2019-10-28 - 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

  • #33036 (closed) Search for tags(now named TOPICS) via rest api api, customer, devopscreate, feature, groupsource code
  • #32108 Branch-specific Push Rules customer, devopscreate, feature, groupsource code
  • #9923 (closed) Merge Request todos do not clear for all approvers when approved Enterprise Edition, approvals, customer, devopscreate, feature, groupsource code, merge requests, todos
  • #26792 Extend API to add/delete submodules Create [DEPRECATED], api, 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
  • #20637 (closed) Dismiss todos upon merge or closure of associated Merge Request Create [DEPRECATED], customer, devopscreate, feature, groupsource code, merge requests, todos
  • #4498 Set arbitrary "Mirror user" for Repository Mirroring Create [DEPRECATED], Enterprise Edition, customer, devopscreate, feature, groupsource code, ~"mirror", repository, settings
  • #20448 (closed) Allow configurable options for size limits when viewing files customer, customer+, devopscreate, feature, groupsource code, repository, rich blob viewer, 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

Unscheduled feature (non-customer)

  • #34977 Allow pre-receive hooks on GitLab.com Category:Source Code Management, devopscreate, feature, groupsource code
  • #34941 Apply labels automatically when taking action on Issues/MRs devopscreate, feature, groupsource code, issues, labels, merge requests
  • #34778 (closed) Images in issues, comments and merge requests can be accessed without authentication/authorisation devopscreate, feature, groupsource code, security
  • #34743 (closed) Allow to set an MR to MWPS after an MR Dependency clears devopscreate, feature, groupsource code, merge requests
  • #34713 (closed) Add re-blaming functionality to blame view ~"Category:Code Review", ~"code review", devopscreate, feature, groupsource code
  • #34549 Ability to suggest a new file name in MR code review ~"code review", devopscreate, feature, groupsource code
  • #34407 iLike devopscreate, feature, groupsource code
  • #34344 Ability to turn a "Similar Issue" into a "Related Issue" devopscreate, feature, groupsource code, issues
  • #34299 (closed) Enable the color chip in AsciiDoc asciidoc, devopscreate, feature, groupsource code
  • #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

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 1 0 0 0
~P2 0 36 10 2 0
~P3 0 9 283 18 2
~P4 0 0 100 205 0
~"No priority" 0 8 25 19 80

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
  • #23852 (closed) Diff comments do not show up on changes tab with parallel view, but are visible on discussions tab ~"Accepting merge requests", Create [DEPRECATED], ~"bug", ~"code review", customer, devopscreate, diff, frontend, groupsource code, merge requests, mr refactor, regression, regression:11.1, reproduced on GitLab.com

Unscheduled frontend ~bug (non-customer)

  • #34662 (closed) Review comment disappears when leaving a second comment on same line ~"bug", devopscreate, diff, frontend, groupsource code, internal customer, merge requests, reproduced on GitLab.com
  • #34446 (closed) Merge button in merge request does not update all UI components ~"S4", UI polish, UX, ~"bug", devopscreate, frontend, groupsource code, merge requests
  • #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
  • #31386 (closed) "Cannot merge" logo and tooltip is wrong in sidebar ~"P1", ~"S2", ~"bug", devopscreate, frontend, groupsource code, merge requests, ~"missed-SLO", regression, regression:12.2, regression:master
  • #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

Unscheduled ~bug with customer

  • #35002 (closed) ActionView::Template::Error: No route matches {:action=>"show", :controller=>"projects", :id=>"luci.git #because it's our priv... Category:Source Code Management, ~"S3", ~"bug", customer, devopscreate, groupsource code, reproduced on GitLab.com
  • #34711 (closed) "Something went wrong while fetching comments" after project import ~"S4", ~"bug", customer, devopscreate, groupsource code, ~"project import"
  • #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)

  • #34935 (closed) Issue Discussion Incorrectly Inferring Links ~"S4", ~"bug", devopscreate, groupsource code
  • #34885 (closed) It's possible to create a note with any commit_id value HackerOne, ~"P4", ~"S4", ~"bug", devopscreate, groupsource code
  • #34643 (closed) Merge request does not show the correct changes when a collapsed diff is expanded ~"S3", ~"bug", devopscreate, diff, groupsource code, merge requests
  • #34635 (closed) Error 500 toggling project stars: PG::UniqueViolation: ERROR: duplicate key value violates unique constraint ~"bug", devopscreate, groupsource code
  • #34581 (closed) Maximum push size in GitLab repository fails ~"S3", ~"bug", devopscreate, groupsource code, repository
  • #34533 (closed) Unable to merge feature branch with missing pipelines (also creating misleading error message about discussions) ~"S3", ~"bug", devopscreate, groupsource code
  • #34028 (closed) Commit comments created via API not visible on Merge Requests ~"S3", api, ~"bug", devopscreate, groupsource code, regression, regression:12.3, reproduced on GitLab.com
  • #33738 (closed) Webhook firing on finished git push event ~"S3", ~"bug", devopscreate, groupsource code, ~"webhooks"
  • #28703 (closed) Invalid UTF-8 is not displaying in Project and error loading commits Manage [DEPRECATED], ~"bug", devopsmanage, groupsource code, project
  • #26885 (closed) Cherry-pick redirect to another merge when gitlab does not automatically Create [DEPRECATED], ~"P3", ~"S3", ~"bug", devopscreate, groupsource code, merge requests
  • #26869 (closed) EOF warning after a repo is created with "Initialize repository with a README" ~"Accepting merge requests", Create [DEPRECATED], ~"P4", ~"S4", ~"bug", devopscreate, groupsource code, repository
  • #26835 (closed) Fix the MR title for the cherry-pick workflow ~"Accepting merge requests", Create [DEPRECATED], ~"P3", ~"S3", ~"bug", devopscreate, groupsource code, merge requests
  • #26745 (closed) ActionView::Template::Error: 4:Deadline Exceeded Create [DEPRECATED], ~"P3", ~"S3", ~"bug", devopscreate, groupsource code, merge requests
  • #26731 API v4: GET repository/commits/.../diff cuts off long diffs and does not provide way to get full diff Create [DEPRECATED], ~"P3", ~"S3", api, ~"bug", devopscreate, diff, groupsource code, repository
  • #26654 (closed) Rebase API returns stale information Create [DEPRECATED], ~"P3", ~"S3", api, ~"bug", devopscreate, groupsource code, merge requests

Heatmap for ~missed-SLO bugs

~S1 ~S2 ~S3 ~S4
~P1 0 1 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 31, 2019 by Bob Van Landuyt
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