GitLab Secrets Manager now available in open beta

In previous versions of GitLab, the GitLab Secrets Manager was available only to a closed beta cohort. Most teams relied on external services such as HashiCorp Vault or AWS Secrets Manager.

The GitLab Secrets Manager is now available in open beta for Premium and Ultimate customers on GitLab.com and GitLab Self-Managed. When the GitLab Secrets Manager is enabled, project and group Owners can store, retrieve, and reference CI/CD secrets in GitLab. Secrets are scoped to a project or group and are accessible to only pipeline jobs that explicitly request them.

During open beta, GitLab Secrets Manager follows the beta support policy and might not be ready for production use.

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