- Introduced a new side‑by‑side GitLab UI with customizable panels to boost developer productivity.
- Added exact code search (limited availability), advanced issue search across descriptions and comments, and CI/CD enhancements like component metadata access and dynamic parallel job dependencies.
- Rolled out security‑focused features: built‑in Security Analyst Agent, upgraded security dashboards, beta GitLab MCP server, and a rate‑limit on members‑listing API endpoints.