From 1a64d960338edcdb63b612600e2298a138ab421d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Segolene Bouly <6041195-sbouly@users.noreply.gitlab.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2025 16:21:53 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Add needs limit updating process for Dedicated

---
 doc/ci/yaml/_index.md | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/doc/ci/yaml/_index.md b/doc/ci/yaml/_index.md
index a8cbd340d545c1..40e45d0724fd91 100644
--- a/doc/ci/yaml/_index.md
+++ b/doc/ci/yaml/_index.md
@@ -3282,6 +3282,7 @@ This example creates four paths of execution:
   - For GitLab.com, the limit is 50. For more information, see
     [issue 350398](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/350398).
   - For GitLab Self-Managed, the default limit is 50. This limit [can be changed](../../administration/cicd/_index.md#set-the-needs-job-limit).
+  - For GitLab Dedicated, the default limit is 50. This limit can be changed by [updating the value **Maximum number of needs dependencies that a job can have** in the Admin area](../../administration/settings/continuous_integration.md#set-cicd-limits).
 - If `needs` refers to a job that uses the [`parallel`](#parallel) keyword,
   it depends on all jobs created in parallel, not just one job. It also downloads
   artifacts from all the parallel jobs by default. If the artifacts have the same
-- 
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From 59ec28f681accf10437754ce4970c1054531de7f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Segolene Bouly <6041195-sbouly@users.noreply.gitlab.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2025 16:50:05 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Combine self-managed and dedicated steps to change needs
 limit via Admin area

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 doc/ci/yaml/_index.md | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/ci/yaml/_index.md b/doc/ci/yaml/_index.md
index 40e45d0724fd91..180fc1d3c22ace 100644
--- a/doc/ci/yaml/_index.md
+++ b/doc/ci/yaml/_index.md
@@ -3281,8 +3281,7 @@ This example creates four paths of execution:
 - The maximum number of jobs that a single job can have in the `needs` array is limited:
   - For GitLab.com, the limit is 50. For more information, see
     [issue 350398](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/350398).
-  - For GitLab Self-Managed, the default limit is 50. This limit [can be changed](../../administration/cicd/_index.md#set-the-needs-job-limit).
-  - For GitLab Dedicated, the default limit is 50. This limit can be changed by [updating the value **Maximum number of needs dependencies that a job can have** in the Admin area](../../administration/settings/continuous_integration.md#set-cicd-limits).
+  - For GitLab Self-Managed and GitLab Dedicated, the default limit is 50. This limit can be changed by [updating the CI/CD limits in the Admin area](../../administration/settings/continuous_integration.md#set-cicd-limits).
 - If `needs` refers to a job that uses the [`parallel`](#parallel) keyword,
   it depends on all jobs created in parallel, not just one job. It also downloads
   artifacts from all the parallel jobs by default. If the artifacts have the same
-- 
GitLab