• Working across the entire software development lifecycle
• Planning work
• Authoring code
• Reviewing code
• Testing and deploying code
• Securing code
• Summary of all GitLab Duo features

GitLab Duo

GitLab Duo is a suite of AI-powered features that assist you while you work in GitLab. These features aim to help increase velocity and solve key pain points across the software development lifecycle.

GitLab Duo features are available in IDE extensions and the GitLab UI. Some features are also available as part of GitLab Duo Chat.

• Get started with GitLab Duo.
• View a walkthrough of GitLab Duo Enterprise features.

GitLab is transparent. As GitLab Duo features mature, the documentation will be updated to clearly state how and where you can access these features.

Working across the entire software development lifecycle

To improve your workflow across the entire software development lifecycle, try these features:

• GitLab Duo Chat: Write and understand code, get up to speed on the status of projects, and learn about GitLab by asking your questions in a chat window. Watch overview
• Self-Hosted Models: Host the language models that power AI features in GitLab. Code Suggestions and Duo Chat are supported. Use GitLab model vendors or self-host a supported language model.
• GitLab Duo Workflow: Automate tasks and help increase productivity in your development workflow.
• AI Impact Dashboard: Measure the AI effectiveness and impact on SDLC metrics.

Planning work

To improve your workflow while planning work, try these features:

• Issue Description Generation: Generate a more in-depth issue description based on a short summary. Watch overview
• Discussion Summary: Summarize lengthy conversations in an issue. Watch overview

Authoring code

To improve your workflow while authoring code, try these features:

• Code Suggestions: Generate code and show suggestions as you type. Watch overview

• Code Explanation: Have code explained. View docs for explaining code in:

  • The IDE.
  • A file.
  • A merge request.
• Test Generation: Test your code by generating tests. Watch overview
• Refactor Code: Improve or refactor the selected code. Watch overview
• Fix Code: Fix quality problems, like bugs or typos, in the selected code. Watch overview
• GitLab Duo for the CLI: Discover or recall git commands.

Reviewing code

To improve your workflow while reviewing code in merge requests, try these features:

• Merge Request Summary: Generate a description based on the code changes. Watch overview
• Code Review: Review proposed code changes.
• Code Review Summary: Summarize all the comments in a review. Watch overview
• Merge Commit Message Generation: Generate commit messages.

Testing and deploying code

To improve your testing and deployment workflow, try these features:

• Root Cause Analysis: Research the root cause for a CI/CD job failure by analyzing the logs. Watch overview

Securing code

To improve your security, try these features:

• Vulnerability Explanation: Learn more about vulnerabilities, how they can be exploited, and how to fix them. Watch overview
• Vulnerability Resolution: Generate a merge request that addresses a vulnerability. Watch overview

Summary of all GitLab Duo features

Feature	Tier	Add-on	Offering	Status
GitLab Duo Chat	Premium, Ultimate	GitLab Duo Pro or Enterprise	GitLab.com, Self-managed, GitLab Dedicated	General availability
Self-Hosted Models	Ultimate	GitLab Duo Enterprise	Self-managed	Beta
GitLab Duo Workflow	Ultimate	-	GitLab.com	Experiment
Issue Description Generation	Ultimate	GitLab Duo Enterprise	GitLab.com	Experiment
Discussion Summary	Ultimate	GitLab Duo Enterprise	GitLab.com, Self-managed, GitLab Dedicated	General availability
Code Suggestions	Premium, Ultimate	GitLab Duo Pro or Enterprise	GitLab.com, Self-managed, GitLab Dedicated	General availability
Code Explanation	Premium, Ultimate	GitLab Duo Pro or Enterprise	GitLab.com, Self-managed, GitLab Dedicated	General availability
Test Generation	Premium, Ultimate	GitLab Duo Pro or Enterprise	GitLab.com, Self-managed, GitLab Dedicated	General availability
Refactor Code	Premium, Ultimate	GitLab Duo Pro or Enterprise	GitLab.com, Self-managed, GitLab Dedicated	General availability
Fix Code	Premium, Ultimate	GitLab Duo Pro or Enterprise	GitLab.com, Self-managed, GitLab Dedicated	General availability
GitLab Duo for the CLI	Ultimate	GitLab Duo Enterprise	GitLab.com, Self-managed, GitLab Dedicated	General availability
Merge Request Summary	Ultimate	GitLab Duo Enterprise	GitLab.com	Beta
Code Review	Ultimate	GitLab Duo Enterprise	GitLab.com	Experiment
Code Review Summary	Ultimate	GitLab Duo Enterprise	GitLab.com	Experiment
Merge Commit Message Generation	Ultimate	GitLab Duo Enterprise	GitLab.com, Self-managed, GitLab Dedicated	General availability
Root Cause Analysis	Ultimate	GitLab Duo Enterprise	GitLab.com, Self-managed, GitLab Dedicated	Generally available
Vulnerability Explanation	Ultimate	GitLab Duo Enterprise	GitLab.com, Self-managed, GitLab Dedicated	Generally available
Vulnerability Resolution	Ultimate	GitLab Duo Enterprise	GitLab.com, Self-managed, GitLab Dedicated	Beta
AI Impact Dashboard	Ultimate	GitLab Duo Enterprise	GitLab.com, Self-managed	Generally available