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GitLab Announces the Foundation for the Governed Software Factory

$GTLBPress releaseOct 6, 2026, 9:04 AM ETRead the release

GitLab announced a broad set of new capabilities it calls the foundation for the governed software factory, spanning agentic workflow orchestration, artifact management, supply-chain security, and AI cost analytics. Key launches include GitLab Artifact Central and Dependency Firewall (in beta/early access), GitLab Secrets Manager (GA in the 19.5 release), and new Duo Agent Platform flows that will run Anthropic's Claude Mythos 5 and 5.1 starting next month.

Key figures

Orbit orgs
3500
Orbit queries
280000
Secure repo growth
100%
Cicd pipeline growth
40%
Enterprise customers
10,000+
Orbit retry reduction
45x fewer retries
Orbit token reduction
4.5x fewer tokens
Registered developers
70 million
User namespace growth
80%
Agentic user growth yoy
200%
Fortune 100 penetration
approximately 50%
Secrets manager savings
up to 50%
Artifact central tco savings
up to 50%

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