Global Code Search Experience (Retrieval and Ranking)
What callers see when they search GitLab: the search experience, the retrieval APIs for people and agents, and ranking.
Code Search
How GitLab finds things: search across every content type, and the indexes underneath.
Scope
How GitLab finds things is owned here: search across every content type — code, issues, merge requests, epics, comments, commits, wikis, users, and projects — and the indexes underneath.
Teams
- Global Code Search Experience (Retrieval and Ranking): the search experience, the retrieval APIs that people and agents call, and ranking.
- Search Indexes and Infrastructure: Zoekt, Elasticsearch, and the pipelines that keep them fresh.
Day-to-day processes and ways of working are on the Global Search Group page.
Search Indexes and Infrastructure
Runs every search index at GitLab: Zoekt behind Exact Code Search, Elasticsearch behind Advanced Search, and the pipelines that keep both fresh.
Last modified October 9, 2026: Add GitLab Brain as a new handbook section (
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