diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index ba6c3f7c5580437563ad8678e01430dc0f9a26e1..576b755d06b17566fcdc89b57ac6e8a8ab4b030d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ v 8.13.0 (unreleased)
   - Replace bootstrap caret with fontawesome caret (ClemMakesApps)
   - Fix unnecessary escaping of reserved HTML characters in milestone title. !6533
   - Add organization field to user profile
+  - Ignore deployment for statistics in Cycle Analytics, except in staging and production stages
   - Fix enter key when navigating search site search dropdown. !6643 (Brennan Roberts)
   - Fix deploy status responsiveness error !6633
   - Make searching for commits case insensitive
diff --git a/app/models/cycle_analytics.rb b/app/models/cycle_analytics.rb
index be295487fd2786c0e47f4157e86ef704993aac5c..0f3fd995681b648a2afc5b00241c08f60fadeb15 100644
--- a/app/models/cycle_analytics.rb
+++ b/app/models/cycle_analytics.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ class CycleAnalytics
   include Gitlab::Database::Median
   include Gitlab::Database::DateTime
 
+  DEPLOYED_CHECK_METRICS = %i[production staging]
+
   def initialize(project, from:)
     @project = project
     @from = from
@@ -66,7 +68,7 @@ class CycleAnalytics
     # cycle analytics stage.
     interval_query = Arel::Nodes::As.new(
       cte_table,
-      subtract_datetimes(base_query, end_time_attrs, start_time_attrs, name.to_s))
+      subtract_datetimes(base_query_for(name), end_time_attrs, start_time_attrs, name.to_s))
 
     median_datetime(cte_table, interval_query, name)
   end
@@ -75,7 +77,7 @@ class CycleAnalytics
   # closes the given issue) with issue and merge request metrics included. The metrics
   # are loaded with an inner join, so issues / merge requests without metrics are
   # automatically excluded.
-  def base_query
+  def base_query_for(name)
     arel_table = MergeRequestsClosingIssues.arel_table
 
     # Load issues
@@ -91,7 +93,11 @@ class CycleAnalytics
             join(MergeRequest::Metrics.arel_table).
             on(MergeRequest.arel_table[:id].eq(MergeRequest::Metrics.arel_table[:merge_request_id]))
 
-    # Limit to merge requests that have been deployed to production after `@from`
-    query.where(MergeRequest::Metrics.arel_table[:first_deployed_to_production_at].gteq(@from))
+    if DEPLOYED_CHECK_METRICS.include?(name)
+      # Limit to merge requests that have been deployed to production after `@from`
+      query.where(MergeRequest::Metrics.arel_table[:first_deployed_to_production_at].gteq(@from))
+    end
+
+    query
   end
 end
diff --git a/doc/user/project/cycle_analytics.md b/doc/user/project/cycle_analytics.md
index c16058165d701db0c83cfa291694204e7601e324..1892ccabb7044822e466dd05b6413705b8d46815 100644
--- a/doc/user/project/cycle_analytics.md
+++ b/doc/user/project/cycle_analytics.md
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 > [Introduced][ce-5986] in GitLab 8.12.
 >
 > **Note:**
-This the first iteration of Cycle Analytics, you can follow the following issue
-to track the changes that are coming to this feature: [#20975][ce-20975].
+There are more changes coming to Cycle Analytics, you can follow the following
+issue to track the changes to this feature: [#20975][ce-20975].
 
 Cycle Analytics measures the time it takes to go from an [idea to production] for
 each project you have. This is achieved by not only indicating the total time it
@@ -48,13 +48,12 @@ You can see that there are seven stages in total:
 
 ## How the data is measured
 
-Cycle Analytics records cycle time so only data on the issues that have been
-deployed to production are measured. In case you just started a new project and
-you have not pushed anything to production, then you will not be able to
-properly see the Cycle Analytics of your project.
+Cycle Analytics records cycle time and data based on the project issues with the
+exception of the staging and production stages, where only data deployed to 
+production are measured.
 
 Specifically, if your CI is not set up and you have not defined a `production`
-[environment], then you will not have any data.
+[environment], then you will not have any data for those stages.
 
 Below you can see in more detail what the various stages of Cycle Analytics mean.
 
@@ -76,9 +75,8 @@ Here's a little explanation of how this works behind the scenes:
    `<issue, merge request>` pair, the merge request has the [issue closing pattern]
    for the corresponding issue. All other issues and merge requests are **not**
    considered.
-1. Then the <issue, merge request> pairs are filtered out. Any merge request
-   that has **not** been deployed to production in the last XX days (specified
-   by the UI - default is 90 days) prohibits these pairs from being considered.
+1. Then the <issue, merge request> pairs are filtered out by last XX days (specified
+   by the UI - default is 90 days). So it prohibits these pairs from being considered.
 1. For the remaining `<issue, merge request>` pairs, we check the information that
    we need for the stages, like issue creation date, merge request merge time,
    etc.
@@ -86,8 +84,8 @@ Here's a little explanation of how this works behind the scenes:
 To sum up, anything that doesn't follow the [GitLab flow] won't be tracked at all.
 So, if a merge request doesn't close an issue or an issue is not labeled with a
 label present in the Issue Board or assigned a milestone or a project has no
-`production` environment, the Cycle Analytics dashboard won't present any data
-at all.
+`production` environment (for staging and production stages), the Cycle Analytics
+dashboard won't present any data at all.
 
 ## Example workflow
 
diff --git a/spec/models/cycle_analytics/code_spec.rb b/spec/models/cycle_analytics/code_spec.rb
index b9381e3391411e0da08bff5ca8ee16a4748a32ad..7691d690db0fc79dbfcb653a2641c905dcce8564 100644
--- a/spec/models/cycle_analytics/code_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/cycle_analytics/code_spec.rb
@@ -8,35 +8,69 @@ describe 'CycleAnalytics#code', feature: true do
   let(:user) { create(:user, :admin) }
   subject { CycleAnalytics.new(project, from: from_date) }
 
-  generate_cycle_analytics_spec(
-    phase: :code,
-    data_fn: -> (context) { { issue: context.create(:issue, project: context.project) } },
-    start_time_conditions: [["issue mentioned in a commit",
-                             -> (context, data) do
-                               context.create_commit_referencing_issue(data[:issue])
-                             end]],
-    end_time_conditions:   [["merge request that closes issue is created",
-                             -> (context, data) do
-                               context.create_merge_request_closing_issue(data[:issue])
-                             end]],
-    post_fn: -> (context, data) do
-      context.merge_merge_requests_closing_issue(data[:issue])
-      context.deploy_master
-    end)
-
-  context "when a regular merge request (that doesn't close the issue) is created" do
-    it "returns nil" do
-      5.times do
-        issue = create(:issue, project: project)
-
-        create_commit_referencing_issue(issue)
-        create_merge_request_closing_issue(issue, message: "Closes nothing")
-
-        merge_merge_requests_closing_issue(issue)
-        deploy_master
+  context 'with deployment' do
+    generate_cycle_analytics_spec(
+      phase: :code,
+      data_fn: -> (context) { { issue: context.create(:issue, project: context.project) } },
+      start_time_conditions: [["issue mentioned in a commit",
+                               -> (context, data) do
+                                 context.create_commit_referencing_issue(data[:issue])
+                               end]],
+      end_time_conditions:   [["merge request that closes issue is created",
+                               -> (context, data) do
+                                 context.create_merge_request_closing_issue(data[:issue])
+                               end]],
+      post_fn: -> (context, data) do
+        context.merge_merge_requests_closing_issue(data[:issue])
+        context.deploy_master
+      end)
+
+    context "when a regular merge request (that doesn't close the issue) is created" do
+      it "returns nil" do
+        5.times do
+          issue = create(:issue, project: project)
+
+          create_commit_referencing_issue(issue)
+          create_merge_request_closing_issue(issue, message: "Closes nothing")
+
+          merge_merge_requests_closing_issue(issue)
+          deploy_master
+        end
+
+        expect(subject.code).to be_nil
       end
+    end
+  end
 
-      expect(subject.code).to be_nil
+  context 'without deployment' do
+    generate_cycle_analytics_spec(
+      phase: :code,
+      data_fn: -> (context) { { issue: context.create(:issue, project: context.project) } },
+      start_time_conditions: [["issue mentioned in a commit",
+                               -> (context, data) do
+                                 context.create_commit_referencing_issue(data[:issue])
+                               end]],
+      end_time_conditions:   [["merge request that closes issue is created",
+                               -> (context, data) do
+                                 context.create_merge_request_closing_issue(data[:issue])
+                               end]],
+      post_fn: -> (context, data) do
+        context.merge_merge_requests_closing_issue(data[:issue])
+      end)
+
+    context "when a regular merge request (that doesn't close the issue) is created" do
+      it "returns nil" do
+        5.times do
+          issue = create(:issue, project: project)
+
+          create_commit_referencing_issue(issue)
+          create_merge_request_closing_issue(issue, message: "Closes nothing")
+
+          merge_merge_requests_closing_issue(issue)
+        end
+
+        expect(subject.code).to be_nil
+      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/models/cycle_analytics/issue_spec.rb b/spec/models/cycle_analytics/issue_spec.rb
index e9cc71254ab46619a65fe80ce7c79793f107fc05..f649b44d3670b4016be3c900ad859c3271bd10f9 100644
--- a/spec/models/cycle_analytics/issue_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/cycle_analytics/issue_spec.rb
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ describe 'CycleAnalytics#issue', models: true do
       if data[:issue].persisted?
         context.create_merge_request_closing_issue(data[:issue].reload)
         context.merge_merge_requests_closing_issue(data[:issue])
-        context.deploy_master
       end
     end)
 
@@ -41,7 +40,6 @@ describe 'CycleAnalytics#issue', models: true do
 
         create_merge_request_closing_issue(issue)
         merge_merge_requests_closing_issue(issue)
-        deploy_master
       end
 
       expect(subject.issue).to be_nil
diff --git a/spec/models/cycle_analytics/plan_spec.rb b/spec/models/cycle_analytics/plan_spec.rb
index 5b8c96dc992189169204304b0861bd6bee980371..2cdefbeef21bcd2d4441e38d48f5ee3ee34d8ebe 100644
--- a/spec/models/cycle_analytics/plan_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/cycle_analytics/plan_spec.rb
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ describe 'CycleAnalytics#plan', feature: true do
     post_fn: -> (context, data) do
       context.create_merge_request_closing_issue(data[:issue], source_branch: data[:branch_name])
       context.merge_merge_requests_closing_issue(data[:issue])
-      context.deploy_master
     end)
 
   context "when a regular label (instead of a list label) is added to the issue" do
@@ -44,7 +43,6 @@ describe 'CycleAnalytics#plan', feature: true do
 
       create_merge_request_closing_issue(issue, source_branch: branch_name)
       merge_merge_requests_closing_issue(issue)
-      deploy_master
 
       expect(subject.issue).to be_nil
     end
diff --git a/spec/models/cycle_analytics/review_spec.rb b/spec/models/cycle_analytics/review_spec.rb
index b6e26d8f261722ea5af3b23866ff76f630d1e8db..0ed080a42b1d7ff094b25259f66075d1361fff14 100644
--- a/spec/models/cycle_analytics/review_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/cycle_analytics/review_spec.rb
@@ -19,14 +19,12 @@ describe 'CycleAnalytics#review', feature: true do
                              -> (context, data) do
                                context.merge_merge_requests_closing_issue(data[:issue])
                              end]],
-    post_fn: -> (context, data) { context.deploy_master })
+    post_fn: nil)
 
   context "when a regular merge request (that doesn't close the issue) is created and merged" do
     it "returns nil" do
       5.times do
         MergeRequests::MergeService.new(project, user).execute(create(:merge_request))
-
-        deploy_master
       end
 
       expect(subject.review).to be_nil
diff --git a/spec/models/cycle_analytics/test_spec.rb b/spec/models/cycle_analytics/test_spec.rb
index 89ace0b274278379e3c0ead96136036a968c20ba..c454e3e070108cc20e7a55c80cf982855ea7da2e 100644
--- a/spec/models/cycle_analytics/test_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/cycle_analytics/test_spec.rb
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ describe 'CycleAnalytics#test', feature: true do
     end_time_conditions:   [["pipeline is finished", -> (context, data) { data[:pipeline].succeed! }]],
     post_fn: -> (context, data) do
       context.merge_merge_requests_closing_issue(data[:issue])
-      context.deploy_master
     end)
 
   context "when the pipeline is for a regular merge request (that doesn't close an issue)" do
@@ -34,7 +33,6 @@ describe 'CycleAnalytics#test', feature: true do
         pipeline.succeed!
 
         merge_merge_requests_closing_issue(issue)
-        deploy_master
       end
 
       expect(subject.test).to be_nil
@@ -49,7 +47,6 @@ describe 'CycleAnalytics#test', feature: true do
         pipeline.run!
         pipeline.succeed!
 
-        deploy_master
       end
 
       expect(subject.test).to be_nil
@@ -67,7 +64,6 @@ describe 'CycleAnalytics#test', feature: true do
         pipeline.drop!
 
         merge_merge_requests_closing_issue(issue)
-        deploy_master
       end
 
       expect(subject.test).to be_nil
@@ -85,7 +81,6 @@ describe 'CycleAnalytics#test', feature: true do
         pipeline.cancel!
 
         merge_merge_requests_closing_issue(issue)
-        deploy_master
       end
 
       expect(subject.test).to be_nil