Allow projects under user namespaces to be indexed in Zoekt for self-managed instances

Summary

Enable Zoekt code search indexing for projects under user namespaces (personal projects) on self-managed GitLab instances. Currently, only group namespaces are indexed.

Problem

The auto_index_self_managed task in Search::Zoekt::SchedulingService only indexes group namespaces:

Namespace.group_namespaces.root_namespaces_without_zoekt_enabled_namespace.each_batch do |batch|
  data = batch.pluck_primary_key.map { |id| { root_namespace_id: id } }
  Search::Zoekt::EnabledNamespace.insert_all(data)
end

This means personal projects (projects under user namespaces) are excluded from Zoekt indexing on self-managed instances.

Proposed Solution

Remove the group_namespaces filter to include both group and user namespaces:

Current code (line 273):

Namespace.group_namespaces.root_namespaces_without_zoekt_enabled_namespace.each_batch do |batch|

Proposed change:

Namespace.root_namespaces_without_zoekt_enabled_namespace.each_batch do |batch|

This will allow both:

  • Group namespaces (existing behavior)
  • User namespaces (new behavior - personal projects)

Important Notes

This should NOT be done on GitLab.com (SaaS)

The task already has a guard to prevent running on SaaS:

def auto_index_self_managed
  return if Gitlab::Saas.feature_available?(:exact_code_search)
  # ...
end

This ensures the change only affects self-managed instances where zoekt_auto_index_root_namespace is enabled.

Benefits

  1. Complete code search coverage - All projects get indexed, not just group projects
  2. Better user experience - Personal projects can use exact code search
  3. Consistency - Matches user expectations that all projects should be searchable

Implementation

File to modify: ee/app/services/search/zoekt/scheduling_service.rb

Change line 273 from:

Namespace.group_namespaces.root_namespaces_without_zoekt_enabled_namespace.each_batch do |batch|

To:

Namespace.root_namespaces_without_zoekt_enabled_namespace.each_batch do |batch|

Related

  • Related to #582308 (Exact Code Search - Missing Results in global search)
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