Product availability details provide information about a feature.
Availability details include the tier, offering, status, and history.
The Markdown for availability details should look like the following:
title: 'Topic title'
---
{{< details >}}
- Tier: Free, Premium, Ultimate
- Offering: GitLab.com, GitLab Self-Managed, GitLab Dedicated
- Status: Experiment
{{< /details >}}
{{< history >}}
- [Introduced](https://link-to-issue) in GitLab 16.3.
- Updated in GitLab 16.4.
{{< /history >}}
Available options
Use the following text for the tier, offering, add-on, status, and version history.
OfferingFor offering, use any combination of these entries, in this order, separated by commas:
GitLab.com
GitLab Self-Managed
GitLab Dedicated
For example:
GitLab.com
GitLab.com, GitLab Self-Managed
GitLab Self-Managed
GitLab Self-Managed, GitLab Dedicated
If you have reviewed a page and it specifically doesn’t apply to GitLab Dedicated, assign metadata.
TierFor tier, choose one:
Free, Premium, Ultimate
Premium, Ultimate
Ultimate
GitLab Dedicated always includes an Ultimate subscription.
Add-onsFor add-ons, the possibilities are:
- Add-on: GitLab Duo Pro
- Add-on: GitLab Duo Enterprise
- Add-on: GitLab Duo Pro or Enterprise
- Add-on: GitLab Duo with Amazon Q
Status
For status, choose one:
Beta
Experiment
Limited availability
Generally available features should not have a status.
HistoryThe documentation site uses shortcodes to render the version history, for example:
{{< history >}}
- [Introduced](https://issue-link) in GitLab 16.3.
- [Changed](https://issue-link) in GitLab 16.4.
{{< /history >}}
In addition:
-
.For features that have changed or been updated, add a new list item. Start the sentence with the feature name or a gerund.
For example:
- [Introduced](https://issue-link) in GitLab 13.1.
- Creating an issue from an issue board [introduced](https://issue-link) in GitLab 14.1.
Or:
- [Introduced](https://issue-link) in GitLab 13.1.
- Notifications for expiring tokens [introduced](https://issue-link) in GitLab 14.3.
Moved subscription tiers
For features that move to another subscription tier, use moved
:
- [Moved](https://issue-link) from GitLab Ultimate to GitLab Premium in 11.8.
- [Moved](https://issue-link) from GitLab Premium to GitLab Free in 12.0.
Changed feature status
For a feature status change from experiment to beta, use changed
:
- [Introduced](https://issue-link) as an [experiment](../../policy/development_stages_support.md) in GitLab 15.7.
- [Changed](https://issue-link) from experiment to beta in GitLab 16.0.
For a feature status change from beta to limited availability, use changed
:
- [Changed](https://issue-link) from experiment to beta in GitLab 16.0.
- [Changed](https://issue-link) from beta to limited availability in GitLab 16.3.
For a change to generally available, use:
- [Generally available](https://issue-link) in GitLab 16.10.
Features made available as part of a program
For features made available to users as part of a program, add a new list item and link to the program.
- [Introduced](https://issue-link) in GitLab 15.1.
- Merged results pipelines [added](https://issue-link) to the [Registration Features Program](https://page-link) in GitLab 16.7.
Features behind feature flags
For features introduced behind feature flags, add details about the feature flag. For more information, see Document features deployed behind feature flags.
Removing versionsRemove history items and inline text that refer to unsupported versions.
GitLab supports the current major version and two previous major versions. For example, if 18.0 is the current major version, all major and minor releases of GitLab 18.0, 17.0, and 16.0 are supported.
For the list of current supported versions, see Version support.
Remove information about features behind feature flags only if all events related to the feature flag happened in unsupported versions. If the flag hasn’t been removed, readers should know when it was introduced.
Timing version removalsWhen a new major version is about to be released, create merge requests to remove mentions of the last unsupported version. Only merge them during the milestone of the new major release.
For example, if GitLab 19.0 is the next major upcoming release:
Create merge requests to remove mentions of GitLab 16, but only merge them during the 19.0 milestone, after 18.11 is released.
When to add availability detailsAssign availability details under:
doc/development/*
and doc/solutions/*
.The H1 availability details should be the details that apply to the widest availability for the features on the page. For example:
Tier:
should be Premium, Ultimate
.GitLab Self-Managed
, the Offering:
should be GitLab.com, GitLab Self-Managed, GitLab Dedicated
.Status:
should be Beta
. If some sections are beta, and others are generally available, then there should be no Status:
for the H1.Do not assign availability details to the following pages:
/development
folder. These pages are automatically assigned a Contribute
badge./solutions
folder. These pages are automatically assigned a Solutions
badge.Also, do not assign them when a feature does not have one obvious subscription tier or offering. For example, if a feature applies to one tier for GitLab.com and a different availability for GitLab Self-Managed.
In this case, do any or all of the following:
type="note"
alert box to describe the availability details.If a subheading has the same tier, offering, or status as its parent topic, you don’t need to repeat the information in the subheading’s badge.
For example, subheadings that have Tier: Premium, Ultimate
and Offering: GitLab.com
don’t need to duplicate the details if the page details match:
title: My title
---
{{< details >}}
- Tier: Premium, Ultimate
- Offering: GitLab.com
{{< /details >}}
Any lower-level heading that applies to a different tier but same offering would be:
## My title
{{< details >}}
- Tier: Ultimate
{{< /details >}}
Inline availability details
Generally, you should not add availability details inline with other text. The single source of truth for a feature should be the topic where the functionality is described.
If you do need to mention an availability details inline, write it in plain text. For example, for an API topic:
IDs of the users to assign the issue to. Ultimate only.
For more examples, see the REST API style guide.
Inline history textIf you’re adding content to an existing topic, add historical information inline with the existing text. If possible, include a link to the related issue, merge request, or epic. For example:
The voting strategy [in GitLab 13.4 and later](https://issue-link) requires the primary and secondary
voters to agree.
Administrator documentation for availability details
Topics that are only for instance administrators should have the GitLab Self-Managed
tier. Instance administrator documentation often includes sections that mention:
gitlab.rb
or gitlab.yml
files.These pages should also mention if the tasks can only be accomplished by an instance administrator.
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