Intermittent 500 on GitLab.com

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Updates from GitLab 1

1. resolvedOct 20, 2026, 9:55 AM UTC

   October 20, 2026 07:08 UTC Investigating - We're investigating intermittent HTTP 503 errors when opening project pages. At this time, this issue only occurs in specific projects. More details at: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/work_items/23288 October 20, 2026 07:37 UTC Monitoring - This issue affects projects and groups using GitLab Secrets Manager. Users saw HTTP 500 errors, not 503 as previously stated. A mitigation has been applied and we're monitoring. Details: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/work_items/23288 October 20, 2026 07:37 UTC Monitoring - This issue affects projects and groups using GitLab Secrets Manager. Users saw HTTP 500 errors, not 503 as previously stated. A mitigation has been applied and we're monitoring. Details: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/work_items/23288 October 20, 2026 09:55 UTC Resolved - We have not seen any more HTTP 500 errors for GitLab Secrets Manager since the mitigation was applied. This incident is now resolved. Details: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/work_items/23288

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