GitLab 18.7 release notes
On December 18, 2025, GitLab 18.7 was released with the following features. In addition, we want to thank all of our contributors, including this month’s notable contributor.
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Response Healing: Reduce JSON Defects by 80%+
Response Healing is a new feature that automatically corrects malformed JSON responses from LLMs before they reach the application.
WAF Release - 2025-12-18
This week's release focuses on improvements to existing detections to enhance coverage. Key Findings Existing rule enhancements have been deployed to improve detection resilience against broad classes of web attacks and strengthen behavioral coverage.
Process large-scale inference workloads asynchronously with the new Batch API and Files API
Process large-scale inference workloads asynchronously with the new Batch API and Files API. Submit up to 50,000 requests in a single batch job and get 50% cost savings. Learn more in our Batch guide.
December Release Spotlight
OpenRouter released updates including Response Healing for structured outputs, chatroom notifications, and long-context model rankings.
AI Crawl Control - New AI Crawl Control Overview tab
The Overview tab is now the default view in AI Crawl Control. The previous default view with controls for individual AI crawlers is available in the Crawlers tab. What's new Executive summary , Monitor total requests, volume change, most common status code, most popular path, and high-volume activity Operator grouping , Track crawlers by their operating...
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GitLab 18.8 release notes
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GitLab 18.6 release notes
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GitLab 18.9 release notes
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GitLab 18.5 release notes
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GitLab 18.10 release notes
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GitLab 18.11 release notes
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GitLab 19.0 release notes
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GitLab 19.1 release notes
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