What's new in GitLab 17.8?
14:35, 10.02.2025
The new version 17.8 of GitLab has many improvements and additions for IT professionals.
Improvements for developers
- Changed work with releases
To simplify control over CI/CD, a release-specific view of deployments has been added.
- Experiments with ML models
From now on, you can conduct and analyze experiments, as well as track machine learning model versions directly in GitLab.
- Additional security methods.
The ability to block the deletion of images has been added. This approach will have a significant impact on eliminating the possibility of accidental loss of information in containerized repositories.
- Hosting Runner is now available for Linux systems
Support for managed runners for Linux, which greatly simplifies the work of the whole team.
These are just a few of the nearly 60 improvements in the new version. In addition, users will be able to evaluate improvements in APIs, changes in project management, and considerable performance optimization.