How to prevent crypto mining abuse on GitLab.com SaaS

This post details the implementation of requiring credit/debit cards for new free users created on or after May 17, 2021, to use shared runners on GitLab.com. It outlines a gradual rollout strategy and lists previous improvements made to mitigate pipeline abuse, including failing jobs when quotas are exceeded, restricting namespace creation via API, and enhancing external pipeline validation. It also announces that as of July 17, 2021, public projects in newly created namespaces will be included in CI pipeline minute usage quotas.