How we deploy the largest GitLab instance 12 times daily
Published: (November 30, 2025 at 07:00 PM EST)
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Source: GitLab Blog
Source: GitLab Blog
Introduction
Every day, GitLab deploys code changes to the world’s largest GitLab instance — GitLab.com — up to 12 times without any downtime. We use GitLab’s own CI/CD platform to manage these deployments, which impact millions of developers worldwide. This deployment frequency serves as our primary quality gauge…