Releases

You can use the Releases activity to manage GitLab releases.

Navigate the Releases activity

To show the Releases activity, click its activity-bar icon or click DevOps > Releases.

Releases are listed chronologically and display the following information.

• Name: The name of the release.
• Status badge: A badge that indicates if a release is the Latest release.
• Label: The label attached to the release.
• Timestamp: How long ago the release was updated.
• Release notes: A snippet of the release notes.

Create a release

To create a new release, complete the following steps.

1. Click DevOps > New Release.
2. In the New Release tab, enter the tag of the release in the Tag field.
   If a new tag is created, enter the destination branch of the tag in the Target branch (for new tag) field.
3. Optional: In the Release date field, enter when the release will be published.
4. In the Release title field, enter the title of the release.
5. In the Release notes field, enter the description of the release.
6. Click Publish Release.

Filter releases

You can filter releases by name in the Filter releases field.

Release view

Click a release to open the release in Release view. The Release view displays the full release notes, release tag, the author of the release, the date the release was published, and all release assets.

Release actions

In the Release view, click Edit to edit the release title and release notes. Click the Delete release icon to delete the current release.

In the Assets sections, click the Add Link icon to add an asset link to the release. In the Add Asset Link dialog, enter the URL, name, and specify what type of asset the link is.

Click the Open icon to open the asset link in a web browser. Click the Remove link icon next to an asset link to delete the asset link.