ChangesGitLabIntermittent 503 on GitLab.com
GitLab: Major incident: Intermittent 503 on GitLab.com
GitLab reported a major Website incident involving intermittent HTTP 503 errors when opening specific project pages on GitLab.com. It started at 2026-10-20 07:08 UTC and was still under investigation when archived, open for 0 min at the last update.
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Incident page: the full timeline of updates
Google Cloud europe-west2 outage, Oct 20, 2026 · 19 vendors, 19 incidents
GitLab’s incident started in the same window without naming Google Cloud (timing only, not evidence of a link). (timing only, posted +1 h vs Google Cloud’s own post)
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What changed
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After captured
In the 2026-10-20 checkpoint, timestamped by FreeTSA and DigiCert on . Record hash
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History of this incident
YesterdayTuesday, October 20Tue, Oct 20
1 rewrite, 3 incident changes
- Normal progressIncident
Incident updateIntermittent 500 on GitLab.com
- Normal progressIncident
Incident updateIntermittent 500 on GitLab.com
- Wording onlyEdited by the vendor
Intermittent 500 on GitLab.com
GitLab renamed the incident from “Intermittent 503 on GitLab.com” to “Intermittent 500 on GitLab.com,” changing the HTTP error code identified in the title. The edit provides no additional impact, timing, cause or fix details.
- OutageMajor incident
Intermittent 503 on GitLab.comthis change
GitLab reported a major Website incident involving intermittent HTTP 503 errors when opening specific project pages on GitLab.com. It started at 2026-10-20 07:08 UTC and was still under investigation when archived, open for 0 min at the last update.