gitlab-org/gitlab-foss v18.8.0

on GitLab

We're also releasing GitLab Runner 18.8 today! GitLab Runner is the highly-scalable build agent that runs your CI/CD jobs and sends the results back to a GitLab instance. GitLab Runner works in conjunction with GitLab CI/CD, the open-source continuous integration service included with GitLab.

What's New:

• Improved error messages for job inputs interpolation errors
  

Bug Fixes:

• WaitForServicesTimeout no longer supports -1 to disable timeout
  
• Custom URL breaks submodule authentication with insteadOf rules
  
• Custom runner short-token on Windows 2025 uses 9 characters instead 8
  
• PowerShell default helper image missing for Docker executor in GitLab Runner 17.8.3
  
• GitLab Runner with Docker Autoscaler does not reuse available cache volumes
  
• VirtualBox leaves dangling VM when job is cancelled
  

The list of all changes is in the GitLab Runner CHANGELOG.