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All [supported environment variables are here](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-qa/blob/master/docs/what_tests_can_be_run.md#supported-environment-variables).
+### Sending additional cookies
+
+The environment variable `QA_COOKIES` can be set to send additional cookies
+on every request. This is necessary on gitlab.com to direct traffic to the
+canary fleet. To do this set `QA_COOKIES="gitlab_canary=true"`.
+
+To set multiple cookies, separate them with the `;` character, for example: `QA_COOKIES="cookie1=value;cookie2=value2"`
+
+
### Building a Docker image to test
Once you have made changes to the CE/EE repositories, you may want to build a