# Yandex Managed Service for GitLab release notes

## Q4 2025 {#q4-2025}

Added new parameters for GitLab workers created by [managed Yandex Cloud runners](tutorials/install-gitlab-runner.md#create-runner):
* [Security groups](../vpc/concepts/security-groups.md) for managing worker network access.
* [Service account](../iam/concepts/users/service-accounts.md) that will be used to authenticate the worker in Yandex Cloud from CI/CD pipelines.

## Q3 2025 {#q3-2025}

Supported the option to [store GitLab data in Yandex Object Storage](concepts/s3-integration.md).

## Q2 2025 {#q2-2025}

* Added support for GitLab instance management using the [CLI](cli-ref/index.md), [Terraform](tf-ref.md), and [API](api-ref/authentication.md).
* Implemented an option to select a [security group](../vpc/concepts/security-groups.md) when [creating](operations/instance/instance-create.md) and [updating](operations/instance/instance-update.md) a GitLab instance. For more information, see [Configuring security groups](operations/configure-security-group.md).
* Added support for [getting information about service operations](operations/instance/instance-list.md) using the CLI and API.

## Q1 2025 {#q1-2025}

### New features {#q1-2025-new-features}

* Added an option to issue Let's Encrypt TLS certificates via [Yandex Certificate Manager](../certificate-manager/index.md). To start using Certificate Manager to issue certificates, contact [support](https://center.yandex.cloud/support).
* Added support for the [GitLab Pages](concepts/index.md#pages) feature at the [Preview](../overview/concepts/launch-stages.md) stage. 

### Fixes and improvements {#q1-2025-problems-solved}

* Improved generation of the main GitLab configuration file, which reduces the probability of mismatch between configurations.
* Improved automatic GitLab instance updating.

## October 2024 {#oct-2024}

You can now monitor the state of your GitLab instance from the Yandex Cloud management console. You can view the state charts in the **Monitoring** tab or in [Yandex Monitoring](../monitoring/concepts/index.md). This feature is currently at the [Preview](../overview/concepts/launch-stages.md) stage.

## September 2024 {#sep-2024}

You can now manage GitLab Runner agents using the Yandex Cloud management console. This feature is currently at the [Preview](../overview/concepts/launch-stages.md) stage. To gain access, contact [support](https://center.yandex.cloud/support) or your account manager.

## July 2024 {#jul-2024}

On July 1, 2024, the [approval rules](concepts/approval-rules.md) feature entered the [General Availability](../overview/concepts/launch-stages.md) stage and is now charged according to the [pricing policy](pricing.md#prices-instance).


## March 2024 {#mar-2024}

Instances residing in the `ru-central1-c` availability zone can now be [migrated to a different zone](operations/instance/zone-migration.md).


## January 2024 {#jan-2024}

* Added the [Yandex ID](operations/omniauth.md#yandex-id) authentication provider.
* Added support for [migrating an instance](concepts/migration.md) from GitLab to Managed Service for GitLab. This feature is currently at the [Preview](../overview/concepts/launch-stages.md) stage.