🦊 GitLab CI Optimization: 15+ Tips for Faster Pipelines

• Introduction


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  CI YAML optimizations
  
  
  
  
  • 1. Parallelize large jobs
  
  
  • 2. Use small Linux distributions
  
  
  • 3. Configure caching, split cache, and set policy
  
  
  • 4. Download only needed artifacts
  
  
  • 5. Use tuned rules
  
  
  • 6. Define stages wisely and adjust with needs
  
  
  • 7. Configure interruptible pipelines
  
  
  • 8. Rerun automatically jobs that failed
  
  
  
  


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  Project configuration optimizations
  
  
  
  
  • 9. Disable separate cache for protected branches
  
  
  • 10. Avoid Docker images rebuild with fast-forward merge
  
  
  • 11. Configure push rules to avoid pipelines for misconfigured branches
  
  
  
  


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  Runner configuration optimizations
  
  
  
  
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