Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot into brad-issue-6735

Author: BradleyOlson64

.gitlab-ci.yml

@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ default:
       - api_failure
   interruptible: true
 
+.common-before-script:
+  before_script:
+    - !reference [.job-switcher, before_script]
+    - !reference [.timestamp, before_script]
+
 .collect-artifacts:
   artifacts:
     name: "${CI_JOB_NAME}_${CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME}"
@@ -68,7 +73,6 @@ default:
 # they will be used if the job fails
 .pipeline-stopper-vars:
   before_script:
-    - !reference [.job-switcher, before_script]
     - echo "FAILED_JOB_URL=${CI_JOB_URL}" > pipeline-stopper.env
     - echo "FAILED_JOB_NAME=${CI_JOB_NAME}" >> pipeline-stopper.env
     - echo "FAILED_JOB_NAME=${CI_JOB_NAME}" >> pipeline-stopper.env
@@ -86,20 +90,20 @@ default:
 .kubernetes-env:
   image: "${CI_IMAGE}"
   before_script:
-    - !reference [.job-switcher, before_script]
+    - !reference [.common-before-script, before_script]
   tags:
     - kubernetes-parity-build
 
 .docker-env:
   image: "${CI_IMAGE}"
   before_script:
-    - !reference [.job-switcher, before_script]
+    - !reference [.common-before-script, before_script]
   tags:
     - linux-docker-vm-c2
 
 .compiler-info:
   before_script:
-    - !reference [.job-switcher, before_script]
+    - !reference [.common-before-script, before_script]
     - rustup show
     - cargo --version
 
@@ -154,7 +158,7 @@ default:
 
 .build-push-image:
   before_script:
-    - !reference [.job-switcher, before_script]
+    - !reference [.common-before-script, before_script]
     - test -s ./artifacts/VERSION || exit 1
     - test -s ./artifacts/EXTRATAG || exit 1
     - VERSION="$(cat ./artifacts/VERSION)"
@@ -196,6 +200,10 @@ include:
   - scripts/ci/gitlab/pipeline/publish.yml
   # zombienet jobs
   - scripts/ci/gitlab/pipeline/zombienet.yml
+  # timestamp handler
+  - project: parity/infrastructure/ci_cd/shared
+    ref: v0.1
+    file: /common/timestamp.yml
 
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