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 2025-12-22 06:23:11 UTC
Open entries (54)
| Title | Status | Last updated | Age | URLs |
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| Collections MVP: Enable teams to manage work independent from code structure | GLQL | 3m ago | 4d | Collections MVP: Enable teams to manage work independent from code structure |
| Wiki print-as-PDF: Tables are missing or cut off | GLQL formatting issue on app | 10m ago | 4d | Wiki print-as-PDF: Tables are missing or cut off |
| Add API documentation for the GLQL REST API endpoint | commented |
29m ago | 0d | Add API documentation for the GLQL REST API endpoint |
| Nokogiri: [bug] Top-level text nodes returned by replace don't correspond to those inserted in the document. | wait for nokogiri reply | 4h ago | 63d |
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. |
| documentation/Dangerfile fights with you over ~type::maintenance | MR out for BE review |
4h ago | 28d |
Refactor documentation Danger plugin and add specs; fix ~type fighting documentation/Dangerfile fights with you over ~type::maintenance |
| `@ all` is rendered to `@ All` | out for BE maint |
5h ago | 5d |
`@ all` is rendered to `@ All` Preserve user and project mention original input for redactor; address bug in latter |
| Allow iframe embeds in markdown from allowed src domains | wait to see if AS wants to say anything |
5h ago | 81d |
Push iframe feature flag to frontend based on project/group, and support asset proxy adjustments IFrame embedding does not work Allow iframe embeds in markdown from allowed src domains Add Banzai filter for detecting potential `iframes` Draft: Render an iframe on the frontend Figma Live Embed GitLab integration |
| Mermaid diagrams are not rendered when adding a new comment on the diffs page | renderGFM not called? | 3 days ago | 3d | Mermaid diagrams are not rendered when adding a new comment on the diffs page |
| Upload rewriter uses a regex to find images to reupload, missing `<img>`s etc. | upload rewriter no bueno | 3 days ago | 3d | Upload rewriter uses a regex to find images to reupload, missing `<img>`s etc. |
| Add XMPP URI support (RFC5122) | query component of XMPP URIs not autolinked | 3 days ago | 3d | Add XMPP URI support (RFC5122) |
| Ticking checkboxes is very slow | 4 days ago | 4d | Ticking checkboxes is very slow | |
| Toggling an issue task item checkbox updates the whole description, possibly reverting other changes | 4 days ago | 24d | Toggling an issue task item checkbox updates the whole description, possibly reverting other changes | |
| Stop stripping HTML from work item titles | 4 days ago | 20d |
Stop stripping HTML from work item titles Escaped markdown in issue title should not be interpreted as shortcuts |
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| Replace GitLab's Tokenized Filtering with an Improved Filtering Component System | GLQL | 4 days ago | 4d | Replace GitLab's Tokenized Filtering with an Improved Filtering Component System |
| Remove `preserve_markdown` feature flag | todo | 4 days ago | 4d | Remove `preserve_markdown` feature flag |
| Make Pages::DeletePagesDeploymentWorker compatible with group archival | reviewed | 4 days ago | 4d | Make Pages::DeletePagesDeploymentWorker compatible with group archival |
| Special characters break markdown link rendering | fun edge case in link normalisation | 5 days ago | 5d | Special characters break markdown link rendering |
| Copying task list from issue description contains menu item labels | Firefox-specific bug with copy_as_gfm | 5 days ago | 5d | Copying task list from issue description contains menu item labels |
| Markdown is not parsed correctly on Project guidelines | missing class="md"
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5 days ago | 5d | Markdown is not parsed correctly on Project guidelines |
| Bullet list ticking not working since 18.4.2 | user bug report, checked in | 5 days ago | 5d | Bullet list ticking not working since 18.4.2 |
| Parse checkboxes in Markdown tables | now unblocked! | 5 days ago | 76d |
Draft: Parse checkboxes in Markdown tables 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. |
| GitLab Query Language (GLQL) | Strategy | feature epic | 5 days ago | 5d | GitLab Query Language (GLQL) | Strategy |
| TOC (Table of Contents) tags should not be rendered in emailed comment notifications | 2025-12-15 04:33 | 28d | TOC (Table of Contents) tags should not be rendered in emailed comment notifications | |
| Add syntax highlighting for Opentofu tofu files | watch for new Rouge version | 2025-12-15 04:33 | 81d |
Add syntax highlighting for Opentofu tofu files Support .tofu for Terraform lexing |
| Trainee Maintainer: Asherah Connor (GitLab) | tracking issue | 2025-12-11 03:45 | 14d | Trainee Maintainer: Asherah Connor (GitLab) |
| Snippet comments don't appear to render front-end GFM | easy frontend fix | 2025-12-08 04:26 | 19d | Snippet comments don't appear to render front-end GFM |
| Add Toggle disable option to task context menu | being reworked by someone else | 2025-12-05 04:23 | 73d | Add disable and enable list item option to task context menu |
| Refactor stub_asset_proxy_setting uses in specs to be less error-prone | simple refactor | 2025-12-02 06:06 | 20d | Refactor stub_asset_proxy_setting uses in specs to be less error-prone |
| Enable Kroki diagrams on gitlab.com | 2025-11-27 02:02 | 25d | Enable Kroki diagrams on gitlab.com | |
| Add support for Typograms; anything re: Kroki | backlog | 2025-11-27 01:45 | 81d |
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 | 28d | Prevent markdown version changes from impacting GitLab.com DB |
| Rich Text Editor in Single-file Editor | 2025-11-20 00:02 | 32d | Rich Text Editor in Single-file Editor | |
| Allow math blocks to use global Katex macros | feature request | 2025-11-13 03:16 | 39d | 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 | 56d | Quarantine a flaky test |
| Update mermaid to 11.4.1 | awaiting movement on the upstream PR | 2025-10-28 03:18 | 81d |
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 |
| Port GLQL to TypeScript | 2025-10-21 04:41 | 62d | Port GLQL to TypeScript | |
| Render non-block (Markdown and/or HTML) markup inside snippet titles. | suggestion | 2025-10-20 00:17 | 63d |
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 | 68d | Better preview of transparent graphics |
| Video snapshot instead of download when page open | on roadmap | 2025-10-14 23:39 | 68d | Video snapshot instead of download when page open |
| Make list controls usable in all GLFM contexts | to be prioritised | 2025-10-10 01:50 | 73d | Make list controls usable in all GLFM contexts |
| Asciidoctor does not work with Ruby 3.4 | unlikely to change? | 2025-10-08 01:41 | 75d |
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 | 76d | Markdown: Various bugs to tackle |
| Consider consistent header anchors | 2025-10-06 23:45 | 76d | Consider consistent header anchors | |
| Feat/text and image alignment in glfm | waiting on contributor | 2025-10-06 23:44 | 81d |
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 | 76d | Migrate EmojiFilter to use native support |
| Link over-zealously escape rich editor | waiting on contrib; MR looking good, asked for some more specs | 2025-10-06 02:41 | 81d |
Resolve "Link over-zealously escape rich editor" Draft: Add canonical-src |
| Remove use of commonmarker gem for import | nice-to-have | 2025-10-03 01:15 | 81d |
Remove use of commonmarker gem for import Add back commonmarker Remove CMARK_ENGINE used in older markdown rendering |
| Plain / Rich text editor full screen enhancements | draft to return to | 2025-10-03 01:06 | 81d | Draft: Plain / Rich text editor full screen enhancements |
| Enable JSON charts in markdown (GLFM) | too eager; basis for future work | 2025-10-02 07:24 | 81d | Draft: Enable JSON charts in markdown (GLFM) |
| 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 | 81d |
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 | 81d | Emojis in issue title are not rendered in issues list |
| Indent/unindent in plain text editor is unusable on certain international keyboard layouts | in discussion | 2025-10-02 04:42 | 81d | Indent/unindent in plain text editor is unusable on certain international keyboard layouts |
| Project and branch variables for markdown | tracking issue; in prod | 2025-10-02 04:42 | 81d | Project and branch variables for markdown |
| [FF] `markdown_placeholders` -- enable markdown placeholder replacements | FF rollout issue | 2025-10-02 04:41 | 81d | [FF] `markdown_placeholders` -- enable markdown placeholder replacements |
Entries closed in FY2026Q4 (40)
| Title | Status | Closed | Age | URLs |
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| mermaird graph not rendered in the user documentation section | already fixed | 3 days ago | 0d | mermaird graph not rendered in the user documentation section |
| Markdown inline input rules not not working correctly | contributor MR; deployed and confirmed | 3 days ago | 15d |
Improve Code extension input rules for inline code handling Markdown inline input rules not not working correctly |
| Add current_ref placeholder for markdown documentation | contrib MR merged | 4 days ago | 15d | Add current_ref placeholder for markdown documentation |
| TOC (Table of Contents) tags should not be rendered in markdown preview or RTE for comments | merged! | 4 days ago | 76d |
Don't render TOC in note previews or RTE, and remove option to add from RTE TOC (Table of Contents) tags should not be rendered in markdown preview or RTE for comments Table of Content [[_TOC_]] in issue comments not rendered Feature Request: Render Table of Contents for markdown in Issue Comments |
| Ratchet for use of html_escape_once/escape_once (in app *and* specs) | merged! | 4 days ago | 29d |
Add lint against adding uses of html_escape_once Ratchet for manual HTML generation, use of html_escape_once/escape_once (in app *and* specs) |
| Set "rouge" gem as feature_category: :markdown | merged | 4 days ago | 2d |
Set "rouge" gem as feature_category: :markdown Ruby 3.3/3.4 Compatibility Audit: rouge gem |
| Rendering of Markdown links inside HTML tags doesn't work as expected | behaviour per CommonMark; gave a detailed explanation! | 5 days ago | 0d | Rendering of Markdown links inside HTML tags doesn't work as expected |
| Checkbox detection regexp misses some HTML comments | fixed by Remove deckar01-task_list gem dependency | 5 days ago | 0d | Checkbox detection regexp misses some HTML comments |
| Remove deckar01-task_list gem dependency | merged! | 5 days ago | 23d |
Remove deckar01-task_list Remove deckar01-task_list gem dependency |
| [FF] `preserve_markdown` -- Allows preserving unchanged markdown in RTE | FF + epic; prior work investigated | 5 days ago | 27d |
[FF] `preserve_markdown` -- Allows preserving unchanged markdown in RTE Preserve markdown using the Rust based backend parser |
| Heading Anchor Link Improvements | merged | 2025-12-15 04:35 | 6d | Heading Anchor Link Improvements |
| Fix repeated word in pt_BR translation | no use; made change in crowdin instead | 2025-12-15 02:30 | 2d | Fix repeated word in pt_BR translation |
| Add missing space in pt_BR email notification translation | merged! but this needs to go on crowdin | 2025-12-12 06:15 | 0d | Add missing space in pt_BR email notification translation |
| Thursday 2025-12-04 12:58 UTC - `gitlab-org/gitlab` broken `master` with gdk-update | unsolved, may recur, completely out of scope | 2025-12-11 01:02 | 5d | Thursday 2025-12-04 12:58 UTC - `gitlab-org/gitlab` broken `master` with gdk-update |
| kivikakk: Add domain expertise, swap reviewer for trainee maintainer | done | 2025-12-10 23:43 | 2d | kivikakk: Add domain expertise, swap reviewer for trainee maintainer |
| Update cng-mirror digest to 5194331 | master broken, watching | 2025-12-10 02:52 | 0d | Update cng-mirror digest to 5194331 |
| Backport of 'Use Rust parser for tasklist parsing' | merged! | 2025-12-08 00:14 | 4d | Backport of 'Use Rust parser for tasklist parsing' |
| Allow use of external Mermaid (and possibly other diagram types) via Kroki | merged! | 2025-12-05 03:40 | 8d |
Allow Kroki companion server for Mermaid Allow use of external Mermaid (and possibly other diagram types) via Kroki |
| Fix master broken | watched | 2025-12-05 03:20 | 1d | Fix master broken |
| Add kivikakk as backend reviewer | merged | 2025-12-05 03:17 | 2d | Add kivikakk as backend reviewer |
| Enable content embeds in Markdown on GitLab.com | CR executed! | 2025-12-05 02:35 | 8d | Enable content embeds in Markdown on GitLab.com |
| Is `<task-button>` still required in task lists? | merged! | 2025-12-05 00:11 | 10d |
Is `<task-button>` still required in task lists? Remove `<task-button>` in task list items |
| Gitlab::Diff::Position is redefined on hot reload, causing its definition in `yaml_column_permitted_classes` to be out-of-date | merged! | 2025-12-04 00:45 | 2d |
Gitlab::Diff::Position is redefined on hot reload, causing its definition in `yaml_column_permitted_classes` to be out-of-date Reset permitted YAML column classes during to_prepare |
| Epic references are looking a little funny sometimes | WONTFIX, intentional | 2025-12-01 05:08 | 24d | Epic references are looking a little funny sometimes |
| Task lists not rendering consistently? Task list events being generated spuriously? | nope, just timeouts and sending back the whole description for task list updates | 2025-11-28 03:06 | 0d | Task lists not rendering consistently? Task list events being generated spuriously? |
| Use native task list parsing code (comrak), and supporting non-breaking spaces | merged! | 2025-11-27 01:27 | 55d |
Use Rust-based parser for tasklist parsing Use native task list parsing code (comrak), and supporting non-breaking spaces tasklists: don't munge first byte into unicode codepoint. Adapt tasklist formatter for Unicode whitespace Rename glfm_markdown entrypoint to gitlab-glfm-markdown and publish 0.0.39 |
| Gitlab wiki hides front matter when editing page and removes it on update | merged! | 2025-11-26 04:52 | 14d |
FrontMatterParser should strip only *one* frontmatter, and adjust BACKSLASH_R Gitlab wiki hides front matter when editing page and removes it on update |
| Heading anchor links aren't announced correctly by screen reader | deployed!! | 2025-11-26 00:35 | 54d |
Resolve "Heading anchor links aren't announced correctly by screen reader" Heading anchor links aren't announced correctly by screen reader Rework anchors for accessibility. Heading anchor links aren't announced correctly by screen reader |
| 18.6 release post and What's New | out! | 2025-11-21 02:55 | 2d |
Draft: What's New MR for 18.6 Release post - GitLab 18.6 |
| Fix hot-reload on Rails 7.2 with full path to ConnectionProxy | fixed! | 2025-11-20 13:08 | 0d | Fix hot-reload on Rails 7.2 with full path to ConnectionProxy |
| Proposal: Propagate test failure status to shell in predictive | merged | 2025-11-19 06:29 | 2d | Draft: Proposal: Propagate test failure status to shell in predictive |
| JSON table fails to display Unicode/emoji characters after upgrade to 17.11.4 | fixed live! | 2025-11-18 00:36 | 42d |
Permit gl-emoji's necessary attributes in dompurify JSON table fails to display Unicode/emoji characters after upgrade to 17.11.4 |
| Fix accidental promotion of label content to HTML and text/HTML confusion in unscoped/scoped labels | merged! | 2025-11-14 03:20 | 8d | Fix accidental promotion of label content to HTML and text/HTML confusion in unscoped/scoped labels |
| Propagate release post issue failures to CI, but allow failure | merged | 2025-11-14 03:18 | 2d | Propagate release post issue failures to CI, but allow failure |
| Add whats new generator | reviewed! | 2025-11-11 00:09 | 11d | Add whats new generator |
| Stop unescaping HTML in BaseLabel#title=, #description=, Timebox#title= | merged | 2025-11-07 05:33 | 31d | Stop unescaping HTML in BaseLabel#title=, #description=, Timebox#title= |
| Activity comments about changing title incorrectly interpret markdown and html tags | WONTFIX; no XSS, no longer producable, only pre-work item view style breakage | 2025-11-07 01:51 | 17d | Activity comments about changing title incorrectly interpret markdown and html tags |
| fix: Epic and Issue board emoji render | contributor change merged | 2025-11-06 03:17 | 15d | fix: Epic and Issue board emoji render |
| Roll back 0b0b006 | rolled back | 2025-11-05 03:37 | 33d | Roll back 0b0b006 |
| chore: let README example work first try | merged | 2025-11-05 03:36 | 14d | chore: let README example work first try |
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Senior Backend Engineer, Plan:Knowledge at GitLab
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