We will update GitLab to version 18.8.7.

Reference: #1029

Start maintenance window: 25/03/2026 23:00
Stop maintenance window: 26/03/2026 02:00

We will update the following packages to the latest version.

• charon-systemd/stable-security 6.0.1-6+deb13u4 amd64 [upgradable from: 6.0.1-6+deb13u2]
• libstrongswan-extra-plugins/stable-security 6.0.1-6+deb13u4 amd64 [upgradable from: 6.0.1-6+deb13u2]
• libstrongswan/stable-security 6.0.1-6+deb13u4 amd64 [upgradable from: 6.0.1-6+deb13u2]
• libstrongswan-standard-plugins/stable-security 6.0.1-6+deb13u4 amd64 [upgradable from: 6.0.1-6+deb13u2]
• strongswan-libcharon/stable-security 6.0.1-6+deb13u4 amd64 [upgradable from: 6.0.1-6+deb13u2]
• strongswan/stable-security 6.0.1-6+deb13u4 all [upgradable from: 6.0.1-6+deb13u2]
• strongswan-swanctl/stable-security 6.0.1-6+deb13u4 amd64 [upgradable from: 6.0.1-6+deb13u2]

Start maintenance window: 25/03/2026 23:00
Stop maintenance window: 26/03/2026 02:00

We will update the following packages to the latest version.

• chromium-common/oldstable-security 146.0.7680.164-1~deb12u1 amd64 [upgradable from: 146.0.7680.153-1~deb12u1]
• chromium/oldstable-security 146.0.7680.164-1~deb12u1 amd64 [upgradable from: 146.0.7680.153-1~deb12u1]
• chromium-sandbox/oldstable-security 146.0.7680.164-1~deb12u1 amd64 [upgradable from: 146.0.7680.153-1~deb12u1]

Start maintenance window: 25/03/2026 23:00
Stop maintenance window: 26/03/2026 02:00

We will migrate our shared proxy server to a new server.

• This affects only a small fraction of managed-servers where the use of the proxy-server is explicitely configured
• Since we migrate the IP address, there is no need for any configuration change on the managed-servers use the proxy-server
• During the migration the system will be unavailable for a short period of approximately 10 to 15min

Start maintenance window: 30/03/2026 22:00
Stop maintenance window: 31/03/2026 01:00

We will update soft- and firmware throughout our cluster. During the update, a higher disk i/o latency is to be expected.

Start maintenance window: 30/03/2026 23:00 Stop maintenance window: 31/03/2026 06:00