# GitLab: Major incident: Foundational Flows Feature Availability

**Summary:** _summary pending_
- Kind: Major incident · Label: outage (model (Jev))
- Changed: 2026-01-16 21:21 UTC · Detected: 2026-10-18 05:08 UTC
- [Source: https://status.gitlab.com/pages/incident/5b36dc6502d06804c08349f7/696aabcc7e26ec04f119a272](https://status.gitlab.com/pages/incident/5b36dc6502d06804c08349f7/696aabcc7e26ec04f119a272)
- [Company: GitLab](https://rewindex.com/company/gitlab.md)
- Versions: before (none: first archived) → after incident\_version:188/696aabcc7e26ec04f119a272@16370ae07411
- Change 1 of 1 for this incident

Incident page (full timeline): [Foundational Flows Feature Availability](https://rewindex.com/company/gitlab/incidents/696aabcc7e26ec04f119a272.md)
## What changed

**1. Added: Title**

```diff
+ Foundational Flows Feature Availability
```

**2. Added: Impact**

```diff
+ major
```

**3. Added: Status**

```diff
+ resolved
```

**4. Added: Start time**

```diff
+ 2026-01-16 21:21 UTC
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**5. Added: Resolved time**

```diff
+ 2026-01-21 01:07 UTC
```

**6. Added: Affected components**

```diff
+ GitLab Duo
```

**7. Added: Update** (identified) · 2026-01-16 21:21 UTC

```diff
+ Foundational Flows are temporarily restricted to users with Beta/Experimental features enabled despite being a GA feature. Our team has identified a fix. As a workaround, you can enable Beta and Experimental features to enable Foundational Flows. - https://docs.gitlab.com/user/gitlab_duo/turn_on_off/#turn-on-beta-and-experimental-features - https://docs.gitlab.com/user/duo_agent_platform/flows/foundational_flows/
```

**8. Added: Update** (identified) · 2026-01-20 06:10 UTC

```diff
+ Foundational flows now run correctly when experimental/beta features are disabled. Workaround: To enable foundational flows, temporarily turn on experimental/beta features, enable the flows, save, then disable experimental/beta features. A complete fix removing this workaround is in review and will be included in an upcoming patch release.
```

**9. Added: Update** (resolved) · 2026-01-21 01:07 UTC

```diff
+ The issue has been resolved. Foundational flows are now operating correctly as a GA feature. More details are available in https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/586912
```

## History of this incident

| When (UTC) | Change | Label |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-01-16 21:21 UTC | Major incident: Foundational Flows Feature Availability (this change) | outage |

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