#### Overview GitLab Secrets Manager is a built-in secrets management solution, native to the platform developers already use, powered by OpenBao. As organizations scale, the cost and complexity of managing secrets grows faster than the teams managing them. Secrets sprawl across CI/CD variables, disparate vaults, and homegrown scripts, and no one has full visibility. GitLab offers a solution for: * Customers relying on CI/CD variables and falling short of a true secure storage * Customers running multiple secrets tools across teams with no central visibility * Customers looking for a lower cost, lower complexity alternative * Customers who need data residency or are in a regulated industry See [Vision / Strategy / Roadmap document](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HwhGlPB4T4GIWAwyfDdvPKO9x8ZX_06HiiAVY-UOakk/edit?tab=t.4umlhwdcnjdn#heading=h.8yu8x9rtrpe8) (internal) for more information #### Vision GitLab Secrets Manager eliminates secret sprawl by making secure credential management a native part of the platform. No additional infrastructure to manage for SaaS/Dedicated, no separate access policies to maintain. Secrets live where the work happens, with full audit visibility and controls that meet enterprise compliance requirements out of the box. Over the next two years, our objective is to become the default secrets solution for GitLab customers by being the easiest path from "secrets are a mess" to "secrets are solved." #### Roadmap Completed * [x] [Closed Experiment](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/work_items/14243) * [x] [Closed Beta 18.8](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/work_items/16319#delivery-goals) * [x] [Public Beta: 19.0](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/work_items/21731) * [x] [Direct API Access for non CI/CD use cases: 19.2](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/594090) (unlocks use cases including ESO, Terraform, local dev) * [x] [Launch on GitLab.com in Limited Availability](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/work_items/10723) Upcoming (building in parallel or sequential) * [ ] [Launch on GitLab Self-Managed as General Availability](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/work_items/17903) * [ ] [Launch on GitLab Dedicated](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/work_items/18894) * [ ] [Migration Workflow for CI/CD Variables](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/work_items/23190) * [ ] [Dynamic Credentials](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/work_items/20378) * [ ] [Expand Access Controls for Non-CI/CD Use Cases](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/work_items/22579) #### Status To stay up to date on our project plan and status, you can follow the linked epics above as they're created for each priority.