# GitLab: Major incident: Code search errors on GitLab.com

**Summary:** _summary pending_
- Kind: Major incident · Label: outage (model (Jev))
- Changed: 2025-10-10 05:56 UTC · Detected: 2026-10-18 05:08 UTC
- [Source: https://status.gitlab.com/pages/incident/5b36dc6502d06804c08349f7/68e89ffa923a050548bd8111](https://status.gitlab.com/pages/incident/5b36dc6502d06804c08349f7/68e89ffa923a050548bd8111)
- [Company: GitLab](https://rewindex.com/company/gitlab.md)
- Versions: before (none: first archived) → after incident\_version:188/68e89ffa923a050548bd8111@da11bdb15f76
- Change 1 of 1 for this incident

Incident page (full timeline): [Code search errors on GitLab.com](https://rewindex.com/company/gitlab/incidents/68e89ffa923a050548bd8111.md)
## What changed

**1. Added: Title**

```diff
+ Code search errors on GitLab.com
```

**2. Added: Impact**

```diff
+ major
```

**3. Added: Status**

```diff
+ resolved
```

**4. Added: Start time**

```diff
+ 2025-10-10 05:56 UTC
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**5. Added: Resolved time**

```diff
+ 2025-10-10 12:44 UTC
```

**6. Added: Affected components**

```diff
+ API, Website
```

**7. Added: Update** (investigating) · 2025-10-10 05:56 UTC

```diff
+ We are currently investigating HTTP 500 errors affecting code search functionality on GitLab.com. Users may experience failures when searching code in repositories.
```

**8. Added: Update** (investigating) · 2025-10-10 06:26 UTC

```diff
+ Our team is still investigating this issue. More details here: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20706
```

**9. Added: Update** (investigating) · 2025-10-10 07:08 UTC

```diff
+ No material updates to report. Our team is still investigating this issue. More details here: gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20706
```

**10. Added: Update** (identified) · 2025-10-10 08:01 UTC

```diff
+ A recent change has been confirmed as the cause of this issue. Our team is working on reverting the change. More details here: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20706
```

**11. Added: Update** (monitoring) · 2025-10-10 08:54 UTC

```diff
+ This incident has been mitigated. More information can be found in gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20706.
```

**12. Added: Update** (monitoring) · 2025-10-10 11:03 UTC

```diff
+ We are in the process of releasing an update that should resolve issues with exact code search. For more information see gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20706.
```

**13. Added: Update** (resolved) · 2025-10-10 12:44 UTC

```diff
+ This incident has been resolved and exact code search is now operational. For more information see gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20706.
```

## History of this incident

| When (UTC) | Change | Label |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-10-10 05:56 UTC | Major incident: Code search errors on GitLab.com (this change) | outage |

All GitLab changes: [timeline](https://rewindex.com/company/gitlab/changes.md)
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