2019-11-04 - 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

  • #35266 Enforece merge method at group and instance level Category:Source Code Management, customer, devopscreate, feature, groupsource code
  • #35097 (closed) "Code owner approval" does not honor "Allowed to push" rule ~"Category:Code Review", Enterprise Edition, ~"P3", ~"S3", approvals, customer, devopscreate, feature, groupsource code, merge requests
  • #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
  • #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
  • #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
  • #3747 (closed) Code review scoring against customizable labels (or categories) which can block MR ~"Category:Code Review", Create [DEPRECATED], Enterprise Edition, customer, customer+, devopscreate, feature, groupsource code, merge requests
  • #3737 Add option to only allow GPG signed merge requests Create [DEPRECATED], Enterprise Edition, GitLab Premium, auto updated, customer, devopscreate, feature, groupsource code, merge requests, potential proposal, settings
  • #3619 (closed) Export merge requests to CSV like already possible for issues Create [DEPRECATED], Enterprise Edition, auto updated, customer, devopscreate, feature, groupsource code, internal customer, merge requests, potential proposal
  • #19676 (closed) Code review for submodules in merge requests Create [DEPRECATED], auto updated, customer, devopscreate, feature, groupsource code, merge requests, potential proposal
  • #3390 5-minute delay in Update Now mirror button is inconvenient Create [DEPRECATED], Enterprise Edition, customer, devopscreate, feature, groupsource code, ~"mirror", repository

Unscheduled feature (non-customer)

  • #35352 Split out WIP merge requests devopscreate, feature, groupsource code, merge requests
  • #35208 (closed) Can't "upload" file to new repository through web interface. devopscreate, feature, groupsource code
  • #35099 (closed) Allow replacing and deleting LFS files using the web interface devopscreate, feature, groupsource code, ~"lfs"
  • #35075 (closed) Diffs are collapsed too aggressively and collapsed diffs are difficult to spot ~"Category:Code Review", devopscreate, diff, feature, frontend, groupsource code, merge requests
  • #35020 (closed) Optional create fork with only default branch devopscreate, feature, groupsource code
  • #34996 Option to get one email per comment in MR review devopscreate, feature, groupsource code
  • #34977 Allow pre-receive hooks on GitLab.com Category:Source Code Management, devopscreate, feature, groupsource code
  • #34971 (closed) "Minor" MR's or "quick fixes" that can be assigned to anyone with merge rights devopscreate, feature, groupsource code, merge requests
  • #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", devopscreate, feature, groupsource code
  • #34549 Ability to suggest a new file name in MR code review ~"Category: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

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 38 12 2 0
~P3 0 11 283 18 2
~P4 0 0 102 205 0
~"No priority" 0 9 27 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", ~"Category:Code Review", Create [DEPRECATED], ~"bug", customer, devopscreate, diff, frontend, groupsource code, merge requests, mr refactor, regression, regression:11.1, reproduced on GitLab.com

Unscheduled frontend ~bug (non-customer)

  • #35120 (closed) Embedded links in dependency files are incorrectly escaped ~"P2", ~"S3", ~"bug", devopscreate, frontend, groupsource code, regression, regression:12.4, repository, reproduced on GitLab.com, rich blob viewer
  • #35098 (closed) 422 unprocessable entity when creating mr ~"S3", ~"bug", devopscreate, frontend, groupsource code, merge requests
  • #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
  • #34197 (closed) Minimizing diffs by clicking the downward facing arrow does not trigger the collapseDiff() functionality. ~"S3", ~"bug", devopscreate, frontend, groupsource code
  • #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

Unscheduled ~bug with customer

  • #35410 (closed) Collapsed comment is automatically expanded when a new comment is added to MR diff ~"bug", customer, devopscreate, diff, groupsource code, merge requests
  • #35198 (closed) Merge request diffs.json performs poorly in projects with many of deployed environments ~"bug", customer, devopscreate, environments, groupsource code, merge requests
  • #34711 (closed) "Something went wrong while fetching comments" after project import ~"S4", ~"bug", customer, devopscreate, groupsource code, ~"project import"
  • #25968 (closed) MergeRequest Notes API Slow for Large Notes Create [DEPRECATED], ~"P2", ~"S2", api, ~"bug", customer, customer success, devopscreate, groupsource code, merge requests, ~"missed-SLO", needs investigation

Unscheduled ~bug (non-customer)

  • #35360 (closed) Ensure next unresolved discussion button always takes user to the right place ~"Category:Code Review", ~"bug", devopscreate, groupsource code
  • #35305 (closed) developer gets 404 error when clicking on 'update now' ~"S2", ~"bug", devopscreate, groupsource code
  • #35272 (closed) lack information about regex restriction ~"S3", ~"bug", devopscreate, groupsource code, repository, reproduced on GitLab.com
  • #35254 (closed) Lock button is not shown in directory on Staging when user goes to directory for the first time ~"S3", ~"bug", devopscreate, groupsource code
  • #35246 (closed) Wrong number of Merge Requests ~"S3", ~"bug", devopscreate, groupsource code
  • #35215 (moved) Pull mirroring using SSH key fails on Staging ~"S3", ~"bug", devopscreate, groupsource code
  • #35126 (closed) Commit parent IDs list is empty in some REST API's ~"S4", ~"bug", devopscreate, groupsource code, merge requests
  • #35068 (closed) instruction description for conflict merge request of version 12.3.1 is misguided ~"S4", ~"bug", devopscreate, groupsource code
  • #35063 (closed) UI glitch: commit avatar overlaps with text for signed commits ~"S3", ~"bug", devopscreate, groupsource code
  • #35024 (closed) MR diff and patch files aren’t served with the UTF-8 charset ~"S3", ~"bug", devopscreate, diff, groupsource code
  • #35008 (closed) Project Approval Rule API returns empty Users when supplying user IDs and group IDs ~"S3", approvals, ~"bug", devopscreate, groupsource code
  • #28703 (closed) Invalid UTF-8 is not displaying in Project and error loading commits Manage [DEPRECATED], ~"P3", ~"S2", ~"bug", devopscreate, groupsource code, project
  • #26429 (closed) Create branch from issue UI doesn't use source branch Create [DEPRECATED], awaiting feedback, ~"bug", devopscreate, groupsource code, repository
  • #26263 (closed) Some small changes in a large diff are not shown Create [DEPRECATED], ~"P3", ~"S3", backend, ~"bug", devopscreate, diff, groupsource code, merge requests
  • #26259 (closed) Deleting a big repo is not working due to web hook logs Create [DEPRECATED], ~"P2", ~"S2", ~"bug", devopscreate, gitlab.com, groupsource code, ~"missed-SLO", repository

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 Nov 08, 2019 by Kerri Miller
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