Instance-level SAML API

Release notes

Problem to solve

There is no instance-level SAML API that self-managed users can use. We only have group-level SAML API available at the moment.

We have a GitLab Premium customer who needed to update externID for all users. And there is no API to achieve this at the moment.

Proposal

We should have instance-level SAML API as we have for SCIM:

• Group SCIM API
• Instance SCIM API

Intended users

Self-managed users

Feature Usage Metrics

Does this feature require an audit event?

Yes, audit events would be good to keep track of API usage.

Workaround

Use the User Modification API to update the externID field. Make sure to specify the extern_uid and provider parameters accordingly.

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