# GitLab: Major incident: Gitlab.com Pipeline failures when using inputs

**Summary:** _summary pending_
- Kind: Major incident · Label: outage (model (Jev))
- Changed: 2025-11-25 02:21 UTC · Detected: 2026-10-18 05:08 UTC
- [Source: https://status.gitlab.com/pages/incident/5b36dc6502d06804c08349f7/692512a686f26705f91527a1](https://status.gitlab.com/pages/incident/5b36dc6502d06804c08349f7/692512a686f26705f91527a1)
- [Company: GitLab](https://rewindex.com/company/gitlab.md)
- Versions: before (none: first archived) → after incident\_version:188/692512a686f26705f91527a1@ba4a361d0b40
- Change 1 of 1 for this incident

Incident page (full timeline): [Gitlab.com Pipeline failures when using inputs](https://rewindex.com/company/gitlab/incidents/692512a686f26705f91527a1.md)
## What changed

**1. Added: Title**

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+ Gitlab.com Pipeline failures when using inputs
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**2. Added: Impact**

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+ major
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**3. Added: Status**

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+ resolved
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**4. Added: Start time**

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+ 2025-11-25 02:21 UTC
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**5. Added: Resolved time**

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+ 2025-11-25 09:56 UTC
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**6. Added: Affected components**

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+ CI/CD
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**7. Added: Update** (identified) · 2025-11-25 02:21 UTC

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+ We've identified the root cause of pipeline creation failures affecting pipelines that use inputs since Nov 24, 11:00 UTC. A fix is in the process of being deployed and we're monitoring for resolution. More info here: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/213976
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**8. Added: Update** (identified) · 2025-11-25 03:07 UTC

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+ We are in the process of deploying a fix for the pipeline creation issues. Our next update will follow deployment completion as we monitor the resolution. More info: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20886
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**9. Added: Update** (identified) · 2025-11-25 06:29 UTC

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+ We are currently testing a fix for the pipeline creation issues in our sandbox environment. We estimate that the fix will be deployed to the production environment in approximately three hours. More info: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20886
```

**10. Added: Update** (resolved) · 2025-11-25 09:56 UTC

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+ The fix has been deployed to production. We are no longer seeing failures for pipelines that use inputs. This is now resolved. More details in: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20886
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## History of this incident

| When (UTC) | Change | Label |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-11-25 02:21 UTC | Major incident: Gitlab.com Pipeline failures when using inputs (this change) | outage |

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