Draft: Initial scaffolding for the Visual CI Editor (!212169) · Merge requests · GitLab.org / GitLab

What does this MR do and why?

This is part of the new feature that will allow editing and running pipelines using a Visual Editor. This feature will run as a Frontend Island

References

Epic: https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/19885+
Issue: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/580317+
Frontend Island implementation: Integration for a Vue 3 island (!203868 - merged)
Frontend Island in the Monolith Epic: Duo UI Next integration into the monolith (&19278)

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Before	After

How to set up and validate locally

T.B.D., working on creating a feature flag to integrate it to a new area of the Build menu

MR acceptance checklist

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TODO list

Have the Visual CI Editor Frontend Island run in the Monolith
Add tests
Add extra dependencies (Vue-Flow, Pinia, among others based on https://gitlab.com/gl-demo-ultimate-jvargas/visual-ci-editor)
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Edited Nov 11, 2025 by Jose Ivan Vargas

Draft: Initial scaffolding for the Visual CI Editor