diff --git a/app/helpers/projects_helper.rb b/app/helpers/projects_helper.rb
index 023790f7d87..5aff12621b5 100644
--- a/app/helpers/projects_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/projects_helper.rb
@@ -381,6 +381,14 @@ module ProjectsHelper
     @project.grafana_integration&.enabled?
   end
 
+  def project_license_name(project)
+    project.repository.license&.name
+  rescue GRPC::Unavailable, GRPC::DeadlineExceeded, Gitlab::Git::CommandError => e
+    Gitlab::ErrorTracking.track_exception(e)
+
+    nil
+  end
+
   private
 
   def get_project_nav_tabs(project, current_user)
diff --git a/app/views/shared/projects/_project.html.haml b/app/views/shared/projects/_project.html.haml
index 07a61b71b8e..144bb04e2a8 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/projects/_project.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/projects/_project.html.haml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 - updated_tooltip = time_ago_with_tooltip(project.last_activity_date)
 - css_controls_class = compact_mode ? [] : ["flex-lg-row", "justify-content-lg-between"]
 - avatar_container_class = project.creator && use_creator_avatar ? '' : 'rect-avatar'
+- license_name = project_license_name(project)
 
 %li.project-row.d-flex{ class: css_class }
   = cache(cache_key) do
@@ -40,10 +41,10 @@
           %span.metadata-info.visibility-icon.append-right-10.prepend-top-8.text-secondary.has-tooltip{ data: { container: 'body', placement: 'top' }, title: visibility_icon_description(project) }
             = visibility_level_icon(project.visibility_level, fw: true)
 
-          - if explore_projects_tab? && project.repository.license
+          - if explore_projects_tab? && license_name
             %span.metadata-info.d-inline-flex.align-items-center.append-right-10.prepend-top-8
               = sprite_icon('scale', size: 14, css_class: 'append-right-4')
-              = project.repository.license.name
+              = license_name
 
           - if !explore_projects_tab? && access&.nonzero?
             -# haml-lint:disable UnnecessaryStringOutput
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/199442-explore-projects.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/199442-explore-projects.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4acfae2da04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/199442-explore-projects.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Handle Gitaly failure when fetching license
+merge_request: 24310
+author:
+type: fixed
diff --git a/config/application.rb b/config/application.rb
index be7d366c927..2f4d271322f 100644
--- a/config/application.rb
+++ b/config/application.rb
@@ -285,6 +285,13 @@ module Gitlab
       g.factory_bot false
     end
 
+    # This empty initializer forces the :let_zeitwerk_take_over initializer to run before we load
+    # initializers in config/initializers. This is done because autoloading before Zeitwerk takes
+    # over is deprecated but our initializers do a lot of autoloading.
+    # See https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/issues/197346 for more details
+    initializer :move_initializers, before: :load_config_initializers, after: :let_zeitwerk_take_over do
+    end
+
     config.after_initialize do
       Rails.application.reload_routes!
 
diff --git a/config/environments/test.rb b/config/environments/test.rb
index d8235c6220c..0ee2c6a2a20 100644
--- a/config/environments/test.rb
+++ b/config/environments/test.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+require 'gitlab/testing/request_blocker_middleware'
+require 'gitlab/testing/request_inspector_middleware'
+
 Rails.application.configure do
   # Make sure the middleware is inserted first in middleware chain
   config.middleware.insert_before(ActionDispatch::Static, Gitlab::Testing::RequestBlockerMiddleware)
diff --git a/config/initializers/graphql.rb b/config/initializers/graphql.rb
index 44a9644f481..81317a3d87a 100644
--- a/config/initializers/graphql.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/graphql.rb
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ GraphQL::Field.accepts_definitions(authorize: GraphQL::Define.assign_metadata_ke
 GraphQL::Schema::Object.accepts_definition(:authorize)
 GraphQL::Schema::Field.accepts_definition(:authorize)
 
-Gitlab::Application.config.after_initialize do
-  GitlabSchema.middleware << GraphQL::Schema::TimeoutMiddleware.new(max_seconds: Gitlab.config.gitlab.graphql_timeout) do |timeout_error, query|
-    Gitlab::GraphqlLogger.error(message: timeout_error.to_s, query: query.query_string, query_variables: query.provided_variables)
-  end
+GitlabSchema.middleware << GraphQL::Schema::TimeoutMiddleware.new(max_seconds: Gitlab.config.gitlab.graphql_timeout) do |timeout_error, query|
+  Gitlab::GraphqlLogger.error(message: timeout_error.to_s, query: query.query_string, query_variables: query.provided_variables)
 end
diff --git a/db/migrate/20200211174946_add_auto_renew_to_gitlab_subscriptions.rb b/db/migrate/20200211174946_add_auto_renew_to_gitlab_subscriptions.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6bce74bb8f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20200211174946_add_auto_renew_to_gitlab_subscriptions.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+class AddAutoRenewToGitlabSubscriptions < ActiveRecord::Migration[6.0]
+  DOWNTIME = false
+
+  def change
+    add_column :gitlab_subscription_histories, :auto_renew, :boolean
+    add_column :gitlab_subscriptions, :auto_renew, :boolean
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 9d3ba5f3645..33724ef59b5 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -1912,6 +1912,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2020_02_14_034836) do
     t.bigint "gitlab_subscription_id", null: false
     t.datetime_with_timezone "created_at"
     t.date "trial_starts_on"
+    t.boolean "auto_renew"
     t.index ["gitlab_subscription_id"], name: "index_gitlab_subscription_histories_on_gitlab_subscription_id"
   end
 
@@ -1927,6 +1928,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2020_02_14_034836) do
     t.integer "seats", default: 0
     t.boolean "trial", default: false
     t.date "trial_starts_on"
+    t.boolean "auto_renew"
     t.index ["hosted_plan_id"], name: "index_gitlab_subscriptions_on_hosted_plan_id"
     t.index ["namespace_id"], name: "index_gitlab_subscriptions_on_namespace_id", unique: true
   end
diff --git a/doc/api/merge_trains.md b/doc/api/merge_trains.md
index 7fff09474df..d8446ed445f 100644
--- a/doc/api/merge_trains.md
+++ b/doc/api/merge_trains.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 > - [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/issues/36146) in GitLab 12.9.
 > - Using this API you can consume GitLab's [Merge Train](../ci/merge_request_pipelines/pipelines_for_merged_results/merge_trains/index.md) entries.
 
-Every API call to merge trains must be authenticated with Developer or higher [permissions](link-to-permissions-doc).
+Every API call to merge trains must be authenticated with Developer or higher [permissions](../user/permissions.md).
 
 If a user is not a member of a project and the project is private, a `GET` request on that project will result to a `404` status code.
 
diff --git a/locale/gitlab.pot b/locale/gitlab.pot
index c5b7e6f6baa..fd1661f227b 100644
--- a/locale/gitlab.pot
+++ b/locale/gitlab.pot
@@ -6303,6 +6303,9 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Dependency List"
 msgstr ""
 
+msgid "Dependency List has no entries"
+msgstr ""
+
 msgid "Dependency Proxy"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -10822,6 +10825,9 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "It must have a header row and at least two columns: the first column is the issue title and the second column is the issue description. The separator is automatically detected."
 msgstr ""
 
+msgid "It seems like the Dependency Scanning job ran successfully, but no dependencies have been detected in your project."
+msgstr ""
+
 msgid "It's you"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -21516,6 +21522,9 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "View replaced file @ "
 msgstr ""
 
+msgid "View supported languages and frameworks"
+msgstr ""
+
 msgid "View the documentation"
 msgstr ""
 
diff --git a/spec/helpers/projects_helper_spec.rb b/spec/helpers/projects_helper_spec.rb
index 37bc2b382cb..17e3f8f9c06 100644
--- a/spec/helpers/projects_helper_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/helpers/projects_helper_spec.rb
@@ -994,4 +994,56 @@ describe ProjectsHelper do
       it { is_expected.to eq(grafana_integration.enabled) }
     end
   end
+
+  describe '#project_license_name(project)' do
+    let_it_be(:project) { create(:project) }
+    let_it_be(:repository) { project.repository }
+
+    subject { project_license_name(project) }
+
+    context 'gitaly is working appropriately' do
+      it 'returns the license name' do
+        license = Licensee::License.new('mit')
+        allow(repository).to receive(:license).and_return(license)
+
+        expect(subject).to eq(license.name)
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'gitaly is unreachable' do
+      shared_examples 'returns nil and tracks exception' do
+        it { is_expected.to be_nil }
+
+        it 'tracks the exception' do
+          expect(Gitlab::ErrorTracking).to receive(:track_exception).with(
+            an_instance_of(exception)
+          )
+
+          subject
+        end
+      end
+
+      before do
+        allow(repository).to receive(:license).and_raise(exception)
+      end
+
+      context "Gitlab::Git::CommandError" do
+        let(:exception) { Gitlab::Git::CommandError }
+
+        it_behaves_like 'returns nil and tracks exception'
+      end
+
+      context "GRPC::Unavailable" do
+        let(:exception) { GRPC::Unavailable }
+
+        it_behaves_like 'returns nil and tracks exception'
+      end
+
+      context "GRPC::DeadlineExceeded" do
+        let(:exception) { GRPC::DeadlineExceeded }
+
+        it_behaves_like 'returns nil and tracks exception'
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end