Custom Models Planning 18.7

Milestone planning for the Custom Models Group

• Milestone planning for the Custom Models Group
  • Milestone Information
  • 🎯 Milestone Summary
    • ⭐ Priority Projects
    • 🐛 Priority Bugs
  • Team Capacity
    • Planned Time Off
    • Quality Capacity Allocation
  • Milestone Deliverables
    • ~Deliverable Issues
    • ~Stretch Issues
    • ~"type::bug" Issues
    • ~"support::request-for-help" Issues
  • Planning and Build Boards
  • Milestone Checklist
    • Engineering Manager
    • Product Manager
    • Stable Counterparts

Milestone Information

• Milestone: 18.7
• Start date: 2025-11-15
• End date: 2025-12-12

🎯 Milestone Summary

The main goals are to:

1. Finalize the model selection implementation by cleaning up several feature flags
2. Investigate and plan to support Self-Hosted models for Duo Agent Platform on GitLab Dedicated

We will also prioritize any newly identified work items that directly GA readiness for Duo Agent Platform.

⭐ Priority Projects

Priority	Epic / Issue	Teams in addition to Custom Models	Goal for the milestone	DRI/Staffing	Status
priority1 Deliverable	Break out DAP feature setting to two - agentic ... (gitlab-org&19998 - closed)		Haiku is the default model for agentic chat / GitLab Duo Agent; Haiku is a selectable model for all other agents	DRI: @manojmj	workflowcomplete
priority1 Deliverable	https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/581395+	Fulfilment, AI Framework	Spike for 18.7 - work itself is due 18.8	DRI: @mhamda Additional Staffing: @cindy-halim	workflowcomplete Tasks are broken down The new SKU work is 80% complete, not much to change left, but we have to wait for fulfillment to provision the new SKU
priority1	Add support for exposing Duo Agent Platform ser... (gitlab-org/charts/ai-gateway-helm-chart#6 - closed)		Blocking customers using DAP	DRI: @jpcyiza	workflowcomplete
priority1 Duo Agent Platform GA Hard Blocker	https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/582878+s			DRI: | @jessieay , @eduardobonet Staffing @cindy-halim FE|	workflowin dev
priority1 Duo Agent Platform GA Hard Blocker	https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/583038+			DR: @julie_huang	workflowin review
priority2 Deliverable	Make model selection feature flags for .com and... (gitlab-org/gitlab#569140 - closed)		Resolve each action listed here	DRI: @mhamda	workflowcomplete Remove Beta in code but keep Beta in doc till 18.8
priority3	Cost indicator and description for model selector			DRI: @julie_huang	workflowin review Want this feature to be behind FF agentic_chat that is the same flag that controls usage billing GA
priority3 Deliverable	Improve Quality of DAP features on Self-Hosted ... (gitlab-org&19986)			DRI: @aying-gl Additional Staffing: @bcardoso-	workflowin dev
priority3 Deliverable	Data-driven prioritization for self-hosted models (gitlab-org&19862)			DRI: @bcardoso- Additional Staffing: @aying-gl @jordanjanes	workflowin dev
Borrowed	Foundational Chat Agents: Consolidation (gitlab-org&19707) - FE	Governance		DRI: @cindy-halim @eduardobonet	workflowin review can start looking into SKU work
Borrowed	https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/577516+	Duo Chat	UI Bugs - Duo Chat in AI Side Panel (gitlab-org&19613)	DRI: @julie_huang @dmishunov	workflowcomplete
Borrowed	SWE bench setup for issue to MR flow (gitlab-org/duo-workflow/testing/duo-workflow-tests#62)	DAP		DRI: @bcardoso-
priority3 Stretch	Support Duo for Personal Namespaces on Self-Man... (gitlab-org/gitlab#568942)		Duo supported in personal namespaces	DRI: @mhamda ?
priority4 Stretch	Spike: Duo Agent Platform Self-Hosted models fo... (gitlab-org/gitlab#580510)		Technical plan to support SH on Dedicated for DAP	DRI: @jpcyiza
priority4 Stretch	OAuth2 for AI Gateway Authentication to Azure O... (gitlab-org&17451)		Support OAuth2 integration	DRI: @jpcyiza

🐛 Priority Bugs

Issue	Severity	Priority	DRI	Status	Notes
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/578756+	severity1	priority1	@cindy-halim	workflowin review	Security Issue
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/581268+	severity1	priority1	@mhamda	workflowin review It's been a learning process and hoops to get through all the security pipeline checks. Dec 8 -still blocked and contacting delivery team	Security Issue
Model Selection Not Respected for Ambient Flow ... (gitlab-org/gitlab#582678 - closed) • Manoj M J	severity1	priority1	@manojmj	workflowin review	Features moved to websocks and Custom Models was unware
User model selections are not staying persisted... (gitlab-org/gitlab#582136 - closed) • Julie Huang • 18.7	severity2	priority1	@julie_huang	workflowcomplete

Team Capacity

Planned Time Off

Note: Estimated Weight Capacity is (Working days in milestone - Total days off) / 2, rounded down.

Working days in milestone = 20

Team Member	Role	Total Days Off*	Estimated Weight Capacity
Product Manager
@jordanjanes	Product Manager	3	n/a
Engineering Manager
@aying-gl	Engineering Manager	1	n/a
Engineers
@mhamda	Senior Backend Engineer	0	7 (10-3 Work council working days)
@cindy-halim	Fullstack Engineer	1	9
@julie_huang	Frontend Engineer	0	10
@manojmj	Backend Engineer	0	10
@bcardoso-	ML Engineer	7	13 days
Note: Total Days Off includes all types of leave (e.g., vacation, public holidays, family & friends time, conferences, personal time, etc.)

Quality Capacity Allocation

• Capacity for support:
• Capacity for bugs:
• Capacity for maintenance:

Milestone Deliverables

Deliverable Issues

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label="group::custom models" AND label="Deliverable" AND milestone="18.7" AND group="gitlab-org"

Stretch Issues

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label="group::custom models" AND label="Stretch" AND milestone="18.7" AND group="gitlab-org"

typebug Issues

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label="group::custom models" AND label="type::bug" AND milestone="18.7" and group="gitlab-org"

~"support::request-for-help" Issues

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label="group::custom models" AND label="support::request-for-help" AND milestone="18.7" AND group="gitlab-com"

Planning and Build Boards

• Planning Board
• Build Board
• Next 1-3 Milestones
• Next 4-6 Milestones

Milestone Checklist

Engineering Manager

• Get team capacities and post them by the 10th of the month
• Add proposed prioritized list of type::maintenance issues to the planning board
• Obtain weights for all proposed issues
• Collaborate with product manager to finalize the plan
• Assign Deliverable and Stretch labels to milestone issues
• Confirm DRIs and backup DRIs for all priority projects
• Identify items for release post highlights

Product Manager

• Define key themes for the milestone
• Add prioritized list of type::feature issues to the planning board
• Request weights from engineering where necessary
• Collaborate with engineering to finalize the plan
• Identify items for release post highlights
• Update the Direction page
• Sign off on final plan for the milestone
• Close the planning issue

Stable Counterparts

• Technical Writing: Confirm feature documentation with the Product or Engineering Manager.
• Quality: Review testing requirements
• UX: Confirm design support availability

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