- 15.11.1
- 15.11.0
- 15.11.x
- 15.10.5
- 15.10.0
- 15.9.0
- 15.8.2
- 15.8.1
- 15.8.0
- 15.7.6
- 15.7.5
- 15.7.4
- 15.7.3
- 15.7.2
- 15.7.1
- 15.7.0
- 15.6.7
- 15.6.6
- 15.6.5
- 15.6.4
- 15.6.3
- 15.6.2
- 15.6.1
- 15.6.0
- 15.5.5
- 15.5.4
- 15.5.3
- 15.5.2
- 15.5.1
- 15.5.0
- 15.4.6
- 15.4.5
- 15.4.4
- 15.4.3
- 15.4.2
- 15.4.1
- 15.4.0
- 15.3.4
- 15.3.3
- 15.3.2
- 15.3.1
- 15.3.0
- 15.2.5
- 15.2.0
- 15.1.0
- 15.0.0
GitLab 15 changes
This page contains upgrade information for minor and patch versions of GitLab 15. Ensure you review these instructions for:
- Your installation type.
- All versions between your current version and your target version.
For more information about upgrading GitLab Helm Chart, see the release notes for 6.0.
15.11.1
- Many project importers and group importers now require the Maintainer role instead of only requiring the Developer role. For more information, see the documentation for any importers you use.
15.11.0
- Upgrade to patch release 15.11.3 or later. This avoids issue 408304 when upgrading from 15.5.0 and earlier.
Linux package installations
In GitLab 15.11, PostgreSQL will automatically be upgraded to 13.x except for the following cases:
- You are running the database in high availability using Patroni.
- Your database nodes are part of a GitLab Geo configuration.
- You have specifically opted out from automatically upgrading PostgreSQL.
- You have
postgresql['version'] = 12
in your/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb
.
Fault-tolerant and Geo installations support manual upgrades to PostgreSQL 13, see Packaged PostgreSQL deployed in an HA/Geo Cluster.
Geo installations
- Some project imports do not initialize wiki repositories on project creation. See the details and workaround.
-
pg_upgrade
fails to upgrade the bundled PostregSQL database to version 13. See the details and workaround.
pg_upgrade
fails to upgrade the bundled PostregSQL database to version 13
Affected minor releases | Affected patch releases | Fixed in |
---|---|---|
15.2 - 15.10 | All | None |
15.11 | 15.11.0 - 15.11.11 | 15.11.12 and later |
A bug in the
built-in pg-upgrade
tool prevents upgrading the bundled PostgreSQL database
to version 13. This leaves the secondary site in a broken state, and prevents
upgrading the Geo installation to GitLab 16.x
(PostgreSQL 12 support has removed in 16.0 and later
releases). This occurs on secondary sites using the bundled PostgreSQL
software, running both the secondary main Rails database and tracking database
on the same node. There is a manual
workaround
if you can’t upgrade to 15.11.12 and later.
15.11.x
- A bug can cause new LDAP users signing in for the first time to be assigned a username based on their email address instead of their LDAP username attribute. A manual workaround is to set
gitlab_rails['omniauth_auto_link_ldap_user'] = true
, or upgrade to GitLab 16.1 or later where the bug has been fixed.
15.10.5
- A bug with Elastic Indexer Cron Workers can cause saturation in Sidekiq.
- When this issue occurs, merge request merges, pipelines, Slack notifications, and other events are not created or take a long time to occur.
- This issue may not manifest immediately as it can take up to a week before the Sidekiq is saturated enough.
- Elasticsearch does not need to be enabled for this to occur.
- To resolve this issue, upgrade to 15.11 or use the workaround in the issue.
- Many project importers and group importers now require the Maintainer role instead of only requiring the Developer role. For more information, see the documentation for any importers you use.
15.10.0
- A bug with Elastic Indexer Cron Workers can cause saturation in Sidekiq.
- When this issue occurs, merge request merges, pipelines, Slack notifications, and other events are not created or take a long time to occur.
- This issue may not manifest immediately as it can take up to a week before the Sidekiq is saturated enough.
- Elasticsearch does not need to be enabled for this to occur.
- To resolve this issue, upgrade to 15.11 or use the workaround in the issue.
- A bug with zero-downtime reindexing can cause a
Couldn't load task status
error when you reindex. You might also get asliceId must be greater than 0 but was [-1]
error on the Elasticsearch host. As a workaround, consider reindexing from scratch or upgrading to GitLab 16.3. - Gitaly configuration changes significantly in Omnibus GitLab 16.0. You can begin migrating to the new structure in Omnibus GitLab 15.10 while backwards compatibility is maintained in the lead up to Omnibus GitLab 16.0. Read more about this change.
-
You might encounter the following error while upgrading to GitLab 15.10 or later:
STDOUT: rake aborted! StandardError: An error has occurred, all later migrations canceled: PG::CheckViolation: ERROR: check constraint "check_70f294ef54" is violated by some row
This error is caused by a batched background migration introduced in GitLab 15.8 not being finalized before GitLab 15.10. To resolve this error:
-
Execute the following SQL statement using the database console (
sudo gitlab-psql
for Linux package installs):UPDATE oauth_access_tokens SET expires_in = '7200' WHERE expires_in IS NULL;
-
-
You might also encounter the following error while upgrading to GitLab 15.10 or later:
"exception.class": "ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid", "exception.message": "PG::SyntaxError: ERROR: zero-length delimited identifier at or near \"\"\"\"\nLINE 1: ...COALESCE(\"lock_version\", 0) + 1 WHERE \"ci_builds\".\"\" IN (SEL...\n
This error is caused by a batched background migration introduced in GitLab 14.9 not being finalized before upgrading to GitLab 15.10 or later. To resolve this error, it is safe to mark the migration as complete:
# Start the rails console connection = Ci::ApplicationRecord.connection Gitlab::Database::SharedModel.using_connection(connection) do migration = Gitlab::Database::BackgroundMigration::BatchedMigration.find_for_configuration( Gitlab::Database.gitlab_schemas_for_connection(connection), 'NullifyOrphanRunnerIdOnCiBuilds', :ci_builds, :id, []) # mark all jobs completed migration.batched_jobs.update_all(status: Gitlab::Database::BackgroundMigration::BatchedJob.state_machine.states[:succeeded].value) migration.update_attribute(:status, Gitlab::Database::BackgroundMigration::BatchedMigration.state_machine.states[:finished].value) end
For more information, see issue 415724.
Geo installations
-
pg_upgrade
fails to upgrade the bundled PostregSQL database to version 13. See the details and workaround.
15.9.0
- A bug with Elastic Indexer Cron Workers can cause saturation in Sidekiq.
- When this issue occurs, merge request merges, pipelines, Slack notifications, and other events are not created or take a long time to occur.
- This issue may not manifest immediately as it can take up to a week before the Sidekiq is saturated enough.
- Elasticsearch does not need to be enabled for this to occur.
- To resolve this issue, upgrade to 15.11 or use the workaround in the issue.
- A bug with the
BackfillTraversalIdsToBlobsAndWikiBlobs
advanced search migration might cause the Elasticsearch cluster to become saturated.- When this issue occurs, searches might become slow and updates to the Elasticsearch cluster might take a long time to complete.
- To resolve this issue, upgrade to GitLab 15.10 to reduce the migration batch size.
-
Upgrade to patch release 15.9.3 or later. This provides fixes for two database migration bugs:
- Patch releases 15.9.0, 15.9.1, 15.9.2 have a bug that can cause data loss
from the user profile fields
linkedin
,twitter
,skype
,website_url
,location
, andorganization
. For more information, see issue 393216. - The second bug fix ensures it is possible to upgrade directly from 15.4.x.
- Patch releases 15.9.0, 15.9.1, 15.9.2 have a bug that can cause data loss
from the user profile fields
- As part of the CI Partitioning effort, a new Foreign Key was added to
ci_builds_needs
. On GitLab instances with large CI tables, adding this constraint can take longer than usual. -
Praefect’s metadata verifier’s invalid metadata deletion behavior is now enabled by default.
The metadata verifier processes replica records in the Praefect database and verifies the replicas actually exist on the Gitaly nodes. If the replica doesn’t exist, its metadata record is deleted. This enables Praefect to fix situations where a replica has a metadata record indicating it’s fine but, in reality, it doesn’t exist on disk. After the metadata record is deleted, Praefect’s reconciler schedules a replication job to recreate the replica.
Because of past issues with the state management logic, there may be invalid metadata records in the database. These could exist, for example, because of incomplete deletions of repositories or partially completed renames. The verifier deletes these stale replica records of affected repositories. These repositories may show up as unavailable repositories in the metrics and
praefect dataloss
sub-command because of the replica records being removed. If you encounter such repositories, remove the repository usingpraefect remove-repository
to remove the repository’s remaining records.You can find repositories with invalid metadata records prior in GitLab 15.0 and later by searching for the log records outputted by the verifier. Read more about repository verification, and to see an example log entry.
- Praefect configuration changes significantly in Omnibus GitLab 16.0. You can begin migrating to the new structure in Omnibus GitLab 15.9 while backwards compatibility is maintained in the lead up to Omnibus GitLab 16.0. Read more about this change.
Self-compiled installations
-
For self-compiled (source) installations, with the addition of
gitlab-sshd
the Kerberos headers are needed to build GitLab Shell.sudo apt install libkrb5-dev
Geo installations
-
pg_upgrade
fails to upgrade the bundled PostregSQL database to version 13. See the details and workaround.
15.8.2
Geo installations
- We discovered an issue where replication and verification of projects and wikis was not keeping up on small number of Geo installations. Your installation may be affected if you see some projects and/or wikis persistently in the “Queued” state for verification. This can lead to data loss after a failover.
- Affected versions: GitLab versions 15.6.x, 15.7.x, and 15.8.0 - 15.8.2.
- Versions containing fix: GitLab 15.8.3 and later.
15.8.1
- Due to a bug introduced in GitLab 15.4, if one or more Git repositories in Gitaly Cluster is unavailable, then Repository checks and Geo replication and verification stop running for all project or project wiki repositories in the affected Gitaly Cluster. The bug was fixed by reverting the change in GitLab 15.9.0. Before upgrading to this version, check if you have any “unavailable” repositories. See the bug issue for more information.
Geo installations
- We discovered an issue where replication and verification of projects and wikis was not keeping up on small number of Geo installations. Your installation may be affected if you see some projects and/or wikis persistently in the “Queued” state for verification. This can lead to data loss after a failover.
- Affected versions: GitLab versions 15.6.x, 15.7.x, and 15.8.0 - 15.8.2.
- Versions containing fix: GitLab 15.8.3 and later.
15.8.0
- Git 2.38.0 and later is required by Gitaly. For self-compiled installations, you should use the Git version provided by Gitaly.
- Due to a bug introduced in GitLab 15.4, if one or more Git repositories in Gitaly Cluster is unavailable, then Repository checks and Geo replication and verification stop running for all project or project wiki repositories in the affected Gitaly Cluster. The bug was fixed by reverting the change in GitLab 15.9.0. Before upgrading to this version, check if you have any “unavailable” repositories. See the bug issue for more information.
Geo installations
-
pg_upgrade
fails to upgrade the bundled PostregSQL database to version 13. See the details and workaround. - We discovered an issue where replication and verification of projects and wikis was not keeping up on small number of Geo installations. Your installation may be affected if you see some projects and/or wikis persistently in the “Queued” state for verification. This can lead to data loss after a failover.
- Affected versions: GitLab versions 15.6.x, 15.7.x, and 15.8.0 - 15.8.2.
- Versions containing fix: GitLab 15.8.3 and later.
15.7.6
- Due to a bug introduced in GitLab 15.4, if one or more Git repositories in Gitaly Cluster is unavailable, then Repository checks and Geo replication and verification stop running for all project or project wiki repositories in the affected Gitaly Cluster. The bug was fixed by reverting the change in GitLab 15.9.0. Before upgrading to this version, check if you have any “unavailable” repositories. See the bug issue for more information.
Geo installations
- We discovered an issue where replication and verification of projects and wikis was not keeping up on small number of Geo installations. Your installation may be affected if you see some projects and/or wikis persistently in the “Queued” state for verification. This can lead to data loss after a failover.
- Affected versions: GitLab versions 15.6.x, 15.7.x, and 15.8.0 - 15.8.2.
- Versions containing fix: GitLab 15.8.3 and later.
15.7.5
- Due to a bug introduced in GitLab 15.4, if one or more Git repositories in Gitaly Cluster is unavailable, then Repository checks and Geo replication and verification stop running for all project or project wiki repositories in the affected Gitaly Cluster. The bug was fixed by reverting the change in GitLab 15.9.0. Before upgrading to this version, check if you have any “unavailable” repositories. See the bug issue for more information.
Geo installations
- We discovered an issue where replication and verification of projects and wikis was not keeping up on small number of Geo installations. Your installation may be affected if you see some projects and/or wikis persistently in the “Queued” state for verification. This can lead to data loss after a failover.
- Affected versions: GitLab versions 15.6.x, 15.7.x, and 15.8.0 - 15.8.2.
- Versions containing fix: GitLab 15.8.3 and later.
15.7.4
- Due to a bug introduced in GitLab 15.4, if one or more Git repositories in Gitaly Cluster is unavailable, then Repository checks and Geo replication and verification stop running for all project or project wiki repositories in the affected Gitaly Cluster. The bug was fixed by reverting the change in GitLab 15.9.0. Before upgrading to this version, check if you have any “unavailable” repositories. See the bug issue for more information.
Geo installations
- We discovered an issue where replication and verification of projects and wikis was not keeping up on small number of Geo installations. Your installation may be affected if you see some projects and/or wikis persistently in the “Queued” state for verification. This can lead to data loss after a failover.
- Affected versions: GitLab versions 15.6.x, 15.7.x, and 15.8.0 - 15.8.2.
- Versions containing fix: GitLab 15.8.3 and later.
15.7.3
- Due to a bug introduced in GitLab 15.4, if one or more Git repositories in Gitaly Cluster is unavailable, then Repository checks and Geo replication and verification stop running for all project or project wiki repositories in the affected Gitaly Cluster. The bug was fixed by reverting the change in GitLab 15.9.0. Before upgrading to this version, check if you have any “unavailable” repositories. See the bug issue for more information.
Geo installations
- We discovered an issue where replication and verification of projects and wikis was not keeping up on small number of Geo installations. Your installation may be affected if you see some projects and/or wikis persistently in the “Queued” state for verification. This can lead to data loss after a failover.
- Affected versions: GitLab versions 15.6.x, 15.7.x, and 15.8.0 - 15.8.2.
- Versions containing fix: GitLab 15.8.3 and later.
15.7.2
- Due to a bug introduced in GitLab 15.4, if one or more Git repositories in Gitaly Cluster is unavailable, then Repository checks and Geo replication and verification stop running for all project or project wiki repositories in the affected Gitaly Cluster. The bug was fixed by reverting the change in GitLab 15.9.0. Before upgrading to this version, check if you have any “unavailable” repositories. See the bug issue for more information.
Geo installations
-
Container registry push events are rejected by the
/api/v4/container_registry_event/events
endpoint resulting in Geo secondary sites not being aware of updates to container registry images and subsequently not replicating the upgrades. Secondary sites may contain out of date container images after a failover as a consequence. This affects versions 15.6.0 - 15.6.6 and 15.7.0 - 15.7.2. If you’re using Geo with container repositories, you are advised to upgrade to GitLab 15.6.7, 15.7.3, or 15.8.0 which contain a fix for this issue and avoid potential data loss after a failover. - We discovered an issue where replication and verification of projects and wikis was not keeping up on small number of Geo installations. Your installation may be affected if you see some projects and/or wikis persistently in the “Queued” state for verification. This can lead to data loss after a failover.
- Affected versions: GitLab versions 15.6.x, 15.7.x, and 15.8.0 - 15.8.2.
- Versions containing fix: GitLab 15.8.3 and later.
15.7.1
- Due to a bug introduced in GitLab 15.4, if one or more Git repositories in Gitaly Cluster is unavailable, then Repository checks and Geo replication and verification stop running for all project or project wiki repositories in the affected Gitaly Cluster. The bug was fixed by reverting the change in GitLab 15.9.0. Before upgrading to this version, check if you have any “unavailable” repositories. See the bug issue for more information.
Geo installations
-
Container registry push events are rejected by the
/api/v4/container_registry_event/events
endpoint resulting in Geo secondary sites not being aware of updates to container registry images and subsequently not replicating the updates. Secondary sites may contain out of date container images after a failover as a consequence. This affects versions 15.6.0 - 15.6.6 and 15.7.0 - 15.7.2. If you’re using Geo with container repositories, you are advised to upgrade to GitLab 15.6.7, 15.7.3, or 15.8.0 which contain a fix for this issue and avoid potential data loss after a failover. - We discovered an issue where replication and verification of projects and wikis was not keeping up on small number of Geo installations. Your installation may be affected if you see some projects and/or wikis persistently in the “Queued” state for verification. This can lead to data loss after a failover.
- Affected versions: GitLab versions 15.6.x, 15.7.x, and 15.8.0 - 15.8.2.
- Versions containing fix: GitLab 15.8.3 and later.
15.7.0
- This version validates a
NOT NULL DB
constraint on theissues.work_item_type_id
column. To upgrade to this version, no records with aNULL
work_item_type_id
should exist on theissues
table. There are multipleBackfillWorkItemTypeIdForIssues
background migrations that will be finalized with theEnsureWorkItemTypeBackfillMigrationFinished
post-deploy migration. - GitLab 15.4.0 introduced a batched background migration to
backfill
namespace_id
values on issues table. This migration might take multiple hours or days to complete on larger GitLab instances. Make sure the migration has completed successfully before upgrading to 15.7.0. -
A database constraint is added, specifying that the
namespace_id
column on the issues table has noNULL
values.-
If the
namespace_id
batched background migration from 15.4 failed (see above) then the 15.7 upgrade fails with a database migration error. -
On GitLab instances with large issues tables, validating this constraint causes the upgrade to take longer than usual. All database changes need to complete within a one-hour limit:
FATAL: Mixlib::ShellOut::CommandTimeout: rails_migration[gitlab-rails] [..] Mixlib::ShellOut::CommandTimeout: Command timed out after 3600s:
A workaround exists to complete the data change and the upgrade manually.
-
-
The default Sidekiq
max_concurrency
has been changed to 20. This is now consistent in our documentation and product defaults.For example, previously:
- Linux package installation default (
sidekiq['max_concurrency']
): 50 - Self-compiled installation default: 50
- Helm chart default (
gitlab.sidekiq.concurrency
): 25
Reference architectures still use a default of 10 as this is set specifically for those configurations.
Sites that have configured
max_concurrency
will not be affected by this change. Read more about the Sidekiq concurrency setting. - Linux package installation default (
- GitLab Runner 15.7.0 introduced a breaking change that affects CI/CD jobs: Correctly handle expansion of job file variables. Previously, job-defined variables that referred to file type variables were expanded to the value of the file variable (its content). This behavior did not respect the typical rules of shell variable expansion. There was also the potential that secrets or sensitive information could leak if the file variable and its contents printed. For example, if they were printed in an echo output. For more information, see Understanding the file type variable expansion change in GitLab 15.7.
- Due to a bug introduced in GitLab 15.4, if one or more Git repositories in Gitaly Cluster is unavailable, then Repository checks and Geo replication and verification stop running for all project or project wiki repositories in the affected Gitaly Cluster. The bug was fixed by reverting the change in GitLab 15.9.0. Before upgrading to this version, check if you have any “unavailable” repositories. See the bug issue for more information.
Geo installations
-
pg_upgrade
fails to upgrade the bundled PostregSQL database to version 13. See the details and workaround. -
Container registry push events are rejected by the
/api/v4/container_registry_event/events
endpoint resulting in Geo secondary sites not being aware of updates to container registry images and subsequently not replicating the updates. Secondary sites may contain out of date container images after a failover as a consequence. This affects versions 15.6.0 - 15.6.6 and 15.7.0 - 15.7.2. If you’re using Geo with container repositories, you are advised to upgrade to GitLab 15.6.7, 15.7.3, or 15.8.0 which contain a fix for this issue and avoid potential data loss after a failover. - We discovered an issue where replication and verification of projects and wikis was not keeping up on small number of Geo installations. Your installation may be affected if you see some projects and/or wikis persistently in the “Queued” state for verification. This can lead to data loss after a failover.
- Affected versions: GitLab versions 15.6.x, 15.7.x, and 15.8.0 - 15.8.2.
- Versions containing fix: GitLab 15.8.3 and later.
15.6.7
- Due to a bug introduced in GitLab 15.4, if one or more Git repositories in Gitaly Cluster is unavailable, then Repository checks and Geo replication and verification stop running for all project or project wiki repositories in the affected Gitaly Cluster. The bug was fixed by reverting the change in GitLab 15.9.0. Before upgrading to this version, check if you have any “unavailable” repositories. See the bug issue for more information.
Geo installations
- We discovered an issue where replication and verification of projects and wikis was not keeping up on small number of Geo installations. Your installation may be affected if you see some projects and/or wikis persistently in the “Queued” state for verification. This can lead to data loss after a failover.
- Affected versions: GitLab versions 15.6.x, 15.7.x, and 15.8.0 - 15.8.2.
- Versions containing fix: GitLab 15.8.3 and later.
15.6.6
- Due to a bug introduced in GitLab 15.4, if one or more Git repositories in Gitaly Cluster is unavailable, then Repository checks and Geo replication and verification stop running for all project or project wiki repositories in the affected Gitaly Cluster. The bug was fixed by reverting the change in GitLab 15.9.0. Before upgrading to this version, check if you have any “unavailable” repositories. See the bug issue for more information.
Geo installations
-
Container registry push events are rejected by the
/api/v4/container_registry_event/events
endpoint resulting in Geo secondary sites not being aware of updates to container registry images and subsequently not replicating the updates. Secondary sites may contain out of date container images after a failover as a consequence. This affects versions 15.6.0 - 15.6.6 and 15.7.0 - 15.7.2. If you’re using Geo with container repositories, you are advised to upgrade to GitLab 15.6.7, 15.7.3, or 15.8.0 which contain a fix for this issue and avoid potential data loss after a failover. - We discovered an issue where replication and verification of projects and wikis was not keeping up on small number of Geo installations. Your installation may be affected if you see some projects and/or wikis persistently in the “Queued” state for verification. This can lead to data loss after a failover.
- Affected versions: GitLab versions 15.6.x, 15.7.x, and 15.8.0 - 15.8.2.
- Versions containing fix: GitLab 15.8.3 and later.
15.6.5
Geo installations
-
Container registry push events are rejected by the
/api/v4/container_registry_event/events
endpoint resulting in Geo secondary sites not being aware of updates to container registry images and subsequently not replicating the updates. Secondary sites may contain out of date container images after a failover as a consequence. This affects versions 15.6.0 - 15.6.6 and 15.7.0 - 15.7.2. If you’re using Geo with container repositories, you are advised to upgrade to GitLab 15.6.7, 15.7.3, or 15.8.0 which contain a fix for this issue and avoid potential data loss after a failover. - We discovered an issue where replication and verification of projects and wikis was not keeping up on small number of Geo installations. Your installation may be affected if you see some projects and/or wikis persistently in the “Queued” state for verification. This can lead to data loss after a failover.
- Affected versions: GitLab versions 15.6.x, 15.7.x, and 15.8.0 - 15.8.2.
- Versions containing fix: GitLab 15.8.3 and later.
- Due to a bug introduced in GitLab 15.4, if one or more Git repositories in Gitaly Cluster is unavailable, then Repository checks and Geo replication and verification stop running for all project or project wiki repositories in the affected Gitaly Cluster. The bug was fixed by reverting the change in GitLab 15.9.0. Before upgrading to this version, check if you have any “unavailable” repositories. See the bug issue for more information.
15.6.4
Geo installations
-
Container registry push events are rejected by the
/api/v4/container_registry_event/events
endpoint resulting in Geo secondary sites not being aware of updates to container registry images and subsequently not replicating the updates. Secondary sites may contain out of date container images after a failover as a consequence. This affects versions 15.6.0 - 15.6.6, and 15.7.0 - 15.7.2. If you’re using Geo with container repositories, you are advised to upgrade to GitLab 15.6.7, 15.7.3, or 15.8.0 which contain a fix for this issue and avoid potential data loss after a failover. - We discovered an issue where replication and verification of projects and wikis was not keeping up on small number of Geo installations. Your installation may be affected if you see some projects and/or wikis persistently in the “Queued” state for verification. This can lead to data loss after a failover.
- Affected versions: GitLab versions 15.6.x, 15.7.x, and 15.8.0 - 15.8.2.
- Versions containing fix: GitLab 15.8.3 and later.
- Due to a bug introduced in GitLab 15.4, if one or more Git repositories in Gitaly Cluster is unavailable, then Repository checks and Geo replication and verification stop running for all project or project wiki repositories in the affected Gitaly Cluster. The bug was fixed by reverting the change in GitLab 15.9.0. Before upgrading to this version, check if you have any “unavailable” repositories. See the bug issue for more information.
15.6.3
Geo installations
-
Container registry push events are rejected by the
/api/v4/container_registry_event/events
endpoint resulting in Geo secondary sites not being aware of updates to container registry images and subsequently not replicating the updates. Secondary sites may contain out of date container images after a failover as a consequence. This affects versions 15.6.0 - 15.6.6 and 15.7.0 - 15.7.2. If you’re using Geo with container repositories, you are advised to upgrade to GitLab 15.6.7, 15.7.3, or 15.8.0 which contain a fix for this issue and avoid potential data loss after a failover. - We discovered an issue where replication and verification of projects and wikis was not keeping up on small number of Geo installations. Your installation may be affected if you see some projects and/or wikis persistently in the “Queued” state for verification. This can lead to data loss after a failover.
- Affected versions: GitLab versions 15.6.x, 15.7.x, and 15.8.0 - 15.8.2.
- Versions containing fix: GitLab 15.8.3 and later.
- Due to a bug introduced in GitLab 15.4, if one or more Git repositories in Gitaly Cluster is unavailable, then Repository checks and Geo replication and verification stop running for all project or project wiki repositories in the affected Gitaly Cluster. The bug was fixed by reverting the change in GitLab 15.9.0. Before upgrading to this version, check if you have any “unavailable” repositories. See the bug issue for more information.
15.6.2
Geo installations
-
Container registry push events are rejected by the
/api/v4/container_registry_event/events
endpoint resulting in Geo secondary sites not being aware of updates to container registry images and subsequently not replicating the updates. Secondary sites may contain out of date container images after a failover as a consequence. This affects versions 15.6.0 - 15.6.6 and 15.7.0 - 15.7.2. If you’re using Geo with container repositories, you are advised to upgrade to GitLab 15.6.7, 15.7.3, or 15.8.0 which contain a fix for this issue and avoid potential data loss after a failover. - We discovered an issue where replication and verification of projects and wikis was not keeping up on small number of Geo installations. Your installation may be affected if you see some projects and/or wikis persistently in the “Queued” state for verification. This can lead to data loss after a failover.
- Affected versions: GitLab versions 15.6.x, 15.7.x, and 15.8.0 - 15.8.2.
- Versions containing fix: GitLab 15.8.3 and later.
- Due to a bug introduced in GitLab 15.4, if one or more Git repositories in Gitaly Cluster is unavailable, then Repository checks and Geo replication and verification stop running for all project or project wiki repositories in the affected Gitaly Cluster. The bug was fixed by reverting the change in GitLab 15.9.0. Before upgrading to this version, check if you have any “unavailable” repositories. See the bug issue for more information.
15.6.1
Geo installations
-
Container registry push events are rejected by the
/api/v4/container_registry_event/events
endpoint resulting in Geo secondary sites not being aware of updates to container registry images and subsequently not replicating the updates. Secondary sites may contain out of date container images after a failover as a consequence. This affects versions 15.6.0 - 15.6.6 and 15.7.0 - 15.7.2. If you’re using Geo with container repositories, you are advised to upgrade to GitLab 15.6.7, 15.7.3, or 15.8.0 which contain a fix for this issue and avoid potential data loss after a failover. - We discovered an issue where replication and verification of projects and wikis was not keeping up on small number of Geo installations. Your installation may be affected if you see some projects and/or wikis persistently in the “Queued” state for verification. This can lead to data loss after a failover.
- Affected versions: GitLab versions 15.6.x, 15.7.x, and 15.8.0 - 15.8.2.
- Versions containing fix: GitLab 15.8.3 and later.
- Due to a bug introduced in GitLab 15.4, if one or more Git repositories in Gitaly Cluster is unavailable, then Repository checks and Geo replication and verification stop running for all project or project wiki repositories in the affected Gitaly Cluster. The bug was fixed by reverting the change in GitLab 15.9.0. Before upgrading to this version, check if you have any “unavailable” repositories. See the bug issue for more information.
15.6.0
- You should use one of the officially supported PostgreSQL versions. Some database migrations can cause stability and performance issues with older PostgreSQL versions.
- Git 2.37.0 and later is required by Gitaly. For self-compiled installations, you should use the Git version provided by Gitaly.
-
A database change to modify the behavior of four indexes fails on instances where these indexes do not exist:
Caused by: PG::UndefinedTable: ERROR: relation "index_issues_on_title_trigram" does not exist
The other three indexes are:
index_merge_requests_on_title_trigram
,index_merge_requests_on_description_trigram
, andindex_issues_on_description_trigram
.This issue was fixed in GitLab 15.7 and backported to GitLab 15.6.2. The issue can also be worked around: read about how to create these indexes.
Linux package installations
In GitLab 15.6, the PostgreSQL versions shipped with omnibus-gitlab
packages
have been upgraded to 12.12 and 13.8. Unless
explicitly opted out,
this can cause an automatic restart of the PostgreSQL service, and can
potentially cause downtime.
Geo installations
-
pg_upgrade
fails to upgrade the bundled PostregSQL database to version 13. See the details and workaround. -
Container registry push events are rejected by the
/api/v4/container_registry_event/events
endpoint resulting in Geo secondary sites not being aware of updates to container registry images and subsequently not replicating the updates. Secondary sites may contain out of date container images after a failover as a consequence. This affects versions 15.6.0 - 15.6.6 and 15.7.0 - 15.7.2. If you’re using Geo with container repositories, you are advised to upgrade to GitLab 15.6.7, 15.7.3, or 15.8.0 which contain a fix for this issue and avoid potential data loss after a failover. - We discovered an issue where replication and verification of projects and wikis was not keeping up on small number of Geo installations. Your installation may be affected if you see some projects and/or wikis persistently in the “Queued” state for verification. This can lead to data loss after a failover.
- Affected versions: GitLab versions 15.6.x, 15.7.x, and 15.8.0 - 15.8.2.
- Versions containing fix: GitLab 15.8.3 and later.
- Due to a bug introduced in GitLab 15.4, if one or more Git repositories in Gitaly Cluster is unavailable, then Repository checks and Geo replication and verification stop running for all project or project wiki repositories in the affected Gitaly Cluster. The bug was fixed by reverting the change in GitLab 15.9.0. Before upgrading to this version, check if you have any “unavailable” repositories. See the bug issue for more information.
15.5.5
- Due to a bug introduced in GitLab 15.4, if one or more Git repositories in Gitaly Cluster is unavailable, then Repository checks and Geo replication and verification stop running for all project or project wiki repositories in the affected Gitaly Cluster. The bug was fixed by reverting the change in GitLab 15.9.0. Before upgrading to this version, check if you have any “unavailable” repositories. See the bug issue for more information.
15.5.4
- Due to a bug introduced in GitLab 15.4, if one or more Git repositories in Gitaly Cluster is unavailable, then Repository checks and Geo replication and verification stop running for all project or project wiki repositories in the affected Gitaly Cluster. The bug was fixed by reverting the change in GitLab 15.9.0. Before upgrading to this version, check if you have any “unavailable” repositories. See the bug issue for more information.
15.5.3
- GitLab 15.4.0 introduced a default Sidekiq routing rule that routes all jobs to the
default
queue. For instances using queue selectors, this causes performance problems as some Sidekiq processes will be idle.- The default routing rule has been reverted in 15.5.4, so upgrading to that version or later will return to the previous behavior.
-
If a GitLab instance now listens only to the
default
queue (which is not currently recommended), it will be required to add this routing rule back in/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb
:sidekiq['routing_rules'] = [['*', 'default']]
- Due to a bug introduced in GitLab 15.4, if one or more Git repositories in Gitaly Cluster is unavailable, then Repository checks and Geo replication and verification stop running for all project or project wiki repositories in the affected Gitaly Cluster. The bug was fixed by reverting the change in GitLab 15.9.0. Before upgrading to this version, check if you have any “unavailable” repositories. See the bug issue for more information.
15.5.2
- GitLab 15.4.0 introduced a default Sidekiq routing rule that routes all jobs to the
default
queue. For instances using queue selectors, this causes performance problems as some Sidekiq processes will be idle.- The default routing rule has been reverted in 15.5.4, so upgrading to that version or later will return to the previous behavior.
-
If a GitLab instance now listens only to the
default
queue (which is not currently recommended), it will be required to add this routing rule back in/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb
:sidekiq['routing_rules'] = [['*', 'default']]
- Due to a bug introduced in GitLab 15.4, if one or more Git repositories in Gitaly Cluster is unavailable, then Repository checks and Geo replication and verification stop running for all project or project wiki repositories in the affected Gitaly Cluster. The bug was fixed by reverting the change in GitLab 15.9.0. Before upgrading to this version, check if you have any “unavailable” repositories. See the bug issue for more information.
15.5.1
- GitLab 15.4.0 introduced a default Sidekiq routing rule that routes all jobs to the
default
queue. For instances using queue selectors, this causes performance problems as some Sidekiq processes will be idle.- The default routing rule has been reverted in 15.5.4, so upgrading to that version or later will return to the previous behavior.
-
If a GitLab instance now listens only to the
default
queue (which is not currently recommended), it will be required to add this routing rule back in/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb
:sidekiq['routing_rules'] = [['*', 'default']]
- Due to a bug introduced in GitLab 15.4, if one or more Git repositories in Gitaly Cluster is unavailable, then Repository checks and Geo replication and verification stop running for all project or project wiki repositories in the affected Gitaly Cluster. The bug was fixed by reverting the change in GitLab 15.9.0. Before upgrading to this version, check if you have any “unavailable” repositories. See the bug issue for more information.
15.5.0
- GitLab 15.4.0 introduced a default Sidekiq routing rule that routes all jobs to the
default
queue. For instances using queue selectors, this causes performance problems as some Sidekiq processes will be idle.- The default routing rule has been reverted in 15.5.4, so upgrading to that version or later will return to the previous behavior.
-
If a GitLab instance now listens only to the
default
queue (which is not currently recommended), it will be required to add this routing rule back in/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb
:sidekiq['routing_rules'] = [['*', 'default']]
- Due to a bug introduced in GitLab 15.4, if one or more Git repositories in Gitaly Cluster is unavailable, then Repository checks and Geo replication and verification stop running for all project or project wiki repositories in the affected Gitaly Cluster. The bug was fixed by reverting the change in GitLab 15.9.0. Before upgrading to this version, check if you have any “unavailable” repositories. See the bug issue for more information.
Geo installations
-
pg_upgrade
fails to upgrade the bundled PostregSQL database to version 13. See the details and workaround.
15.4.6
- Due to a bug introduced in curl in GitLab 15.4.6, the
no_proxy
environment variable may not work properly. Either downgrade to GitLab 15.4.5, or upgrade to GitLab 15.5.7 or a later version. - Due to a bug introduced in GitLab 15.4, if one or more Git repositories in Gitaly Cluster is unavailable, then Repository checks and Geo replication and verification stop running for all project or project wiki repositories in the affected Gitaly Cluster. The bug was fixed by reverting the change in GitLab 15.9.0. Before upgrading to this version, check if you have any “unavailable” repositories. See the bug issue for more information.
15.4.5
- Due to a bug introduced in GitLab 15.4, if one or more Git repositories in Gitaly Cluster is unavailable, then Repository checks and Geo replication and verification stop running for all project or project wiki repositories in the affected Gitaly Cluster. The bug was fixed by reverting the change in GitLab 15.9.0. Before upgrading to this version, check if you have any “unavailable” repositories. See the bug issue for more information.
15.4.4
- Due to a bug introduced in GitLab 15.4, if one or more Git repositories in Gitaly Cluster is unavailable, then Repository checks and Geo replication and verification stop running for all project or project wiki repositories in the affected Gitaly Cluster. The bug was fixed by reverting the change in GitLab 15.9.0. Before upgrading to this version, check if you have any “unavailable” repositories. See the bug issue for more information.
15.4.3
- Due to a bug introduced in GitLab 15.4, if one or more Git repositories in Gitaly Cluster is unavailable, then Repository checks and Geo replication and verification stop running for all project or project wiki repositories in the affected Gitaly Cluster. The bug was fixed by reverting the change in GitLab 15.9.0. Before upgrading to this version, check if you have any “unavailable” repositories. See the bug issue for more information.
15.4.2
- A license caching issue prevents some premium features of GitLab from working correctly if you add a new license. Workarounds for this issue:
- Restart all Rails, Sidekiq and Gitaly nodes after applying a new license. This clears the relevant license caches and allows all premium features to operate correctly.
- Upgrade to a version that is not affected by this issue. The following upgrade paths are available for affected versions:
- 15.2.5 –> 15.3.5
- 15.3.0 - 15.3.4 –> 15.3.5
- 15.4.1 –> 15.4.3
- Due to a bug introduced in GitLab 15.4, if one or more Git repositories in Gitaly Cluster is unavailable, then Repository checks and Geo replication and verification stop running for all project or project wiki repositories in the affected Gitaly Cluster. The bug was fixed by reverting the change in GitLab 15.9.0. Before upgrading to this version, check if you have any “unavailable” repositories. See the bug issue for more information.
15.4.1
- A license caching issue prevents some premium features of GitLab from working correctly if you add a new license. Workarounds for this issue:
- Restart all Rails, Sidekiq and Gitaly nodes after applying a new license. This clears the relevant license caches and allows all premium features to operate correctly.
- Upgrade to a version that is not affected by this issue. The following upgrade paths are available for affected versions:
- 15.2.5 –> 15.3.5
- 15.3.0 - 15.3.4 –> 15.3.5
- 15.4.1 –> 15.4.3
- Due to a bug introduced in GitLab 15.4, if one or more Git repositories in Gitaly Cluster is unavailable, then Repository checks and Geo replication and verification stop running for all project or project wiki repositories in the affected Gitaly Cluster. The bug was fixed by reverting the change in GitLab 15.9.0. Before upgrading to this version, check if you have any “unavailable” repositories. See the bug issue for more information.
15.4.0
- GitLab 15.4.0 includes a batched background migration to remove incorrect values from
expire_at
inci_job_artifacts
table. This migration might take hours or days to complete on larger GitLab instances. - By default, Gitaly and Praefect nodes use the time server at
pool.ntp.org
. If your instance can not connect topool.ntp.org
, configure theNTP_HOST
variable otherwise, there can bentp: read udp ... i/o timeout
errors in the logs and the output ofgitlab-rake gitlab:gitaly:check
. However, if the Gitaly hosts’ times are in sync, these errors can be ignored. - GitLab 15.4.0 introduced a default Sidekiq routing rule that routes all jobs to the
default
queue. For instances using queue selectors, this causes performance problems as some Sidekiq processes will be idle.- The default routing rule has been reverted in 15.4.5, so upgrading to that version or later will return to the previous behavior.
-
If a GitLab instance now listens only to the
default
queue (which is not currently recommended), it will be required to add this routing rule back in/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb
:sidekiq['routing_rules'] = [['*', 'default']]
- The structure of
/etc/gitlab/gitlab-secrets.json
was modified in GitLab 15.4, and new configuration was added togitlab_pages
,grafana
, andmattermost
sections. In a highly available or GitLab Geo environment, secrets need to be the same on all nodes. If you’re manually syncing the secrets file across nodes, or manually specifying secrets in/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb
, make sure/etc/gitlab/gitlab-secrets.json
is the same on all nodes. - GitLab 15.4.0 introduced a batched background migration to
backfill
namespace_id
values on issues table. This migration might take multiple hours or days to complete on larger GitLab instances. Make sure the migration has completed successfully before upgrading to 15.7.0 or later. - Due to a bug introduced in GitLab 15.4, if one or more Git repositories in Gitaly Cluster is unavailable, then Repository checks and Geo replication and verification stop running for all project or project wiki repositories in the affected Gitaly Cluster. The bug was fixed by reverting the change in GitLab 15.9.0. Before upgrading to this version, check if you have any “unavailable” repositories. See the bug issue for more information.
-
A redesigned sign-in page is enabled by default in GitLab 15.4 and later, with improvements shipping in later releases. For more information, see epic 8557. It can be disabled with a feature flag. Start a Rails console and run:
Feature.disable(:restyle_login_page)
Geo installations
-
pg_upgrade
fails to upgrade the bundled PostregSQL database to version 13. See the details and workaround.
15.3.4
A license caching issue prevents some premium features of GitLab from working correctly if you add a new license. Workarounds for this issue:
- Restart all Rails, Sidekiq and Gitaly nodes after applying a new license. This clears the relevant license caches and allows all premium features to operate correctly.
- Upgrade to a version that is not affected by this issue. The following upgrade paths are available for affected versions:
- 15.2.5 –> 15.3.5
- 15.3.0 - 15.3.4 –> 15.3.5
- 15.4.1 –> 15.4.3
15.3.3
- In GitLab 15.3.3, SAML Group Links API
access_level
attribute type changed tointeger
. See the API documentation. -
A license caching issue prevents some premium features of GitLab from working correctly if you add a new license. Workarounds for this issue:
- Restart all Rails, Sidekiq and Gitaly nodes after applying a new license. This clears the relevant license caches and allows all premium features to operate correctly.
- Upgrade to a version that is not affected by this issue. The following upgrade paths are available for affected versions:
- 15.2.5 –> 15.3.5
- 15.3.0 - 15.3.4 –> 15.3.5
- 15.4.1 –> 15.4.3
15.3.2
A license caching issue prevents some premium features of GitLab from working correctly if you add a new license. Workarounds for this issue:
- Restart all Rails, Sidekiq and Gitaly nodes after applying a new license. This clears the relevant license caches and allows all premium features to operate correctly.
- Upgrade to a version that is not affected by this issue. The following upgrade paths are available for affected versions:
- 15.2.5 –> 15.3.5
- 15.3.0 - 15.3.4 –> 15.3.5
- 15.4.1 –> 15.4.3
15.3.1
A license caching issue prevents some premium features of GitLab from working correctly if you add a new license. Workarounds for this issue:
- Restart all Rails, Sidekiq and Gitaly nodes after applying a new license. This clears the relevant license caches and allows all premium features to operate correctly.
- Upgrade to a version that is not affected by this issue. The following upgrade paths are available for affected versions:
- 15.2.5 –> 15.3.5
- 15.3.0 - 15.3.4 –> 15.3.5
- 15.4.1 –> 15.4.3
15.3.0
-
New Git repositories created in Gitaly cluster no longer use the
@hashed
storage path. Server hooks for new repositories must be copied into a different location. Praefect now generates replica paths for use by Gitaly cluster. This change is a pre-requisite for Gitaly cluster atomically creating, deleting, and renaming Git repositories.To identify the replica path, query the Praefect repository metadata and pass the
@hashed
storage path to-relative-path
.With this information, you can correctly install server hooks.
-
A license caching issue prevents some premium features of GitLab from working correctly if you add a new license. Workarounds for this issue:
- Restart all Rails, Sidekiq and Gitaly nodes after applying a new license. This clears the relevant license caches and allows all premium features to operate correctly.
- Upgrade to a version that is not affected by this issue. The following upgrade paths are available for affected versions:
- 15.2.5 –> 15.3.5
- 15.3.0 - 15.3.4 –> 15.3.5
- 15.4.1 –> 15.4.3
Geo installations
-
pg_upgrade
fails to upgrade the bundled PostregSQL database to version 13. See the details and workaround. - LFS transfers can redirect to the primary from secondary site mid-session. See the details and workaround.
- Incorrect object storage LFS files deletion on Geo secondary sites. See the details and workaround.
LFS transfers redirect to primary from secondary site mid-session
Affected minor releases | Affected patch releases | Fixed in |
---|---|---|
15.1 | All | None |
15.2 | All | None |
15.3 | 15.3.0 - 15.3.2 | 15.3.3 and later |
LFS transfers can redirect to the primary from secondary site mid-session causing failed pull and clone requests in GitLab 15.1.0 to 15.3.2 when Geo proxying is enabled. Geo proxying is enabled by default in GitLab 15.1 and later.
This issue is resolved in GitLab 15.3.3, so customers with the following configuration should upgrade to 15.3.3 or later:
- LFS is enabled.
- LFS objects are being replicated across Geo sites.
- Repositories are being pulled by using a Geo secondary site.
Incorrect object storage LFS file deletion on secondary sites
Affected minor releases | Affected patch releases | Fixed in |
---|---|---|
15.0 | All | None |
15.1 | All | None |
15.2 | All | None |
15.3 | 15.3.0 - 15.3.2 | 15.3.3 and later |
Incorrect deletion of object storage files on Geo secondary sites can occur in GitLab 15.0.0 to 15.3.2 in the following situations:
- GitLab-managed object storage replication is disabled, and LFS objects are created while importing a project with object storage enabled.
- GitLab-managed replication to sync object storage is enabled and subsequently disabled.
This issue is resolved in 15.3.3. Customers who have both LFS enabled and LFS objects being replicated across Geo sites should upgrade directly to 15.3.3 to reduce the risk of data loss on secondary sites.
15.2.5
A license caching issue prevents some premium features of GitLab from working correctly if you add a new license. Workarounds for this issue:
- Restart all Rails, Sidekiq and Gitaly nodes after applying a new license. This clears the relevant license caches and allows all premium features to operate correctly.
- Upgrade to a version that is not affected by this issue. The following upgrade paths are available for affected versions:
- 15.2.5 –> 15.3.5
- 15.3.0 - 15.3.4 –> 15.3.5
- 15.4.1 –> 15.4.3
15.2.0
- GitLab installations that have multiple web nodes should be upgraded to 15.1 before upgrading to 15.2 (and later) due to a configuration change in Rails that can result in inconsistent ETag key generation.
- Some Sidekiq workers were renamed in this release. To avoid any disruption, run the Rake tasks to migrate any pending jobs before starting the upgrade to GitLab 15.2.0.
-
Gitaly now executes its binaries in a runtime location. By default on Omnibus GitLab, this path is
/var/opt/gitlab/gitaly/run/
. If this location is mounted withnoexec
, merge requests generate the following error:fork/exec /var/opt/gitlab/gitaly/run/gitaly-<nnnn>/gitaly-git2go-v15: permission denied
To resolve this, remove the
noexec
option from the file system mount. An alternative is to change the Gitaly runtime directory:- Add
gitaly['runtime_dir'] = '<PATH_WITH_EXEC_PERM>'
to/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb
and specify a location withoutnoexec
set. - Run
sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure
.
- Add
Geo installations
-
pg_upgrade
fails to upgrade the bundled PostregSQL database to version 13. See the details and workaround. - LFS transfers can redirect to the primary from secondary site mid-session. See the details and workaround.
- Incorrect object storage LFS files deletion on Geo secondary sites. See the details and workaround.
15.1.0
-
In GitLab 15.1.0, we are switching Rails
ActiveSupport::Digest
to use SHA256 instead of MD5. This affects ETag key generation for resources such as raw Snippet file downloads. To ensure consistent ETag key generation across multiple web nodes when upgrading, all servers must first be upgraded to 15.1.6 before upgrading to 15.2.0 or later:- Ensure all GitLab web nodes are running GitLab 15.1.6.
-
If you run GitLab on Kubernetes by using the cloud native GitLab Helm chart, make sure that all webservice pods are running GitLab 15.1.Z:
kubectl get pods -l app=webservice -o custom-columns=webservice-image:{.spec.containers[0].image},workhorse-image:{.spec.containers[1].image}
-
Enable the
active_support_hash_digest_sha256
feature flag to switchActiveSupport::Digest
to use SHA256:- Start the rails console
-
Enable the feature flag:
Feature.enable(:active_support_hash_digest_sha256)
- Only then, continue to upgrade to later versions of GitLab.
-
Unauthenticated requests to the
ciConfig
GraphQL field are no longer supported. Before you upgrade to GitLab 15.1, add an access token to your requests. The user creating the token must have permission to create pipelines in the project.
Geo installations
- Geo proxying was enabled by default for different URLs in 15.1. This may be a breaking change. If needed, you may disable Geo proxying. If you are using SAML with different URLs, you must modify your SAML configuration and your Identity Provider configuration. For more information, see the Geo with Single Sign-On (SSO) documentation.
- LFS transfers can redirect to the primary from secondary site mid-session. See the details and workaround.
- Incorrect object storage LFS files deletion on Geo secondary sites. See the details and workaround.
15.0.0
- Elasticsearch 6.8 is no longer supported. Before you upgrade to GitLab 15.0, update Elasticsearch to any 7.x version.
-
If you run GitLab with external PostgreSQL, particularly AWS RDS, ensure you upgrade PostgreSQL to patch levels to a minimum of 12.7 or 13.3 before upgrading to GitLab 14.8 or later.
In 14.8 for GitLab Enterprise Edition and in 15.0 for GitLab Community Edition a GitLab feature called Loose Foreign Keys was enabled.
After it was enabled, we have had reports of unplanned PostgreSQL restarts caused by a database engine bug that causes a segmentation fault.
For more information, see issue 364763.
- The use of encrypted S3 buckets with storage-specific configuration is no longer supported after removing support for using
background_upload
. - The certificate-based Kubernetes integration (DEPRECATED) is disabled by default, but you can be re-enable it through the
certificate_based_clusters
feature flag until GitLab 16.0. - When you use the GitLab Helm Chart project with a custom
serviceAccount
, ensure it hasget
andlist
permissions for theserviceAccount
andsecret
resources. - The
FF_GITLAB_REGISTRY_HELPER_IMAGE
feature flag is removed and helper images are always pulled from GitLab Registry.
Linux package installations
- The
custom_hooks_dir
setting for configuring global server hooks is now configured in Gitaly. The previous implementation in GitLab Shell was removed in GitLab 15.0. With this change, global server hooks are stored only inside a subdirectory named after the hook type. Global server hooks can no longer be a single hook file in the root of the custom hooks directory. For example, you must use<custom_hooks_dir>/<hook_name>.d/*
rather than<custom_hooks_dir>/<hook_name>
.- Use
gitaly['custom_hooks_dir']
ingitlab.rb
(introduced in 14.3) for Omnibus GitLab. This replacesgitlab_shell['custom_hooks_dir']
.
- Use
-
PostgreSQL 13.6 is being shipped as the default version for fresh installs and 12.10 for upgrades. You can manually upgrade to PostgreSQL 13.6 following the upgrade docs with:
sudo gitlab-ctl pg-upgrade -V 13
Until PostgreSQL 12 is removed, you may pin the PostgreSQL version if needed for compatibility or test environment reasons.
Fault tolerant and Geo installations require additional steps and planning.
Because of underlying structural changes, the running PostgreSQL process must be restarted when it is upgraded before running database migrations. If automatic restart is skipped, you must run the following command before migrations are run:
# If using PostgreSQL sudo gitlab-ctl restart postgresql # If using Patroni for Database replication sudo gitlab-ctl restart patroni
If PostgreSQL is not restarted, you might face errors related to loading libraries.
-
Starting with GitLab 15.0,
postgresql
andgeo-postgresql
services are automatically restarted when the PostgreSQL version changes. Restarting PostgreSQL services causes downtime due to the temporary unavailability of the database for operations. While this restart is mandatory for proper functioning of the Database services, you might want more control over when the PostgreSQL is restarted. For that purpose, you can choose to skip the automatic restarts as part ofgitlab-ctl reconfigure
and manually restart the services.To skip automatic restarts as part of GitLab 15.0 upgrade, perform the following steps before the upgrade:
-
Edit
/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb
and add the following line:# For PostgreSQL/Patroni postgresql['auto_restart_on_version_change'] = false # For Geo PostgreSQL geo_postgresql['auto_restart_on_version_change'] = false
-
Reconfigure GitLab:
sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure
It is mandatory to restart PostgreSQL when underlying version changes, to avoid errors like the one related to loading necessary libraries that can cause downtime. So, if you skip the automatic restarts using the above method, ensure that you restart the services manually before upgrading to GitLab 15.0. -
-
Starting with GitLab 15.0, the
AES256-GCM-SHA384
SSL cipher will not be allowed by NGINX by default. If you require this cipher (for example, if you use AWS’s Classic Load Balancer), you can add the cipher back to the allow list by following the steps below:-
Edit
/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb
and add the following line:nginx['ssl_ciphers'] = "ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:AES256-GCM-SHA384"
-
Reconfigure GitLab:
sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure
-
-
Support for Gitaly’s internal socket path is removed. In GitLab 14.10, Gitaly introduced a new directory that holds all runtime data Gitaly requires to operate correctly. This new directory replaces the old internal socket directory, and consequentially the usage of
gitaly['internal_socket_dir']
was deprecated in favor ofgitaly['runtime_dir']
.The old
gitaly['internal_socket_dir']
configuration was removed in this release. -
Background uploads settings for object storage are removed. Object storage now preferentially uses direct uploads.
The following keys are no longer supported in
/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb
:gitlab_rails['artifacts_object_store_direct_upload']
gitlab_rails['artifacts_object_store_background_upload']
gitlab_rails['external_diffs_object_store_direct_upload']
gitlab_rails['external_diffs_object_store_background_upload']
gitlab_rails['lfs_object_store_direct_upload']
gitlab_rails['lfs_object_store_background_upload']
gitlab_rails['uploads_object_store_direct_upload']
gitlab_rails['uploads_object_store_background_upload']
gitlab_rails['packages_object_store_direct_upload']
gitlab_rails['packages_object_store_background_upload']
gitlab_rails['dependency_proxy_object_store_direct_upload']
gitlab_rails['dependency_proxy_object_store_background_upload']
Self-compiled installations
-
Support for more than one database has been added to GitLab. For self-compiled (source) installations,
config/database.yml
must include a database name in the database configuration. Themain: database
must be first. If an invalid or deprecated syntax is used, an error is generated during application start:ERROR: This installation of GitLab uses unsupported 'config/database.yml'. The main: database needs to be defined as a first configuration item instead of primary. (RuntimeError)
Previously, the
config/database.yml
file looked like the following:production: adapter: postgresql encoding: unicode database: gitlabhq_production ...
Starting with GitLab 15.0, it must define a
main
database first:production: main: adapter: postgresql encoding: unicode database: gitlabhq_production ...
Geo installations
- Incorrect object storage LFS files deletion on Geo secondary sites. See the details and workaround.