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# Pipelines for the GitLab project

Pipelines for `gitlab-org/gitlab` and `gitlab-org/gitlab-foss` (as well as the
`dev` instance's mirrors) are configured in the usual
[`.gitlab-ci.yml`](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/blob/master/.gitlab-ci.yml)
which itself includes files under
[`.gitlab/ci/`](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/tree/master/.gitlab/ci)
for easier maintenance.

We're striving to [dogfood](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/#dogfooding)
GitLab [CI/CD features and best-practices](../ci/yaml/README.md)
as much as possible.

## Stages

The current stages are:

- `prepare`: This stage includes jobs that prepare artifacts that are needed by
  jobs in subsequent stages.
- `quick-test`: This stage includes test jobs that should run first and fail the
  pipeline early (currently used to run Geo tests when the branch name starts
  with `geo-`, `geo/`, or ends with `-geo`).
- `test`: This stage includes most of the tests, DB/migration jobs, and static analysis jobs.
- `review-prepare`: This stage includes a job that build the CNG images that are
  later used by the (Helm) Review App deployment (see
  [Review Apps](testing_guide/review_apps.md) for details).
- `review`: This stage includes jobs that deploy the GitLab and Docs Review Apps.
- `qa`: This stage includes jobs that perform QA tasks against the Review App
  that is deployed in the previous stage.
- `post-test`: This stage includes jobs that build reports or gather data from
  the previous stages' jobs (e.g. coverage, Knapsack metadata etc.).
- `pages`: This stage includes a job that deploys the various reports as
  GitLab pages (e.g. <https://gitlab-org.gitlab.io/gitlab/coverage-ruby/>,
  <https://gitlab-org.gitlab.io/gitlab/coverage-javascript/>,
  <https://gitlab-org.gitlab.io/gitlab/webpack-report/>).

## Default image

The default image is currently
`dev.gitlab.org:5005/gitlab/gitlab-build-images:ruby-2.6.3-golang-1.11-git-2.22-chrome-73.0-node-12.x-yarn-1.16-postgresql-9.6-graphicsmagick-1.3.33`.
It includes Ruby 2.6.3, Go 1.11, Git 2.22, Chrome 73, Node 12, Yarn 1.16,
PostgreSQL 9.6, and Graphics Magick 1.3.33.

The images used in our pipelines are configured in the
[`gitlab-org/gitlab-build-images`](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-build-images)
project, which is push-mirrored to <https://dev.gitlab.org/gitlab/gitlab-build-images>
for redundancy.

The current version of the build images can be found in the
["Used by GitLab CE/EE section"](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-build-images/blob/master/.gitlab-ci.yml).

## Default variables

In addition to the [predefined variables](../ci/variables/predefined_variables.md),
each pipeline includes the following [variables](../ci/variables/README.md):

- `RAILS_ENV: "test"`
- `NODE_ENV: "test"`
- `SIMPLECOV: "true"`
- `GIT_DEPTH: "20"`
- `GIT_SUBMODULE_STRATEGY: "none"`
- `GET_SOURCES_ATTEMPTS: "3"`
- `KNAPSACK_RSPEC_SUITE_REPORT_PATH: knapsack/${CI_PROJECT_NAME}/rspec_report-master.json`
- `EE_KNAPSACK_RSPEC_SUITE_REPORT_PATH: knapsack/${CI_PROJECT_NAME}/rspec_report-master-ee.json`
- `FLAKY_RSPEC_SUITE_REPORT_PATH: rspec_flaky/report-suite.json`
- `BUILD_ASSETS_IMAGE: "false"`
- `ES_JAVA_OPTS: "-Xms256m -Xmx256m"`
- `ELASTIC_URL: "http://elastic:changeme@docker.elastic.co-elasticsearch-elasticsearch:9200"`

## Common job definitions

Most of the jobs [extend from a few CI definitions](../ci/yaml/README.md#extends)
that are scoped to a single
[configuration parameter](../ci/yaml/README.md#configuration-parameters).

These common definitions are:

- `.default-tags`: Ensures a job has the `gitlab-org` tag to ensure it's using
  our dedicated runners.
- `.default-retry`: Allows a job to retry upon `unknown_failure`, `api_failure`,
  `runner_system_failure`.
- `.default-before_script`: Allows a job to use a default `before_script` definition
  suitable for Ruby/Rails tasks that may need a database running (e.g. tests).
- `.default-cache`: Allows a job to use a default `cache` definition suitable for
  Ruby/Rails and frontend tasks.
- `.default-only`: Restricts the cases where a job is created. This currently
  includes `master`, `/^[\d-]+-stable(-ee)?$/` (stable branches),
  `/^\d+-\d+-auto-deploy-\d+$/` (security branches), `merge_requests`, `tags`.
  Note that jobs won't be created for branches with this default configuration.
- `.only-review`: Only creates a job for the `gitlab-org` namespace and if
  Kubernetes integration is available. Also, prevents a job from being created
  for `master` and auto-deploy branches.
- `.only-review-schedules`: Same as `.only-review` but also restrict a job to
  only run for [schedules](../user/project/pipelines/schedules.md).
- `.use-pg`: Allows a job to use the `postgres:9.6.14` and `redis:alpine` services.
- `.use-pg-10`: Allows a job to use the `postgres:10.9` and `redis:alpine` services.
- `.only-ee`: Only creates a job for the `gitlab` project.

## Changes detection

If a job extends from `.default-only` (and most of the jobs should), it can restrict
the cases where it should be created
[based on the changes](../ci/yaml/README.md#onlychangesexceptchanges)
from a commit or MR by extending from the following CI definitions:

- `.only-code-changes`: Allows a job to only be created upon code-related changes.
- `.only-qa-changes`: Allows a job to only be created upon QA-related changes.
- `.only-docs-changes`: Allows a job to only be created upon docs-related changes.
- `.only-code-qa-changes`: Allows a job to only be created upon code-related or QA-related changes.

**See <https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/blob/master/.gitlab/ci/global.gitlab-ci.yml>
for the list of exact patterns.**

## Directed acyclic graph

We're using the [`needs:`](../ci/yaml/README.md#needs) keyword to
execute jobs out of order for the following jobs:

```mermaid
graph RL;
  A[setup-test-env];
  B["gitlab:assets:compile<br/>(master only)"];
  C[gitlab:assets:compile pull-cache];
  D["cache gems<br/>(master and tags only)"];
  E[review-build-cng];
  F[build-qa-image];
  G[review-deploy];
  G2["schedule:review-deploy<br/>(master only)"];
  H[karma];
  I[jest];
  J["compile-assets<br/>(master only)"];
  K[compile-assets pull-cache];
  L[webpack-dev-server];
  M[coverage];
  N[pages];
  O[static-analysis];
  P["package-and-qa-manual:master<br/>(master schedule only)"];
  Q[package-and-qa];
  R[package-and-qa-manual];

subgraph "`prepare` stage"
    A
    F
    J
    K
    end

subgraph "`test` stage"
    B --> |needs| A;
    C --> |needs| A;
    D --> |needs| A;
    H -.-> |depends on| A;
    H -.-> |depends on| J;
    H -.-> |depends on| K;
    I -.-> |depends on| A;
    I -.-> |depends on| J;
    I -.-> |depends on| K;
    L -.-> |depends on| A;
    L -.-> |depends on| J;
    L -.-> |depends on| K;
    downtime_check --> |needs and depends on| A;
    db:* --> |needs| A;
    gitlab:setup --> |needs| A;
    O -.-> |depends on| A;
    O -.-> |depends on| B;
    O -.-> |depends on| C;
    downtime_check --> |needs and depends on| A;
    end

subgraph "`review-prepare` stage"
    E --> |needs| C;
    X["schedule:review-build-cng<br/>(master schedule only)"] --> |needs| B;
    end

subgraph "`review` stage"
    G --> |needs| E;
    G2 --> |needs| E;
    end

subgraph "`qa` stage"
    Q --> |needs| C;
    Q --> |needs| F;
    R --> |needs| C;
    R --> |needs| F;
    P --> |needs| B;
    P --> |needs| F;
    review-qa-smoke -.-> |depends on| G;
    review-qa-all -.-> |depends on| G;
    review-qa-performance -.-> |depends on| G;
    X2["schedule:review-performance<br/>(master only)"] -.-> |depends on| G2;
    dast -.-> |depends on| G;
    end

subgraph "`post-test` stage"
    M
    end

subgraph "`pages` stage"
    N -.-> |depends on| B;
    N -.-> |depends on| H;
    N -.-> |depends on| M;
    end
```

## Test jobs

Consult [GitLab tests in the Continuous Integration (CI) context](testing_guide/ci.md)
for more information.

## Review app jobs

Consult the [Review Apps](testing_guide/review_apps.md) dedicated page for more information.

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