• 16.2
  • Redis 7.0.12
• 16.0
  • PostgreSQL 12 removal
  • Deprecating bundled Grafana
  • Upgrade GitLab Docker image to use Ubuntu 22.04 as base

GitLab 16 specific changes

16.2

Redis 7.0.12

In 16.2, we are upgrading Redis from 6.2.11 to 7.0.12. This upgrade is expected to be fully backwards compatible.

Redis will not be automatically restarted as part of gitlab-ctl reconfigure. Hence, users are manually required to run sudo gitlab-ctl restart redis after the reconfigure run so that the new Redis version gets used. A warning mentioning that the installed Redis version is different than the one running is displayed at the end of reconfigure run until the restart is performed.

If your instance has Redis HA with Sentinel, follow the upgrade steps mentioned in Zero Downtime documentation.

16.0

PostgreSQL 12 removal

The binaries for PostgreSQL 12 have been removed.

Prior to upgrading, administrators using Omnibus GitLab must:

1. Ensure the installation is using PostgreSQL 13

Deprecating bundled Grafana

Bundled Grafana is deprecated and is no longer supported. It will be removed in GitLab 16.3.

For more information, see deprecation notes.

Upgrade GitLab Docker image to use Ubuntu 22.04 as base

This upgrades openssh-server to 1:8.9p1-3.

Using ssh-keyscan -t rsa with older OpenSSH clients to obtain public key information will no longer be viable due to deprecations listed in OpenSSH 8.7 Release Notes.

Workaround is to make use of a different key type, or upgrade the client OpenSSH to a version >= 8.7