16.10 Runner Group iteration plan

The details in this issue cover the top priority work items for the Runner team for the 16.10 release.

Kickoff Video

Runner Core 🏃

CVE issue triage

RunnerP1

• 1 developer assigned to triage all open issues with label ~"bug::vulnerability" .

Bugs 🐛

RunnerP1

•   Job errors with failed to create cache after up... (#37336) • Unassigned • Awaiting further demand
•   Infrequent job failures ("error during connect"... (#36980 - closed) • Unassigned • Backlog
•   gitlab-org/fleeting/fleeting-plugin-aws#53
• Investigate cause of Runner pods stuck in Pendi... (#28930 - closed) • Romuald Atchadé - OOO until Jan 11th, 2026 • 17.11
• Delivery to OperatorHub appears broken (gitlab-org/gl-openshift/gitlab-runner-operator#182 - closed) • Georgi N. Georgiev | GitLab • 17.1

Stretch

• SSL certificate issue with runner running as co... (#3582 - closed) • Arran Walker
• Gitlab runner upgrade removes all cache (volumes) (#30876 - closed) • Arran Walker • 17.2
• Memory leak when jobs are cancelled in the Runn... (#27857 - closed) • Matthew Bradburn • 16.9
• Kubernetes executor cannot clone git submodule (#36856 - closed) • Georgi N. Georgiev | GitLab • 18.2
• Pipeline call of dotnet tool destroys special c... (gitlab#428296 - closed) • Love Bhardwaj • 18.3
• DinD via Kubernetes runner = Cannot connect to ... (gitlab#428875 - closed) • Unassigned • Backlog
• Docker Autoscaler GCP - race condition with ins... (#36968 - closed) • Unassigned • 17.1
• Concerned with how broad the cluster permission... (gitlab-org/gl-openshift/gitlab-runner-operator#92) • Unassigned • 18.8
• Clean up diff file header CSS (gitlab#27867 - closed) • Unassigned

Features

RunnerP1

• Handling of the authentication token rotation (gitlab-org/gl-openshift/gitlab-runner-operator#186) • Unassigned • Backlog
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/account-management/western-north-america/google-cloud-gdch/-/issues/29+s
•   Test GitLab Runner with PodMan v5.2.5+ (#31043) • Unassigned • Backlog

CI Log rendering: Timestamps to CI logs (x-functional project)

•   Add timestamps to the CI logs for each line in ... (gitlab#202293) • Unassigned • 18.7 • At risk
•   Add stream information per log line (CI logs ti... (#36888 - closed) • Unassigned • 16.11 • At risk

Stretch

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Maintenance 🏚

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Stretch

•   Create guidelines for upgrading GitLab Runner o... (#36948 - closed) • Unassigned
•   Windows Runner support policy docs needs clarif... (gitlab#437748 - closed) • Fiona Neill • 17.0
•   Update the registering runners page to add deta... (#37346 - closed) • Unassigned

R&D 🤔

RunnerP1

•   Create architectural blueprint for the CI Cache... (gitlab#424951) • Unassigned • Backlog

Runner Fleet 🎢

Maintenance

• https://about.gitlab.com/blog/2023/08/15/removing-tags-from-small-saas-runner-on-linux/

Bugs

•   gitlab-org/gitlab#438589+s

Features

RunnerP1

• Make the relationship between runners and runne... (gitlab#423760) • Unassigned • Backlog workflowready for design
• Make it clear what a runner configuration is in... (gitlab#420784 - closed) • Miguel Rincon • 16.10 frontend
• Introduce runner creation status (gitlab#436475 - closed) • Shubham Kumar • 16.11 backend
• [Feature flag] Rollout of `generate_ci_finished... (gitlab#424866 - closed) • Pedro Pombeiro, Vladimir Shushlin • 16.10 (remove and clean-up, it was enabled by default in 16.8) backend
• [Feature flag] Remove run_clickhouse_migrations... (gitlab#434848 - closed) • Vladimir Shushlin • 16.10 (FF clean-up) backend

Fleet Dashboard: for Groups

•   Start capturing running jobs for group/project ... (gitlab#437846 - closed) • Pedro Pombeiro • 17.0 • On track backend
•   Add runner_group_id to ci_finished_builds (gitlab#440594 - closed) • Pedro Pombeiro • 16.11 backend
•   GraphQL API for wait time to pick up a job on t... (gitlab#437848 - closed) • Pedro Pombeiro • 16.11 • Needs attention backend
•   GraphQL API for "Active Runners" on the group l... (gitlab#437849 - closed) • Pedro Pombeiro • 17.0 • On track backend
•   Add link to Fleet dashboard to the top-level gr... (gitlab#437850 - closed) • Miguel Rincon • 17.0 frontend

Stretch

• Update project runner edit view (gitlab#432935 - closed) • Miguel Rincon • 17.3 frontend
• Remove runner status table column popover (gitlab#423570 - closed) • Miguel Rincon • 16.10 frontend
• Create GraphQL query fragment for `<ci-icon>` (gitlab#423028 - closed) • Miguel Rincon • 16.10 frontend
• Use full project name with namespace in runner ... (gitlab#441263 - closed) • Miguel Rincon • 16.10 frontend
•   Pod name is not visible in runner details page ... (gitlab#423523) • Unassigned • Backlog
•   Improve "Wait time to pick a job" graph in Runn... (gitlab#431240) • Unassigned • Backlog
• ~~ Move platform selection to runners "register" step (gitlab#431390 - closed) • Miguel Rincon • 17.0~~ workflowblocked by &12112

User Experience ✈ 🖌

•   https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gitlab-OKRs/-/work_items/6180+
•   Track the failure rate for a project's pipeline (gitlab#323101 - closed)

Google + GCP Console Integration (CI Workstream)

• Frontend: Implement queries/mutations for execu... (gitlab#437908 - closed) • Jose Ivan Vargas • 16.10
• Refactor Runner services and GraphQL queries to... (gitlab#441140 - closed) • Pedro Pombeiro • 16.10 • On track
• API: Implement GraphQL and REST endpoints to re... (gitlab#441115 - closed) • Pedro Pombeiro • 16.10 • On track
• GraphQL: Implement runnerCloudProvisioningOptio... (gitlab#438315 - closed) • Pedro Pombeiro • 16.10 • On track
• Frontend: Automate the creation of Google Compu... (gitlab#443230 - closed) • Jose Ivan Vargas, Payton Burdette • 16.10
• GraphQL: Add query field to generate cloud runn... (gitlab#438316 - closed) • Pedro Pombeiro • 16.10 • On track
• Internal Event Tracking: Add instrumentation to... (gitlab#440235 - closed) • Pedro Pombeiro • 16.10 • On track
• Allow specifying Google Cloud project ID to run... (gitlab#441421 - closed) • Pedro Pombeiro • 16.10 • On track
• Fail job explicitly with error message if `iden... (gitlab#442741 - closed) • Pedro Pombeiro • 16.10 • On track