Ci_delete_pipelines_in_seconds appears in the metadata while retrieving projects via APIs

GitLab CI/CD
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Problem to solve

While retrieving projects via GitLab APIs, we’re seeing ci_delete_pipelines_in_seconds appear as a property, this is not documented anywhere and we’re not sure what this is or what it means.
Nothing on the internet for the same.

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