diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/environments/components/environment_item.vue b/app/assets/javascripts/environments/components/environment_item.vue
index 748673f05bb..d480984da70 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/environments/components/environment_item.vue
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/environments/components/environment_item.vue
@@ -43,16 +43,21 @@ export default {
   mixins: [environmentItemMixin],
 
   props: {
+    canReadEnvironment: {
+      type: Boolean,
+      required: false,
+      default: false,
+    },
+
     model: {
       type: Object,
       required: true,
       default: () => ({}),
     },
 
-    canReadEnvironment: {
-      type: Boolean,
-      required: false,
-      default: false,
+    tableData: {
+      type: Object,
+      required: true,
     },
   },
 
@@ -447,9 +452,13 @@ export default {
     class="gl-responsive-table-row"
     role="row"
   >
-    <div class="table-section section-wrap section-15 text-truncate" role="gridcell">
+    <div
+      class="table-section section-wrap text-truncate"
+      :class="tableData.name.spacing"
+      role="gridcell"
+    >
       <div v-if="!model.isFolder" class="table-mobile-header" role="rowheader">
-        {{ s__('Environments|Environment') }}
+        {{ tableData.name.title }}
       </div>
 
       <span v-if="shouldRenderDeployBoard" class="deploy-board-icon" @click="toggleDeployBoard">
@@ -489,7 +498,8 @@ export default {
     </div>
 
     <div
-      class="table-section section-10 deployment-column d-none d-sm-none d-md-block"
+      class="table-section deployment-column d-none d-sm-none d-md-block"
+      :class="tableData.deploy.spacing"
       role="gridcell"
     >
       <span v-if="shouldRenderDeploymentID" class="text-break-word">
@@ -508,7 +518,11 @@ export default {
       </span>
     </div>
 
-    <div class="table-section section-15 d-none d-sm-none d-md-block" role="gridcell">
+    <div
+      class="table-section d-none d-sm-none d-md-block"
+      :class="tableData.build.spacing"
+      role="gridcell"
+    >
       <a v-if="shouldRenderBuildName" :href="buildPath" class="build-link cgray">
         <tooltip-on-truncate
           :title="buildName"
@@ -522,8 +536,14 @@ export default {
       </a>
     </div>
 
-    <div v-if="!model.isFolder" class="table-section section-20" role="gridcell">
-      <div role="rowheader" class="table-mobile-header">{{ s__('Environments|Commit') }}</div>
+    <div
+      v-if="!model.isFolder"
+      class="table-section"
+      :class="tableData.commit.spacing"
+      role="gridcell"
+    >
+      <div role="rowheader" class="table-mobile-header">{{ tableData.commit.title }}</div>
+
       <div v-if="hasLastDeploymentKey" class="js-commit-component table-mobile-content">
         <commit-component
           :tag="commitTag"
@@ -539,8 +559,14 @@ export default {
       </div>
     </div>
 
-    <div v-if="!model.isFolder" class="table-section section-10" role="gridcell">
-      <div role="rowheader" class="table-mobile-header">{{ s__('Environments|Updated') }}</div>
+    <div
+      v-if="!model.isFolder"
+      class="table-section"
+      :class="tableData.date.spacing"
+      role="gridcell"
+    >
+      <div role="rowheader" class="table-mobile-header">{{ tableData.date.title }}</div>
+
       <span v-if="canShowDate" class="environment-created-date-timeago table-mobile-content">
         {{ deployedDate }}
       </span>
@@ -548,7 +574,8 @@ export default {
 
     <div
       v-if="!model.isFolder && displayEnvironmentActions"
-      class="table-section section-30 table-button-footer"
+      class="table-section table-button-footer"
+      :class="tableData.actions.spacing"
       role="gridcell"
     >
       <div class="btn-group table-action-buttons" role="group">
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/environments/components/environments_table.vue b/app/assets/javascripts/environments/components/environments_table.vue
index 4464f5e5578..2d2e09c6190 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/environments/components/environments_table.vue
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/environments/components/environments_table.vue
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  */
 import { GlLoadingIcon } from '@gitlab/ui';
 import _ from 'underscore';
+import { s__ } from '~/locale';
 import environmentTableMixin from 'ee_else_ce/environments/mixins/environments_table_mixin';
 import EnvironmentItem from './environment_item.vue';
 
@@ -41,6 +42,34 @@ export default {
           : env,
       );
     },
+    tableData() {
+      return {
+        // percent spacing for cols, should add up to 100
+        name: {
+          title: s__('Environments|Environment'),
+          spacing: 'section-15',
+        },
+        deploy: {
+          title: s__('Environments|Deployment'),
+          spacing: 'section-10',
+        },
+        build: {
+          title: s__('Environments|Job'),
+          spacing: 'section-15',
+        },
+        commit: {
+          title: s__('Environments|Commit'),
+          spacing: 'section-20',
+        },
+        date: {
+          title: s__('Environments|Updated'),
+          spacing: 'section-10',
+        },
+        actions: {
+          spacing: 'section-30',
+        },
+      };
+    },
   },
   methods: {
     folderUrl(model) {
@@ -79,20 +108,20 @@ export default {
 <template>
   <div class="ci-table" role="grid">
     <div class="gl-responsive-table-row table-row-header" role="row">
-      <div class="table-section section-15 environments-name" role="columnheader">
-        {{ s__('Environments|Environment') }}
+      <div class="table-section" :class="tableData.name.spacing" role="columnheader">
+        {{ tableData.name.title }}
       </div>
-      <div class="table-section section-10 environments-deploy" role="columnheader">
-        {{ s__('Environments|Deployment') }}
+      <div class="table-section" :class="tableData.deploy.spacing" role="columnheader">
+        {{ tableData.deploy.title }}
       </div>
-      <div class="table-section section-15 environments-build" role="columnheader">
-        {{ s__('Environments|Job') }}
+      <div class="table-section" :class="tableData.build.spacing" role="columnheader">
+        {{ tableData.build.title }}
       </div>
-      <div class="table-section section-20 environments-commit" role="columnheader">
-        {{ s__('Environments|Commit') }}
+      <div class="table-section" :class="tableData.commit.spacing" role="columnheader">
+        {{ tableData.commit.title }}
       </div>
-      <div class="table-section section-10 environments-date" role="columnheader">
-        {{ s__('Environments|Updated') }}
+      <div class="table-section" :class="tableData.date.spacing" role="columnheader">
+        {{ tableData.date.title }}
       </div>
     </div>
     <template v-for="(model, i) in sortedEnvironments" :model="model">
@@ -101,6 +130,7 @@ export default {
         :key="`environment-item-${i}`"
         :model="model"
         :can-read-environment="canReadEnvironment"
+        :table-data="tableData"
       />
 
       <div
@@ -132,6 +162,7 @@ export default {
             :key="`env-item-${i}-${index}`"
             :model="children"
             :can-read-environment="canReadEnvironment"
+            :table-data="tableData"
           />
 
           <div :key="`sub-div-${i}`">
diff --git a/app/controllers/snippets_controller.rb b/app/controllers/snippets_controller.rb
index 5805d068e21..54774df5e76 100644
--- a/app/controllers/snippets_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/snippets_controller.rb
@@ -15,13 +15,9 @@ class SnippetsController < ApplicationController
 
   before_action :snippet, only: [:show, :edit, :destroy, :update, :raw]
 
-  # Allow read snippet
+  before_action :authorize_create_snippet!, only: [:new, :create]
   before_action :authorize_read_snippet!, only: [:show, :raw]
-
-  # Allow modify snippet
   before_action :authorize_update_snippet!, only: [:edit, :update]
-
-  # Allow destroy snippet
   before_action :authorize_admin_snippet!, only: [:destroy]
 
   skip_before_action :authenticate_user!, only: [:index, :show, :raw]
@@ -140,6 +136,10 @@ class SnippetsController < ApplicationController
     return render_404 unless can?(current_user, :admin_personal_snippet, @snippet)
   end
 
+  def authorize_create_snippet!
+    return render_404 unless can?(current_user, :create_personal_snippet)
+  end
+
   def snippet_params
     params.require(:personal_snippet).permit(:title, :content, :file_name, :private, :visibility_level, :description)
   end
diff --git a/app/policies/global_policy.rb b/app/policies/global_policy.rb
index eca73f0a241..f212bb06bc9 100644
--- a/app/policies/global_policy.rb
+++ b/app/policies/global_policy.rb
@@ -75,12 +75,15 @@ class GlobalPolicy < BasePolicy
 
   rule { ~anonymous }.policy do
     enable :read_instance_metadata
+    enable :create_personal_snippet
   end
 
   rule { admin }.policy do
     enable :read_custom_attribute
     enable :update_custom_attribute
   end
+
+  rule { external_user }.prevent :create_personal_snippet
 end
 
 GlobalPolicy.prepend_if_ee('EE::GlobalPolicy')
diff --git a/app/policies/personal_snippet_policy.rb b/app/policies/personal_snippet_policy.rb
index 03869412d0c..5c62bdd0d95 100644
--- a/app/policies/personal_snippet_policy.rb
+++ b/app/policies/personal_snippet_policy.rb
@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@ class PersonalSnippetPolicy < BasePolicy
     enable :create_note
   end
 
-  rule { ~anonymous }.enable :create_personal_snippet
-  rule { external_user }.prevent :create_personal_snippet
-
   rule { internal_snippet & ~external_user }.policy do
     enable :read_personal_snippet
     enable :create_note
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/header/_new_dropdown.haml b/app/views/layouts/header/_new_dropdown.haml
index e28efb09be5..30109621515 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/header/_new_dropdown.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/header/_new_dropdown.haml
@@ -38,4 +38,5 @@
         %li= link_to _('New project'), new_project_path, class: 'qa-global-new-project-link'
       - if current_user.can_create_group?
         %li= link_to _('New group'), new_group_path
-      %li= link_to _('New snippet'), new_snippet_path, class: 'qa-global-new-snippet-link'
+      - if current_user.can?(:create_personal_snippet)
+        %li= link_to _('New snippet'), new_snippet_path, class: 'qa-global-new-snippet-link'
diff --git a/app/views/snippets/_actions.html.haml b/app/views/snippets/_actions.html.haml
index 9952f373156..a408278f7c9 100644
--- a/app/views/snippets/_actions.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/snippets/_actions.html.haml
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@
   - if can?(current_user, :admin_personal_snippet, @snippet)
     = link_to snippet_path(@snippet), method: :delete, data: { confirm: _("Are you sure?") }, class: "btn btn-grouped btn-inverted btn-remove", title: _('Delete Snippet') do
       = _("Delete")
-  = link_to new_snippet_path, class: "btn btn-grouped btn-success btn-inverted", title: _("New snippet") do
-    = _("New snippet")
+  - if can?(current_user, :create_personal_snippet)
+    = link_to new_snippet_path, class: "btn btn-grouped btn-success btn-inverted", title: _("New snippet") do
+      = _("New snippet")
   - if @snippet.submittable_as_spam_by?(current_user)
     = link_to _('Submit as spam'), mark_as_spam_snippet_path(@snippet), method: :post, class: 'btn btn-grouped btn-spam', title: _('Submit as spam')
 .d-block.d-sm-none.dropdown
@@ -17,9 +18,10 @@
     = icon('caret-down')
   .dropdown-menu.dropdown-menu-full-width
     %ul
-      %li
-        = link_to new_snippet_path, title: _("New snippet") do
-          = _("New snippet")
+      - if can?(current_user, :create_personal_snippet)
+        %li
+          = link_to new_snippet_path, title: _("New snippet") do
+            = _("New snippet")
       - if can?(current_user, :admin_personal_snippet, @snippet)
         %li
           = link_to snippet_path(@snippet), method: :delete, data: { confirm: _("Are you sure?") }, title: _('Delete Snippet') do
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/33718-add-new-dep-scanning-flag.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/33718-add-new-dep-scanning-flag.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e8ff06461e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/33718-add-new-dep-scanning-flag.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Add dependency scanning flag for skipping automatic bundler audit update
+merge_request: 20743
+author:
+type: added
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/fj-37436-fix-create-personal-snippet-ability.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/fj-37436-fix-create-personal-snippet-ability.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7b1d0548f11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/fj-37436-fix-create-personal-snippet-ability.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Ensure to check create_personal_snippet ability
+merge_request: 20838
+author:
+type: fixed
diff --git a/doc/administration/custom_hooks.md b/doc/administration/custom_hooks.md
index 0702e0aa141..437c9db1630 100644
--- a/doc/administration/custom_hooks.md
+++ b/doc/administration/custom_hooks.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Custom server-side Git hooks
+# Custom server-side Git hooks **(CORE ONLY)**
 
 NOTE: **Note:**
 Custom Git hooks must be configured on the filesystem of the GitLab
diff --git a/doc/administration/gitaly/index.md b/doc/administration/gitaly/index.md
index 314f5aad82e..c544c531d9f 100644
--- a/doc/administration/gitaly/index.md
+++ b/doc/administration/gitaly/index.md
@@ -334,7 +334,10 @@ When you tail the Gitaly logs on your Gitaly server you should see requests
 coming in. One sure way to trigger a Gitaly request is to clone a repository
 from your GitLab server over HTTP.
 
-DANGER: **Danger:** If you have [custom server-side Git hooks](../custom_hooks.md#custom-server-side-git-hooks) configured, either per repository or globally, you must move these to the Gitaly node. If you have multiple Gitaly nodes, copy your custom hook(s) to all nodes.
+DANGER: **Danger:**
+If you have [custom server-side Git hooks](../custom_hooks.md) configured,
+either per repository or globally, you must move these to the Gitaly node.
+If you have multiple Gitaly nodes, copy your custom hook(s) to all nodes.
 
 ### Disabling the Gitaly service in a cluster environment
 
diff --git a/doc/policy/maintenance.md b/doc/policy/maintenance.md
index 49f2b61a497..672fc5f9355 100644
--- a/doc/policy/maintenance.md
+++ b/doc/policy/maintenance.md
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ Decision on whether backporting a change will be performed is done at the discre
 
 1. Estimated [severity][severity-labels] of the bug: Highest possible impact to users based on the current definition of severity.
 
-1. Estimated [priority][priority-labels] of the bug: Immediate impact on all impacted users based on the above estimated severity.
+1. Estimated [priority][priority-definition] of the bug: Immediate impact on all impacted users based on the above estimated severity.
 
 1. Potentially incurring data loss and/or security breach.
 
@@ -115,16 +115,24 @@ one major version. For example, it is safe to:
   - `8.9.0` -> `8.9.7`
   - `8.9.0` -> `8.9.1`
   - `8.9.2` -> `8.9.6`
+  - `9.5.5` -> `9.5.9`
+  - `10.6.3` -> `10.6.6`
+  - `11.11.1` -> `11.11.8`
+  - `12.0.4` -> `12.0.9`
 - Upgrade the minor version:
   - `8.9.4` -> `8.12.3`
   - `9.2.3` -> `9.5.5`
+  - `10.6.6` -> `10.8.7`
+  - `11.3.4` -> `11.11.8`
 
 Upgrading the major version requires more attention.
 We cannot guarantee that upgrading between major versions will be seamless. As previously mentioned, major versions are reserved for backwards incompatible changes.
-
 We recommend that you first upgrade to the latest available minor version within
 your major version. By doing this, you can address any deprecation messages
 that could change behavior in the next major release.
+To ensure background migrations are successful, increment by one minor version during the version jump before installing newer releases.
+
+For example: `11.11.x` -> `12.0.x`
 
 Please see the table below for some examples:
 
@@ -133,7 +141,7 @@ Please see the table below for some examples:
 | 9.4.5                 | 8.13.4       | `8.13.4` -> `8.17.7` -> `9.4.5`                          | `8.17.7` is the last version in version `8` |
 | 10.1.4                | 8.13.4       | `8.13.4 -> 8.17.7 -> 9.5.10 -> 10.1.4`                   | `8.17.7` is the last version in version `8`, `9.5.10` is the last version in version `9` |
 | 11.3.4                | 8.13.4       | `8.13.4` -> `8.17.7` -> `9.5.10` -> `10.8.7` -> `11.3.4` | `8.17.7` is the last version in version `8`, `9.5.10` is the last version in version `9`, `10.8.7` is the last version in version `10` |
-| 12.0.2                | 11.3.4       | `11.3.4` -> `11.11.x` -> `12.0.2`                        | `11.11.x` is the last version in version `11`
+| 12.5.8                | 11.3.4       | `11.3.4` -> `11.11.8` -> `12.0.9` -> `12.5.8`            | `11.11.8` is the last version in version `11` |
 
 More information about the release procedures can be found in our
 [release documentation](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/release/docs). You may also want to read our
@@ -143,4 +151,4 @@ More information about the release procedures can be found in our
 [priority-definition]: ../development/contributing/issue_workflow.md#priority-labels
 [severity-labels]: ../development/contributing/issue_workflow.html#severity-labels
 [managing bugs]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/blob/master/PROCESS.md#managing-bugs
-[release/tasks]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/release/tasks/issues
+[release/tasks]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/release/tasks/issues/new?issuable_template=Backporting-request
diff --git a/doc/update/patch_versions.md b/doc/update/patch_versions.md
index 7314e34666d..b00fc5d90cf 100644
--- a/doc/update/patch_versions.md
+++ b/doc/update/patch_versions.md
@@ -12,13 +12,7 @@ You can select the tag in the version dropdown in the top left corner of GitLab
 
 ### 0. Backup
 
-It's useful to make a backup just in case things go south:
-
-```bash
-cd /home/git/gitlab
-
-sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake gitlab:backup:create RAILS_ENV=production
-```
+It's useful to make a backup just in case things go south. Depending on the installation method, backup commands vary, see the [backing up and restoring GitLab](../raketasks/backup_restore.md#creating-a-backup-of-the-gitlab-system) documentation.
 
 ### 1. Stop server
 
diff --git a/doc/user/application_security/dependency_scanning/index.md b/doc/user/application_security/dependency_scanning/index.md
index 4ceefc24e68..a2a0e913136 100644
--- a/doc/user/application_security/dependency_scanning/index.md
+++ b/doc/user/application_security/dependency_scanning/index.md
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ using environment variables.
 | `PIP_INDEX_URL`                         | Base URL of Python Package Index (default `https://pypi.org/simple`). |
 | `PIP_EXTRA_INDEX_URL`                   | Array of [extra URLs](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/reference/pip_install/#cmdoption-extra-index-url) of package indexes to use in addition to `PIP_INDEX_URL`. Comma separated. |
 | `MAVEN_CLI_OPTS`                        | List of command line arguments that will be passed to the maven analyzer during the project's build phase (see example for [using private repos](#using-private-maven-repos)). |
+| `BUNDLER_AUDIT_UPDATE_DISABLED`         | Disable automatic updates for the `bundler-audit` analyzer (default: `"false"`). Useful if you're running Dependency Scanning in an offline, air-gapped environment.|
 
 ### Using private Maven repos
 
diff --git a/doc/user/packages/conan_repository/index.md b/doc/user/packages/conan_repository/index.md
index 980346c3764..2366d1ccc0d 100644
--- a/doc/user/packages/conan_repository/index.md
+++ b/doc/user/packages/conan_repository/index.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ get familiar with the package naming convention.
 
 ## Authenticating to the GitLab Conan Repository
 
-You will need to generate a [personal access token](../../../user/profile/personal_access_tokens.md) for repository authentication.
+You will need to generate a [personal access token](../../../user/profile/personal_access_tokens.md) with the scope set to `api` for repository authentication.
 
 Now you can run conan commands using your token.
 
diff --git a/doc/user/packages/maven_repository/index.md b/doc/user/packages/maven_repository/index.md
index 8ed10c09891..70ff26b28b2 100644
--- a/doc/user/packages/maven_repository/index.md
+++ b/doc/user/packages/maven_repository/index.md
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ credentials do not work.
 ### Authenticating with a personal access token
 
 To authenticate with a [personal access token](../../profile/personal_access_tokens.md),
-add a corresponding section to your
+set the scope to `api` and add a corresponding section to your
 [`settings.xml`](https://maven.apache.org/settings.html) file:
 
 ```xml
diff --git a/doc/user/packages/npm_registry/index.md b/doc/user/packages/npm_registry/index.md
index edf299d6fdb..e611e4d99fb 100644
--- a/doc/user/packages/npm_registry/index.md
+++ b/doc/user/packages/npm_registry/index.md
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ If a project is private or you want to upload an NPM package to GitLab,
 credentials will need to be provided for authentication. Support is available for [OAuth tokens](../../../api/oauth2.md#resource-owner-password-credentials-flow) or [personal access tokens](../../profile/personal_access_tokens.md).
 
 CAUTION: **2FA is only supported with personal access tokens:**
-If you have 2FA enabled, you need to use a [personal access token](../../profile/personal_access_tokens.md) with OAuth headers. Standard OAuth tokens won't be able to authenticate to the GitLab NPM Registry.
+If you have 2FA enabled, you need to use a [personal access token](../../profile/personal_access_tokens.md) with OAuth headers with the scope set to `api`. Standard OAuth tokens won't be able to authenticate to the GitLab NPM Registry.
 
 ### Authenticating with an OAuth token
 
diff --git a/doc/user/project/merge_requests/merge_request_dependencies.md b/doc/user/project/merge_requests/merge_request_dependencies.md
index c99e6663093..8b8aa30e75a 100644
--- a/doc/user/project/merge_requests/merge_request_dependencies.md
+++ b/doc/user/project/merge_requests/merge_request_dependencies.md
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ type: reference, concepts
 > - [Renamed](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/merge_requests/17291) from
 "Cross-project dependencies" to "Merge Requests dependencies" in
 [GitLab Premium](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/) 12.4.
+> - Intra-project MR dependencies were [introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/merge_requests/16799)
+in [GitLab Premium](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/) 12.4.
 
 Merge request dependencies allows a required order of merging
 between merge requests to be expressed. If a merge request "depends on" another,
@@ -20,10 +22,6 @@ only enforced for the dependent merge request. A merge request in a **CORE** or
 **STARTER** project can be a dependency of a **PREMIUM** merge request, but not
 vice-versa.
 
-NOTE: **Note:**
-A merge request can only depend on merge requests in a different project. Two
-merge requests in the same project cannot depend on each other.
-
 ## Use cases
 
 - Ensure changes to a library are merged before changes to a project that
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/ci/templates/Security/Dependency-Scanning.gitlab-ci.yml b/lib/gitlab/ci/templates/Security/Dependency-Scanning.gitlab-ci.yml
index 424dff4e1ae..3f9d61a79f5 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/ci/templates/Security/Dependency-Scanning.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/lib/gitlab/ci/templates/Security/Dependency-Scanning.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ dependency_scanning:
           PIP_INDEX_URL \
           PIP_EXTRA_INDEX_URL \
           MAVEN_CLI_OPTS \
+          BUNDLER_AUDIT_UPDATE_DISABLED \
         ) \
         --volume "$PWD:/code" \
         --volume /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
diff --git a/spec/controllers/snippets_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/snippets_controller_spec.rb
index 054d448c28d..510db4374c0 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/snippets_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/snippets_controller_spec.rb
@@ -53,6 +53,16 @@ describe SnippetsController do
 
         expect(response).to have_gitlab_http_status(200)
       end
+
+      context 'when user is not allowed to create a personal snippet' do
+        let(:user) { create(:user, :external) }
+
+        it 'responds with status 404' do
+          get :new
+
+          expect(response).to have_gitlab_http_status(404)
+        end
+      end
     end
 
     context 'when not signed in' do
@@ -215,6 +225,20 @@ describe SnippetsController do
       expect(snippet.description).to eq('Description')
     end
 
+    context 'when user is not allowed to create a personal snippet' do
+      let(:user) { create(:user, :external) }
+
+      it 'responds with status 404' do
+        aggregate_failures do
+          expect do
+            create_snippet(visibility_level: Snippet::PUBLIC)
+          end.not_to change { Snippet.count }
+
+          expect(response).to have_gitlab_http_status(404)
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
     context 'when the snippet description contains a file' do
       include FileMoverHelpers
 
diff --git a/spec/features/snippets/show_spec.rb b/spec/features/snippets/show_spec.rb
index edf7d37fd6d..450e520e293 100644
--- a/spec/features/snippets/show_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/snippets/show_spec.rb
@@ -158,4 +158,21 @@ describe 'Snippet', :js do
 
     subject { visit snippet_path(snippet) }
   end
+
+  context 'when user cannot create snippets' do
+    let(:user) { create(:user, :external) }
+    let(:snippet) { create(:personal_snippet, :public) }
+
+    before do
+      sign_in(user)
+
+      visit snippet_path(snippet)
+
+      wait_for_requests
+    end
+
+    it 'does not show the "New Snippet" button' do
+      expect(page).not_to have_link('New snippet')
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/environments/environment_item_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/environments/environment_item_spec.js
index 4ab9a3998c0..09209ba2513 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/environments/environment_item_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/environments/environment_item_spec.js
@@ -2,6 +2,32 @@ import { format } from 'timeago.js';
 import Vue from 'vue';
 import environmentItemComp from '~/environments/components/environment_item.vue';
 
+const tableData = {
+  name: {
+    title: 'Environment',
+    spacing: 'section-15',
+  },
+  deploy: {
+    title: 'Deployment',
+    spacing: 'section-10',
+  },
+  build: {
+    title: 'Job',
+    spacing: 'section-15',
+  },
+  commit: {
+    title: 'Commit',
+    spacing: 'section-20',
+  },
+  date: {
+    title: 'Updated',
+    spacing: 'section-10',
+  },
+  actions: {
+    spacing: 'section-25',
+  },
+};
+
 describe('Environment item', () => {
   let EnvironmentItem;
 
@@ -27,6 +53,7 @@ describe('Environment item', () => {
         propsData: {
           model: mockItem,
           canReadEnvironment: true,
+          tableData,
         },
       }).$mount();
     });
@@ -119,6 +146,7 @@ describe('Environment item', () => {
         propsData: {
           model: environment,
           canReadEnvironment: true,
+          tableData,
         },
       }).$mount();
     });
diff --git a/spec/policies/global_policy_spec.rb b/spec/policies/global_policy_spec.rb
index c18cc245468..f715ecae347 100644
--- a/spec/policies/global_policy_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/policies/global_policy_spec.rb
@@ -306,4 +306,22 @@ describe GlobalPolicy do
       it { is_expected.not_to be_allowed(:use_slash_commands) }
     end
   end
+
+  describe 'create_personal_snippet' do
+    context 'when anonymous' do
+      let(:current_user) { nil }
+
+      it { is_expected.not_to be_allowed(:create_personal_snippet) }
+    end
+
+    context 'regular user' do
+      it { is_expected.to be_allowed(:create_personal_snippet) }
+    end
+
+    context 'when external' do
+      let(:current_user) { build(:user, :external) }
+
+      it { is_expected.not_to be_allowed(:create_personal_snippet) }
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/views/layouts/header/_new_dropdown.haml_spec.rb b/spec/views/layouts/header/_new_dropdown.haml_spec.rb
index 26e429ac5d0..1a04ffed103 100644
--- a/spec/views/layouts/header/_new_dropdown.haml_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/views/layouts/header/_new_dropdown.haml_spec.rb
@@ -126,6 +126,16 @@ describe 'layouts/header/_new_dropdown' do
 
       expect(rendered).to have_link('New snippet', href: new_snippet_path)
     end
+
+    context 'when the user is not allowed to create snippets' do
+      let(:user) { create(:user, :external)}
+
+      it 'has no "New snippet" link' do
+        render
+
+        expect(rendered).not_to have_link('New snippet', href: new_snippet_path)
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   def stub_current_user(current_user)