generated: '2026-06-20'
method: searched
source: https://about.gitlab.com/releases/categories/releases/
changelog_url: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
scheme: calver-like
version_format: MAJOR.MINOR (monthly minor, annual major)
current_version: '19.1'
cadence:
  minor: monthly, third Thursday of the month
  major: annual, May
  patch: as needed, backported to the three most recent minor releases
notes: >-
  GitLab ships a new minor version every month and a major version each May. Machine-readable
  changelog lives in the repo CHANGELOG.md; human release posts are on about.gitlab.com. Recent
  window captured from the provider's release blog and mirrored in blogs/.
entries:
- version: '19.1'
  date: '2026-06-18'
  highlights: GitLab 19.1 released; AI Catalog updates for governance and operations; unified vulnerability view.
- version: '19.0'
  date: '2026-05-21'
  breaking: true
  highlights: GitLab 19.0 major release; GitLab Secrets Manager; curl removed from Omnibus FIPS packages; more Duo Agent Platform models.
- version: '18.11'
  date: '2026-04-16'
  highlights: Automated remediation; new security foundations; agentic SAST false-positive detection groundwork.
- version: '18.10'
  date: '2026-03-19'
  highlights: Agentic SAST false-positive detection; free-tier improvements.
- version: '18.9'
  date: '2026-02-19'
  highlights: Self-hosted AI models for GitLab Duo.
- version: '18.8'
  date: '2026-01-15'
  highlights: GitLab Duo Agent Platform now generally available.
- version: '18.7'
  date: '2025-12-18'
  highlights: Improved GitLab Duo analytics dashboards.
- version: '18.6'
  date: '2025-11-20'
  highlights: New UI designed for productivity; MCP server promoted to Beta.