18 GitLab features are moving to open source

This post announces the open-sourcing of 18 features across 7 DevOps stages (Plan, Create, Verify, Package, Release, Configure, Protect). It details the rationale behind the Buyer-Based Open Core model and the decision to audit and move features to the Core/Free tier. Specific features being open-sourced include: Related issues, Export issues, Issue board focus mode, Service desk, Web Terminal for Web IDE, File syncing to web terminal, Design Management, Code quality reports, Conan, Maven, NPM, and NuGet package managers, Canary deployments, Incremental rollout, Feature flags, Deploy boards, Support for multiple Kubernetes clusters, and Network policies for container network security. The post links to specific GitLab issues for the implementation of these changes and invites community contributions.