# GitLab: Code search errors on GitLab.com

- Impact (vendor’s label): major
- Status: resolved
- Started: 2025-10-10 05:56 UTC · Resolved: 2025-10-10 12:44 UTC · Duration: 6.8 h
- Updates: 7 · Affected components: API, Website
- [Vendor status page: https://status.gitlab.com/pages/incident/5b36dc6502d06804c08349f7/68e89ffa923a050548bd8111](https://status.gitlab.com/pages/incident/5b36dc6502d06804c08349f7/68e89ffa923a050548bd8111)
- [Company: GitLab](https://rewindex.com/company/gitlab.md)

## Timeline of updates

- **investigating** 2025-10-10 05:56 UTC: We are currently investigating HTTP 500 errors affecting code search functionality on GitLab.com. Users may experience failures when searching code in repositories.
- **investigating** 2025-10-10 06:26 UTC: Our team is still investigating this issue. More details here: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20706
- **investigating** 2025-10-10 07:08 UTC: No material updates to report. Our team is still investigating this issue. More details here: gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20706
- **identified** 2025-10-10 08:01 UTC: A recent change has been confirmed as the cause of this issue. Our team is working on reverting the change. More details here: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20706
- **monitoring** 2025-10-10 08:54 UTC: This incident has been mitigated. More information can be found in gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20706.
- **monitoring** 2025-10-10 11:03 UTC: We are in the process of releasing an update that should resolve issues with exact code search. For more information see gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20706.
- **resolved** 2025-10-10 12:44 UTC: This incident has been resolved and exact code search is now operational. For more information see gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20706.

## Rewindex changes for this incident

- 2025-10-10 05:56 UTC: [Major incident: Code search errors on GitLab.com](https://rewindex.com/change/i3ec8a135d26a00.md)


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