gitlab-org--gitlab-foss/.gitlab/merge_request_templates/Security Release.md

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Developer checklist

  • On "Related issues" section, write down the GitLab Security issue it belongs to (i.e. Related to <issue_id>).
  • Merge request targets master, or a versioned stable branch (X-Y-stable-ee).
  • Title of this merge request is the same as for all backports.
  • A CHANGELOG entry has been included, with Changelog trailer set to security.
  • For the MR targeting master:
    • Assign to a reviewer and maintainer, per our Code Review process.
    • Ensure it's approved according to our Approval Guidelines.
    • Ensure it's approved by an AppSec engineer.
      • Please see the security release Code reviews and Approvals documentation for details on which AppSec team member to ping for approval.
      • Trigger the e2e:package-and-test job. The docker image generated will be used by the AppSec engineer to validate the security vulnerability has been remediated.
  • For a backport MR targeting a versioned stable branch (X-Y-stable-ee).
    • Milestone is set to the version this backport applies to. A closed milestone can be assigned via quick actions.
    • Ensure it's approved by a maintainer.

Note: Reviewer/maintainer should not be a Release Manager.

Maintainer checklist

  • Correct milestone is applied and the title is matching across all backports.
  • Assigned (not as reviewer) to @gitlab-release-tools-bot with passing CI pipelines.

/label ~security