# GitLab GitLab Patch Release: 18.9.8, 18.8.10, 18.7.7, 18.6.8, 18.5.7

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- Vendor: GitLab
- Date: 2026-05-27
- Original notes: https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-18-9-8-released/
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/gitlab/releases/2026-05-27-gitlab-patch-release-18.9.8-18.8.10-18.7.7-18.6.8

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Today, we are releasing versions 18.9.8, 18.8.10, 18.7.7, 18.6.8, and 18.5.7 for GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition. These versions resolve a number of regressions and bugs. This patch re…

- **fixed** — Fix swimlane problem where issues appeared duplicated in Epic swimlane board views under both direct parent epic and grandparent epic

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#### GitLab Patch Release: 18.9.8, 18.8.10, 18.7.7, 18.6.8, 18.5.7
Today, we are releasing versions 18.9.8, 18.8.10, 18.7.7, 18.6.8, and 18.5.7 for GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition.
These versions resolve a number of regressions and bugs. This patch release does not include any security fixes.
This patch release addresses a regression introduced in GitLab 18.4 where issues appeared duplicated in Epic swimlane board views — showing under both their direct parent epic and the grandparent epic — even when no filter was applied. This caused boards to become cluttered and made iteration planning unreliable for teams using nested epic hierarchies. The fix restores the intended behavior: issues appear only under their direct parent epic in unfiltered swimlane views, while the full hierarchy is still shown when a user explicitly filters by a specific parent epic. Customers affected by this issue are encouraged to upgrade to the patched version.
##### GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition
###### 18.9.8
- Backport of Fix swimlane problem
- Backport of Fix flaky new_project_spec CI/CD from repo URL test to 18-9
- Backport ‘Pass down DOCKER_VERSION to release env pipeline’ and ‘Remove Helm based release environment QA’ to 18-9-stable-ee
- Backport ‘Bump nginx to version 1.30.1’ to 18-9
- [18.9] Mattermost Security Updates May 13, 2026
###### 18.8.10
- [18.8] Scope start-rails-specs changes rule to MR pipelines
- 18.8 Backport of ‘update zlib to 3.2.3’
- [Backport 18.8]Fix PG::UniqueViolation in project_daily_statistics sync trigger
- Docs backport: Add note about Agent Platform flow configurations not available until 18.11
- Backport of Fix swimlane problem
- Backport ‘Pass GIT_VERSION/DOCKER_VERSION to release env pipeline’ and ‘Remove Helm based release environment QA’ to 18-8-stable-ee
- 18.8 backport of ‘Update rack to 2.2.23’
- Backport: fix: Set sv timeout when restarting Gitaly to 18.8
- [18.8] Remove Mattermost for SLES-12.5
###### 18.7.7
- [18.7] Update dependency oj to v3.16.15
- [18.7] GLQL advanced finder, remove project_ids
- Backport oj and oj-introspect gem updates
- Backport “CI: Update CNG mirror skip job regex”
- Backport of Fix swimlane problem
- Backport ‘Pass GIT_VERSION/DOCKER_VERSION to release env pipeline’ and ‘Remove Helm based release environment QA’ to 18-7-stable-ee
- 18.7 Backport CI: Fix the package install for zypper based distros
- [18.7] Backport Mattermost Security Updates February 23, 2026
- Backport 18-7-stable - check-packages uses Pulp
###### 18.6.8
- Backport of Validate milestone title for group import
- Backport of ‘Remove unused retag-gdk-image CI job’
- Backport: Quarantine flaky github oauth spec
- Backport of Fix swimlane problem
- Backport ‘Pass GIT_VERSION/DOCKER_VERSION to release env pipeline’ and ‘Remove Helm based release environment QA’ to 18-6-stable-ee
- Backport Pulp migration changes to 18.6
###### 18.5.7
- 18.5 Backport: “Add type handling for findings with locations saved as Strings”
- Backport of Fix content and content-type mismatch in files e2e test
- [Backport 18.5] Exclude Git HTTP requests from authenticated web throttle
- Backport of: Handle updated Jira API calls to permit Jira issue imports again
- Backport(18.5): Update dependency @gitlab/web-ide to ^0.0.1-dev-20251210140521
- Backport of ‘Workhorse: use upstream for DWS API requests’
- Backport of flaky import spec quarantine
- Backport of “Removes feature flag enablement for svc accounts”
- Backport 18.5 - Fix searchable dropdown race condition when typing fast
- Backport: Properly quarantine broken ci spec
- Backport of Fix swimlane problem
- Backport ‘Pass GIT_VERSION/DOCKER_VERSION to release env pipeline’ and ‘Remove Helm based release environment QA’ to 18-5-stable-ee
- 18.5 - Remove manual from SLES-12.5-release-pulp job
- Start Pulp FIPS jobs after PC FIPS jobs - 18.5
- Backport Pulp migration changes to

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