **(ULTIMATE ALL)**
+## Auto License Compliance (deprecated) **(ULTIMATE ALL)**
+
+This feature was [deprecated](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/387561) in GitLab 15.9,
+in GitLab 16.3 we [removed](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/421363) support for the License Compliance report.
+Auto License Compliance is still present in the pipeline, but won't produce any results.
 
-This feature was [deprecated](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/387561) in GitLab 15.9
-and [removed](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/421363) in 16.3.
 Use Auto Dependency Scanning instead.
 
 <!--- end_remove -->