**Previous sprint:** https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/work_items/1202\ **Defect tracking:** [&23325 Artifact Registry Closed Beta — Defect Tracking](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/work_items/23325)\ **Roadmap:** [docs/roadmap/closed-beta.md](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/blob/main/docs/roadmap/closed-beta.md) --- ## Scope of this plan **This is a close-it-out sprint.** The gate stands at **2 open** `~AR-Blocks::Closed-Beta` items, down from 11 at 2026-09-08. Both are assigned and both have code in flight, so the week's question is no longer *which* blockers — it is whether these two land, whether the frontend slice that is eight merge requests deep in Draft moves, and whether the readiness gate clears. The group milestone **`CD: Closed Beta` is due today, 2026-09-15**, and the committed launch date has slipped twice: 2026-09-07, then W37's 2026-09-11 readiness target. A third date set without the two blockers closed would be a third slip. Three things are in scope: 1. **Land [#417](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/work_items/417) and [#1326](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/work_items/1326).** Every remaining merge request for both is open today. Nothing here needs new research. 2. **Unblock the review queues those two and the UI slice sit in.** Two monolith pipelines are failing, seven monolith merge requests are Draft and untouched since 2026-09-12, and the oldest open merge request in this repository is **76 days** old. 3. **Record the decisions the queue is carrying unmade** — the severity retirement, the 20 unlabelled epic children, and [#1326](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/work_items/1326)'s missing epic parent. These are decisions and label passes, not builds. Out of scope: `~AR-Blocks::GA` (**40 open**, up from 28 at 2026-09-08), the virtual formats, and any new spec, plan, or step merge request for work without an `~AR-Blocks::Closed-Beta` item. ## The gate The defect epic defines the launch gate as a rule, not a stored value: > CB launches when the open `~AR-Blocks::Closed-Beta` list is empty. Every item on it must > be fixed before the first customer onboards. **`@jaime` confirmed on 2026-09-15 that the rule is unchanged.** The list stands at **2 open**, both `~priority::1`, both assigned, neither cross-service. > **The epic view undercounts the gate.** > [#1326](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/work_items/1326) carries > `~AR-Blocks::Closed-Beta` but is **not a child of > [&23325](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/work_items/23325)**, so a count taken > from the epic's children reads 1 where the label query reads 2. Attaching it is an action > item this week, not a note. ## The blocker queue Both open `~AR-Blocks::Closed-Beta` items at 2026-09-15. `~priority::*` alone sequences the queue; severity plays no part in the order. ### `priority::1` — start first, longer lead | Issue | Owner | What is in flight | Next action | |---|---|---|---| | [#417](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/work_items/417) Per-format credential-column encryption wiring | `@jaime` `@hswimelar` `@dmeshcharakou` `@radbatnag` | [!2629](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/merge_requests/2629) (step 5 part 1/2, non-draft, pipeline green), [!2630](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/merge_requests/2630) (step 5 part 2/2, **Draft**, stacked on !2629), [!2662](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/merge_requests/2662) (step 8 part 2/2, **Draft**) | Review !2629 first — !2630 targets its branch and cannot merge before it. **Its due date was 2026-09-11 and is past.** | | [#1326](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/work_items/1326) Onboarded org has no AR role tuples; owners cannot create repositories or self-grant | `@bmarjanovic` | [gitlab!255330](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/255330) (approved by `@jdrpereira` and `@dlrussel`, blocking discussions resolved, **pipeline failed**), [gitlab!255373](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/255373) (**Draft**) | Green the !255330 pipeline; it is otherwise ready to merge. Take !255373 out of Draft. Attach #1326 to [&23325](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/work_items/23325). | ### `priority::2` — self-contained, quick **Empty.** Every self-contained blocker closed between 2026-09-08 and 2026-09-14. ### Where #417 actually stands Eight of eleven steps have merged to `main`, plus one half-step: | Step | State | |---|---| | 1, 2, 3a, 3b, 4 (Maven columns and encrypted I/O) | merged | | 6, 7 (Container columns and encrypted I/O) | merged | | 9, 10 (npm columns and encrypted I/O, all three parts) | merged | | 8 part 1/2 — stop writing Container's plaintext | merged 2026-09-15 | | **5 — drop Maven's plaintext** | [!2629](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/merge_requests/2629) + [!2630](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/merge_requests/2630) open | | **8 part 2/2 — drop Container's plaintext** | [!2662](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/merge_requests/2662) open, Draft | | **11 — drop npm's plaintext** | no merge request, no branch | **Step 11 is the one piece of #417 with nothing open against it.** It is the smallest of the three drop steps and the only one that still needs an author this week. [!2642](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/merge_requests/2642) (`docs(specs): S04-B names the sweep's stuck-row recovery`) is open, non-draft, green, and blocking discussions resolved. It is S04-B rather than S04-A, so it does not gate #417 — it is a one-review item sitting next to the same work. ## What left the gate between 2026-09-08 and 2026-09-15 Eleven down to two. **Five of the nine were fixes; four were not**, and the difference matters for reading the drop as velocity. | Issue | Closed | How | |---|---|---| | [#1070](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/work_items/1070) shared edge cache serves private Maven `.jar` reads without varying on the credential | 09-14 | Fix — [runway-provisioner!1850](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/platform/runway/provisioner/-/merge_requests/1850) merged 09-14, with [!2296](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/merge_requests/2296) | | [#1162](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/work_items/1162) Cloudflare rejects uploads over 500 MiB | 09-14 | Fix — [runway-provisioner!1838](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/platform/runway/provisioner/-/merge_requests/1838)/[!1839](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/platform/runway/provisioner/-/merge_requests/1839) merged 09-08, then !1854 and !1859. Limit lifted and verified in production with an 8 GB OCI blob | | [#1131](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/work_items/1131) edge caches Maven 404s | 09-14 | Fix | | [#1151](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/work_items/1151) version publish attribution never written | 09-09 | **Partial fix** — only `created_by` lands. `project_id` and `git_commit_sha` are still null, tracked as [#1275](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/work_items/1275) | | [#1039](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/work_items/1039) UI setup snippets send an unsupported `Private-Token` | 09-11 | Fix — [gitlab!254386](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/254386) | | [#597](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/work_items/597) fail closed when authorization is unconfigured | 09-08 | **Not a new fix** — closed as a duplicate of [#862](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/work_items/862), already fixed by [!2266](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/merge_requests/2266) on 09-03 | | [#1025](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/work_items/1025) grant/revoke enforcement latency | 09-10 | **Not a code fix** — closed as an investigation with a documented bound ([!2427](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/merge_requests/2427) and the ADR-021 amendment in [handbook!21025](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/content-sites/handbook/-/merge_requests/21025)) | | [#1156](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/work_items/1156) npm provenance `.sigstore` attachment | 09-09 | **Not a fix** — 400 kept for beta; deferred to the GA blocker [#1273](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/work_items/1273) | | [#1149](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/work_items/1149) and [#1150](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/work_items/1150) | **still open** | **De-labelled out of the gate on 2026-09-11 by `@mramasamy3`** — `~AR-Blocks::Closed-Beta` removed and `~priority::1` replaced with `~priority::2` on both | **`@jaime` decided on 2026-09-15 that the #1149/#1150 descope stands.** W38 carries both as workstream tails, not launch blockers. They are recorded here rather than reversed — but read the "2 open" figure knowing two items left the list by label and not by fix. ## Pending closeout Decisions and label passes. None of this is a build. ### Decide, do not clean up | Item | The decision | |---|---| | **Severity was never retired** | The 2026-09-07 policy states every `~severity::*` value is retired. **98 open issues still carry one** — `::2` on 6, `::3` on 34, `::4` on 58 — including [#417](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/work_items/417), [#1149](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/work_items/1149) and [#1150](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/work_items/1150). The policy and the label state disagree, and every triage since reads whichever the triager believes. **Pick one: sweep the label off all 98, or amend the policy to say existing values stay and only new issues omit it.** Until one lands, "severity is retired" is a claim the label data contradicts | | **`docs/plans/monolith/2026-08-18-version-detail.md` and its siblings have a single writer, and that writer is unmerged** | [!2664](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/merge_requests/2664) is **open**, non-draft, green: 50 rows across 12 plans, 47 monolith merge requests newly cited, leaving 34 of 185 monolith rows blank. Under the single-writer rule no step merge request may fill these, so every monolith progress figure quoted this week is derived from an unmerged document. Merge it, or state that the figures are provisional | | **[AR!2461](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/merge_requests/2461), the monolith S06 Phase 2 plan, is open while seven of its steps have merged** | Guardrail 3 says no step merge request opens before the plan merges. Seven have: [gitlab!253774](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/253774), [!253775](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/253775), [!253776](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/253776), [!254224](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/254224), [!254794](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/254794), [!254805](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/254805), [!254808](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/254808). **Merge !2461 or withdraw it**; leaving it open records a plan nobody is waiting on and a guardrail nothing enforces | ### Label passes — two labels each, no debate | Item | What is missing | |---|---| | **20 open children of [&23325](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/work_items/23325) carry no `~AR-Blocks::*`** | [#1072](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/work_items/1072), [#1122](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/work_items/1122), [#1135](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/work_items/1135), [#1140](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/work_items/1140), [#1149](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/work_items/1149), [#1150](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/work_items/1150), [#1159](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/work_items/1159), [#1170](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/work_items/1170), [#1172](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/work_items/1172), [#1261](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/work_items/1261), [#1262](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/work_items/1262), [#1263](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/work_items/1263), [#1264](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/work_items/1264), [#1265](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/work_items/1265), [#1266](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/work_items/1266), [#1272](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/work_items/1272), [#1274](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/work_items/1274), [#1275](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/work_items/1275), [#1336](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/work_items/1336), [#1337](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/work_items/1337). **Eight of them carry no `~priority::*` either** — #1072, #1122, #1135, #1159, #1170, #1172, #1275, #1336 — so they satisfy neither required axis and appear in no ordering | | [#1326](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/work_items/1326) | Not a child of [&23325](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/work_items/23325). Attach it | | [#1140](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/work_items/1140) Maven version `DELETE` answers 401 for an authenticated `ARTIFACT_ADMIN` | Open, **unassigned**, no `~AR-Blocks::*`, untouched since 2026-09-07. [#1125](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/work_items/1125) is closed, so the W37 pairing is moot and #1140 stands alone. Assign it and gate it | | [#783](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/work_items/783) npm remote reads emit no `artifact_pulled` | Open, **unassigned**, no `~AR-Blocks::*` and no `~priority::*`, untouched since 2026-08-21. Proxied npm installs are invisible to usage data. Gate it or close it; a third sprint of silence is a decision taken by default | | [#597](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/work_items/597) | Closed 2026-09-08, still carries `psirt-slo::breached`. Remove the label so the PSIRT view stops counting a closed duplicate | | [#1325](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/work_items/1325) silent Cloudflare upload-limit drift | Now carries `~AR-Blocks::GA` and `~priority::2`, so it is labelled and out of scope. Named here because staging re-applied a 50 GB limit on 2026-09-12 after a backend revert: the drift it describes is live, and [#1162](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/work_items/1162) closing does not detect the next one | | [#513](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/work_items/513) / [#514](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/work_items/514) | Both closed 2026-09-11. No action; listed so W37's open item is visibly done | ## Explicitly not in scope this week - **`~AR-Blocks::GA`** — 40 open, up from 28 at 2026-09-08. Deferred, however cheap a fix looks. - **The virtual formats.** S30, S31 and S32 keep their fast-follow cut. The shared collection-mode plan [!2357](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/merge_requests/2357) merged on 2026-09-08, so the guardrail-3 block on virtual step merge requests is lifted — that unblocks the fast-follow, it does not pull it into this sprint. S17 Phase 6 steps 36–42 sit downstream of it and stay out with it. - **New workstream starts.** No spec, plan, or step merge request opens this week for anything without an `~AR-Blocks::Closed-Beta` item. ## Pending work, by stream Tails only. Nothing here is a new start. | Stream | State at 2026-09-15 | What closing it means this week | |---|---|---| | **PREP readiness assessment** | [readiness!85](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/architecture/readiness/-/merge_requests/85) is **out of Draft**, blocking discussions resolved, last updated 2026-09-14. Open since 2026-03-18 | It is the formal Beta gate and it is now reviewable. `@jaime`: get it merged, or name the reviewer it is waiting on | | **S17 container manifest reads** ([#1150](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/work_items/1150), `@hswimelar`) | Five open, all non-draft, all green: [!2579](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/merge_requests/2579) (step 15), [!2654](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/merge_requests/2654) (step 14), [!2655](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/merge_requests/2655) (status rows), [!2659](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/merge_requests/2659) (step 21), [!2661](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/merge_requests/2661) (step 16, stacked on !2579). [!2587](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/merge_requests/2587) (step 20) merged 2026-09-15 | **Step 21 is the last unmerged closed-beta-blocking step of that plan** — review [!2659](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/merge_requests/2659) first. #1150 gates the monolith container-tag and npm dist-tag delete steps and the manifest tags column; [#1149](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/work_items/1149) closes with it | | **Monolith permission-gated controls** (monolith/S15) | 3 of 11 rows recorded. **All 8 remaining merge requests are open and 7 are Draft**: [gitlab!254910](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/254910) non-draft and green, [!254906](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/254906), [!254908](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/254908), [!254909](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/254909), [!254911](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/254911), [!254912](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/254912), [!254913](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/254913), [!254914](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/254914) Draft and untouched since 2026-09-12 | **This is the single largest stalled block in the program.** Seven drafts, one author, one day of movement in four. Get !254910 merged and the drafts marked ready, or say which of the 11 steps closed beta does not need | | **Monolith artifact delete surface** | 9 of 19 rows recorded; the first slice is steps 1–8, 11–13 and 15–18. Steps 15–18 are the container-tag, version, file and npm dist-tag deletes | Blocked behind #1150's routes. Nothing to do here until the S17 queue drains | | **Monolith S06 version detail** | 17 of 22 rows recorded. [gitlab!255372](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/255372) (step 22) is open, **pipeline failed**, blocking discussions unresolved | One merge request finishes the plan. Green the pipeline | | **Monolith S06 Phase 2 container manifest detail** | 7 step merge requests merged; plan [!2461](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/merge_requests/2461) still open | See `## Pending closeout` — this needs a decision, not code | | **Monolith S05 virtual repository detail** | 2 of 8 rows recorded | Out of scope; listed so its 6 blank rows are not read as lost work | | **Review-stale monolith merge requests** | [gitlab!253063](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/253063) open since 2026-09-01 and [gitlab!253638](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/253638) open since 2026-09-04, both green, neither approved | Two reviews. They are not gated on anything but attention | | **Beta user documentation** | [!2271](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/merge_requests/2271) open, non-draft, green, since 2026-09-02 | Land it. It gates launch comms, `@trizzi` | | **e2e coverage** ([#949](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/work_items/949), `@suleimiahmed`) | [!2219](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/merge_requests/2219) merged 2026-09-08, so W37's failing-pipeline item is closed. Open: [!2052](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/merge_requests/2052), [!2653](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/merge_requests/2653), [!1924](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/merge_requests/1924) against `main`, plus [!2595](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/merge_requests/2595) and [!2596](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/merge_requests/2596) into the `sahmed/e2e-caproni-authz` stack | Not a gate. The stack is what distorts the merge counts below, so landing its base is worth more than another leaf | | **S20-A Lifecycle** | 20b is the only blank row; no merge request, no branch | One step, reaping only. Fast-follow if it slips | | **S33 / S08 auth tails** | [#692](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/work_items/692) remove the bootstrap token — open, **unassigned**, untouched since 2026-08-31 | Assign it. Harmless while `auth.token_exchange` is configured, so fast-follow, but it should not be unassigned for a third sprint | | **Plan-table hygiene** | W37's S09 and S16 rows are filled: no plan under `docs/plans/` has a blank S09 or S16 row on `main` today. The monolith batch fill [!2664](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/merge_requests/2664) is open. A table for S06 Phase 2 waits on [!2461](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/merge_requests/2461) | Merge !2664. That leaves 34 monolith rows blank and the S06 Phase 2 table unwritten | ## Cadence: daily, not Friday **Monday 2026-09-14 is not listed below.** The sprint week opened before this issue existed, and a checkbox for a day already spent records nothing. The week runs **09-15 → 09-18**, with Friday 09-18 as the review. - [ ] **Tue 09-15** (today) — attach [#1326](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/work_items/1326) to [&23325](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/work_items/23325); get a reviewer on [!2629](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/merge_requests/2629); find out why [gitlab!255330](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/255330)'s pipeline failed; name an author for #417 step 11 - [ ] **Wed 09-16** — the seven monolith Draft merge requests: ready or explicitly deferred, one by one; [readiness!85](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/architecture/readiness/-/merge_requests/85) merged or its reviewer named - [ ] **Thu 09-17** — blocker burn-down. Decide severity: sweep or amend. Label the 20 unlabelled epic children - [ ] **Fri 09-18** — readiness review against the gate rule, and a go/no-go that names a launch date only if both gate items have merged The daily post is three lines: **open `~AR-Blocks::Closed-Beta` count · what merged since yesterday · anything newly blocked**. ### Weekly Status Updates DRIs post as a thread on this issue. ``` ## W38 Update — {Workstream} - Closed-beta blockers assigned to me: N open — list them - Merged since yesterday: - Open and waiting on a reviewer — name the reviewer: - Still Draft, and what it is waiting for: - Will this be done by Friday 2026-09-18? yes / no / at risk ``` --- ## Metrics > Fill in Friday 2026-09-18. The "Last week" column is the verified W37 set. **Paginate > fully**, count "merged" as landed on `main`'s first-parent history, and filter bots per > bucket independently — Renovate emits `fix(deps):`, so bot merge requests sit inside the > feat/fix/docs bucket. > > **W37's merge counts are not comparable to W36's without this adjustment.** W37 excluded > **63 stacked-branch merge requests** against W36's 6 — 61 of them `@suleimiahmed`'s e2e > stack into `sahmed/e2e-caproni-authz` and its children. Total merge activity fell > **266 → 229, or −14%**, not the −36% the feat/fix/docs row alone implies. Apply the same > exclusion to W38 and state the stacked count, or the row records a velocity collapse that > did not happen. | Metric | This week | Last week | Trend | |--------|-----------|-----------|-------| | MRs merged (feat/fix/docs) | | 111 (90 excl. bots) | | | MRs merged (other/bot) | | 55 (23 excl. bots) | | | Stacked-branch MRs excluded | | 63 | | | MRs open / in review | | 36 non-bot non-draft | | | Review queue depth (oldest open MR, days) | | 74 days ([!764](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/merge_requests/764)); 76 days at 2026-09-15 | | | Specs approved (of total needed) | | 33/55 Approved; 40/55 approved-or-better | | | Open `~AR-Blocks::Closed-Beta` (gate — must be 0) | | 2 | | | … of which `~priority::1` / `~priority::2` | | 2 / 0 | | | Unassigned closed-beta blockers | | 0 | | | Closed-beta blockers missing `~priority::*` | | 0 | | | Open `~AR-Blocks::GA` (out of scope, tracked) | | 40 | | --- ## Closing Checklist * [ ] Open `~AR-Blocks::Closed-Beta` list empty, or an explicit decision to launch with items open * [ ] [#417](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/work_items/417) steps 5, 8 part 2/2 and 11 merged * [ ] [#1326](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/work_items/1326) attached to [&23325](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/work_items/23325), so the epic view and the label query agree * [ ] [readiness!85](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/architecture/readiness/-/merge_requests/85) merged * [ ] The 7 monolith permission-gated Draft merge requests marked ready or explicitly deferred * [ ] Severity decided: swept off the 98 open issues, or the policy amended to match * [ ] The 20 unlabelled children of [&23325](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/work_items/23325) carry `~AR-Blocks::*`, and the 8 without one carry `~priority::*` * [ ] [!2664](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/merge_requests/2664) merged, and [!2461](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/merge_requests/2461) merged or withdrawn * [ ] Beta user documentation ([!2271](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/merge_requests/2271)) merged * [ ] [#1140](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/work_items/1140), [#783](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/work_items/783) and [#692](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ops/artifact-registry/-/work_items/692) assigned * [ ] Metrics table filled in, with the stacked-branch exclusion stated * [ ] Roadmap updated at docs/roadmap/closed-beta.md * [ ] Sprint summary posted to #f_artifact-registry Slack channel **Sprint summary for Slack** (copy-paste when closing): > Sprint W38 closed. Closed-beta blockers: {N} open, down from 2. #417 per-format credential encryption: {merged / N steps left}. #1326 org role tuples: {merged / blocked on}. PREP readiness assessment: {merged / open}. Launch date: {date, or not set and why}. Sprint W39: {link}