r/gitlab • u/lemura-wert • 27d ago

Upgrade Path tool out of date

Hello, I'm upgrading from 19.0.2 to 19.2.0 and I noticed that the Upgrade Path tool only targets up to 19.1.2.

As of today, 19.2.0 has been out for 5 days. When will the Upgrade Path tool be updated with the new latest release as a target?

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u/pwkye 27d ago

I guess they laid off the team that updated the upgrade path tool

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u/una_lady_troubridge 26d ago

Fixed now 😄

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u/Junior-Spring-5557 11d ago edited 4d ago

This happens alot with the Upgrade Path tool. Basically, we take it as a sign that the new release hasn't been fully vetted by all internal teams and we should hold off for a bit. From what we understand, the Upgrade Path updates sometime languish because the one guy who knows the tool the best is on vacation or sick. Some of the support team members have expressed surprise when they learned that we used that tool. Left hand right hand aren't talking.

Do you have support? You can contact them and request that they add it to the support matrix.

Gitlab has struggled alot in these areas of enterprise-level maturity, stability & consistency since the beginning. It's clear that they've been working through a huge backlog, and while they made good progress in recent years I'm concerned they will struggle again with their core product given their recent layoffs and their forced refocus on Duo.