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diff --git a/doc/user/project/issues/index.md b/doc/user/project/issues/index.md index 628228adc1b..7bca62792ac 100644 --- a/doc/user/project/issues/index.md +++ b/doc/user/project/issues/index.md @@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ Issues are the fundamental medium for collaborating on ideas and planning work i ## Overview -The GitLab issue tracker is an advanced tool for collaboratively developing ideas, solving problems, and planning work. +The GitLab issue tracker is an advanced tool for collaboratively developing ideas, solving problems, +and planning work. Issues can allow sharing and discussion of proposals before, and during, their implementation between: @@ -116,8 +117,8 @@ You can sort a list of issues in several ways, for example by issue creation dat  -[Issue boards](../issue_board.md) are Kanban boards with columns that display issues based on their labels -or their assignees**(PREMIUM)**. They offer the flexibility to manage issues using +[Issue boards](../issue_board.md) are Kanban boards with columns that display issues based on their +labels or their assignees**(PREMIUM)**. They offer the flexibility to manage issues using highly customizable workflows. You can reorder issues within a column. If you drag an issue card to another column, its @@ -200,3 +201,18 @@ Feature.enable(:save_issuable_health_status) - [Issues API](../../../api/issues.md) - Configure an [external issue tracker](../../../integration/external-issue-tracker.md) such as Jira, Redmine, or Bugzilla. + +## Limits + +This section gives an overview of limits of Issues and an overview of their background. + +### Description and comment length + +> Introduced in [GitLab 12.2](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/issues/61974). + +Descriptions and comments on [issuable](../../../development/issuable-like-models.md) can be no +longer than 1 million characters. + +Previously, there was no limit to issuable description size, which created a +[possibility of a DoS attack](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/issues/61974) by allowing +very long descriptions. It's possible that we will set this limit to a lower number in the future. |