Hi, Today, we upgraded gitlab.torproject.org to 18.10! Among a couple of interesting new things[1], GitLab introduced a *significant* change in the way "issues" are presented and organized. It was introduced as "the work items list and saved views"[2]. It's an interesting feature! It allows you to see epics alongside issues and create saved searches of your issues, pretty neat. Except. They essentially *removed* the entire "issues" UX. You know how I keep bugging people to "file an issue"? That "new issue" button is gone. Heck, the "issues" button itself is gone. In its place, there is a "work items" button, and *there* you can find your good old issues (and, now, also epics). But, crucially, there's no "Closed" tab anymore, so you can't easily go into closed issues with one click: you need to go through the search form and a couple of clicks to find closed issues. So after consultation (well, really, it was sheer panic) with my colleagues, I found a way to revert this. So you won't yet see this view. If you really want to experiment with it, replace the "issues" string with "work_items" in URLs, that still works. I have filed a comment (like dozens of other GitLab users) objecting to the change, alongside with the instructions for other GitLab administrators to revert this change.[3] It is my hope that the feature can be improved to some maturity (at *least* keep a "closed" tab and a "new issue" button?!) and that eventually we'll be able to switch the feature back on. I can see the point of having a common view for issues and epics, even though it's not a problem I have personally struggled with in GitLab. But at this point, we can't just do that switch. Let me know if there's any other concern here! a. [1] details in https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/03/19/gitlab-18-10-released/ [2] https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/03/19/gitlab-18-10-released/#introduc... [3] https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/590689#note_3175428478 -- Antoine Beaupré torproject.org system administration