Asherah Connor
@kivikakk
Hi! Here you can find a summary of what I'm working on and what I'm tracking, generated regularly from my Pipa Index. For more information, read below!
Last updated 2026-02-11 09:37:45 UTC
Open entries (81)
| Title | Status | Last updated | Age | URLs |
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| GitLab Pages: Improve Authentication Timeout User Experience | pages is going, address | 3h ago | 0d | GitLab Pages: Improve Authentication Timeout User Experience |
| Refactor stub_asset_proxy_setting uses in specs to be less error-prone | out for BE review |
3h ago | 71d |
Refactor stub_asset_proxy_setting to be less error-prone Refactor stub_asset_proxy_setting uses in specs to be less error-prone |
| Remove custom Apdex from CI deleted objects processing | reviewer on | 5h ago | 0d | Remove custom Apdex from CI deleted objects processing |
| CacheMarkdownField.banzai_render_context forces project/group evaluation, even if it's never used | banzai perf; could be wide-reaching? | 7h ago | 0d | CacheMarkdownField.banzai_render_context forces project/group evaluation, even if it's never used |
| Rollback Typescript migration experiment | GLQL to review | 8h ago | 0d |
Rollback Typescript migration experiment Rollback TypeScript GLQL changes |
| Wiki editor should preserve file path of Draw.io diagrams when editing | 8h ago | 23d | Wiki editor should preserve file path of Draw.io diagrams when editing | |
| Project and branch variables for markdown | tracking issue; need to bring over line | 1 day ago | 132d | Project and branch variables for markdown |
| <iframe> embeds | queried alex/matthew re: next steps | 1 day ago | 132d |
Feedback issue: Iframe Embed in GitLab Iframe Embeds in GitLab Figma Live Embed GitLab integration Push iframe feature flag to frontend based on project/group, and support asset proxy adjustments Allow iframe embeds in markdown from allowed src domains Add Banzai filter for detecting potential `iframes` Draft: Render an iframe on the frontend |
| [Research] Identify common data and API patterns for migration to GLQL and aggregation engines | talk w/ armin, then revisit | 1 day ago | 1d |
[Research] Identify common data and API patterns for migration to GLQL and aggregation engines Dashboard Foundations FY27Q1 goals |
| Indent/unindent in plain text editor is unusable on certain international keyboard layouts | shortcuts to be added | 1 day ago | 132d | Indent/unindent in plain text editor is unusable on certain international keyboard layouts |
| Link over-zealously escape rich editor | watch contrib discussion | 1 day ago | 132d |
Resolve "Link over-zealously escape rich editor" Draft: Add canonical-src In rich text editor, links are over-zealously escaped in the resulting markdown on save |
| Plain / Rich text editor full screen enhancements | draft to return to | 1 day ago | 132d | Draft: Plain / Rich text editor full screen enhancements |
| Nokogiri: [bug] Top-level text nodes returned by replace don't correspond to those inserted in the document. | wait for nokogiri reply | 1 day ago | 114d |
fix: XML::Node#replace returns all nodes reparented Draft: Simplify complicated node replacement logic [bug] Top-level text nodes returned by replace don't correspond to those inserted in the document. |
| TOC (Table of Contents) tags should not be rendered in emailed comment notifications | 1 day ago | 79d | TOC (Table of Contents) tags should not be rendered in emailed comment notifications | |
| Toggling an issue task item checkbox updates the whole description, possibly reverting other changes | 1 day ago | 75d | Toggling an issue task item checkbox updates the whole description, possibly reverting other changes | |
| Snippet comments don't appear to render front-end GFM | easy frontend fix | 1 day ago | 70d | Snippet comments don't appear to render front-end GFM |
| Bullet list ticking not working since 18.4.2 | user bug report, checked in | 1 day ago | 56d | Bullet list ticking not working since 18.4.2 |
| [Firefox] Copying task list from issue description contains menu item labels | Firefox-specific bug with copy_as_gfm | 1 day ago | 56d | Copying task list from issue description contains menu item labels |
| Special characters break markdown link rendering | fun edge case in link normalisation | 1 day ago | 56d | Special characters break markdown link rendering |
| Ticking checkboxes is very slow | 1 day ago | 56d | Ticking checkboxes is very slow | |
| Wiki print-as-PDF: Tables are missing or cut off | GLQL formatting issue on app | 1 day ago | 55d | Wiki print-as-PDF: Tables are missing or cut off |
| Add XMPP URI support (RFC5122) | query component of XMPP URIs not autolinked | 1 day ago | 54d | Add XMPP URI support (RFC5122) |
| Upload rewriter uses a regex to find images to reupload, missing `<img>`s etc. | upload rewriter no bueno | 1 day ago | 54d | Upload rewriter uses a regex to find images to reupload, missing `<img>`s etc. |
| Mermaid diagrams are not rendered when adding a new comment on the diffs page | renderGFM not called? | 1 day ago | 54d | Mermaid diagrams are not rendered when adding a new comment on the diffs page |
| Add file icons for OpenTofu `.tofu` files | 1 day ago | 35d |
Add file icons for OpenTofu `.tofu` files Update file icons library |
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| Text editors issue: text content is modified unexpectedly after saving | probably FF bug, can close | 1 day ago | 30d | Text editors issue: text content is modified unexpectedly after saving |
| Please open source the new Rich Text Editor as standalone and embeddable component | suggesting it's time to close | 1 day ago | 30d | Please open source the new Rich Text Editor as standalone and embeddable component |
| [Feature flag] Rollout of `personal_snippet_reference_filters` | looks like it'll be rolled back; offered to do so | 1 day ago | 29d |
[Feature flag] Rollout of `personal_snippet_reference_filters` Consider the need for user context in ReferenceFilter Refactor preview markdown for PersonalSnippets Support GFM references for PersonalSnippets |
| Unable to Save Text in Gitlab Text Editor - Weird Formatting Bugs | waiting for reply | 1 day ago | 26d | Unable to Save Text in Gitlab Text Editor - Weird Formatting Bugs |
| Bug: Switching Between Rich Text and Plain Text Editors Adds Extra Blank Lines After Comments | RTE minor bug | 1 day ago | 23d | Bug: Switching Between Rich Text and Plain Text Editors Adds Extra Blank Lines After Comments |
| Fullscreen button on rich-text editor toolbar makes it grow a bit too high | 1 day ago | 21d | Fullscreen button on rich-text editor toolbar makes it grow a bit too high | |
| Paragraphs within tables show differently between RTE and render | RTE CSS issue | 1 day ago | 14d | Paragraphs within tables show differently between RTE and render |
| glql_work_items FF | We should mainline this | 1 day ago | 13d |
Update GLQL docs for glql_work_items FF `glql_work_items` -- Allows using the work items API in GLQL |
| Add "ci_runner_controller_runner_scopings" table | reviewer on | 1 day ago | 6d | Add "ci_runner_controller_runner_scopings" table |
| Add extra unit tests for helpers in task table items in RTE | Follow-up to Parse checkboxes in Markdown tables | 1 day ago | 6d | Add extra unit tests for helpers in task table items in RTE |
| Parse checkboxes in Markdown tables | out for BE maint |
2 days ago | 127d |
Parse task checkboxes in Markdown, part Ⅱ: The Checkboxening Parse checkboxes in Markdown tables Parse task checkboxes in Markdown, part Ⅰ: The Refactoringing Draft: Parse checkboxes in Markdown tables Update to Comrak 0.49.0, add data-checkbox-sourcepos Add tasklist_in_table support; add specs tasklist_in_table: parse a tasklist item if it's the only content of a table cell. |
| Documentation should note where GitLab-specific references are usable in Markdown | docs clarification needed | 2 days ago | 2d | Documentation should note where GitLab-specific references are usable in Markdown |
| REST "list releases" API doesn't split cache key on include_html_description | rest api bug | 5 days ago | 5d | REST "list releases" API doesn't split cache key on include_html_description |
| Stop manually piecing together HTML in TableOfContentsTagFilter | 2026-02-04 01:24 | 7d | Stop manually piecing together HTML in TableOfContentsTagFilter | |
| Loading work item create from a URL targeting a specific template causes the page to crash | RTE display bug | 2026-01-20 03:47 | 22d | Loading work item create from a URL targeting a specific template causes the page to crash |
| Rich Link Previews & Smart Embeds in GitLab Editors | 2026-01-20 03:10 | 22d | Rich Links in GitLab Editors | |
| Update mermaid to 11.4.1 | awaiting movement on the upstream PR | 2026-01-15 22:03 | 132d |
Update mermaid to 11.4.1 Upstream Mermaid 11 has backwards compatibility issues with Mermaid 10 fix: Node and edge labels should only render as markdown if properly delimited Update mermaid to version 11.0.0.0+ |
| Collaborative Editing in GitLab | 2026-01-13 03:05 | 29d |
Collaborative Editing in GitLab Real-time Editing of Issue Descriptions (REID) |
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| Ability to see snippets of code in issue and MR descriptions | 2026-01-13 02:38 | 29d | Ability to see snippets of code in issue and MR descriptions | |
| Implement Sticky Table Headers in GitLab Tables | todo on verify | 2026-01-13 00:29 | 29d | Implement Sticky Table Headers in GitLab Tables |
| Add copy button to graphs/diagrams to copy source | contributor assigned | 2026-01-13 00:20 | 29d | Add copy button to graphs/diagrams to copy source |
| Snippets do not accurately reproduce the exact characters that were entered (tabs are replaced by spaces) | 2026-01-12 06:03 | 30d | Snippets do not accurately reproduce the exact characters that were entered (tabs are replaced by spaces) | |
| Support new math syntax in content editor | 2026-01-12 06:02 | 30d | Support new math syntax in content editor | |
| [RTE] Textbox Editor has excessive tab stops | 2026-01-12 05:24 | 30d | Textbox Editor has excessive tab stops | |
| (all devices) Rich Text Editor Bug: Image pasting line problem | 2026-01-12 05:23 | 30d | (all devices) Rich Text Editor Bug: Image pasting line problem | |
| Embedded blockquote in list item does not work in RTE | 2026-01-12 05:19 | 30d | Embedded blockquote in list item does not work in RTE | |
| little space between a list and its following text in RTL languages | RTL CSS issue | 2026-01-12 05:16 | 30d | little space between a list and its following text in RTL languages |
| Fix keyboard shortcut strikethrough formatting when rich text editing | easy editor fix | 2026-01-12 04:40 | 30d | Fix keyboard shortcut strikethrough formatting when rich text editing |
| pasted image disappears from markup after submitting comment | text editor doesn't wait for uploads | 2026-01-12 04:33 | 30d | pasted image disappears from markup after submitting comment |
| Bold Text Rendering Bug (potentially related to links present alongside text) | editor bug, serialises bold around links poorly | 2026-01-12 04:17 | 30d |
Formatting text with links breaks in rich-text editor (RTE) Bold Text Rendering Bug (potentially related to links present alongside text) |
| Table line return in Markdown plain text editor need an option to convert line return in <br> | nice idea, good for contrib | 2026-01-12 04:07 | 30d | Table line return in Markdown plain text editor need an option to convert line return in <br> |
| Collections MVP: Enable teams to manage work independent from code structure | GLQL | 2025-12-22 06:19 | 55d | Collections MVP: Enable teams to manage work independent from code structure |
| Replace GitLab's Tokenized Filtering with an Improved Filtering Component System | GLQL | 2025-12-18 02:28 | 55d | Replace GitLab's Tokenized Filtering with an Improved Filtering Component System |
| Make Pages::DeletePagesDeploymentWorker compatible with group archival | reviewed | 2025-12-18 02:14 | 55d | Make Pages::DeletePagesDeploymentWorker compatible with group archival |
| GitLab Query Language (GLQL) | Strategy | feature epic | 2025-12-17 02:40 | 56d | GitLab Query Language (GLQL) | Strategy |
| Trainee Maintainer: Asherah Connor (GitLab) | tracking issue | 2025-12-11 03:45 | 65d | Trainee Maintainer: Asherah Connor (GitLab) |
| Enable Kroki diagrams on gitlab.com | 2025-11-27 02:02 | 76d | Enable Kroki diagrams on gitlab.com | |
| Add support for Typograms; anything re: Kroki | backlog | 2025-11-27 01:45 | 132d |
Add support for Typograms as a diagram type in GitLab Flavoured Markdown Enable Kroki to support more Markdown diagram formats Wavedrom |
| Prevent markdown version changes from impacting GitLab.com DB | closed issue; worth revisiting | 2025-11-24 02:09 | 79d | Prevent markdown version changes from impacting GitLab.com DB |
| Rich Text Editor in Single-file Editor | 2025-11-20 00:02 | 83d | Rich Text Editor in Single-file Editor | |
| Allow math blocks to use global Katex macros | feature request | 2025-11-13 03:16 | 90d | Allow math blocks to use global Katex macros |
| Quarantine a flaky test | test of gfm autocomplete of wiki pages flakey; repro flake on VM? | 2025-11-06 03:18 | 107d | Quarantine a flaky test |
| Port GLQL to TypeScript | 2025-10-21 04:41 | 113d | Port GLQL to TypeScript | |
| Render non-block (Markdown and/or HTML) markup inside snippet titles. | suggestion | 2025-10-20 00:17 | 114d |
Render non-block (Markdown and/or HTML) markup inside snippet titles. Frontend : have issue/merge request title handled `code line`s, _italic_, **bold** |
| Better preview of transparent graphics | on roadmap | 2025-10-15 00:25 | 119d | Better preview of transparent graphics |
| Video snapshot instead of download when page open | on roadmap | 2025-10-14 23:39 | 119d | Video snapshot instead of download when page open |
| Make list controls usable in all GLFM contexts | to be prioritised | 2025-10-10 01:50 | 124d | Make list controls usable in all GLFM contexts |
| Asciidoctor does not work with Ruby 3.4 | unlikely to change? | 2025-10-08 01:41 | 126d |
Asciidoctor does not work with Ruby 3.4 [Markdown] Ruby 3.3/3.4 Gem Compatibility Review |
| Markdown: Various bugs to tackle | epic | 2025-10-07 02:50 | 127d | Markdown: Various bugs to tackle |
| Consider consistent header anchors | 2025-10-06 23:45 | 127d | Consider consistent header anchors | |
| Feat/text and image alignment in glfm | waiting on contributor | 2025-10-06 23:44 | 132d |
Draft: Feat/text and image alignment in glfm Add Text and Image Alignment to GitLab-Flavored MarkDown |
| Migrate EmojiFilter to use native support | to investigate | 2025-10-06 23:43 | 127d | Migrate EmojiFilter to use native support |
| Remove use of commonmarker gem for import | nice-to-have | 2025-10-03 01:15 | 132d |
Remove use of commonmarker gem for import Add back commonmarker Remove CMARK_ENGINE used in older markdown rendering |
| PoC - Markdown grid table syntax based on the Pandoc syntax | customer-written Banzai filter; pre-processing Markdown in Ruby; wait for customer | 2025-10-02 07:24 | 132d |
Draft: PoC - Markdown grid table syntax based on the Pandoc syntax Possibility to use a structured table format inside markdown (Complex Table / Grid Table) |
| Emojis in issue title are not rendered in issues list |
waiting on contributor | 2025-10-02 04:48 | 132d | Emojis in issue title are not rendered in issues list |
| [FF] `markdown_placeholders` -- enable markdown placeholder replacements | FF rollout issue | 2025-10-02 04:41 | 132d | [FF] `markdown_placeholders` -- enable markdown placeholder replacements |
Entries closed in FY2027Q1 (8)
| Title | Status | Closed | Age | URLs |
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| Fix table bubble menu inconsistent appearance | merged | 5 days ago | 3d | Fix table bubble menu inconsistent appearance |
| Update dependency prosemirror-markdown to v1.13.4 | renovate MR merged | 5 days ago | 0d | Update dependency prosemirror-markdown to v1.13.4 |
| Replace home-grown htmlEncode with lodash escape | merged | 5 days ago | 2d | Replace home-grown htmlEncode with lodash escape |
| Update dependency prosemirror-markdown to v1.13.3 | merged | 2026-02-04 05:40 | 14d | Update dependency prosemirror-markdown to v1.13.3 |
| Task list + ordered list + loose list = extra newlines | fixed | 2026-02-02 03:36 | 27d |
Fix task list rendering in ordered loose lists Task list + ordered list + loose list = extra newlines |
| Remove anchor link from GLQL embedded view component | Alex MR, deployed | 2026-02-02 00:32 | 6d |
Remove anchor link from GLQL embedded view component Remove Unnecessary Anchor Link from CRUD Component Headers |
| Add new entities to better document the GLQL REST API | reviewer on | 2026-02-02 00:24 | 5d | Add new entities to better document the GLQL REST API |
| Collapse documentation Danger comments onto one line | merged | 2026-02-02 00:24 | 4d | Collapse documentation Danger comments onto one line |
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Senior Backend Engineer, Plan:Knowledge at GitLab
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