Design System 18.3 Planning issue

Themes for this milestone 📋

1. Migrate documentation
2. Kickoff component maturity

See our direction page for our long-term plans.

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Validation & Design Track 🔎

Summary of key goals and plans

• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ux-research/-/issues/3571+s
• Component health evaluation tracking (gitlab-org/gitlab-services/design.gitlab.com#2866) • Jeremy Elder, Trevor Pierce
• Improve component maturity > Component: Avatar (gitlab-org&17548) • Unassigned • 18.3

Documentation track ✍️

Summary of key goals and plans

• Async Workshop: Team alignment and direction (gitlab-org/gitlab-services/design.gitlab.com#2932 - closed) • Mark Florian, Jeremy Elder+ • 18.3
• Dark mode > Communication plan (gitlab-org/foundations/team-tasks#354 - closed) • Chris Micek • 18.3

Build Track 🛠️

Summary of key goals and plans

• Dark mode GA rollout (gitlab-org/gitlab#545104 - closed) • Scott de Jonge • 18.3
• Migrate component documentation into design.git... (gitlab-org/gitlab-services/design.gitlab.com#2891 - closed) • Scott de Jonge • 18.3
• Migrate utilities and directive documentation i... (gitlab-org/gitlab-services/design.gitlab.com#2894 - closed) • Scott de Jonge • 18.3
• Migrate foundational documentation into design.... (gitlab-org/gitlab-services/design.gitlab.com#2892 - closed) • Jeremy Elder

Deliverables 🚢

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Planned Time Off 🌴

Hey team! 👋 Please add your planned time off below for this release period.

*Note, you do not need to update this table if you take unplanned time off, this is meant to be a quick snapshot of capacity for those who don't have access to capacity planning.

Team Member	Time Off
@chrismicek
@danmh	2025-07-07–2025-07-16
@jeldergl	2025-07-29
@sdejonge	2025-07-11 & 2025-07-14
@markrian
@thaina.t	2025-07-14 until 2025-07-18, & 2025-07-21