2019-10-21 - Triage report for "group::source code"

Hi, @jramsay @m_gill @andr3 @nick.thomas

This is a group or stage level triage package that aims to summarize the feature proposals and bugs which have not been scheduled or triaged. For more information please refer to the handbook:

  • https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/quality/triage-operations/index.html#triage-packages

Scheduling the workload is a collaborative effort by the Product Managers and Engineering Managers for that group. Please work together to provide a best estimate on priority and milestone assignments. For each issue please:

  • Determine if the issue should be closed if it is no longer relevant or a duplicate.
  • If it is still relevant please assign either a best estimate versioned milestone, the %Backlog or the %Awaiting further demand milestone.
  • Specifically for ~bug, if there is no priority or clarity on a versioned milestone, please add a Priority label. Priority labels have an estimate SLO attached to them and help team members and the wider community understand roughly when it will be considered to be scheduled.
    • https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/development/contributing/issue_workflow.html#priority-labels
  • Once a milestone has been assigned please check off the box for that issue.
  • Please work with your team to complete the list by the due date set.

Feature Proposal Section

For the following feature proposals. Please either close or assign either a versioned milestone, the %Backlog or the %Awaiting further demand milestone.

Unscheduled feature with customer

  • #32108 Branch-specific Push Rules customer, devopscreate, feature, groupsource code
  • #31440 (closed) Make the "merge" button only available to the creator of a merge request customer, devopscreate, feature, groupsource code, merge requests
  • #21934 Prevent rebase from UI Merge request by "Merge commit with semi-linear history" activated Create [DEPRECATED], auto updated, awaiting feedback, customer, devopscreate, feature, groupsource code, merge requests
  • #5183 (closed) Support of new branch protection mode of accepting merge request from other specific branches Create [DEPRECATED], Enterprise Edition, GitLab Premium, ~"Platform [DEPRECATED]", customer, devopscreate, feature, groupsource code, repository
  • #5010 (closed) META: Code review flow which doesn't rely on manual assignment Create [DEPRECATED], Enterprise Edition, GitLab Premium, UX, customer, devopscreate, direction, feature, groupsource code, merge requests
  • #21014 (closed) Add ability to filter out merge requests opened by current user Create [DEPRECATED], customer, devopscreate, feature, groupsource code, merge requests
  • #20960 GDPR Compliance: Maintain Separate Mapping of Commits to Authors in Gitlab Create [DEPRECATED], ~"Platform [DEPRECATED]", customer, devopscreate, feature, groupsource code, repository
  • #4722 Add ability to diff between any two commits from a merge request Create [DEPRECATED], Enterprise Edition, customer, devopscreate, diff, feature, groupsource code, merge requests
  • #4696 lower minimum approver count on MR when merging between two protected branches Create [DEPRECATED], Enterprise Edition, approvals, customer, devopscreate, feature, groupsource code, merge requests
  • #4498 Set arbitrary "Mirror user" for Repository Mirroring Create [DEPRECATED], Enterprise Edition, customer, devopscreate, feature, groupsource code, ~"mirror", repository, settings
  • #20377 (closed) Please allow forks to inherit secure variables Create [DEPRECATED], ~"ci variables", customer, devopscreate, feature, forking, groupsource code, potential proposal
  • #20325 (closed) Make the "merge" button as prominent as (or replace) "close merge request" Create [DEPRECATED], UX, customer, devopscreate, feature, groupsource code, merge requests
  • #20324 (closed) Ability to jump to diff in an MR Create [DEPRECATED], UX, customer, devopscreate, feature, groupsource code, merge requests
  • #20263 (closed) Merge commit template Create [DEPRECATED], auto updated, customer, devopscreate, feature, groupsource code, merge requests, potential proposal
  • #4169 (closed) enhancement for "approver" role of merge requests Create [DEPRECATED], Enterprise Edition, ~"P3", Plan [DEPRECATED], ~"S3", approvals, awaiting feedback, customer, devopscreate, feature, groupsource code

Unscheduled feature (non-customer)

  • #34344 Ability to turn a "Similar Issue" into a "Related Issue" devopscreate, feature, groupsource code, issues
  • #34031 Auto delete branches based on user criteria DogfoodingBuild in GitLab, devopscreate, feature, groupsource code, repository
  • #34020 Allow the README.MD file of a private project to be publicly viewed devopscreate, feature, groupsource code
  • #33938 Have more fine grained actions on merge event webhooks devopscreate, feature, groupsource code, ~"webhooks"
  • #33928 Sort C/C++ Header Files before Source files in Merge Requests ~"code review", devopscreate, feature, groupsource code, merge requests
  • #33806 (closed) Use correct icons for each file type in the Repository Browser tree UX, devopscreate, feature, frontend, groupsource code, repository
  • #33611 (closed) Allow assigning MR to someone only if a pipeline succeeds : /reassign_if_pass devopscreate, feature, groupsource code, merge requests
  • #33600 Notifications for ticket completion or status changes devopscreate, feature, groupsource code, notifications
  • #33592 List all Issues that a Tag resolves devopscreate, feature, groupsource code
  • #33589 (closed) Add pull_mirror_branch_prefix API support Category:Source Code Management, Delivery, api, devopscreate, feature, groupsource code, ~"mirror"
  • #33550 Linkify URLs in Code. ~"code review", devopscreate, feature, groupsource code
  • #33546 Skip CI when applying MR suggestion ~"code review", devopscreate, feature, groupsource code
  • #33533 (closed) Feature: redirect to root when path does not exist on branch (blame and blob views) devopscreate, feature, groupsource code
  • #33431 Prevent rebasing from UI for branches containing GPG signed commits devopscreate, feature, groupsource code, merge requests
  • #33368 (closed) Built in badge for releases ~"component::badges", devopscreate, feature, groupsource code

Bug Section

For the following bugs. Please either close or assign either a versioned milestone, the %Backlog or the %Awaiting further demand milestone and ensure that a priority label is set.

Heatmap for all bugs

Bugs for their priority and severity label are counted here. Every bug should have severity and priority labels applied. Please take a look at the bugs which fall into the columns indicating that the priority or severity labels are currently missing.

~S1 ~S2 ~S3 ~S4 ~"No severity"
~P1 0 0 0 0 0
~P2 0 34 10 2 0
~P3 0 10 280 18 2
~P4 0 0 100 202 1
~"No priority" 0 9 23 17 83

Unscheduled frontend ~bug with customer

  • #34156 (closed) When rebasing an MR that has approval rules, the "The source branch HEAD has recently changed" message is intermittently shown in error ~"bug", customer, devopscreate, frontend, groupsource code, merge requests
  • #33867 (closed) Impossible to comment on a diff with a former symlink ~"S2", ~"bug", customer, devopscreate, frontend, groupsource code
  • #33849 (closed) Number of files listed on merge request changes tab incorrect when truncated ~"P3", ~"S3", ~"bug", customer, devopscreate, frontend, groupsource code, merge requests

Unscheduled frontend ~bug (non-customer)

  • #32120 (closed) "Show full file" does not allow commenting on expanded lines ~"S3", ~"bug", devopscreate, diff, frontend, groupsource code, merge requests, reproduced on GitLab.com
  • #14963 (closed) Error message when applying suggestion contains error code ~"bug", devopscreate, frontend, groupsource code, merge requests
  • #31718 (closed) PDF's turn upside down if you click onto another tab once they are open and go back to them ~"S4", ~"bug", devopscreate, frontend, groupsource code
  • #14814 (closed) Merge Requests: "Merge when pipeline succeeds" button does nothing if clicked AFTER pipeline has already succeeded ~"S3", ~"bug", devopscreate, frontend, groupsource code, merge requests
  • #31675 (closed) Mirroring settings should be hidden/grayed when mirroring is disabled ~"Accepting merge requests", Category:Source Code Management, ~"P4", ~"S4", UX, ~"bug", devopscreate, frontend, groupsource code, ~"mirror"
  • #31662 (closed) Too-eager urlencoding for find files links ~"P4", ~"S4", UI polish, ~"bug", devopscreate, frontend, groupsource code, regression, regression:12.3
  • #31661 (closed) Missing margin on merge request approved e-mail approvals, ~"bug", devopscreate, emails, frontend, groupsource code, merge requests, reproduced on GitLab.com
  • #31592 (closed) Branch Divergence graph message does not refer to the default branch ~"S3", UX, ~"bug", devopscreate, frontend, groupsource code
  • #31392 (closed) Markdown highlighting from the edit page is not compliant with commonmark ~"S3", ~"bug", ~"dependency update", devopscreate, frontend, groupsource code, markdown
  • #31373 (closed) Changing Branches fails using Edge 18 ~"S3", ~"bug", devopscreate, frontend, groupsource code, repository
  • #31272 (closed) Merge request: Assignee displayed over multiple lines ~"S4", ~"bug", devopscreate, frontend, groupsource code
  • #13744 (closed) Merge request dependencies in MR widget don't update completely when dependent MR is merged ~"Accepting merge requests", Enterprise Edition, ~"P4", ~"S4", ~"bug", devopscreate, frontend, groupsource code, merge requests
  • #30912 (closed) Show UTF-8 BOM in diff Create [DEPRECATED], ~"bug", devopscreate, diff, frontend, groupsource code
  • #30899 (closed) Delay in expanding diff link ~"bug", ~"code review", devopscreate, diff, frontend, groupsource code, merge requests, reproduced on GitLab.com
  • #30865 (closed) Closing the MR diff file tree pushes the file list over the right sidebar in IE11 browser:ie11, ~"bug", devopscreate, frontend, groupsource code, merge requests

Unscheduled ~bug with customer

  • #34393 (closed) Error "Approvals rules group is invalid" is shown when trying to create a merge request approvals, ~"bug", customer, devopscreate, groupsource code, merge requests, needs investigation

Unscheduled ~bug (non-customer)

  • #34378 (closed) Posting external commit status changes merge request's "head_pipeline" from detached to non-detached ~"S4", ~"bug", devopscreate, groupsource code, merge requests
  • #34273 (closed) Confusion when viewing diffs of a specific commit ~"bug", devopscreate, groupsource code, merge requests
  • #34204 (closed) Merge request "Merge button" stuck in infinite loop if file-to-be-merged is locked by someone else. ~"S3", ~"bug", devopscreate, groupsource code, merge requests
  • #34186 (closed) Merge failed warning is too sticky ~"bug", devopscreate, groupsource code, merge requests
  • #34028 (closed) Commit comments created via API not visible on Merge Requests ~"S3", api, ~"bug", devopscreate, groupsource code, reproduced on GitLab.com
  • #34014 (closed) Impossible mirroring to AWS CodeCommit ~"S3", ~"bug", devopscreate, groupsource code, ~"mirror"
  • #33738 (closed) Webhook firing on finished git push event ~"S3", ~"bug", devopscreate, groupsource code, ~"webhooks"
  • #33632 (closed) Merge allowed for (Merge-)Protected Branch ~"S2", ~"bug", devopscreate, groupsource code, merge requests
  • #32718 (confidential) ~"(confidential)"
  • #28157 (closed) API closes_issues returns an empty list api, awaiting feedback, ~"bug", devopscreate, groupsource code, merge requests
  • #27832 (closed) after git garbage collect the packed-refs file roll back to old version Create [DEPRECATED], ~"bug", devopscreate, groupsource code, repository
  • #27622 (closed) Commit does not show up on issue if pushed to fork first Create [DEPRECATED], ~"bug", devopscreate, groupsource code
  • #27065 (closed) Standalone merge_requests endpoint filter by updated_after scope=all times out with 500 Create [DEPRECATED], ~"P3", ~"S3", ~"bug", devopscreate, groupsource code, merge requests, reproduced on GitLab.com
  • #27046 (closed) Got "Failure to squash" error when trying to merge an MR that had 1 commit Create [DEPRECATED], ~"P3", ~"S3", backend, ~"bug", devopscreate, groupsource code, merge requests, needs investigation
  • #26911 (closed) API: merged_at fields missing for certain Merge Requests in merged state Create [DEPRECATED], ~"P3", ~"S3", api, ~"bug", devopscreate, groupsource code, internal customer, merge requests, reproduced on GitLab.com

Heatmap for ~missed-SLO bugs

~S1 ~S2 ~S3 ~S4
~P1 0 0 0 0
~P2 0 26 5 1
~P3 0 0 1 0
~P4 0 0 0 0


This is a group level triage package that aims to collate the latest bug reports (for frontend and otherwise) and feature proposals. For more information please refer to the handbook:

  • https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/quality/triage-operations/index.html#triage-packages
Edited Oct 22, 2019 by James Ramsay (ex-GitLab)
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