GitLab 18.7: Advancing AI and Automation with GitLab Duo, CI/CD Innovations, and Enhanced Security
Explore what's new in GitLab 18.7, including the GA release of GitLab Duo Chat, self-managed code suggestions, next-gen CI/CD pipelines, and enhanced developer security and compliance controls.
What’s New in GitLab 18.7: Pushing the Boundaries of AI and Automation
The December 2024 release of GitLab 18.7 marks another significant advancement in the DevSecOps platform’s integration of AI and automation, with a sharper focus on productivity, efficiency, and robust security. In this release, GitLab unveils key updates to its AI-powered capabilities to help teams deliver software faster and with greater confidence.
Leading the charge is the GitLab Duo Chat, now entering General Availability. This built-in AI assistant is embedded across multiple stages of the software development lifecycle, offering real-time guidance for writing code, resolving security vulnerabilities, and managing complex tasks—all within the GitLab user interface. Duo Chat leverages context-awareness to ensure better suggestions directly aligned with your project’s current state.
Also included in 18.7 is Duo Code Suggestions for self-managed GitLab Ultimate customers, giving developers intelligent code completions in their IDE using AI models trained on publicly available code. Combined with GitLab’s end-to-end platform, this ensures sensitive data stays secure while boosting development productivity.
The expanded CI/CD component catalog facilitates standardisation and reusability for internal workflows, enabling faster delivery and enhanced maintainability. GitLab is also introducing next-gen CI/CD pipelines that are more flexible, scalable, and designed to reduce complexity in large environments.
Security remains a core focus, with usability improvements to Vulnerability Management, support for Push Protection on any branch, and new dependency scanning capabilities. In Governance, enhanced compliance controls help teams enforce policies for SAST scan validations and audit API token usage.
Further enhancements span improved code review experiences, new Visual Review tools in Review Apps, and stronger language support through built-in Python and Java runtime detection.
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