I've been the happy owner of four gitlab projects for almost a year now, but since yesterday I have lost owner priviliges on three of the projects.
I am still in the projects, but no longer the owner.
Any idea how this could happen and how to resolve it ?
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@dnyrop what do you mean, and how do you know you're no longer the owner? Are you basing that off the "Request access" button? That's a bug and it's showing even though it should not, will be fixed soon.
I am no longer in the members list, I can't approve merge requests and i don't have access to admin settings.
I still have access to issues and repository though.
This happened after the launch yesterday, so it could be a bug introduced there.
This happened with several of my projects after installing the 8.9 update. I was the only user in the projects. The list of members is now empty. I still have access to add users and edit project but nothing else. The Request Access button is visible in these projects. Clicking it will set me as a Developer with no option to change it. I can't transfer or rename the projects. I can add myself as a Master but not Owner.
If I login as an admin and look under admin/users//projects, the problem projects won't be listed. It is still in the full list of projects on admin/projects. Viewing it there still shows me as the owner but the member list is empty. It looks like if I add myself as Master it will display me as Owner in the list.
I was the only user in the projects. The list of members is now empty.
However I'm still not in the project_members list and the "gear wheel" menu is still missing a most of the options.
I'm not sure this changed, it doesn't mean you're not the owner.
@dougkeba@dnyrop Regarding the missing items in the "cog" project menu, I think it may have been fixed in 8.9.1 by !4744 (merged).
The Request Access button is visible in these projects.
I will fix that, and will allow project owner to remove request access if it's for himself.
I can't transfer or rename the projects.
That's weird because from the description of your problem, you're still the owner so you should be able to do that.
I can add myself as a Master but not Owner.
That's normal, a project's owner is either the group its in or its creator if it's a personal project. "Owner" is not an access level, it's a special status:
The only thing left is that the owner is not shown in the members list.
@dnyrop I think that's because in the past, we didn't add a project's creator as a team member on project creation, but now we do. You can see for yourself, if you create a new project now, you will be in the members list as "Master".
Of course, for old projects, being the creator gives you as much rights as being a "Master" in the members (plus a few project administration rights). That said, I agree that this can be misleading, and we should probably add a project's creator to the members list if he/she is not already in the members list...