How to Use GitLab

Migrations The place to share your knowledge, experience and tools, to migrate from other git hosting platforms to GitLab. Self-managed Self-managed administration, complex architectures, etc. Upgrade All upgrade related topics should go here.

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Storage management automation resources How to Use GitLab api , efficiency , storage , automation , cli :bulb: This topic collects helpful resources for storage management automation, including scripts, articles, forum topics, and more. Documentation Manage your Storage Usage Storage Management Automation with practical …	2	4827	August 14, 2025
Refreshing a Fork How to Use GitLab I have forked a repository that is constantly updated by the creator. How do I go about updating my forked copy so that I have the most up-to-date files?	32	93861	November 11, 2024
🦊 Report a Bug How to Use GitLab bug Note: the :fox_face: emoji in the title of this post indicates that it was created and written by a GitLab Team Member. Let’s Talk Bugs We rely on you, our community, to report bugs :bug: in our product when you see the…	3	18731	July 26, 2024
Troubleshooting guide wiki How to Use GitLab	4	21428	May 25, 2021
About the How to Use GitLab category How to Use GitLab	1	5736	November 24, 2021
GPG Key listed as Unverified How to Use GitLab	3	11766	October 10, 2025
Gitlab for Jira Cloud App connectivity error between Gitlab and Jira How to Use GitLab	0	7	October 10, 2025
Weight of tasks not added to issue, so what's the point? How to Use GitLab	3	104	October 10, 2025
Change role from developer to maintainer How to Use GitLab	8	81677	October 10, 2025
Gitlab pruning & reflog How to Use GitLab	8	382	October 10, 2025
Migration of legacy container registry to registry metadata database Self-managed	1	7	October 10, 2025
Intermittent "ActiveRecord::ConnectionNotEstablished" since upgrade Self-managed	5	37	October 9, 2025
Refreshing personal access token doesn't refresh the expiry date? How to Use GitLab token	0	14	October 9, 2025
How to extend expiration of access tokens Self-managed security	11	23331	October 9, 2025
Not receiving any emails except pipeline notifications How to Use GitLab	1	12	October 9, 2025
Migration help: Gitlab 12.7.6 from EC2 to EKS - Helm chart compatibility & backup restore issues Migrations	0	8	October 9, 2025
An error occurred while creating the token Self-managed	8	1542	October 9, 2025
README.md preview not showing in any repository How to Use GitLab	6	69	October 9, 2025
Option to restrict Guests from creating Issues (view & comment only) How to Use GitLab	0	4	October 9, 2025
How to hide group-level navigation tabs (Code, Build, Deploy) for non-technical users How to Use GitLab web-ui , gitlab-pages	0	4	October 9, 2025
Upgrade gitlab-ce from 18.3.1 to 18.4.0 Upgrade	14	705	October 9, 2025
Can't Reassign placeholders Self-managed	2	191	October 9, 2025
Lost Gitlab repo after Webstorm IDE update How to Use GitLab	1	10	October 9, 2025
GitLab 18 — LFS over SSH fails, internal API 404 (/api/v4/internal/authorized_keys) Self-managed api , ssh , git , lfs	0	10	October 9, 2025
After GitLab 18.x upgrade (Omnibus), omniauth-oauth2-generic fails – id_path broken Upgrade upgrade , oauth , omniauth	5	123	October 9, 2025
Last update delete my repository How to Use GitLab	2	603	October 8, 2025
All repositories are empty after upgrade How to Use GitLab	2	768	October 8, 2025
Performance Issues and Missing Indexes After Upgrade to 18.3 Upgrade upgrade	3	543	October 8, 2025
Group API shared_with_groups missing results How to Use GitLab api	1	553	October 8, 2025
Gitlab CI/CD job (and runner's pod) stuck at script transfer Self-managed runner , kubernetes	0	4	October 8, 2025