Predefined CI/CD variables reference

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Predefined CI/CD variables are available in every GitLab CI/CD pipeline.

Avoid overriding predefined variables, as it can cause the pipeline to behave unexpectedly.

Variable availability

Predefined variables become available at three different phases of pipeline execution:

  • Pre-pipeline: Pre-pipeline variables are available before the pipeline is created. These variables are the only variables that can be used with include:rules to control which configuration files to use when creating the pipeline.
  • Pipeline: Pipeline variables become available when GitLab is creating the pipeline. Along with pre-pipeline variables, pipeline variables can be used to configure rules defined in jobs, to determine which jobs to add to the pipeline.
  • Job-only: These variables are only made available to each job when a runner picks up the job and runs it, and:

Predefined variables

Variable Availability Description
CHAT_CHANNEL Pipeline The Source chat channel that triggered the ChatOps command.
CHAT_INPUT Pipeline The additional arguments passed with the ChatOps command.
CHAT_USER_ID Pipeline The chat service’s user ID of the user who triggered the ChatOps command.
CI Pre-pipeline Available for all jobs executed in CI/CD. true when available.
CI_API_V4_URL Pre-pipeline The GitLab API v4 root URL.
CI_API_GRAPHQL_URL Pre-pipeline The GitLab API GraphQL root URL. Introduced in GitLab 15.11.
CI_BUILDS_DIR Job-only The top-level directory where builds are executed.
CI_COMMIT_AUTHOR Pre-pipeline The author of the commit in Name <email> format.
CI_COMMIT_BEFORE_SHA Pre-pipeline The previous latest commit present on a branch or tag. Is always 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 for merge request pipelines, the first commit in pipelines for branches or tags, or when manually running a pipeline.
CI_COMMIT_BRANCH Pre-pipeline The commit branch name. Available in branch pipelines, including pipelines for the default branch. Not available in merge request pipelines or tag pipelines.
CI_COMMIT_DESCRIPTION Pre-pipeline The description of the commit. If the title is shorter than 100 characters, the message without the first line.
CI_COMMIT_MESSAGE Pre-pipeline The full commit message.
CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME Pre-pipeline The branch or tag name for which project is built.
CI_COMMIT_REF_PROTECTED Pre-pipeline true if the job is running for a protected reference, false otherwise.
CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG Pre-pipeline CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME in lowercase, shortened to 63 bytes, and with everything except 0-9 and a-z replaced with -. No leading / trailing -. Use in URLs, host names and domain names.
CI_COMMIT_SHA Pre-pipeline The commit revision the project is built for.
CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA Pre-pipeline The first eight characters of CI_COMMIT_SHA.
CI_COMMIT_TAG Pre-pipeline The commit tag name. Available only in pipelines for tags.
CI_COMMIT_TAG_MESSAGE Pre-pipeline The commit tag message. Available only in pipelines for tags. Introduced in GitLab 15.5.
CI_COMMIT_TIMESTAMP Pre-pipeline The timestamp of the commit in the ISO 8601 format. For example, 2022-01-31T16:47:55Z. UTC by default.
CI_COMMIT_TITLE Pre-pipeline The title of the commit. The full first line of the message.
CI_CONCURRENT_ID Job-only The unique ID of build execution in a single executor.
CI_CONCURRENT_PROJECT_ID Job-only The unique ID of build execution in a single executor and project.
CI_CONFIG_PATH Pre-pipeline The path to the CI/CD configuration file. Defaults to .gitlab-ci.yml.
CI_DEBUG_TRACE Pipeline true if debug logging (tracing) is enabled.
CI_DEBUG_SERVICES Pipeline true if service container logging is enabled. Introduced in GitLab 15.7. Requires GitLab Runner 15.7.
CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH Pre-pipeline The name of the project’s default branch.
CI_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_DIRECT_GROUP_IMAGE_PREFIX Pre-pipeline The direct group image prefix for pulling images through the Dependency Proxy.
CI_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_GROUP_IMAGE_PREFIX Pre-pipeline The top-level group image prefix for pulling images through the Dependency Proxy.
CI_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_PASSWORD Pipeline The password to pull images through the Dependency Proxy.
CI_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_SERVER Pre-pipeline The server for logging in to the Dependency Proxy. This variable is equivalent to $CI_SERVER_HOST:$CI_SERVER_PORT.
CI_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_USER Pipeline The username to pull images through the Dependency Proxy.
CI_DEPLOY_FREEZE Pre-pipeline Only available if the pipeline runs during a deploy freeze window. true when available.
CI_DEPLOY_PASSWORD Job-only The authentication password of the GitLab Deploy Token, if the project has one.
CI_DEPLOY_USER Job-only The authentication username of the GitLab Deploy Token, if the project has one.
CI_DISPOSABLE_ENVIRONMENT Pipeline Only available if the job is executed in a disposable environment (something that is created only for this job and disposed of/destroyed after the execution - all executors except shell and ssh). true when available.
CI_ENVIRONMENT_NAME Pipeline The name of the environment for this job. Available if environment:name is set.
CI_ENVIRONMENT_SLUG Pipeline The simplified version of the environment name, suitable for inclusion in DNS, URLs, Kubernetes labels, and so on. Available if environment:name is set. The slug is truncated to 24 characters. A random suffix is automatically added to uppercase environment names.
CI_ENVIRONMENT_URL Pipeline The URL of the environment for this job. Available if environment:url is set.
CI_ENVIRONMENT_ACTION Pipeline The action annotation specified for this job’s environment. Available if environment:action is set. Can be start, prepare, or stop.
CI_ENVIRONMENT_TIER Pipeline The deployment tier of the environment for this job.
CI_GITLAB_FIPS_MODE Pre-pipeline Only available if FIPS mode is enabled in the GitLab instance. true when available.
CI_HAS_OPEN_REQUIREMENTS Pipeline Only available if the pipeline’s project has an open requirement. true when available.
CI_JOB_ID Job-only The internal ID of the job, unique across all jobs in the GitLab instance.
CI_JOB_IMAGE Pipeline The name of the Docker image running the job.
CI_JOB_MANUAL Pipeline Only available if the job was started manually. true when available.
CI_JOB_NAME Pipeline The name of the job.
CI_JOB_NAME_SLUG Pipeline CI_JOB_NAME in lowercase, shortened to 63 bytes, and with everything except 0-9 and a-z replaced with -. No leading / trailing -. Use in paths. Introduced in GitLab 15.4.
CI_JOB_STAGE Pipeline The name of the job’s stage.
CI_JOB_STATUS Job-only The status of the job as each runner stage is executed. Use with after_script. Can be success, failed, or canceled.
CI_JOB_TIMEOUT Job-only The job timeout, in seconds. Introduced in GitLab 15.7. Requires GitLab Runner 15.7.
CI_JOB_TOKEN Job-only A token to authenticate with certain API endpoints. The token is valid as long as the job is running.
CI_JOB_URL Job-only The job details URL.
CI_JOB_STARTED_AT Job-only The date and time when a job started, in ISO 8601 format. For example, 2022-01-31T16:47:55Z. UTC by default.
CI_KUBERNETES_ACTIVE Pre-pipeline Only available if the pipeline has a Kubernetes cluster available for deployments. true when available.
CI_NODE_INDEX Pipeline The index of the job in the job set. Only available if the job uses parallel.
CI_NODE_TOTAL Pipeline The total number of instances of this job running in parallel. Set to 1 if the job does not use parallel.
CI_OPEN_MERGE_REQUESTS Pre-pipeline A comma-separated list of up to four merge requests that use the current branch and project as the merge request source. Only available in branch and merge request pipelines if the branch has an associated merge request. For example, gitlab-org/gitlab!333,gitlab-org/gitlab-foss!11.
CI_PAGES_DOMAIN Pre-pipeline The instance’s domain that hosts GitLab Pages, not including the namespace subdomain. To use the full hostname, use CI_PAGES_HOSTNAME instead.
CI_PAGES_HOSTNAME Job-only The full hostname of the Pages deployment.
CI_PAGES_URL Job-only The URL for a GitLab Pages site. Always a subdomain of CI_PAGES_DOMAIN.
CI_PIPELINE_ID Job-only The instance-level ID of the current pipeline. This ID is unique across all projects on the GitLab instance.
CI_PIPELINE_IID Pipeline The project-level IID (internal ID) of the current pipeline. This ID is unique only in the current project.
CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE Pre-pipeline How the pipeline was triggered. The value can be one of the pipeline sources.
CI_PIPELINE_TRIGGERED Pipeline true if the job was triggered.
CI_PIPELINE_URL Job-only The URL for the pipeline details.
CI_PIPELINE_CREATED_AT Pre-pipeline The date and time when the pipeline was created, in ISO 8601 format. For example, 2022-01-31T16:47:55Z. UTC by default.
CI_PIPELINE_NAME Pre-pipeline The pipeline name defined in workflow:name. Introduced in GitLab 16.3.
CI_PROJECT_DIR Job-only The full path the repository is cloned to, and where the job runs from. If the GitLab Runner builds_dir parameter is set, this variable is set relative to the value of builds_dir. For more information, see the Advanced GitLab Runner configuration.
CI_PROJECT_ID Pre-pipeline The ID of the current project. This ID is unique across all projects on the GitLab instance.
CI_PROJECT_NAME Pre-pipeline The name of the directory for the project. For example if the project URL is gitlab.example.com/group-name/project-1, CI_PROJECT_NAME is project-1.
CI_PROJECT_NAMESPACE Pre-pipeline The project namespace (username or group name) of the job.
CI_PROJECT_NAMESPACE_ID Pre-pipeline The project namespace ID of the job. Introduced in GitLab 15.7.
CI_PROJECT_PATH_SLUG Pre-pipeline $CI_PROJECT_PATH in lowercase with characters that are not a-z or 0-9 replaced with - and shortened to 63 bytes. Use in URLs and domain names.
CI_PROJECT_PATH Pre-pipeline The project namespace with the project name included.
CI_PROJECT_REPOSITORY_LANGUAGES Pre-pipeline A comma-separated, lowercase list of the languages used in the repository. For example ruby,javascript,html,css. The maximum number of languages is limited to 5. An issue proposes to increase the limit.
CI_PROJECT_ROOT_NAMESPACE Pre-pipeline The root project namespace (username or group name) of the job. For example, if CI_PROJECT_NAMESPACE is root-group/child-group/grandchild-group, CI_PROJECT_ROOT_NAMESPACE is root-group.
CI_PROJECT_TITLE Pre-pipeline The human-readable project name as displayed in the GitLab web interface.
CI_PROJECT_DESCRIPTION Pre-pipeline The project description as displayed in the GitLab web interface. Introduced in GitLab 15.1.
CI_PROJECT_URL Pre-pipeline The HTTP(S) address of the project.
CI_PROJECT_VISIBILITY Pre-pipeline The project visibility. Can be internal, private, or public.
CI_PROJECT_CLASSIFICATION_LABEL Pre-pipeline The project external authorization classification label.
CI_REGISTRY Pre-pipeline Address of the container registry server, formatted as <host>[:<port>]. For example: registry.gitlab.example.com. Only available if the container registry is enabled for the GitLab instance.
CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE Pre-pipeline Base address for the container registry to push, pull, or tag project’s images, formatted as <host>[:<port>]/<project_full_path>. For example: registry.gitlab.example.com/my_group/my_project. Image names must follow the container registry naming convention. Only available if the container registry is enabled for the project.
CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD Job-only The password to push containers to the GitLab project’s container registry. Only available if the container registry is enabled for the project. This password value is the same as the CI_JOB_TOKEN and is valid only as long as the job is running. Use the CI_DEPLOY_PASSWORD for long-lived access to the registry
CI_REGISTRY_USER Job-only The username to push containers to the project’s GitLab container registry. Only available if the container registry is enabled for the project.
CI_RELEASE_DESCRIPTION Pipeline The description of the release. Available only on pipelines for tags. Description length is limited to first 1024 characters. Introduced in GitLab 15.5.
CI_REPOSITORY_URL Job-only The full path to Git clone (HTTP) the repository with a CI/CD job token, in the format https://gitlab-ci-token:$CI_JOB_TOKEN@gitlab.example.com/my-group/my-project.git.
CI_RUNNER_DESCRIPTION Job-only The description of the runner.
CI_RUNNER_EXECUTABLE_ARCH Job-only The OS/architecture of the GitLab Runner executable. Might not be the same as the environment of the executor.
CI_RUNNER_ID Job-only The unique ID of the runner being used.
CI_RUNNER_REVISION Job-only The revision of the runner running the job.
CI_RUNNER_SHORT_TOKEN Job-only The runner’s unique ID, used to authenticate new job requests. The token contains a prefix, and the first 17 characters are used.
CI_RUNNER_TAGS Job-only A comma-separated list of the runner tags.
CI_RUNNER_VERSION Job-only The version of the GitLab Runner running the job.
CI_SERVER_FQDN Pre-pipeline The fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the instance. For example gitlab.example.com:8080. Introduced in GitLab 16.10.
CI_SERVER_HOST Pre-pipeline The host of the GitLab instance URL, without protocol or port. For example gitlab.example.com.
CI_SERVER_NAME Pre-pipeline The name of CI/CD server that coordinates jobs.
CI_SERVER_PORT Pre-pipeline The port of the GitLab instance URL, without host or protocol. For example 8080.
CI_SERVER_PROTOCOL Pre-pipeline The protocol of the GitLab instance URL, without host or port. For example https.
CI_SERVER_SHELL_SSH_HOST Pre-pipeline The SSH host of the GitLab instance, used for access to Git repositories through SSH. For example gitlab.com. Introduced in GitLab 15.11.
CI_SERVER_SHELL_SSH_PORT Pre-pipeline The SSH port of the GitLab instance, used for access to Git repositories through SSH. For example 22. Introduced in GitLab 15.11.
CI_SERVER_REVISION Pre-pipeline GitLab revision that schedules jobs.
CI_SERVER_TLS_CA_FILE Pipeline File containing the TLS CA certificate to verify the GitLab server when tls-ca-file set in runner settings.
CI_SERVER_TLS_CERT_FILE Pipeline File containing the TLS certificate to verify the GitLab server when tls-cert-file set in runner settings.
CI_SERVER_TLS_KEY_FILE Pipeline File containing the TLS key to verify the GitLab server when tls-key-file set in runner settings.
CI_SERVER_URL Pre-pipeline The base URL of the GitLab instance, including protocol and port. For example https://gitlab.example.com:8080.
CI_SERVER_VERSION_MAJOR Pre-pipeline The major version of the GitLab instance. For example, if the GitLab version is 17.2.1, the CI_SERVER_VERSION_MAJOR is 17.
CI_SERVER_VERSION_MINOR Pre-pipeline The minor version of the GitLab instance. For example, if the GitLab version is 17.2.1, the CI_SERVER_VERSION_MINOR is 2.
CI_SERVER_VERSION_PATCH Pre-pipeline The patch version of the GitLab instance. For example, if the GitLab version is 17.2.1, the CI_SERVER_VERSION_PATCH is 1.
CI_SERVER_VERSION Pre-pipeline The full version of the GitLab instance.
CI_SERVER Job-only Available for all jobs executed in CI/CD. yes when available.
CI_SHARED_ENVIRONMENT Pipeline Only available if the job is executed in a shared environment (something that is persisted across CI/CD invocations, like the shell or ssh executor). true when available.
CI_TEMPLATE_REGISTRY_HOST Pre-pipeline The host of the registry used by CI/CD templates. Defaults to registry.gitlab.com. Introduced in GitLab 15.3.
CI_TRIGGER_SHORT_TOKEN Job-only First 4 characters of the trigger token of the current job. Only available if the pipeline was triggered with a trigger token. For example, for a trigger token of glptt-1234567890abcdefghij, CI_TRIGGER_SHORT_TOKEN would be 1234. Introduced in GitLab 17.0.
GITLAB_CI Pre-pipeline Available for all jobs executed in CI/CD. true when available.
GITLAB_FEATURES Pre-pipeline The comma-separated list of licensed features available for the GitLab instance and license.
GITLAB_USER_EMAIL Pipeline The email of the user who started the pipeline, unless the job is a manual job. In manual jobs, the value is the email of the user who started the job.
GITLAB_USER_ID Pipeline The numeric ID of the user who started the pipeline, unless the job is a manual job. In manual jobs, the value is the ID of the user who started the job.
GITLAB_USER_LOGIN Pipeline The unique username of the user who started the pipeline, unless the job is a manual job. In manual jobs, the value is the username of the user who started the job.
GITLAB_USER_NAME Pipeline The display name (user-defined Full name in the profile settings) of the user who started the pipeline, unless the job is a manual job. In manual jobs, the value is the name of the user who started the job.
KUBECONFIG Pipeline The path to the kubeconfig file with contexts for every shared agent connection. Only available when a GitLab agent is authorized to access the project.
TRIGGER_PAYLOAD Pipeline The webhook payload. Only available when a pipeline is triggered with a webhook.

Predefined variables for merge request pipelines

These variables are available before GitLab creates the pipeline (Pre-pipeline). These variables can be used with include:rules to control which configuration files to use when creating the pipeline.

The pipeline must be a merge request pipeline, and the merge request must be open.

Variable Description
CI_MERGE_REQUEST_APPROVED Approval status of the merge request. true when merge request approvals is available and the merge request has been approved.
CI_MERGE_REQUEST_ASSIGNEES Comma-separated list of usernames of assignees for the merge request.
CI_MERGE_REQUEST_DIFF_BASE_SHA The base SHA of the merge request diff.
CI_MERGE_REQUEST_DIFF_ID The version of the merge request diff.
CI_MERGE_REQUEST_EVENT_TYPE The event type of the merge request. Can be detached, merged_result or merge_train.
CI_MERGE_REQUEST_DESCRIPTION The description of the merge request. If the description is more than 2700 characters long, only the first 2700 characters are stored in the variable. Introduced in GitLab 16.7.
CI_MERGE_REQUEST_DESCRIPTION_IS_TRUNCATED true if CI_MERGE_REQUEST_DESCRIPTION is truncated down to 2700 characters because the description of the merge request is too long. Introduced in GitLab 16.8.
CI_MERGE_REQUEST_ID The instance-level ID of the merge request. The ID is unique across all projects on the GitLab instance.
CI_MERGE_REQUEST_IID The project-level IID (internal ID) of the merge request. This ID is unique for the current project, and is the number used in the merge request URL, page title, and other visible locations.
CI_MERGE_REQUEST_LABELS Comma-separated label names of the merge request.
CI_MERGE_REQUEST_MILESTONE The milestone title of the merge request.
CI_MERGE_REQUEST_PROJECT_ID The ID of the project of the merge request.
CI_MERGE_REQUEST_PROJECT_PATH The path of the project of the merge request. For example namespace/awesome-project.
CI_MERGE_REQUEST_PROJECT_URL The URL of the project of the merge request. For example, http://192.168.10.15:3000/namespace/awesome-project.
CI_MERGE_REQUEST_REF_PATH The ref path of the merge request. For example, refs/merge-requests/1/head.
CI_MERGE_REQUEST_SOURCE_BRANCH_NAME The source branch name of the merge request.
CI_MERGE_REQUEST_SOURCE_BRANCH_PROTECTED true when the source branch of the merge request is protected. Introduced in GitLab 16.4.
CI_MERGE_REQUEST_SOURCE_BRANCH_SHA The HEAD SHA of the source branch of the merge request. The variable is empty in merge request pipelines. The SHA is present only in merged results pipelines.
CI_MERGE_REQUEST_SOURCE_PROJECT_ID The ID of the source project of the merge request.
CI_MERGE_REQUEST_SOURCE_PROJECT_PATH The path of the source project of the merge request.
CI_MERGE_REQUEST_SOURCE_PROJECT_URL The URL of the source project of the merge request.
CI_MERGE_REQUEST_SQUASH_ON_MERGE true when the squash on merge option is set. Introduced in GitLab 16.4.
CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TARGET_BRANCH_NAME The target branch name of the merge request.
CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TARGET_BRANCH_PROTECTED true when the target branch of the merge request is protected. Introduced in GitLab 15.2.
CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TARGET_BRANCH_SHA The HEAD SHA of the target branch of the merge request. The variable is empty in merge request pipelines. The SHA is present only in merged results pipelines.
CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TITLE The title of the merge request.

Predefined variables for external pull request pipelines

These variables are only available when:

Variable Description
CI_EXTERNAL_PULL_REQUEST_IID Pull request ID from GitHub.
CI_EXTERNAL_PULL_REQUEST_SOURCE_REPOSITORY The source repository name of the pull request.
CI_EXTERNAL_PULL_REQUEST_TARGET_REPOSITORY The target repository name of the pull request.
CI_EXTERNAL_PULL_REQUEST_SOURCE_BRANCH_NAME The source branch name of the pull request.
CI_EXTERNAL_PULL_REQUEST_SOURCE_BRANCH_SHA The HEAD SHA of the source branch of the pull request.
CI_EXTERNAL_PULL_REQUEST_TARGET_BRANCH_NAME The target branch name of the pull request.
CI_EXTERNAL_PULL_REQUEST_TARGET_BRANCH_SHA The HEAD SHA of the target branch of the pull request.

Deployment variables

Integrations that are responsible for deployment configuration can define their own predefined variables that are set in the build environment. These variables are only defined for deployment jobs.

For example, the Kubernetes integration defines deployment variables that you can use with the integration.

The documentation for each integration explains if the integration has any deployment variables available.

Auto DevOps variables

When Auto DevOps is enabled, some additional pre-pipeline variables are made available:

Integration variables

Some integrations make variables available in jobs. These variables are available as job-only predefined variables:

  • Harbor:
    • HARBOR_URL
    • HARBOR_HOST
    • HARBOR_OCI
    • HARBOR_PROJECT
    • HARBOR_USERNAME
    • HARBOR_PASSWORD
  • Apple App Store Connect:
    • APP_STORE_CONNECT_API_KEY_ISSUER_ID
    • APP_STORE_CONNECT_API_KEY_KEY_ID
    • APP_STORE_CONNECT_API_KEY_KEY
    • APP_STORE_CONNECT_API_KEY_IS_KEY_CONTENT_BASE64
  • Google Play:
    • SUPPLY_PACKAGE_NAME
    • SUPPLY_JSON_KEY_DATA
  • Diffblue Cover:
    • DIFFBLUE_LICENSE_KEY
    • DIFFBLUE_ACCESS_TOKEN_NAME
    • DIFFBLUE_ACCESS_TOKEN

Troubleshooting

You can output the values of all variables available for a job with a script command.