GitLab: Users unable to modify ot create merge request approval rules
Affected components: APIWebsite
Timeline of updates
- resolved
Between 03:34 UTC and 06:49 UTC, a misconfiguration caused users to be unable to modify or create merge request approval rules - We have reverted that setting and standard approval rule permissions have been restored. For further information please see https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20639 (opens in new tab)
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First version captured
In the 2026-10-18 checkpoint, timestamped by FreeTSA and DigiCert on . Record hash
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Status incident (vendor impact label: none) posted by GitLab, started 2025-10-01 07:16 UTC, resolved after 0 min, 1 update(s).
- Title
- Users unable to modify ot create merge request approval rules
- Vendor
- GitLab
- Date
- URL
- https://rewindex.com/company/gitlab/incidents/68dcd546824d520550e10da9
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