8.6 CI Features

The planned features:

• CI architecture changes: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/14149 MOVED
• Visualisation of build pipeline + GitLab Deploy: gitlab-org/gitlab-ce#3743
• Cleanup CI models from view related methods: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/2760 DONE
• Document how to use Commit Status with other services: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/13564 DONE
• Build badges: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/13801 @grzesiek?
• Cleanup CI API documentation: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/13610 DONE
• Continuous Integration settings section should be hidden if I disabled build feature: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/13944 DONE https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/3220 https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/merge_requests/268
• Add gitlab-ci.yml option for passing artifacts: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/3423: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/3182 DONE
• More flexible matrix builds: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/13755 DONE
• The only and except supports the triggers keyword: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/3230 DONE

Blocked by other:

• Testing dependent projects (git submodule problem): https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ci/issues/224
• Per project build number and build version: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/3691
• Attach more information to builds emails: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/3976
• Run builds that were skipped: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/4054

The bugs that needs to be solved:

• Random appearing "build skipped" : https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/13402 DONE
• Merge When Succeed doesn't work reliably: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/13382 DONE
• Tags only trigger builds if they are tagged on master: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/7886 DONE
• Sometimes the builds are not created: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/12839

Less important fixes:

• Up and down button: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/4709 DONE

The future features:

• Per build token (security): https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ci/issues/305
• Shallow clone (performance): https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/4284
• Pages group domain: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/issues/326
• Allow to schedule builds periodically: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/2989
• Implement a new build view: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/7141
• Artifacts for failed builds: gitlab-org/gitlab-ce#4034
• Artifacts expiry date: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/3439
• Make builds run only if they are on HEAD of the branch being build: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/8998
• Estimate CI build time: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/13412
• Improve links to CI examples: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/13410 DONE
• Stick runners: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/issues/31
• Build ID and Commit ID and Request ID: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/13609
• Improve Pages deploy feature: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/issues/329
• Fetch LFS for CI: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/3489
• CI Lint in file-tree view: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/13448
• Push back to CI: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ci/issues/372
• Extend Commit Status with additional parameters: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/13738
• Auto-merge Jenkins: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/13269 DONE
• Builds dashboard: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/3235
• Remove all CI data: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/2929
• Better links for artifacts: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/4768
• Filter builds in admin area: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/7956
• Retry builds (forcefully) if failed: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/3442
• Show artifacts in tag view: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/13161
• Code coverage: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/13409
• GitLab Runner plugins: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/14178
• Skipped status if one of the builds is canceled: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/14207
• Refresh builds pages: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/5983
• UX - MR builds table reduntant information: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/14164, https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/3222

CI issues for 8.6: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues?assignee_id=&author_id=&label_name=CI&milestone_title=8.6&scope=all&sort=id_desc&state=opened&utf8=%E2%9C%93&weight=