GitLab incident

Project and Group Deletions Delayed

Minor Resolved View vendor source →

GitLab experienced a minor incident on August 17, 2026 affecting Background Processing and GitLab agent server for Kubernetes (Google Compute Engine), lasting 6h 31m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
Aug 17, 2026, 07:24 AM UTC
Resolved
Aug 17, 2026, 01:56 PM UTC
Duration
6h 31m
Detected by Pingoru
Aug 17, 2026, 07:24 AM UTC

Affected components

Background ProcessingGitLab agent server for Kubernetes (Google Compute Engine)

Update timeline

  1. investigating Aug 17, 2026, 07:24 AM UTC

    We are currently investigating an issue affecting project and group deletions on GitLab.com. Immediate and scheduled deletion of projects and groups may not complete as expected. Projects and groups that have been scheduled for deletion may remain visible past their expected deletion date. 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

  2. investigating Aug 17, 2026, 07:24 AM UTC

    We are currently investigating an issue affecting project and group deletions on GitLab.com. Immediate and scheduled deletion of projects and groups may not complete as expected. Projects and groups that have been scheduled for deletion may remain visible past their expected deletion date.

  3. investigating Aug 17, 2026, 08:18 AM UTC

    We are still investigating the issue affecting project and group deletions on GitLab.com. Immediate and scheduled deletion of projects and groups may not complete as expected. Projects and groups that have been scheduled for deletion may remain visible past their expected deletion date. More information here: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/work_items/22714

  4. investigating Aug 17, 2026, 08:18 AM UTC

    We are still investigating the issue affecting project and group deletions on GitLab.com. Immediate and scheduled deletion of projects and groups may not complete as expected. Projects and groups that have been scheduled for deletion may remain visible past their expected deletion date. More information here: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/work_items/22714

  5. investigating Aug 17, 2026, 08:56 AM UTC

    We are still investigating the issue affecting project and group deletions on GitLab.com. Immediate and scheduled deletion of projects and groups may not complete as expected. Projects and groups that have been scheduled for deletion may remain visible past their expected deletion date. More information here: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/work_items/22714

  6. investigating Aug 17, 2026, 08:56 AM UTC

    We are still investigating the issue affecting project and group deletions on GitLab.com. Immediate and scheduled deletion of projects and groups may not complete as expected. Projects and groups that have been scheduled for deletion may remain visible past their expected deletion date. More information here: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/work_items/22714

  7. investigating Aug 17, 2026, 09:16 AM UTC

    We are still investigating the issue affecting project and group deletions on GitLab.com. Immediate and scheduled deletion of projects and groups may not complete as expected. Ones that have been scheduled for deletion may remain visible past their expected deletion date. More information here: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/work_items/22714

  8. investigating Aug 17, 2026, 09:16 AM UTC

    We are still investigating the issue affecting project and group deletions on GitLab.com. Immediate and scheduled deletion of projects and groups may not complete as expected. Ones that have been scheduled for deletion may remain visible past their expected deletion date. More information here: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/work_items/22714

  9. investigating Aug 17, 2026, 09:37 AM UTC

    We are still investigating the issue affecting project and group deletions on GitLab.com. Immediate and scheduled deletion of projects and groups may not complete as expected. Ones that have been scheduled for deletion may remain visible past their expected deletion date. More information here: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/work_items/22714

  10. investigating Aug 17, 2026, 09:37 AM UTC

    We are still investigating the issue affecting project and group deletions on GitLab.com. Immediate and scheduled deletion of projects and groups may not complete as expected. Ones that have been scheduled for deletion may remain visible past their expected deletion date. More information here: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/work_items/22714

  11. investigating Aug 17, 2026, 09:58 AM UTC

    We are still investigating the issue affecting project and group deletions on GitLab.com. Immediate and scheduled deletion of projects and groups may not complete as expected. Ones that have been scheduled for deletion may remain visible past their expected deletion date. More information here: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/work_items/22714

  12. investigating Aug 17, 2026, 09:58 AM UTC

    We are still investigating the issue affecting project and group deletions on GitLab.com. Immediate and scheduled deletion of projects and groups may not complete as expected. Ones that have been scheduled for deletion may remain visible past their expected deletion date. More information here: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/work_items/22714

  13. investigating Aug 17, 2026, 10:22 AM UTC

    We are still investigating the issue affecting project and group deletions on GitLab.com. Immediate and scheduled deletion of projects and groups may not complete as expected. Ones that have been scheduled for deletion may remain visible past their expected deletion date. More information here: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/work_items/22714

  14. investigating Aug 17, 2026, 10:22 AM UTC

    We are still investigating the issue affecting project and group deletions on GitLab.com. Immediate and scheduled deletion of projects and groups may not complete as expected. Ones that have been scheduled for deletion may remain visible past their expected deletion date. More information here: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/work_items/22714

  15. investigating Aug 17, 2026, 10:44 AM UTC

    We are still investigating the issue affecting project and group deletions on GitLab.com. Immediate and scheduled deletion of projects and groups may not complete as expected. Ones that have been scheduled for deletion may remain visible past their expected deletion date. More information here: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/work_items/22714

  16. investigating Aug 17, 2026, 10:44 AM UTC

    We are still investigating the issue affecting project and group deletions on GitLab.com. Immediate and scheduled deletion of projects and groups may not complete as expected. Ones that have been scheduled for deletion may remain visible past their expected deletion date. More information here: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/work_items/2271

  17. investigating Aug 17, 2026, 11:02 AM UTC

    We are still investigating the issue affecting project and group deletions on GitLab.com. Immediate and scheduled deletion of projects and groups may not complete as expected. Ones that have been scheduled for deletion may remain visible past their expected deletion date. More information here: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/work_items/22714

  18. investigating Aug 17, 2026, 11:02 AM UTC

    We are still investigating the issue affecting project and group deletions on GitLab.com. Immediate and scheduled deletion of projects and groups may not complete as expected. Ones that have been scheduled for deletion may remain visible past their expected deletion date. More information here: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/work_items/2271

  19. identified Aug 17, 2026, 11:20 AM UTC

    We've identified a fix for the issue affecting project and group deletions on GitLab.com. Due to routine DB maintenance there will be a delay for when the fix will land in production. Given the current state of a known fix and the known delay, we will post status updates every hour for this incident. More information here: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/work_items/22714

  20. identified Aug 17, 2026, 11:20 AM UTC

    We've identified a fix for the issue affecting project and group deletions on GitLab.com. Due to routine DB maintenance there will be a delay for when the fix will land in production. Given the current state of a known fix and the known delay, we will post status updates every hour for this incident. More information here: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/work_items/2271

  21. identified Aug 17, 2026, 12:37 PM UTC

    The fix is now in production and we're now working on processing the deletion queue via the deletion workers. The last 4 status updates were missing a "4" infrastructure work item link shared; this has been corrected on the status page. More information here: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/work_items/22714

  22. identified Aug 17, 2026, 12:37 PM UTC

    The fix is now in production and we're now working on processing the deletion queue via the deletion workers. The last 4 status updates were missing a "4" infrastructure work item link shared; this has been corrected on the status page. More information here: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/work_items/22714

  23. monitoring Aug 17, 2026, 01:24 PM UTC

    We're continuing to monitor the deletion queue being processed via the deletion workers. Delay of deletions and visibility of scheduled/queued deletions would be experienced until the queue is cleared. More information here: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/work_items/22714

  24. monitoring Aug 17, 2026, 01:24 PM UTC

    We're continuing to monitor the deletion queue being processed via the deletion workers. Delay of deletions and visibility of scheduled/queued deletions would be experienced until the queue is cleared. More information here: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/work_items/22714

  25. resolved Aug 17, 2026, 01:56 PM UTC

    All deletion queues have been processed for projects, we expect the same to continue for group deletions. This incident is moved to resolved. More information here: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/work_items/22714