In-product "Fix This" instructions MVC

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Background

GitLab is an open-source project, meant to emphasize the read-write nature of digital content. The company tag-line is "Everyone can contribute."

Problem to solve

It's difficult to figure out how you can contribute to GitLab while using the product. Whether it is a minor typo in some copy, or adding a whole new feature that you wish were present. GitLab should solve the pain-point of that difficulty by providing some in-product direction for how and where to contribute to the portion of the tool you are using.

Intended users

All Users of GitLab - There is probably some consideration to be given for having the ability to enable in-product props for a contribution instead of them being on by default but we should test that.

Further details

Use Cases

  1. As a User of GitLab, in order to fix a typo or translation error in the GitLab UI, I should have quick access to a "fix something in the content of this page" link that enables them to find instructions for fixing it.

Proposal

Permissions and Security

Documentation

Testing

What does success look like, and how can we measure that?

Links / references

Edited Sep 26, 2025 by 🤖 GitLab Bot 🤖
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