# GitLab: Users unable to modify ot create merge request approval rules

> GitLab status incident “Users unable to modify ot create merge request approval rules” on 2025-10-01: impact none (vendor’s label), 0 min, 1 update(s). Archived by Rewindex.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/company/gitlab/incidents/68dcd546824d520550e10da9
Last updated: 2025-10-01T07:16:00Z

- Impact (vendor’s label): none
- Status: resolved
- Started: 2025-10-01 07:16 UTC · Resolved: 2025-10-01 07:16 UTC · Duration: 0 min
- Updates: 1 · Affected components: API, Website
- [Vendor status page: https://status.gitlab.com/pages/incident/5b36dc6502d06804c08349f7/68dcd546824d520550e10da9](https://status.gitlab.com/pages/incident/5b36dc6502d06804c08349f7/68dcd546824d520550e10da9)
- [Company: GitLab](https://rewindex.com/company/gitlab.md)

## Timeline of updates

- **resolved** 2025-10-01 07:16 UTC: 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

## Cite this

Status incident (vendor impact label: none) posted by GitLab, started 2025-10-01 07:16 UTC, resolved after 0 min, 1 update(s).

- Canonical URL: https://rewindex.com/company/gitlab/incidents/68dcd546824d520550e10da9
- Citation: GitLab, “Users unable to modify ot create merge request approval rules” (2025-10-01 07:16 UTC). Archived by Rewindex: https://rewindex.com/company/gitlab/incidents/68dcd546824d520550e10da9 (CC BY 4.0).
- Markdown link: `[GitLab: Users unable to modify ot create merge request approval rules (2025-10-01)](https://rewindex.com/company/gitlab/incidents/68dcd546824d520550e10da9)`


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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/company/gitlab/incidents/68dcd546824d520550e10da9 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/company/gitlab/incidents/68dcd546824d520550e10da9.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/companies/gitlab/incidents/68dcd546824d520550e10da9 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-11-04T16:20:42.724Z