Architecture at GitLab

Contributing

At GitLab, everyone can contribute, including to our architecture blueprints.

If you would like to contribute to any of these blueprints, feel free to:

Go to the source files in the repository and select the blueprint you wish to contribute to.
Create a merge request.
@ message both an author and a coach assigned to the blueprint, as listed below.

List of GitLab Architecture Blueprints
Status	Title	Authors	Coach	Owning Stage	Created
proposed	GitLab Service-Integration: AI and Beyond	`@andrewn`	`@grzesiek`		2023-04-13
ongoing	Organization	`@lohrc` `@alexpooley`	`@ayufan`	devops data stores	2023-04-05
proposed	Iterate on the design of object pools	`@pks-gitlab`		devops systems	2023-03-30
proposed	GitLab CI Events	`@furkanayhan`	`@grzesiek`	devops verify	2023-03-15
proposed	Consider an abstraction layer to interact with ClickHouse or alternatives	`@mikolaj_wawrzyniak` `@jdrpereira` `@pskorupa`	`@DylanGriffith`	workinggroup clickhouse	2023-02-23
proposed	ClickHouse Usage at GitLab	`@nhxnguyen`	`@grzesiek`	devops data_stores	2023-02-02
proposed	Scalable data ingestion abstraction for ClickHouse	`@ankitbhatnagar` `@ahegyi` `@mikolaj_wawrzyniak`	`@grzesiek`	workinggroup clickhouse	2023-01-10
ongoing	Use Zoekt For code search	`@dgruzd` `@DylanGriffith`	`@DylanGriffith`	devops enablement	2022-12-28
ongoing	Secret Detection as a platform-wide experience	`@theoretick`	`@DylanGriffith`	devops secure	2022-11-25
proposed	View and manage resources deployed by GitLab Agent For Kuberenetes	`@shinya.maeda`	`@DylanGriffith`	devops release	2022-11-23
ongoing	Remote development	`@vtak`	`@grzesiek`	devops create	2022-11-15
ongoing	Next GitLab Runner Token Architecture	`@pedropombeiro` `@tmaczukin`	`@ayufan`	devops verify	2022-10-27
accepted	Work Items	`@ntepluhina`	`@ayufan`	devops plan	2022-09-28
ongoing	CI/CD Catalog	`@ayufan` `@fabiopitino` `@grzesiek`	`@ayufan` `@grzesiek`	devops verify	2022-09-14
accepted	Next Rate Limiting Architecture	`@grzesiek` `@marshall007` `@fabiopitino` `@hswimelar`	`@andrewn`	devops enablement	2022-09-08
accepted	Cells	`@ayufan` `@fzimmer` `@DylanGriffith`	`@ayufan`	devops enablement	2022-09-07
ongoing	Next Runner Auto-scaling Architecture	`@grzesiek` `@tmaczukin` `@josephburnett`	`@ayufan` `@grzesiek`	devops verify	2022-01-19
accepted	Object storage: `direct_upload` consolidation	`@nolith`	`@glopezfernandez`	devops data_stores	2021-11-18
ongoing	CI/CD data time decay	`@grzesiek`	`@ayufan` `@grzesiek`	devops verify	2021-09-10
proposed	Composable GitLab Codebase	`@ayufan` `@mkaeppler`	`@glopezfernandez`	devops non_devops	2021-05-19
implemented	Database Testing	`@abrandl`	`@glopezfernandez`	devops data_stores	2021-02-08
ongoing	Consolidating Groups and Projects	`@alexpooley` `@ifarkas`	`@grzesiek`	devops data_stores	2021-02-07
ongoing	CI/CD Scaling	`@grzesiek`	`@grzesiek`	devops verify	2021-01-21
accepted	GraphQL API	`@grzesiek`	`@ayufan` `@grzesiek`	devops manage	2021-01-07
implemented	GitLab to Kubernetes communication	`@ash2k`	`@andrewn`	devops configure	2020-12-03
implemented	Image resizing for avatars and content images	`@craig-gomes`	`@ayufan`	devops non_devops	2020-10-21
implemented	Container Registry Metadata Database	`@jdrpereira`	`@glopezfernandez`	devops package	2020-09-29
implemented	Cloud Native Build Logs	`@grzesiek`	`@ayufan` `@grzesiek`	devops release	2020-08-26
implemented	Development Feature Flags Architecture	`@ayufan`	`@glopezfernandez`	devops non_devops	2020-06-10
implemented	GitLab Pages New Architecture	`@grzesiek`	`@ayufan` `@grzesiek`	devops release	2019-05-16
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