17.1 Runner Group iteration plan

The details in this issue cover the top priority work items for the Runner team for the 17.1 release. 2024-06-20

Kickoff Video

Cross Functional Programs

Cells 1.0

• Investigation for S Cells 1.0: `ci_runners` sharding key (gitlab#442395) • Pedro Pombeiro - OOO from Oct 13-24 • 18.6 • On track

Google + GitLab GCP integration

•   Consolidate Kuberentes installation under k8s m... (gitlab-org/ci-cd/runner-tools/grit#82 - closed) • Hannes Hörl • 17.2
•   Revise Runner setup workflow to incorporate run... (gitlab#458452 - closed) • Jose Ivan Vargas • 17.6 • Needs attention
•   Define the getting started GKE cluster configur... (gitlab#458307 - closed) • Romuald Atchadé - OOO until Nov 30th, 2025 • 17.5
•   Update GRIT template as needed to create the de... (gitlab#458426 - closed) • Hannes Hörl, Romuald Atchadé - OOO until Nov 30th, 2025 • 17.3
•   Implement TF module for installing the Runner O... (gitlab#458427 - closed) • Romuald Atchadé - OOO until Nov 30th, 2025 • 17.3
•   Test the end-to-end automation (gitlab#458430 - closed) • Unassigned • Backlog
•   Frontend: {placeholder for front-end work) (gitlab#458480 - closed) • Unassigned • Backlog
•   Add documentation covering the setup and the de... (gitlab#458433 - closed) • Unassigned • Backlog

Verify Documentation Updates

•   https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gitlab-OKRs/-/issues/8032+s

Runner Core 🏃

Bugs 🐛

RunnerP1

Security

• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/issues/?sort=created_date&state=opened&label_name%5B%5D=FedRAMP%3A%3AVulnerability&milestone_title=17.1&first_page_size=20
•   gitlab-org/gitlab-runner#37633+s

Non-Security

• gcp_secret_manager matching is incorrect (#37691 - closed) • Romuald Atchadé - OOO until Nov 30th, 2025 • 17.1 severity1
•   Base images not updated during image build for ... (gitlab-org/gl-openshift/gitlab-runner-operator#200 - closed) • Georgi N. Georgiev | GitLab • 17.1
•   Uploading artifacts fails with 500 error (gitlab#444271 - closed) • Max Fan • 18.1
•   limit parameter in runner config.toml is ignored (#2611 - closed) • Romuald Atchadé - OOO until Nov 30th, 2025 • 17.1
•   Runner misbehaves when GitLab is in maintenance... (#29181 - closed) • Romuald Atchadé - OOO until Nov 30th, 2025 • 18.3
•   gitlab-org/gitlab#456984+s
•   Runner helper images missing entrypoint (#37689 - closed) • Georgi N. Georgiev | GitLab • 17.1

Features

RunnerP1

Runner Autoscaling - Fleeting + Taskscaler + Plugins (Docker Machine replacement)

•   GitLab Runner Fleeting plugin for GCP Compute E... (#29221 - closed) • Arran Walker • 17.1
•   Fix docker client intermittently failing to con... (!4801 - merged) • Arran Walker • 17.1
•   Fix capacity calculation for unexpectedly remov... (gitlab-org/fleeting/taskscaler!47 - merged) • Arran Walker • 17.1
•   Fix required instance calc preventing demand ru... (gitlab-org/fleeting/taskscaler!49 - merged) • Arran Walker • 17.1
•   Draft: Use InstanceID to distinguish unique ins... (gitlab-org/fleeting/plugins/googlecloud!10 - closed)

CI Steps - Minimal

•   Implement Steps service `Finish` API (step-runner#33 - closed) • Axel von Bertoldi • 17.1

CI Log rendering: Timestamps to CI logs

•   Add timestamp parsing to render logs in backend (gitlab#455581 - closed) • Pedro Pombeiro - OOO from Oct 13-24 • 17.1 • On track
•   Add timestamp display to gitlab logs in frontend (gitlab#455582 - closed) • Miguel Rincon • 17.1

Other

•   Add support for Red Hat OpenShift 4.15 to the G... (gitlab-org/gl-openshift/gitlab-runner-operator#202 - closed) • Georgi N. Georgiev | GitLab • 17.2

Stretch

• no issues planned

Maintenance 🏚

•   Remove experimental from IdleScaleFactor (#30958) • Unassigned • Backlog

R&D 🤔

•   Test GitLab Runner on Kubernetes with Karpenter (#37509) • Unassigned • Backlog
•   Spike to investigate and find an root cause for... (#37695 - closed) • Unassigned • 18.3

Fleet Visibility 🎢

Bugs

RunnerP1

•   A DOS vulnerability in the 'description' field ... (gitlab#451911 - closed) • Pedro Pombeiro - OOO from Oct 13-24 • 17.1 • On track

Stretch

•   Ci::RunnerManager.version is not being written ... (gitlab#416109 - closed) • Pedro Pombeiro - OOO from Oct 13-24 • 17.1
•   "Shared runners enabled" setting is not updated... (gitlab#416653 - closed) • Pedro Pombeiro - OOO from Oct 13-24 • 17.1 • On track
•   token_field not present in unregister runner to... (gitlab#456406 - closed) • Pedro Pombeiro - OOO from Oct 13-24 • 17.1 blocked

Maintenance

•   Update job stuck error message due to CI job ta... (gitlab#336205) • Unassigned • Backlog

Features

RunnerP1

Fleet Dashboard for Groups

•   Runner Fleet Dashboard - Group: Starter metrics... (gitlab#424789 - closed) • Pedro Pombeiro - OOO from Oct 13-24, Miguel Rincon • 17.2
  •   Add compute minute breakdown by project to the ... (gitlab#440605 - closed) • Pedro Pombeiro - OOO from Oct 13-24 • 17.1 • On track
  •   Add compute minute breakdown by runner to the c... (gitlab#463079 - closed) • Pedro Pombeiro - OOO from Oct 13-24 • 17.1 • On track
  •   Compute minutes CSV export mutation on the gro... (gitlab#440607 - closed) • Pedro Pombeiro - OOO from Oct 13-24 • 17.1 • On track
  •   Visualize percentiles of estimated job wait tim... (gitlab#424790 - closed) • Miguel Rincon • 17.1
  •   [Feature flag] Enable runners_dashboard_for_groups (gitlab#459052 - closed) • Pedro Pombeiro - OOO from Oct 13-24 • 17.2

Runner Registration Token - Deprecation/Removal

•   New manage_runner token scope needed to allow a... (gitlab#460721 - closed) • Pedro Pombeiro - OOO from Oct 13-24 • 17.1 • On track
•   Remove alpha annotation from CiRunnerManager-re... (gitlab#464460 - closed) • Pedro Pombeiro - OOO from Oct 13-24 • 17.1
•   HTTP 500 responses from failed runner registrat... (gitlab#463509 - closed) • Pedro Pombeiro - OOO from Oct 13-24 • 17.1

Stretch

•   Improve the toggle behaviour for runners 'Allow... (gitlab#455063 - closed) • Anton Kalmykov • Backlog

User Experience ✈ 🖌

•   https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ux-research/-/issues/2988+
•   Add timestamp display to gitlab logs in frontend (gitlab#455582 - closed)