# GitLab: 500 Errors while pushing file rename to remote when secret detection enabled

- Impact (vendor’s label): major
- Status: resolved
- Started: 2025-08-27 15:05 UTC · Resolved: 2025-08-27 20:42 UTC · Duration: 5.6 h
- Updates: 9 · Affected components: Git Operations
- [Vendor status page: https://status.gitlab.com/pages/incident/5b36dc6502d06804c08349f7/68af1ed4bd4a8f057756afaa](https://status.gitlab.com/pages/incident/5b36dc6502d06804c08349f7/68af1ed4bd4a8f057756afaa)
- [Company: GitLab](https://rewindex.com/company/gitlab.md)

## Timeline of updates

- **identified** 2025-08-27 15:05 UTC: 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** 2025-08-27 16:54 UTC: 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** 2025-08-27 17:16 UTC: 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** 2025-08-27 17:45 UTC: 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** 2025-08-27 18:31 UTC: 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** 2025-08-27 18:35 UTC: 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** 2025-08-27 19:07 UTC: 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** 2025-08-27 19:40 UTC: 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** 2025-08-27 20:42 UTC: 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.

## Rewindex changes for this incident

- 2025-08-27 15:05 UTC: [Major incident: 500 Errors while pushing file rename to remote when secret detection enabled](https://rewindex.com/change/i09304e1ae7f565.md)


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