Predefined variables reference (FREE ALL)

Predefined CI/CD variables are available in every GitLab CI/CD pipeline.

Some variables are only available with more recent versions of GitLab Runner.

You can output the values of all variables available for a job with a script command.

There are also a number of variables you can use to configure runner behavior globally or for individual jobs.

NOTE: You should avoid overriding predefined variables, as it can cause the pipeline to behave unexpectedly.

Variable	GitLab	Runner	Description
CHAT_CHANNEL	10.6	all	The Source chat channel that triggered the ChatOps command.
CHAT_INPUT	10.6	all	The additional arguments passed with the ChatOps command.
CHAT_USER_ID	14.4	all	The chat service's user ID of the user who triggered the ChatOps command.
CI	all	0.4	Available for all jobs executed in CI/CD. true when available.
CI_API_V4_URL	11.7	all	The GitLab API v4 root URL.
CI_API_GRAPHQL_URL	15.11	all	The GitLab API GraphQL root URL.
CI_BUILDS_DIR	all	11.10	The top-level directory where builds are executed.
CI_COMMIT_AUTHOR	13.11	all	The author of the commit in Name <email> format.
CI_COMMIT_BEFORE_SHA	11.2	all	The previous latest commit present on a branch or tag. Is always 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 in merge request pipelines and for the first commit in pipelines for branches or tags.
CI_COMMIT_BRANCH	12.6	0.5	The commit branch name. Available in branch pipelines, including pipelines for the default branch. Not available in merge request pipelines or tag pipelines.
CI_COMMIT_DESCRIPTION	10.8	all	The description of the commit. If the title is shorter than 100 characters, the message without the first line.
CI_COMMIT_MESSAGE	10.8	all	The full commit message.
CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME	9.0	all	The branch or tag name for which project is built.
CI_COMMIT_REF_PROTECTED	11.11	all	true if the job is running for a protected reference, false otherwise.
CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG	9.0	all	CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME in lowercase, shortened to 63 bytes, and with everything except 0-9 and a-z replaced with -. No leading / trailing -. Use in URLs, host names and domain names.
CI_COMMIT_SHA	9.0	all	The commit revision the project is built for.
CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA	11.7	all	The first eight characters of CI_COMMIT_SHA.
CI_COMMIT_TAG	9.0	0.5	The commit tag name. Available only in pipelines for tags.
CI_COMMIT_TAG_MESSAGE	15.5	all	The commit tag message. Available only in pipelines for tags.
CI_COMMIT_TIMESTAMP	13.4	all	The timestamp of the commit in the ISO 8601 format.
CI_COMMIT_TITLE	10.8	all	The title of the commit. The full first line of the message.
CI_CONCURRENT_ID	all	11.10	The unique ID of build execution in a single executor.
CI_CONCURRENT_PROJECT_ID	all	11.10	The unique ID of build execution in a single executor and project.
CI_CONFIG_PATH	9.4	0.5	The path to the CI/CD configuration file. Defaults to .gitlab-ci.yml. Read-only inside a running pipeline.
CI_DEBUG_TRACE	all	1.7	true if debug logging (tracing) is enabled.
CI_DEBUG_SERVICES	15.7	15.7	true if service container logging is enabled.
CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH	12.4	all	The name of the project's default branch.
CI_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_GROUP_IMAGE_PREFIX	13.7	all	The top-level group image prefix for pulling images through the Dependency Proxy.
CI_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_DIRECT_GROUP_IMAGE_PREFIX	14.3	all	The direct group image prefix for pulling images through the Dependency Proxy.
CI_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_PASSWORD	13.7	all	The password to pull images through the Dependency Proxy.
CI_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_SERVER	13.7	all	The server for logging in to the Dependency Proxy. This is equivalent to $CI_SERVER_HOST:$CI_SERVER_PORT.
CI_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_USER	13.7	all	The username to pull images through the Dependency Proxy.
CI_DEPLOY_FREEZE	13.2	all	Only available if the pipeline runs during a deploy freeze window. true when available.
CI_DEPLOY_PASSWORD	10.8	all	The authentication password of the GitLab Deploy Token, if the project has one.
CI_DEPLOY_USER	10.8	all	The authentication username of the GitLab Deploy Token, if the project has one.
CI_DISPOSABLE_ENVIRONMENT	all	10.1	Only available if the job is executed in a disposable environment (something that is created only for this job and disposed of/destroyed after the execution - all executors except shell and ssh). true when available.
CI_ENVIRONMENT_NAME	8.15	all	The name of the environment for this job. Available if environment:name is set.
CI_ENVIRONMENT_SLUG	8.15	all	The simplified version of the environment name, suitable for inclusion in DNS, URLs, Kubernetes labels, and so on. Available if environment:name is set. The slug is truncated to 24 characters. A random suffix is automatically added to uppercase environment names.
CI_ENVIRONMENT_URL	9.3	all	The URL of the environment for this job. Available if environment:url is set.
CI_ENVIRONMENT_ACTION	13.11	all	The action annotation specified for this job's environment. Available if environment:action is set. Can be start, prepare, or stop.
CI_ENVIRONMENT_TIER	14.0	all	The deployment tier of the environment for this job.
CI_RELEASE_DESCRIPTION	15.5	all	The description of the release. Available only on pipelines for tags. Description length is limited to first 1024 characters.
CI_GITLAB_FIPS_MODE	14.10	all	Only available if FIPS mode is enabled in the GitLab instance. true when available.
CI_HAS_OPEN_REQUIREMENTS	13.1	all	Only available if the pipeline's project has an open requirement. true when available.
CI_JOB_ID	9.0	all	The internal ID of the job, unique across all jobs in the GitLab instance.
CI_JOB_IMAGE	12.9	12.9	The name of the Docker image running the job.
CI_JOB_JWT (Deprecated)	12.10	all	A RS256 JSON web token to authenticate with third party systems that support JWT authentication, for example HashiCorp's Vault. Deprecated in GitLab 15.9 and scheduled to be removed in GitLab 16.5. Use ID tokens instead.
CI_JOB_JWT_V1 (Deprecated)	14.6	all	The same value as CI_JOB_JWT. Deprecated in GitLab 15.9 and scheduled to be removed in GitLab 16.5. Use ID tokens instead.
CI_JOB_JWT_V2 (Deprecated)	14.6	all	A newly formatted RS256 JSON web token to increase compatibility. Similar to CI_JOB_JWT, except the issuer (iss) claim is changed from gitlab.com to https://gitlab.com, sub has changed from job_id to a string that contains the project path, and an aud claim is added. The aud field is a constant value. Trusting JWTs in multiple relying parties can lead to one RP sending a JWT to another one and acting maliciously as a job. Deprecated in GitLab 15.9 and scheduled to be removed in GitLab 16.5. Use ID tokens instead.
CI_JOB_MANUAL	8.12	all	Only available if the job was started manually. true when available.
CI_JOB_NAME	9.0	0.5	The name of the job.
CI_JOB_NAME_SLUG	15.4	all	CI_JOB_NAME_SLUG in lowercase, shortened to 63 bytes, and with everything except 0-9 and a-z replaced with -. No leading / trailing -. Use in paths.
CI_JOB_STAGE	9.0	0.5	The name of the job's stage.
CI_JOB_STATUS	all	13.5	The status of the job as each runner stage is executed. Use with after_script. Can be success, failed, or canceled.
CI_JOB_TIMEOUT	15.7	15.7	The job timeout, in seconds.
CI_JOB_TOKEN	9.0	1.2	A token to authenticate with certain API endpoints. The token is valid as long as the job is running.
CI_JOB_URL	11.1	0.5	The job details URL.
CI_JOB_STARTED_AT	13.10	all	The UTC datetime when a job started, in ISO 8601 format.
CI_KUBERNETES_ACTIVE	13.0	all	Only available if the pipeline has a Kubernetes cluster available for deployments. true when available.
CI_NODE_INDEX	11.5	all	The index of the job in the job set. Only available if the job uses parallel.
CI_NODE_TOTAL	11.5	all	The total number of instances of this job running in parallel. Set to 1 if the job does not use parallel.
CI_OPEN_MERGE_REQUESTS	13.8	all	A comma-separated list of up to four merge requests that use the current branch and project as the merge request source. Only available in branch and merge request pipelines if the branch has an associated merge request. For example, gitlab-org/gitlab!333,gitlab-org/gitlab-foss!11.
CI_PAGES_DOMAIN	11.8	all	The configured domain that hosts GitLab Pages.
CI_PAGES_URL	11.8	all	The URL for a GitLab Pages site. Always a subdomain of CI_PAGES_DOMAIN.
CI_PIPELINE_ID	8.10	all	The instance-level ID of the current pipeline. This ID is unique across all projects on the GitLab instance.
CI_PIPELINE_IID	11.0	all	The project-level IID (internal ID) of the current pipeline. This ID is unique only within the current project.
CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE	10.0	all	How the pipeline was triggered. Can be push, web, schedule, api, external, chat, webide, merge_request_event, external_pull_request_event, parent_pipeline, trigger, or pipeline. For a description of each value, see Common if clauses for rules, which uses this variable to control when jobs run.
CI_PIPELINE_TRIGGERED	all	all	true if the job was triggered.
CI_PIPELINE_URL	11.1	0.5	The URL for the pipeline details.
CI_PIPELINE_CREATED_AT	13.10	all	The UTC datetime when the pipeline was created, in ISO 8601 format.
CI_PIPELINE_NAME	16.3	all	The pipeline name defined in workflow:name
CI_PROJECT_DIR	all	all	The full path the repository is cloned to, and where the job runs from. If the GitLab Runner builds_dir parameter is set, this variable is set relative to the value of builds_dir. For more information, see the Advanced GitLab Runner configuration.
CI_PROJECT_ID	all	all	The ID of the current project. This ID is unique across all projects on the GitLab instance.
CI_PROJECT_NAME	8.10	0.5	The name of the directory for the project. For example if the project URL is gitlab.example.com/group-name/project-1, CI_PROJECT_NAME is project-1.
CI_PROJECT_NAMESPACE	8.10	0.5	The project namespace (username or group name) of the job.
CI_PROJECT_NAMESPACE_ID	15.7	0.5	The project namespace ID of the job.
CI_PROJECT_PATH_SLUG	9.3	all	$CI_PROJECT_PATH in lowercase with characters that are not a-z or 0-9 replaced with - and shortened to 63 bytes. Use in URLs and domain names.
CI_PROJECT_PATH	8.10	0.5	The project namespace with the project name included.
CI_PROJECT_REPOSITORY_LANGUAGES	12.3	all	A comma-separated, lowercase list of the languages used in the repository. For example ruby,javascript,html,css. The maximum number of languages is limited to 5. An issue proposes to increase the limit.
CI_PROJECT_ROOT_NAMESPACE	13.2	0.5	The root project namespace (username or group name) of the job. For example, if CI_PROJECT_NAMESPACE is root-group/child-group/grandchild-group, CI_PROJECT_ROOT_NAMESPACE is root-group.
CI_PROJECT_TITLE	12.4	all	The human-readable project name as displayed in the GitLab web interface.
CI_PROJECT_DESCRIPTION	15.1	all	The project description as displayed in the GitLab web interface.
CI_PROJECT_URL	8.10	0.5	The HTTP(S) address of the project.
CI_PROJECT_VISIBILITY	10.3	all	The project visibility. Can be internal, private, or public.
CI_PROJECT_CLASSIFICATION_LABEL	14.2	all	The project external authorization classification label.
CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE	8.10	0.5	The address of the project's Container Registry. Only available if the Container Registry is enabled for the project.
CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD	9.0	all	The password to push containers to the project's GitLab Container Registry. Only available if the Container Registry is enabled for the project. This password value is the same as the CI_JOB_TOKEN and is valid only as long as the job is running. Use the CI_DEPLOY_PASSWORD for long-lived access to the registry
CI_REGISTRY_USER	9.0	all	The username to push containers to the project's GitLab Container Registry. Only available if the Container Registry is enabled for the project.
CI_REGISTRY	8.10	0.5	The address of the GitLab Container Registry. Only available if the Container Registry is enabled for the project. This variable includes a :port value if one is specified in the registry configuration.
CI_REPOSITORY_URL	9.0	all	The full path to Git clone (HTTP) the repository with a CI/CD job token, in the format https://gitlab-ci-token:$CI_JOB_TOKEN@gitlab.example.com/my-group/my-project.git.
CI_RUNNER_DESCRIPTION	8.10	0.5	The description of the runner.
CI_RUNNER_EXECUTABLE_ARCH	all	10.6	The OS/architecture of the GitLab Runner executable. Might not be the same as the environment of the executor.
CI_RUNNER_ID	8.10	0.5	The unique ID of the runner being used.
CI_RUNNER_REVISION	all	10.6	The revision of the runner running the job.
CI_RUNNER_SHORT_TOKEN	all	12.3	The runner's unique ID, used to authenticate new job requests. In GitLab 14.9 and later, the token contains a prefix, and the first 17 characters are used. Prior to 14.9, the first eight characters are used.
CI_RUNNER_TAGS	8.10	0.5	A comma-separated list of the runner tags.
CI_RUNNER_VERSION	all	10.6	The version of the GitLab Runner running the job.
CI_SERVER_HOST	12.1	all	The host of the GitLab instance URL, without protocol or port. For example gitlab.example.com.
CI_SERVER_NAME	all	all	The name of CI/CD server that coordinates jobs.
CI_SERVER_PORT	12.8	all	The port of the GitLab instance URL, without host or protocol. For example 8080.
CI_SERVER_PROTOCOL	12.8	all	The protocol of the GitLab instance URL, without host or port. For example https.
CI_SERVER_SHELL_SSH_HOST	15.11	all	The SSH host of the GitLab instance, used for access to Git repositories via SSH. For example gitlab.com.
CI_SERVER_SHELL_SSH_PORT	15.11	all	The SSH port of the GitLab instance, used for access to Git repositories via SSH. For example 22.
CI_SERVER_REVISION	all	all	GitLab revision that schedules jobs.
CI_SERVER_TLS_CA_FILE	all	all	File containing the TLS CA certificate to verify the GitLab server when tls-ca-file set in runner settings.
CI_SERVER_TLS_CERT_FILE	all	all	File containing the TLS certificate to verify the GitLab server when tls-cert-file set in runner settings.
CI_SERVER_TLS_KEY_FILE	all	all	File containing the TLS key to verify the GitLab server when tls-key-file set in runner settings.
CI_SERVER_URL	12.7	all	The base URL of the GitLab instance, including protocol and port. For example https://gitlab.example.com:8080.
CI_SERVER_VERSION_MAJOR	11.4	all	The major version of the GitLab instance. For example, if the GitLab version is 13.6.1, the CI_SERVER_VERSION_MAJOR is 13.
CI_SERVER_VERSION_MINOR	11.4	all	The minor version of the GitLab instance. For example, if the GitLab version is 13.6.1, the CI_SERVER_VERSION_MINOR is 6.
CI_SERVER_VERSION_PATCH	11.4	all	The patch version of the GitLab instance. For example, if the GitLab version is 13.6.1, the CI_SERVER_VERSION_PATCH is 1.
CI_SERVER_VERSION	all	all	The full version of the GitLab instance.
CI_SERVER	all	all	Available for all jobs executed in CI/CD. yes when available.
CI_SHARED_ENVIRONMENT	all	10.1	Only available if the job is executed in a shared environment (something that is persisted across CI/CD invocations, like the shell or ssh executor). true when available.
CI_TEMPLATE_REGISTRY_HOST	15.3	all	The host of the registry used by CI/CD templates. Defaults to registry.gitlab.com.
GITLAB_CI	all	all	Available for all jobs executed in CI/CD. true when available.
GITLAB_FEATURES	10.6	all	The comma-separated list of licensed features available for the GitLab instance and license.
GITLAB_USER_EMAIL	8.12	all	The email of the user who started the pipeline, unless the job is a manual job. In manual jobs, the value is the email of the user who started the job.
GITLAB_USER_ID	8.12	all	The ID of the user who started the pipeline, unless the job is a manual job. In manual jobs, the value is the ID of the user who started the job.
GITLAB_USER_LOGIN	10.0	all	The username of the user who started the pipeline, unless the job is a manual job. In manual jobs, the value is the username of the user who started the job.
GITLAB_USER_NAME	10.0	all	The name of the user who started the pipeline, unless the job is a manual job. In manual jobs, the value is the name of the user who started the job.
KUBECONFIG	14.2	all	The path to the kubeconfig file with contexts for every shared agent connection. Only available when a GitLab agent is authorized to access the project.
TRIGGER_PAYLOAD	13.9	all	The webhook payload. Only available when a pipeline is triggered with a webhook.

Predefined variables for merge request pipelines

These variables are available when:

• The pipelines are merge request pipelines.
• The merge request is open.

Variable	GitLab	Runner	Description
CI_MERGE_REQUEST_APPROVED	14.1	all	Approval status of the merge request. true when merge request approvals is available and the merge request has been approved.
CI_MERGE_REQUEST_ASSIGNEES	11.9	all	Comma-separated list of usernames of assignees for the merge request.
CI_MERGE_REQUEST_ID	11.6	all	The instance-level ID of the merge request. This is a unique ID across all projects on GitLab.
CI_MERGE_REQUEST_IID	11.6	all	The project-level IID (internal ID) of the merge request. This ID is unique for the current project.
CI_MERGE_REQUEST_LABELS	11.9	all	Comma-separated label names of the merge request.
CI_MERGE_REQUEST_MILESTONE	11.9	all	The milestone title of the merge request.
CI_MERGE_REQUEST_PROJECT_ID	11.6	all	The ID of the project of the merge request.
CI_MERGE_REQUEST_PROJECT_PATH	11.6	all	The path of the project of the merge request. For example namespace/awesome-project.
CI_MERGE_REQUEST_PROJECT_URL	11.6	all	The URL of the project of the merge request. For example, http://192.168.10.15:3000/namespace/awesome-project.
CI_MERGE_REQUEST_REF_PATH	11.6	all	The ref path of the merge request. For example, refs/merge-requests/1/head.
CI_MERGE_REQUEST_SOURCE_BRANCH_NAME	11.6	all	The source branch name of the merge request.
CI_MERGE_REQUEST_SOURCE_BRANCH_SHA	11.9	all	The HEAD SHA of the source branch of the merge request. The variable is empty in merge request pipelines. The SHA is present only in merged results pipelines.
CI_MERGE_REQUEST_SOURCE_PROJECT_ID	11.6	all	The ID of the source project of the merge request.
CI_MERGE_REQUEST_SOURCE_PROJECT_PATH	11.6	all	The path of the source project of the merge request.
CI_MERGE_REQUEST_SOURCE_PROJECT_URL	11.6	all	The URL of the source project of the merge request.
CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TARGET_BRANCH_NAME	11.6	all	The target branch name of the merge request.
CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TARGET_BRANCH_PROTECTED	15.2	all	The protection status for the target branch of the merge request.
CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TARGET_BRANCH_SHA	11.9	all	The HEAD SHA of the target branch of the merge request. The variable is empty in merge request pipelines. The SHA is present only in merged results pipelines.
CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TITLE	11.9	all	The title of the merge request.
CI_MERGE_REQUEST_EVENT_TYPE	12.3	all	The event type of the merge request. Can be detached, merged_result or merge_train.
CI_MERGE_REQUEST_DIFF_ID	13.7	all	The version of the merge request diff.
CI_MERGE_REQUEST_DIFF_BASE_SHA	13.7	all	The base SHA of the merge request diff.

Predefined variables for external pull request pipelines

These variables are only available when:

• The pipelines are external pull requests pipelines
• The pull request is open.

Variable	GitLab	Runner	Description
CI_EXTERNAL_PULL_REQUEST_IID	12.3	all	Pull request ID from GitHub.
CI_EXTERNAL_PULL_REQUEST_SOURCE_REPOSITORY	13.3	all	The source repository name of the pull request.
CI_EXTERNAL_PULL_REQUEST_TARGET_REPOSITORY	13.3	all	The target repository name of the pull request.
CI_EXTERNAL_PULL_REQUEST_SOURCE_BRANCH_NAME	12.3	all	The source branch name of the pull request.
CI_EXTERNAL_PULL_REQUEST_SOURCE_BRANCH_SHA	12.3	all	The HEAD SHA of the source branch of the pull request.
CI_EXTERNAL_PULL_REQUEST_TARGET_BRANCH_NAME	12.3	all	The target branch name of the pull request.
CI_EXTERNAL_PULL_REQUEST_TARGET_BRANCH_SHA	12.3	all	The HEAD SHA of the target branch of the pull request.

Deployment variables

Integrations that are responsible for deployment configuration can define their own predefined variables that are set in the build environment. These variables are only defined for deployment jobs.

For example, the Kubernetes integration defines deployment variables that you can use with the integration.

The documentation for each integration explains if the integration has any deployment variables available.