News & Status

Incidet: git.nrw object storage is temporarily restricted

As a precaution following a recent security vulnerability, access to the git.nrw object storage is temporarily restricted. This affects e.g. Uploads, pipelines, artifacts and job logs.

As a precaution following a recent security vulnerability, access to the git.nrw object storage is temporarily restricted. This affects e.g. Uploads, pipelines, artifacts and job logs. Access will be …

Incident • 22. Oct 2026 • Jelena Gonsior

Incident: GitLab notifications temporarily not sent

Email delivery (notifications)

Duration: 15h 55m

No emails were sent between approximately 00:20 and 16:15. GitLab itself remained available.

On September 2, 2026, no emails were sent via gitlab.git.nrw between 00:20 and 16:15 CEST, including notifications for issues, merge requests, project memberships, and other activity. GitLab itself …

Incident • 03. Sep 2026 • Torben Buck

git.nrw User Meeting on September 23, 2026 – Registration now open

The next user meeting will take place on September 23, 2026 after the SiCoCo.nrw conference. We look forward to welcoming you at RWTH Aachen University. If you are unable to attend in person, we have …

News • 11. Aug 2026 • Jelena Gonsior

Survey on git.nrw requirements – open until June 28, 2026

We would like to hear your views so that we can further improve our services and training courses. The survey is still open until June 28, 2026 and is aimed at all (future) users of our centralized …

News • 12. Jun 2026 • Jelena Gonsior

Thank you for your feedback – the number of external guests has been increased to 10

Following the pilot phase and your helpful feedback, the guest management system has been updated. Users can now invite up to 10 external guests instead of 5. For more information, please see our …

News • 06. May 2026 • Jelena Gonsior

New git.nrw Coffee events - Save the date

The virtual git.nrw coffee events will continue. Following the great interest shown in the first three events, here are the dates for the next ones: May 15, 2026 – 10:00-11:00 a.m. June 12, 2026 – …

News • 17. Apr 2026 • Jelena Gonsior

git.nrw User Meeting - new date

The user meeting is a more formal discussion at which specific topics are scheduled and discussed. During the meeting, the project team shares detailed information on the progress of the work …

News • 01. Apr 2026 • Jelena Gonsior

git.nrw Coffee vs. User Meetings – Key Differences

The git.nrw project team has organised various events to give users the opportunity to learn about the project and/or get involved. So, which event is best suited to which purpose? git.nrw Coffee A …

News • 20. Mar 2026 • Jelena Gonsior

git.nrw Coffee - Save the date

The project plans to host a git.nrw coffee event at regular intervals to give interested parties and users the opportunity to get in touch with the project in a relaxed and entertaining way. The next …

News • 12. Feb 2026 • Lena Becker

Guestmanagement available

We are launching the git.nrw guest-management: https://guest.git.nrw . Each user can invite up to 5 external guests. You can find more information in our documentation . Having questions? Feel free to …

News • 20. Jan 2026 • Lena Becker

Incident: gitlab.git.nrw outage

gitlab.git.nrw

Duration: 1h 30m

Service was unavailable in the given window.

On January 16, 2026, gitlab.git.nrw was unavailable from approximately 13:30 to 15:00 CEST. The problem was resolved.

Incident • 19. Jan 2026 • Lena Becker

git.nrw at Love Data Week – Collaborate, Version, and Publish Workshop on 11 February at 3:30 p.m.

The git.nrw team will present a new workshop as part of the Love Data Week 2026. The workshop “git.nrw – Collaborate, Version, and Publish” will take place on February 11, 2026. git.nrw – …

News • 16. Jan 2026 • Thomas Gerlach

Git und GitLab course December 4th + 5th2025

The hpc.nrw project offers a beginner-friendly workshop for those interested in git and GitLab! The workshop is based on the fundamentals of “The Carpentries” and will take place on December 4 and 5 …

News • 19. Nov 2025 • Lena Becker

Incorrect Usernames

gitlab.git.nrw

Duration: 2d 1h 45m

Incorrectly assigned usernames

The problem was solved.

Incident • 28. Oct 2025 • Lena Becker

Friendly Users Snapshot

Quick update this morning: As of today (Aug 22, 2025): 767 projects 892 total users 293 groups (incl. subgroups) Context Since the snapshot on May 20, 2025, the metrics have roughly doubled.

News • 22. Aug 2025 • Christian Schild

Friendly Users Snapshot

Quick morning snapshot before today’s expected surge: Friendly Users progress so far 320 projects 419 total users 192 groups (incl. subgroups) Context The Friendly Users phase shows strong early …

News • 20. May 2025 • Christian Schild

Incident: gitlab.git.nrw outage

gitlab.git.nrw

Duration: 5h 45m

Service was completely unavailable during the outage window.

During the night of May 9, 2025, gitlab.git.nrw was unavailable from approximately 01:30 to 07:15 CEST. As a follow‑up effect of the Wednesday incident (May 7, 2025), database replication had silently …

Incident • 09. May 2025 • Christian Schild

Incident: gitlab.git.nrw outage

gitlab.git.nrw

Duration: 3h 30m

Service unavailable in the given window.

On May 7, 2025, gitlab.git.nrw was unavailable from approximately 14:30 to 18:00 CEST. Multiple disk failures in the VSAN cluster in Münster caused several VMs to switch to read‑only filesystems. Two …

Incident • 07. May 2025 • Christian Schild