Changes / GitLab / Docker API version mismatch resulting in blocked deployments
GitLab: Major incident: Docker API version mismatch resulting in blocked deployments
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Major incidentLabel: outage (model (Jev), 86%)Changed Detected Source: status.gitlab.com (opens in new tab)
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What changed
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After: Docker API version mismatch resulting in blocked deployments
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After: 2025-11-11 14:08 UTC
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After: CI/CD, Website
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After: We're seeing errors with blocked deployments due to a mismatch in API versions of Docker. More information about the incident can be found here: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20827
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After: We're continuing to investigate blocked deployments due to a mismatch in API versions of Docker. More information about the incident can be found here: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20827
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After: We're still investigating blocked deployments due to a mismatch in API versions of Docker. More information about the incident can be found here: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20827
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After: We're still investigating blocked deployments due to a mismatch in API versions of Docker. More information about the incident can be found here: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20827
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After: We're still investigating blocked deployments due to a mismatch in API versions of Docker. More information about the incident can be found here: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20827
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After: We're still investigating blocked deployments due to a mismatch in API versions of Docker. More information about the incident can be found here: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20827
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After: We're still investigating blocked deployments due to a mismatch in API versions of Docker. More information about the incident can be found here: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20827
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After: We’re continuing to investigate the blocked deployments, which appear to be caused by a mismatch in Docker API versions. More details are available here: gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20827
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After: Investigation is ongoing into deployment failures related to a Docker API version mismatch. Please see the incident issue for more information: gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20827
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After: Our team is still investigating deployment issues that appear linked to a mismatch between Docker API versions. Please see the incident issue for more information: gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20827
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After: We're still investigating blocked deployments due to a mismatch in API versions of Docker. More information about the incident can be found here: gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20827
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After: We're still investigating blocked deployments due to a mismatch in API versions of Docker. More information about the incident can be found here: gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20827
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After: Our team is still investigating deployment issues linked to a mismatch between Docker API versions. Please see the incident issue for more information: gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20827
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After: Investigation is ongoing into deployment failures related to a Docker API version mismatch. Please see the incident issue for more information: gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20827
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After: We're still investigating blocked deployments due to a mismatch in API versions of Docker. More information about the incident can be found here: gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20827
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After: Investigation is ongoing into blocked deployments caused by a mismatch in Docker API versions. More details can be found here: gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20827
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After: We've identified that recent pipeline failures were caused by an update to the latest Docker (DinD) image. For workarounds and details, please see the production issue: gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20827
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After: We've identified that the API mismatch is a result of the Docker v29 release, which requires API v1.44+ (Docker v25.0+). For workarounds and details, please see the production issue: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20827
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After: It was determined that no further corrective action is required from an engineering standpoint. As a result, we're resolving the incident in favor of the two workarounds mentioned in the production issue here: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20827#note_2882208465.
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History of this incident
| When (UTC) | Change | Kind |
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| Major incident: Docker API version mismatch resulting in blocked deployments (this change) | Major incident |