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GitLab Status Monitor
GitLab Status: Is GitLab Down Right Now?
Use this GitLab status guide to confirm outages fast, troubleshoot CI/CD pipelines, repositories, merge requests, or registry issues, and reach the official GitLab status page in one click.
How do I quickly check if GitLab is down?
- 1. Check official status updates.
- 2. Confirm with community reports.
- 3. Check the official status page.
- 4. Retry pipelines or switch Git protocol.
TLDR: GitLab is currently believed to be operational. Check the official GitLab status page or apistatuscheck.com for real-time status.
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Check the official GitLab status page
GitLab maintains a detailed status page with component-level health for CI/CD, repositories, registry, and web IDE.
status.gitlab.comLook for community reports
Crowd-sourced signals on Downdetector can confirm whether pipeline failures, push errors, or login issues are widespread.
Downdetector reportsCheck the official status page
Use API Status Check to reach the official status page fast and review previously reported incidents.
GitLab on API Status CheckWhat happens when GitLab goes down?
CI/CD pipeline failures
GitLab CI/CD runners may fail to pick up jobs, pipelines may queue indefinitely, or jobs may fail with infrastructure errors during outages.
Git push and pull errors
Repository operations like git push, pull, and clone may fail with SSH or HTTPS errors when GitLab Git servers are degraded.
Merge request loading failures
Merge requests may fail to load, show blank pages, or not display diff data during backend service disruptions.
Container registry errors
Docker image pushes and pulls from the GitLab Container Registry may fail with authentication or connectivity errors during outages.
How do I troubleshoot GitLab issues?
- 1
Check the GitLab status page
Visit status.gitlab.com to see component-level status. CI/CD runners and repository services have separate health indicators.
- 2
Retry failed pipeline jobs
GitLab CI/CD jobs that fail due to infrastructure issues can be retried from the pipeline view without code changes.
- 3
Test SSH vs HTTPS for Git operations
If SSH pushes fail, try switching to HTTPS (or vice versa) — one protocol often works during partial outages.
- 4
Check runner registration and tags
If using self-managed runners, verify they are registered and healthy. Cloud-hosted runner issues affect only shared runners.
- 5
Use GitLab API to check project health
The GitLab REST API can sometimes return responses even when the web UI is degraded, useful for automated health checks.
What is GitLab's current status?
API Status Check tracks GitLab status with official status page links, community outage reports, and incident history so you can confirm outages quickly.
Official GitLab status, in one place
API Status Check links the official GitLab status page and keeps a history of reported incidents. We do not run our own probes against GitLab yet.
Reported incident history
Review previously reported incidents and outage patterns to understand GitLab platform stability.
Alerts for the APIs we monitor
Alert Pro emails cover the 60+ APIs we poll every hour. GitLab is not one of them yet, so subscribe to its official status page for incident notices.
What can I do during a GitLab outage?
Mirror repositories to GitHub
GitLab supports push mirroring to GitHub. During extended outages, your code remains accessible on the GitHub mirror.
Run CI/CD locally
Use gitlab-runner to execute pipelines locally during outages: `gitlab-runner exec docker <job-name>`
Use self-managed GitLab instance
Organizations with self-managed GitLab instances are unaffected by GitLab.com outages — consider this for critical workloads.
Confirm recovery on the official status page
Watch the official status page to see the moment GitLab services recovers from an outage.
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Frequently asked questions about GitLab status
Is GitLab down right now?
Check status.gitlab.com and API Status Check, which links the official status page alongside community outage reports. GitLab provides component-level status so you can see exactly which services are affected.
Why are my GitLab CI/CD pipelines failing?
Pipeline failures can be caused by GitLab runner outages, code errors, or infrastructure issues. Check status.gitlab.com first, then review your pipeline logs for specific error messages.
Why can't I push to my GitLab repository?
Git push failures during outages usually show as SSH timeouts or HTTPS 503 errors. Try switching between SSH and HTTPS, or wait for the incident to resolve.
Is the GitLab Container Registry down?
The Container Registry has a separate health indicator on status.gitlab.com. Registry outages affect docker push/pull operations independently of repo access.
Does a GitLab.com outage affect self-managed instances?
No. Self-managed GitLab instances run on your own infrastructure and are not affected by GitLab.com outages. Only shared services like license validation may be impacted.
How can I get GitLab outage alerts?
Subscribe to alerts on API Status Check to receive real-time notifications when GitLab experiences an incident.
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