GitLab experienced a minor incident on October 16, 2026 affecting CI/CD and GitLab agent server for Kubernetes (Google Compute Engine), lasting 1h 48m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Update timeline
- investigating Oct 16, 2026, 11:33 AM UTC
We’re investigating an issue affecting CI/CD on GitLab.com for a limited number of customers. Pipelines may fail with the following error, and the UI may be slow: “CI configuration fetch from Gitaly timed out. This may indicate Gitaly service slowness or an outage.” More updates to follow. Back to current status Status History Subscribe to receive status updates by email Close Subscribe Manage Subscription Manage Existing Subscription Create New Subscription Subscribe to receive status updates by webhook Each status update will POST a JSON payload to this URL Email address for managing webhook Close Subscribe Manage Subscription Manage Existing Subscription Create New Subscription Subscribe to receive status updates in Microsoft Teams Enter your Microsoft Teams webhook. View Instructions Email address for managing subscription Close Subscribe Manage Subscription Manage Existing Subscription Create New Subscription Subscribe to receive status updates via RSS RSS Feed Close Follow our status updates on Twitter/X @gitlabstatus Close Subscribe to receive status updates in Slack Slack channel ID Find the channel ID: Select the channel in your Slack workspace. The channel ID is displayed in the browser URL. Example: https://app.slack.com/client/T04SJBK1C/ C03SKGJ1P Email address Close Manage Subscription Manage Existing Subscription Create New Subscription Subscribe to receive status updates via iCalendar iCalendar Feed Close
- investigating Oct 16, 2026, 11:33 AM UTC
We’re investigating an issue affecting CI/CD on GitLab.com for a limited number of customers. Pipelines may fail with the following error: “CI configuration fetch from Gitaly timed out. This may indicate Gitaly service slowness or an outage.” More updates to follow.
- monitoring Oct 16, 2026, 12:28 PM UTC
We've applied a temporary mitigation to address CI/CD failures and UI slowness affecting a limited number of GitLab.com customers. We're monitoring recovery while working on a longer-term solution.
- monitoring Oct 16, 2026, 12:28 PM UTC
We've applied a temporary mitigation to address CI/CD failures and UI slowness affecting a limited number of GitLab.com customers. We're monitoring recovery while working on a longer-term solution.
- resolved Oct 16, 2026, 01:21 PM UTC
The issue causing CI/CD failures and UI slowness for a limited number of GitLab.com customers has been resolved. Thank you for your patience.