# GitLab: Docker API version mismatch resulting in blocked deployments

- Impact (vendor’s label): major
- Status: resolved
- Started: 2025-11-11 14:08 UTC · Resolved: 2025-11-12 16:05 UTC · Duration: 26 h
- Updates: 19 · Affected components: CI/CD, Website
- [Vendor status page: https://status.gitlab.com/pages/incident/5b36dc6502d06804c08349f7/6913437876169705d96b0c2c](https://status.gitlab.com/pages/incident/5b36dc6502d06804c08349f7/6913437876169705d96b0c2c)
- [Company: GitLab](https://rewindex.com/company/gitlab.md)

## Timeline of updates

- **investigating** 2025-11-11 14:08 UTC: We're seeing errors with blocked deployments due to a mismatch in API versions of Docker. More information about the incident can be found here: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20827
- **investigating** 2025-11-11 14:26 UTC: We're continuing to investigate blocked deployments due to a mismatch in API versions of Docker. More information about the incident can be found here: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20827
- **investigating** 2025-11-11 14:38 UTC: We're still investigating blocked deployments due to a mismatch in API versions of Docker. More information about the incident can be found here: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20827
- **investigating** 2025-11-11 15:03 UTC: We're still investigating blocked deployments due to a mismatch in API versions of Docker. More information about the incident can be found here: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20827
- **investigating** 2025-11-11 15:23 UTC: We're still investigating blocked deployments due to a mismatch in API versions of Docker. More information about the incident can be found here: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20827
- **investigating** 2025-11-11 15:38 UTC: We're still investigating blocked deployments due to a mismatch in API versions of Docker. More information about the incident can be found here: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20827
- **investigating** 2025-11-11 16:04 UTC: We're still investigating blocked deployments due to a mismatch in API versions of Docker. More information about the incident can be found here: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20827
- **investigating** 2025-11-11 16:22 UTC: We’re continuing to investigate the blocked deployments, which appear to be caused by a mismatch in Docker API versions. More details are available here: gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20827
- **investigating** 2025-11-11 16:42 UTC: Investigation is ongoing into deployment failures related to a Docker API version mismatch. Please see the incident issue for more information: gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20827
- **investigating** 2025-11-11 17:03 UTC: Our team is still investigating deployment issues that appear linked to a mismatch between Docker API versions. Please see the incident issue for more information: gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20827
- **investigating** 2025-11-11 17:25 UTC: We're still investigating blocked deployments due to a mismatch in API versions of Docker. More information about the incident can be found here: gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20827
- **investigating** 2025-11-11 18:30 UTC: We're still investigating blocked deployments due to a mismatch in API versions of Docker. More information about the incident can be found here: gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20827
- **investigating** 2025-11-11 18:59 UTC: Our team is still investigating deployment issues linked to a mismatch between Docker API versions. Please see the incident issue for more information: gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20827
- **investigating** 2025-11-11 19:14 UTC: Investigation is ongoing into deployment failures related to a Docker API version mismatch. Please see the incident issue for more information: gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20827
- **investigating** 2025-11-11 19:47 UTC: We're still investigating blocked deployments due to a mismatch in API versions of Docker. More information about the incident can be found here: gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20827
- **investigating** 2025-11-11 20:13 UTC: Investigation is ongoing into blocked deployments caused by a mismatch in Docker API versions. More details can be found here: gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20827
- **identified** 2025-11-11 20:27 UTC: We've identified that recent pipeline failures were caused by an update to the latest Docker (DinD) image. For workarounds and details, please see the production issue: gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20827
- **identified** 2025-11-11 21:41 UTC: We've identified that the API mismatch is a result of the Docker v29 release, which requires API v1.44+ (Docker v25.0+). For workarounds and details, please see the production issue: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20827
- **resolved** 2025-11-12 16:05 UTC: It was determined that no further corrective action is required from an engineering standpoint. As a result, we're resolving the incident in favor of the two workarounds mentioned in the production issue here: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20827\#note\_2882208465.

## Rewindex changes for this incident

- 2025-11-11 14:08 UTC: [Major incident: Docker API version mismatch resulting in blocked deployments](https://rewindex.com/change/idf40f38e430812.md)


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