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GitLab: 500 Errors while pushing file rename to remote when secret detection enabled
Affected components: Git Operations
Timeline of updates
- identified
Customers who have secret detection enabled and are pushing a file rename, may encounter a 500 error. The issue has been identified and a fix is being deployed. Please see the issue for details and workaround: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20434
- investigating
While testing the fix in our staging environment we have determined the root cause has not been fully identified. We continue to investigate this issue. Follow https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20434 for updates.
- investigating
No material updates to share at the moment. We continue investigating the root cause of these errors. Follow https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20434 for details.
- investigating
Investigation is still in process as a clear cause has not been identified yet. Please review https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20434 for details.
- investigating
We believe the originally identified root cause is the correct one for this incident. We continue testing the fix in our testing infrastructure to confirm this. See https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20434 for more detals.
- investigating
We expect to have more information in our test results in ~30 minutes; this investigation continues. See https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20434 for more details.
- identified
The test results in our pre-production environments are positive. The 500 error is no longer seen. We now wait for the fix to be deployed to production. Follow https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20434 for further details.
- monitoring
The fix is now in our production environment, we are now monitoring for any new reports of the error before considering this incident resolved. See https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20434 for details.
- resolved
We consider this incident resolved as the errors are no longer seen in our production environment. See gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20434 for all the details.
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- Major incident: 500 Errors while pushing file rename to remote when secret detection enabled 2025-08-27 15:05 UTC
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