- name: "NFS for Git repository storage deprecated" # The name of the feature to be deprecated
  announcement_milestone: "14.0" # The milestone when this feature was first announced as deprecated.
  announcement_date: "2021-06-22" # The date of the milestone release when this feature was first announced as deprecated
  removal_milestone: "15.0" # The milestone when this feature is planned to be removed
  removal_date: "2022-05-22" # (optional - may be required in the future) YYYY-MM-DD format - the date of the milestone release when this feature is planned to be removed
  breaking_change: true
  body: | # Do not modify this line, instead modify the lines below.
    With the general availability of Gitaly Cluster ([introduced in GitLab 13.0](https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2020/05/22/gitlab-13-0-released/)), we have deprecated development (bugfixes, performance improvements, etc) for NFS for Git repository storage in GitLab 14.0. We will continue to provide technical support for NFS for Git repositories throughout 14.x, but we will remove all support for NFS in GitLab 15.0. Please see our official [Statement of Support](https://about.gitlab.com/support/statement-of-support.html#gitaly-and-nfs) for further information.

    Gitaly Cluster offers tremendous benefits for our customers such as:

    - [Variable replication factors](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/administration/gitaly/index.html#replication-factor).
    - [Strong consistency](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/administration/gitaly/index.html#strong-consistency).
    - [Distributed read capabilities](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/administration/gitaly/index.html#distributed-reads).

    We encourage customers currently using NFS for Git repositories to plan their migration by reviewing our documentation on [migrating to Gitaly Cluster](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/administration/gitaly/index.html#migrate-to-gitaly-cluster).

  stage: # (optional - may be required in the future) String value of the stage that the feature was created in. e.g., Growth
  tiers: # (optional - may be required in the future) An array of tiers that the feature is available in currently.  e.g., [Free, Silver, Gold, Core, Premium, Ultimate]
  issue_url: # (optional) This is a link to the deprecation issue in GitLab
  documentation_url: # (optional) This is a link to the current documentation page
  image_url: # (optional) This is a link to a thumbnail image depicting the feature
  video_url: # (optional) Use the youtube thumbnail URL with the structure of https://img.youtube.com/vi/UNIQUEID/hqdefault.jpg