Feature Proposal: Allow Maintainers to Trigger Repository Checks

Proposal

Problem Statement Currently, only administrators can trigger repository checks via /admin/projects/:id/repository_check. In organizations with:

• Hundreds of projects with maintainer-level project owners
• Limited admin personnel
• Frequent import failures requiring checks

This creates a bottleneck where maintainers must request admins to run basic health checks.

Proposed Solution

1. Add repository check capability to project settings (not just /admin)
2. Allow project maintainers to trigger checks for their own projects
3. Send check failure notifications to project maintainers, not just admins

Benefits

• Reduces admin workload
• Enables self-service repository maintenance
• Faster issue detection and resolution
• Better aligns with GitLab's permission model, where maintainers manage their projects

Customer:

Zendesk: https://gitlab.zendesk.com/agent/tickets/653521 (Internal only)