Release Notes
Latest product updates
December 15, 2025
On-Demand CI Failure Reports
Generate comprehensive failure analysis reports instantly with the new "Run Now" button in the Insights dashboard. Previously available only on a scheduled basis, you can now trigger reports on demand to analyze your CI failures across the last 7 days whenever you need them.
Improved Code Review Display
Code review comments now feature a cleaner, more scannable format that highlights what matters most. The new design includes verdict badges (Approved, Changes requested, etc.) at the top, uses emoji prefixes instead of section headers, and automatically expands when critical or important issues are detected. Less important details like suggestions and resolved findings are tucked into a collapsible "More details" section to keep the focus on action items.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where the Insights dashboard platform picker would default to GitHub even when only GitLab repositories were connected
- Resolved a bug in settings page navigation that could cause incorrect redirects before feature flags finished loading
- Code review now only includes "What Works Well" section for substantial changes, avoiding unnecessary positive highlights on trivial updates like dependency version bumps
December 12, 2025
Jira Integration (Beta)
Connect your Jira workspace to Gitar and automatically keep issues and pull requests in sync. The integration supports OAuth 2.0 or Personal Access Token authentication and enables powerful workflow automation through repository rules. Learn more
Five new built-in rules are available in the catalog:
- Jira Auto-Linking: Find and attach relevant Jira issues to changes without linked tickets
- Merge Close Jira Comment: Add implementation summary to linked Jira issues when changes are merged
- Multi-Issue Relationship Linking: Link related Jira issues when multiple are attached to a single change
- Reviewer Assignment from Issue: Auto-assign reviewers based on Jira issue watchers and stakeholders
- Unaddressed Items Follow-up: Create Jira issues for unresolved comments and TODOs when changes merge
Code Review (Beta)
Gitar now automatically reviews your pull requests and merge requests, providing AI-powered feedback on code quality, edge cases, and potential issues. Reviews appear directly in your dashboard comment with findings organized by severity into Important, Suggestions, and Resolved sections. Each review also highlights what works well and provides actionable recommendations. Learn more
Enable at Organization Level: Toggle automatic code review in your organization settings. When enabled, Gitar will review code changes on all PRs/MRs, providing feedback and suggestions.
Override on Individual PRs: Control code review per-PR using commands:
gitar code-review:on- Enable code review for this PRgitar code-review:off- Disable code review for this PR
Custom Review Instructions: Add markdown files to .gitar/review/ in your repository to customize the review process with project-specific guidelines, coding conventions, and gotchas that Gitar should watch for.
GitHub Status Check Visibility Settings
Control whether Gitar shows a status check indicator on your GitHub PRs while processing. Disable this setting to reduce visual noise in the GitHub Checks tab if you find it confusing alongside other CI checks.
Redesigned Dashboard Comment
The dashboard comment has been completely redesigned with a cleaner, more compact layout. Code Review, Rules, and Options are now collapsible sections that show status at a glance.
Collapsed view shows key status indicators inline:
Expanded Options reveals a clean table layout with all available commands and copy buttons for easy use:
Audit Logs for Configuration Changes
Configuration changes to organization, repository, and agent settings are now tracked in audit logs with user attribution and timestamps. This provides full visibility into who made changes and when, improving security and debugging capabilities.
Usability Improvements
- Integration rules can now navigate directly to OAuth flows from the rules catalog, streamlining the setup experience
- Active settings page is now highlighted in the navigation sidebar for better orientation
- Dashboard handles empty states more gracefully with helpful messages
Bug Fixes
- Fixed GitHub sign-in button styling issues
- Improved handling of configuration overwrites for code review settings
December 9, 2025
Introducing Commands
You can now control Gitar's behavior using commands - special phrases you comment on your PR/MR. Unlike regular comments to the Gitar agent, commands must match exactly (case insensitive) and take effect immediately. Learn more
Auto-Apply - Control whether Gitar automatically commits updates to your branch:
gitar auto-apply:on- Enable automatic updatesgitar auto-apply:off- Disable automatic updates (suggestions only)
The dashboard comment displays the current auto-apply status. This fixes a long-standing issue where developer roles on GitLab could not control the auto-apply behavior.
Display Mode - Control how much detail you see in the dashboard comment:
gitar display:verbose- Show all rules including those that don't apply, with explanationsgitar display:compact- Show only relevant rules (default)
Your preference persists across comment updates, and the footer shows a hint for the opposite command.
Compact mode (default) shows only applicable rules with a summary of hidden rules:
Verbose mode shows all rules with explanations for why each doesn't apply:
Reduced Comment Noise
Dashboard comments now generate even fewer email notifications. Comments only repost when you push new commits. In all other cases, the comment is updated in place.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where rules would report taking actions (like suggesting comments or correcting typos) without actually performing them
December 4, 2025
Slack Integration
Connect your Slack workspace to Gitar to enable automated notifications and workflow actions. Send messages and fetch information from channels and groups-all triggered by repository rules. For example, alert an on-call engineer when infrastructure CI failures are detected, or use context from the latest Slack thread to fix an issue. Learn more
New Linear Rules in Catalog
Five new built-in rules are now available for Linear integration:
- Linear Auto-Linking: Automatically find and attach relevant Linear issues to PRs/MRs that don't have linked tickets
- Summary of change to Linear issue: Add implementation summaries to linked Linear issues when changes are merged
- Multi-Issue Relationship Linking: Create relationships between multiple Linear issues attached to the same PR/MR
- Reviewer Assignment from Issue: Auto-assign reviewers based on Linear issue watchers and stakeholders
- Unaddressed Items Follow-up: Create follow-up Linear issues for unresolved review comments and new TODOs when changes merge
Improved Onboarding Experience
New users now experience a simplified onboarding process after signing up. The flow guides users through organization setup, code connection, and CI and Rules configuration with clearer steps and better error handling. New users also receive a welcome email upon signing up to help them get started quickly.
Reduced Email Noise from GitHub/GitLab
Significantly reduced the number of email notifications triggered by Gitar's dashboard comment updates. The dashboard comment now only moves to the bottom of the PR/MR timeline when new commits are pushed. Previously, the comment would move on every status update, generating unnecessary notification emails.
Usability Improvements
- Organization switcher is now visible for all users, making it easier to manage organization settings and customize your workspace
- CI success events now automatically hide stale failure analysis to keep your PR timeline clean
- GitLab subgroups are now searchable when configuring repositories
- Dashboard comment now shows a spinner in sync with the GitHub check run status for consistent visual feedback
Bug Fixes
- Fixed issue where GitLab dashboard comments were not being reposted correctly
- Improved handling of PRs that are merged while Gitar is still processing
- Resolved duplicate code review comment issues
- Fixed issue where your "auto-accept changes" checkbox preference was reset when the dashboard comment updated
November 26, 2025
Single Dashboard Comment
Gitar now creates a single dashboard comment for all PRs/MRs that updates with the latest status like failure analysis, rule evaluation etc. It also moves later in the timeline so you dont loose track of it. It features cleaner visual organization with reduced clutter keeping the most important information at the top.
Linear Integration
You can now connect your Linear workspace to Gitar and automatically create context/run rules to automate Linear issue updates.
Request Changes on PRs
Gitar can now block PR merges by requesting changes when critical issues are detected during automated analysis or rule evaluation, providing stronger enforcement of quality gates and compliance requirements.
Rule Evaluation on PR Close
Repository rules now evaluate when PRs are closed or merged, enabling post-merge workflows like compliance reporting, documentation generation, and notification triggers based on the final state of merged changes.
Usability Improvements
- Added ability to copy text from reports for easier sharing and documentation
Bug Fixes
- Improved rule analysis to assess final state after all actions complete
- Fixed some reliability issues with long running agent runs
November 18, 2025
Native Bitrise Integration
Bitrise support has been added as a native built-in integration alongside CircleCI and Buildkite. Connect your Bitrise workspace to enable CI failure analysis, log fetching, and automatic retry operations directly from Gitar.
Structured PR Summary Format
The PR Summary Enhancement rule now generates more organized, scannable summaries with hierarchical formatting. Summaries prioritize high-impact changes like new files, APIs, and features over implementation details, using bold categories and code formatting for technical terms.
Enhanced Rules Evaluation Display
Repository rules evaluation results now show detailed requirement and action status tracking. Each rule displays whether its requirements were met and what actions were taken, providing better transparency into automated workflows. Files with multiple rules are now grouped together into sub-sections.
Refreshed Configuration Interface
The organization settings configuration page has been redesigned with improved organization and clearer sections for agent configuration, monitoring settings, and repository management. Settings are now easier to find and configure.
Compact Analysis Comments
CI failure analysis comments now use a more compact, scannable format. The summary line is clickable to expand full details, and feedback prompts are integrated inline using smaller text. This reduces visual clutter while keeping all information easily accessible.
Performance and Usability Improvements
- Integrations are now in their dedicated settings page
- Improved latency of building context upon PR/MR creation
- Improved failure analysis tone to focus on recommended fixes rather than applied changes
Bug Fixes
- Improved reliability of Gitlab webhook delivery
- Fixed issues with reading large image screenshots attached to PRs/MRs
November 10, 2025
Built-in Rules from Catalog
Access a curated library of pre-built repository rules without writing custom configurations. Enable rules like PR Summary Enhancement, Log Consistency, Flaky Test Retry, and more directly from your settings.
Context-Aware Rule Evaluation
Rules now consider previous evaluation results when analyzing new changes, enabling smarter decision-making across multiple PR/MR updates. This provides more consistent and accurate automated actions ensuring rules can track progress and make informed decisions based on historical context.
Native CircleCI and Buildkite Integration
CircleCI and Buildkite support has been upgraded from MCP server integration to native built-in tooling. This provides reliable CI operations including log fetching, status checking, and job retrying.
Analysis Feedback Collection
Help improve Gitar by providing feedback on CI failure analyses. You can react to analysis comments with thumbs up/down to indicate helpfulness. Your feedback helps the system to provide better analysis over time.
Enhanced Analysis Reports with Attribution
Analysis reports in the Insights dashboard now include improved formatting with proper attribution of failure causes. The Top Failures section displays more detailed breakdowns and clearer categorization of build, test, and infrastructure failures.
November 5, 2025
Top Failures in Insights Dashboard
The Insights dashboard now displays a comprehensive breakdown of your most common CI failures, categorized by type (Build, Test, Flaky Test, Configuration, Tooling, Infrastructure). Each category shows specific failure patterns like "Incorrect test assertion - wrong expected value" or "CI meta-job cascade failures," helping teams quickly identify and address recurring issues across their repositories.
Enhanced Username Filtering
Fixed a critical issue in the gradual rollout feature where PRs from allowlisted users weren't being processed correctly.
Clearer Dashboard Comment Messaging
Updated the dashboard comment to more clearly communicate when Gitar will push commits to your branch, providing better transparency about automated actions and helping developers understand exactly when to expect changes.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed rules evaluation updates for GitLab repositories where project IDs were incorrectly set to 0, preventing monitor comments from updating properly
- Improved emoji display logic in rules evaluation results for more consistent and clearer visual feedback
- Fixed onboarding flow for users with organizations who haven't yet installed the GitHub app
- Resolved issue where push operations were attempted during analysis-only runs
October 22, 2025
Repository Rules Evaluation Transparency
Rules evaluation results are now displayed directly in the dashboard comment, showing which rules were triggered and what actions Gitar took. This provides full transparency into automated workflows and helps teams understand Gitar's decision-making process.
Improved Comment Structure
Enhanced comment formatting with better organization and reduced verbosity. Analysis comments now include commit links in the title and use a more structured template for easier scanning.
More Events for Rules Evaluation
Gitar can now listen to and evaluate rules on PR/MR metadata updates (example: Title, Description, Labels, etc.).
Analysis Commit Links
Build failure analysis comments now reference the commits they are referring to with a link.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed rebase handling when users force push to branches
- Resolved issues with PR number extraction in various workflows
- Better handling of duplicate comments
- Fixed a bug where build failure analyses were missing from some Gitar comments
- Improved the structure of build failure analyses in comments
October 8, 2025
Gradual Rollout Options
Admins can now control which developers' PRs/MRs Gitar processes by configuring a list of allowed GitHub/GitLab usernames. This enables gradual rollout to specific teams or users before enabling organization-wide, perfect for testing and phased deployments.
Cleaner Comments
CI failure analysis now shows a short summary and details are now collapsed by default in notification comments. This reduces comment spam, while keeping detailed information easily accessible when needed.
Gitar will now post failure analysis comments for each push. Each comment displays the current status of the auto-fixer and provides a link to the dashboard comment where you can easily enable or disable automatic fixes.
Fixed Pre-commit Hook Issue
Fixed a bug preventing fixes for environments with pre-commit hooks configured.
Fixed Unintentional Push Issue
Resolved an issue where Gitar attempted git pushes during runs where only failure analysis was done. The agent now correctly skips push operations when no code changes are required.
October 6, 2025
Inline Comments
Gitar will now make inline comments on your MRs in GitLab when appropriate.
Enhanced Insights Metrics
Insights now separately track CI failures analyzed and PRs/MRs processed for more accurate visibility into Gitar's activity and improved cost savings calculations.
October 2, 2025
CI Failure Analysis
Gitar now automatically analyzes CI failures and provides insights directly in the dashboard comment, helping you understand what went wrong before attempting a fix. Analysis results update dynamically as new commits are pushed.
Learn more about CI failure analysis & fixes
Repository Rules
Gitar can now interpret repository rules written in natural language and automatically execute actions. Rules are defined as md files in .gitar/rules folder in your repository. This can be used to execute powerful workflows.
Here is an example md file you can add at .gitar/rules/package_upgrades.md
# Package Upgrade Documentation
When package upgrades are detected:
- Add comment with link to upgrade documentation template
- Assign technical lead as reviewer
- Add "needs-documentation" label until template is completedLearn more about repository rules
Improved Dashboard Comment Structure
- Changed the CI fix checkbox from "Do not fix CI failures" (checked by default) to "Fix CI failures" (unchecked by default) for clearer intent.
- Gitar now clearly communicates that it never force pushes to your branch.
Enhanced Dashboard Filtering
The dashboard page now only shows runs with actual build failure analysis and fix attempts, filtering out context-gathering runs to provide a clearer view of Gitar's work on your PRs.
September 23, 2025
Gitar is Commit Aware
Gitar no longer force pushes changes. This prevents the agent from overwriting users' changes while Gitar is working on. With this new feature the PR/MR is no longer frozen and developers can work alongside Gitar. Gitar will rebase its changes on the most recent pushed changes automatically, enabling seamless collaboration without conflicts.
One Click Installs
Installing the GitHub app and start using. No account needed!
Status Comment Resources
Status comments now include helpful documentation and support links in the footer.
September 19, 2025
Enhanced Organization Setting Handling
Gitar now properly handles in-flight merge requests that receive activity after the organization's "Automatically fix CI failures" setting is enabled, ensuring consistent behavior across all active MRs.
Improved Comment Volume Handling
Fixed an issue where developer preference for [ ] Do not fix CI failures on high-activity comment conversations (exceeding 20 comments) were not being respected consistently.
September 15, 2025
Recent Activity
The app now displays Recent activity below the insights.
GitLab Nested Groups Support
GitLab merge requests with nested groups (like group/subgroup/project) are now properly parsed and processed.
Improved Run Cancellation Logic
Fixed edge cases in automatic run cancellation when new commits are pushed, ensuring proper cleanup of in-progress CI-related tasks while preserving other pending work.
September 12, 2025
Status Updates via Gitar Check Run in GitHub
Status updates are now live, showing real-time progress when Gitar is processing your PRs.
Enhanced CI Configuration for Pro Plans
CircleCI and Buildkite configuration options are now available for Pro Plans.
Smart PR Description Processing
If your PR description starts with "Gitar", we now automatically act on it.
Automatic Cancellation on PR Updates
Gitar now listens to GitHub push events. If there is a run in progress for a PR and you push new commits, we cancel the old run, incorporate your latest changes, and rerun against the updated CI results to keep fixes aligned with your most recent code.