aid: gitlab-container-registry:rules
name: GitLab Container Registry Rules
description: Operational rules and constraints for using the GitLab Container Registry API.
rules:
  - name: Authentication Required
    description: All API calls require a PRIVATE-TOKEN header or OAuth2 bearer token.
  - name: Permission Scopes
    description: Operations require an access token with the api scope.
  - name: Bulk Tag Deletion
    description: Bulk tag deletion requires either name_regex_delete or keep_n combined with older_than parameters.
  - name: Asynchronous Operations
    description: Repository and bulk tag deletion operations are processed asynchronously and return 202 Accepted.
  - name: Cleanup Policies
    description: Cleanup policies can be configured per project to automatically expire tags.
  - name: Rate Limits
    description: GitLab.com applies rate limits to API calls; consult GitLab documentation for current limits.