GitLab's next-generation container registry is now available

What this post added

This post details the migration to a next-generation container registry, addressing issues with the legacy Distribution project fork. Key improvements include solving the online garbage collection problem, leading to terabytes of data deletion daily on GitLab.com, improved performance and reliability, and significant cost savings. The post also encourages self-managed customers to migrate to unlock these benefits and provides a roadmap for future features such as improved sorting/filtering, UI enhancements for manifest/multi-arch images, attestation/signing, Helm chart storage, protected repositories, and immutable tags.