Merge requests API

GET /merge_requests
GET /merge_requests?state=opened
GET /merge_requests?state=all
GET /merge_requests?milestone=release
GET /merge_requests?labels=bug,reproduced
GET /merge_requests?author_id=5
GET /merge_requests?author_username=gitlab-bot
GET /merge_requests?my_reaction_emoji=star
GET /merge_requests?scope=assigned_to_me
GET /merge_requests?search=foo&in=title

GET /projects/:id/merge_requests
GET /projects/:id/merge_requests?state=opened
GET /projects/:id/merge_requests?state=all
GET /projects/:id/merge_requests?iids[]=42&iids[]=43
GET /projects/:id/merge_requests?milestone=release
GET /projects/:id/merge_requests?labels=bug,reproduced
GET /projects/:id/merge_requests?my_reaction_emoji=star

GET /groups/:id/merge_requests
GET /groups/:id/merge_requests?state=opened
GET /groups/:id/merge_requests?state=all
GET /groups/:id/merge_requests?milestone=release
GET /groups/:id/merge_requests?labels=bug,reproduced
GET /groups/:id/merge_requests?my_reaction_emoji=star

GET /projects/:id/merge_requests/:merge_request_iid

GET /projects/:id/merge_requests/:merge_request_iid/participants

GET /projects/:id/merge_requests/:merge_request_iid/reviewers

GET /projects/:id/merge_requests/:merge_request_iid/commits

GET /projects/:id/merge_requests/:merge_request_iid/diffs

GET /projects/:id/merge_requests/:merge_request_iid/pipelines

POST /projects/:id/merge_requests/:merge_request_iid/pipelines

POST /projects/:id/merge_requests
AttributeTypeRequiredDescription
idinteger or string YesThe ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
source_branchstring YesThe source branch.
target_branchstring YesThe target branch.
titlestring YesTitle of MR.
allow_collaborationboolean NoAllow commits from members who can merge to the target branch.
approvals_before_merge 
integer NoNumber of approvals required before this can be merged (see below). To configure approval rules, see Merge request approvals API. Deprecated in GitLab 16.0.
allow_maintainer_to_pushboolean NoAlias of allow_collaboration.
assignee_idinteger NoAssignee user ID.
assignee_idsinteger array NoThe ID of the users to assign the merge request to. Set to 0 or provide an empty value to unassign all assignees.
descriptionstring NoDescription of the merge request. Limited to 1,048,576 characters.
labelsstring NoLabels for the merge request, as a comma-separated list.
milestone_idinteger NoThe global ID of a milestone.
remove_source_branchboolean NoFlag indicating if a merge request should remove the source branch when merging.
reviewer_idsinteger array NoThe ID of the users added as a reviewer to the merge request. If set to 0 or left empty, no reviewers are added. Introduced in GitLab 13.8.
squashbooleannoIndicates if the merge request is set to be squashed when merged. Project settings may override this value. Use squash_on_merge instead to take project squash options into account.
squash_on_mergebooleannoIndicates if the merge request will be squashed when merged.
target_project_idinteger NoNumeric ID of the target project.
{
  "id": 1,
  "iid": 1,
  "project_id": 3,
  "title": "test1",
  "description": "fixed login page css paddings",
  "state": "merged",
  "created_at": "2017-04-29T08:46:00Z",
  "updated_at": "2017-04-29T08:46:00Z",
  "target_branch": "master",
  "source_branch": "test1",
  "upvotes": 0,
  "downvotes": 0,
  "author": {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "Administrator",
    "username": "admin",
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": null,
    "web_url" : "https://gitlab.example.com/admin"
  "assignee": {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "Administrator",
    "username": "admin",
    




    
"state": "active",
    "avatar_url": null,
    "web_url" : "https://gitlab.example.com/admin"
  "source_project_id": 2,
  "target_project_id": 3,
  "labels": [
    "Community contribution",
    "Manage"
  "draft": false,
  "work_in_progress": false,
  "milestone": {
    "id": 5,
    "iid": 1,
    "project_id": 3,
    "title": "v2.0",
    "description": "Assumenda aut placeat expedita exercitationem labore sunt enim earum.",
    "state": "closed",
    "created_at": "2015-02-02T19:49:26.013Z",
    "updated_at": "2015-02-02T19:49:26.013Z",
    "due_date": "2018-09-22",
    "start_date": "2018-08-08",
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/my-group/my-project/milestones/1"
  "merge_when_pipeline_succeeds": true,
  "merge_status": "can_be_merged",
  "detailed_merge_status": "not_open",
  "merge_error": null,
  "sha": "8888888888888888888888888888888888888888",
  "merge_commit_sha": null,
  "squash_commit_sha": null,
  "user_notes_count": 1,
  "discussion_locked": null,
  "should_remove_source_branch": true,
  "force_remove_source_branch": false,
  "allow_collaboration": false,
  "allow_maintainer_to_push": false,
  "web_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/my-group/my-project/merge_requests/1",
  "references": {
    "short": "!1",
    "relative": "!1",
    "full": "my-group/my-project!1"
  "time_stats": {
    "time_estimate": 0,
    "total_time_spent": 0,
    "human_time_estimate": null,
    "human_total_time_spent": null
  "squash": false,
  "subscribed": false,
  "changes_count": "1",
  "merged_by": { // Deprecated and will be removed in API v5, use `merge_user` instead
    "id": 87854,
    "name": "Douwe Maan",
    "username": "DouweM",
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/uploads/-/system/user/avatar/87854/avatar.png",
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.com/DouweM"
  "merge_user": {
    "id": 87854,
    "name": "Douwe Maan",
    "username": "DouweM",
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/uploads/-/system/user/avatar/87854/avatar.png",
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.com/DouweM"
  "merged_at": "2018-09-07T11:16:17.520Z",
  "prepared_at": "2018-09-04T11:16:17.520Z",
  "closed_by": null,
  "closed_at": null,
  "latest_build_started_at": "2018-09-07T07:27:38.472Z",
  "latest_build_finished_at": "2018-09-07T08:07:06.012Z",
  "first_deployed_to_production_at": null,
  "pipeline": {
    "id": 29626725,
    "sha": "2be7ddb704c7b6b83732fdd5b9f09d5a397b5f8f",
    "ref": "patch-28",
    "status": "success",
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/my-group/my-project/pipelines/29626725"
  "diff_refs": {
    "base_sha": "c380d3acebd181f13629a25d2e2acca46ffe1e00",
    "head_sha": "2be7ddb704c7b6b83732fdd5b9f09d5a397b5f8f",
    "start_sha": "c380d3acebd181f13629a25d2e2acca46ffe1e00"
  "diverged_commits_count": 2,
  "task_completion_status":{
    "count":0,
    "completed_count":0
For important notes on response data, read Single merge request response notes.
Update MR
Updates an existing merge request. You can change the target branch, title, or even close the MR.
PUT /projects/:id/merge_requests/:merge_request_iid
AttributeTypeRequiredDescription
idinteger or string YesThe ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user.
merge_request_iidinteger YesThe ID of a merge request.
add_labelsstring NoComma-separated label names to add to a merge request.
allow_collaborationboolean NoAllow commits from members who can merge to the target branch.
allow_maintainer_to_pushboolean NoAlias of allow_collaboration.
assignee_idinteger NoThe ID of the user to assign the merge request to. Set to 0 or provide an empty value to unassign all assignees.
assignee_idsinteger array NoThe ID of the users to assign the merge request to. Set to 0 or provide an empty value to unassign all assignees.
descriptionstring NoDescription of the merge request. Limited to 1,048,576 characters.
discussion_lockedboolean NoFlag indicating if the merge request’s discussion is locked. If the discussion is locked only project members can add, edit or resolve comments.
labelsstring NoComma-separated label names for a merge request. Set to an empty string to unassign all labels.
milestone_idinteger NoThe global ID of a milestone to assign the merge request to. Set to 0 or provide an empty value to unassign a milestone.
remove_labelsstring NoComma-separated label names to remove from a merge request.
remove_source_branchboolean NoFlag indicating if a merge request should remove the source branch when merging.
reviewer_idsinteger array NoThe ID of the users set as a reviewer to the merge request. Set the value to 0 or provide an empty value to unset all reviewers. Introduced in GitLab 13.8.
squashbooleannoIndicates if the merge request is set to be squashed when merged. Project settings may override this value. Use squash_on_merge instead to take project squash options into account.
squash_on_mergebooleannoIndicates if the merge request will be squashed when merged.
state_eventstring NoNew state (close/reopen).
target_branchstring NoThe target branch.
titlestring NoTitle of MR.
Must include at least one non-required attribute from above.




    
{
  "id": 1,
  "iid": 1,
  "project_id": 3,
  "title": "test1",
  "description": "fixed login page css paddings",
  "state": "merged",
  "created_at": "2017-04-29T08:46:00Z",
  "updated_at": "2017-04-29T08:46:00Z",
  "target_branch": "master",
  "source_branch": "test1",
  "upvotes": 0,
  "downvotes": 0,
  "author": {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "Administrator",
    "username": "admin",
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": null,
    "web_url" : "https://gitlab.example.com/admin"
  "assignee": {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "Administrator",
    "username": "admin",
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": null,
    "web_url" : "https://gitlab.example.com/admin"
  "assignees": [{
    "name": "Miss Monserrate Beier",
    "username": "axel.block",
    "id": 12,
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/46f6f7dc858ada7be1853f7fb96e81da?s=80&d=identicon",
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/axel.block"
  "reviewers": [{
    "name": "Miss Monserrate Beier",
    "username": "axel.block",
    "id": 12,
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/46f6f7dc858ada7be1853f7fb96e81da?s=80&d=identicon",
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/axel.block"
  "source_project_id": 2,
  "target_project_id": 3,
  "labels": [
    "Community contribution",
    "Manage"
  "draft": false,
  "work_in_progress": false,
  "milestone": {
    "id": 5,
    "iid": 1,
    "project_id": 3,
    "title": "v2.0",
    "description": "Assumenda aut placeat expedita exercitationem labore sunt enim earum.",
    "state": "closed",
    "created_at": "2015-02-02T19:49:26.013Z",
    "updated_at": "2015-02-02T19:49:26.013Z",
    "due_date": "2018-09-22",
    "start_date": "2018-08-08",
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/my-group/my-project/milestones/1"
  "merge_when_pipeline_succeeds": true,
  "merge_status": "can_be_merged",
  "detailed_merge_status": "not_open",
  "merge_error": null,
  "sha": "8888888888888888888888888888888888888888",
  "merge_commit_sha": null,
  "squash_commit_sha": null,
  "user_notes_count": 1,
  "discussion_locked": null,
  "should_remove_source_branch": true,
  "force_remove_source_branch": false,
  "allow_collaboration": false,
  "allow_maintainer_to_push": false,
  "web_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/my-group/my-project/merge_requests/1",
  "references": {
    "short": "!1",
    "relative": "!1",
    "full": "my-group/my-project!1"
  "time_stats": {
    "time_estimate": 0,
    "total_time_spent": 0,
    "human_time_estimate": null,
    "human_total_time_spent": null
  "squash": false,
  "subscribed": false,
  "changes_count": "1",
  "merged_by": { // Deprecated and will be removed in API v5, use `merge_user` instead
    "id": 87854,
    "name": "Douwe Maan",
    "username": "DouweM",
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/uploads/-/system/user/avatar/87854/avatar.png",
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.com/DouweM"
  "merge_user": {
    "id": 87854,
    "name": "Douwe Maan",
    "username": "DouweM",
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/uploads/-/system/user/avatar/87854/avatar.png",
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.com/DouweM"
  "merged_at": "2018-09-07T11:16:17.520Z",
  "prepared_at":




    
 "2018-09-04T11:16:17.520Z",
  "closed_by": null,
  "closed_at": null,
  "latest_build_started_at": "2018-09-07T07:27:38.472Z",
  "latest_build_finished_at": "2018-09-07T08:07:06.012Z",
  "first_deployed_to_production_at": null,
  "pipeline": {
    "id": 29626725,
    "sha": "2be7ddb704c7b6b83732fdd5b9f09d5a397b5f8f",
    "ref": "patch-28",
    "status": "success",
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/my-group/my-project/pipelines/29626725"
  "diff_refs": {
    "base_sha": "c380d3acebd181f13629a25d2e2acca46ffe1e00",
    "head_sha": "2be7ddb704c7b6b83732fdd5b9f09d5a397b5f8f",
    "start_sha": "c380d3acebd181f13629a25d2e2acca46ffe1e00"
  "diverged_commits_count": 2,
  "task_completion_status":{
    "count":0,
    "completed_count":0
For important notes on response data, read Single merge request response notes.
Delete a merge request
Only for administrators and project owners. Deletes the merge request in question.
DELETE /projects/:id/merge_requests/:merge_request_iid
AttributeTypeRequiredDescription
idinteger or string YesThe ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user.
merge_request_iidinteger YesThe internal ID of the merge request.
curl --request DELETE --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/4/merge_requests/85"
Merge a merge request
Accept and merge changes submitted with merge request using this API.
PUT /projects/:id/merge_requests/:merge_request_iid/merge
Supported attributes:

Attribute
Type
Required
Description

id
integer or string
 Yes
The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user.

merge_request_iid
integer
 Yes
The internal ID of the merge request.

merge_commit_message
string
 No
Custom merge commit message.

merge_when_pipeline_succeeds
boolean
 No
If true, the merge request is merged when the pipeline succeeds.

sha
string
 No
If present, then this SHA must match the HEAD of the source branch, otherwise the merge fails.

should_remove_source_branch
boolean
 No
If true, removes the source branch.

squash_commit_message
string
 No
Custom squash commit message.

squash
boolean
 No
If true, the commits are squashed into a single commit on merge.
{
  "id": 1,
  "iid": 1,
  "project_id": 3,
  "title": "test1",
  "description": "fixed login page css paddings",
  "state": "merged",
  "created_at": "2017-04-29T08:46:00Z",
  "updated_at": "2017-04-29T08:46:00Z",
  "target_branch": "master",
  "source_branch": "test1",
  "upvotes": 0,
  "downvotes": 0,
  "author": {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "Administrator",
    "username": "admin",
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": null,
    "web_url" : "https://gitlab.example.com/admin"
  "assignee": {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "Administrator",
    "username": "admin",
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": null,
    "web_url" : "https://gitlab.example.com/admin"
  "assignees": [{
    "name": "Miss Monserrate Beier",
    "username": "axel.block",
    "id": 12,
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/46f6f7dc858ada7be1853f7fb96e81da?s=80&d=identicon",
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/axel.block"
  "reviewers": [{
    "name": "Miss Monserrate Beier",
    "username": "axel.block",
    "id": 12,
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/46f6f7dc858ada7be1853f7fb96e81da?s=80&d=identicon",
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/axel.block"
  "source_project_id": 2,
  "target_project_id": 3,
  "labels": [
    "Community contribution",
    "Manage"
  "draft": false,
  "work_in_progress": false,
  "milestone": {
    "id": 5,
    "iid": 1,
    "project_id": 3,
    "title": "v2.0",
    "description": "Assumenda aut placeat expedita exercitationem labore sunt enim earum.",
    "state": "closed",
    "created_at": "2015-02-02T19:49:26.013Z",
    "updated_at": "2015-02-02T19:49:26.013Z",
    "due_date": "2018-09-22",
    "start_date": "2018-08-08",
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/my-group/my-project/milestones/1"
  "merge_when_pipeline_succeeds": true,
  "merge_status": "can_be_merged",
  "detailed_merge_status": "not_open",
  "merge_error": null,
  "sha": "8888888888888888888888888888888888888888",
  "merge_commit_sha": 




    
null,
  "squash_commit_sha": null,
  "user_notes_count": 1,
  "discussion_locked": null,
  "should_remove_source_branch": true,
  "force_remove_source_branch": false,
  "allow_collaboration": false,
  "allow_maintainer_to_push": false,
  "web_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/my-group/my-project/merge_requests/1",
  "references": {
    "short": "!1",
    "relative": "!1",
    "full": "my-group/my-project!1"
  "time_stats": {
    "time_estimate": 0,
    "total_time_spent": 0,
    "human_time_estimate": null,
    "human_total_time_spent": null
  "squash": false,
  "subscribed": false,
  "changes_count": "1",
  "merged_by": { // Deprecated and will be removed in API v5, use `merge_user` instead
    "id": 87854,
    "name": "Douwe Maan",
    "username": "DouweM",
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/uploads/-/system/user/avatar/87854/avatar.png",
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.com/DouweM"
  "merge_user": {
    "id": 87854,
    "name": "Douwe Maan",
    "username": "DouweM",
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/uploads/-/system/user/avatar/87854/avatar.png",
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.com/DouweM"
  "merged_at": "2018-09-07T11:16:17.520Z",
  "prepared_at": "2018-09-04T11:16:17.520Z",
  "closed_by": null,
  "closed_at": null,
  "latest_build_started_at": "2018-09-07T07:27:38.472Z",
  "latest_build_finished_at": "2018-09-07T08:07:06.012Z",
  "first_deployed_to_production_at": null,
  "pipeline": {
    "id": 29626725,
    "sha": "2be7ddb704c7b6b83732fdd5b9f09d5a397b5f8f",
    "ref": "patch-28",
    "status": "success",
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/my-group/my-project/pipelines/29626725"
  "diff_refs": {
    "base_sha": "c380d3acebd181f13629a25d2e2acca46ffe1e00",
    "head_sha": "2be7ddb704c7b6b83732fdd5b9f09d5a397b5f8f",
    "start_sha": "c380d3acebd181f13629a25d2e2acca46ffe1e00"
  "diverged_commits_count": 2,
  "task_completion_status":{
    "count":0,
    "completed_count":0
This API returns specific HTTP status codes on failure:

HTTP Status
Message
Reason

401
Unauthorized
This user does not have permission to accept this merge request.

405
Method Not Allowed
The merge request is not able to be merged.

409
SHA does not match HEAD of source branch
The provided sha parameter does not match the HEAD of the source.

422
Branch cannot be merged
The merge request failed to merge.
For additional important notes on response data, read Single merge request response notes.
Merge to default merge ref path
Merge the changes between the merge request source and target branches into refs/merge-requests/:iid/merge
ref, of the target project repository, if possible. This ref has the state the target branch would have if
a regular merge action was taken.
This action isn’t a regular merge action, because it doesn’t change the merge request target branch state in any manner.
This ref (refs/merge-requests/:iid/merge) isn’t necessarily overwritten when submitting
requests to this API, though it makes sure the ref has the latest possible state.
If the merge request has conflicts, is empty or already merged, you receive a 400 and a descriptive error message.
It returns the HEAD commit of refs/merge-requests/:iid/merge in the response body in case of 200.
GET /projects/:id/merge_requests/:merge_request_iid/merge_ref
Supported attributes:

Attribute
Type
Required
Description

id
integer or string
 Yes
The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user.

merge_request_iid
integer
 Yes
The internal ID of the merge request.
{
  "commit_id": "854a3a7a17acbcc0bbbea170986df1eb60435f34"
Cancel Merge When Pipeline Succeeds
This API returns specific HTTP status codes on failure:

HTTP Status
Message
Reason

401
Unauthorized
This user does not have permission to cancel this merge request.

405
Method Not Allowed
The merge request is already merged or closed.

406
Not Acceptable
The merge request is not set to be merged when the pipeline succeeds.
POST /projects/:id/merge_requests/:merge_request_iid/cancel_merge_when_pipeline_succeeds
Supported attributes:

Attribute
Type
Required
Description

id
integer or string
 Yes
The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user.

merge_request_iid
integer
 Yes
The internal ID of the merge request.
{
  "id": 1,
  "iid": 1,
  "project_id": 3,
  "title": "test1",
  "description": "fixed login page css paddings",
  "state": "merged",
  "created_at": "2017-04-29T08:46:00Z",
  "updated_at": "2017-04-29T08:46:00Z",
  "target_branch": "master",
  "source_branch": "test1",
  "upvotes": 0,
  "downvotes": 0,
  "author"




    
: {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "Administrator",
    "username": "admin",
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": null,
    "web_url" : "https://gitlab.example.com/admin"
  "assignee": {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "Administrator",
    "username": "admin",
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": null,
    "web_url" : "https://gitlab.example.com/admin"
  "assignees": [{
    "name": "Miss Monserrate Beier",
    "username": "axel.block",
    "id": 12,
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/46f6f7dc858ada7be1853f7fb96e81da?s=80&d=identicon",
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/axel.block"
  "reviewers": [{
    "name": "Miss Monserrate Beier",
    "username": "axel.block",
    "id": 12,
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/46f6f7dc858ada7be1853f7fb96e81da?s=80&d=identicon",
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/axel.block"
  "source_project_id": 2,
  "target_project_id": 3,
  "labels": [
    "Community contribution",
    "Manage"
  "draft": false,
  "work_in_progress": false,
  "milestone": {
    "id": 5,
    "iid": 1,
    "project_id": 3,
    "title": "v2.0",
    "description": "Assumenda aut placeat expedita exercitationem labore sunt enim earum.",
    "state": "closed",
    "created_at": "2015-02-02T19:49:26.013Z",
    "updated_at": "2015-02-02T19:49:26.013Z",
    "due_date": "2018-09-22",
    "start_date": "2018-08-08",
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/my-group/my-project/milestones/1"
  "merge_when_pipeline_succeeds": false,
  "merge_status": "can_be_merged",
  "detailed_merge_status": "not_open",
  "merge_error": null,
  "sha": "8888888888888888888888888888888888888888",
  "merge_commit_sha": null,
  "squash_commit_sha": null,
  "user_notes_count": 1,
  "discussion_locked": null,
  "should_remove_source_branch": true,
  "force_remove_source_branch": false,
  "allow_collaboration": false,
  "allow_maintainer_to_push": false,
  "web_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/my-group/my-project/merge_requests/1",
  "references": {
    "short": "!1",
    "relative": "!1",
    "full": "my-group/my-project!1"
  "time_stats": {
    "time_estimate": 0,
    "total_time_spent": 0,
    "human_time_estimate": null,
    "human_total_time_spent": null
  "squash": false,
  "subscribed": false,
  "changes_count": "1",
  "merged_by": { // Deprecated and will be removed in API v5, use `merge_user` instead
    "id": 87854,
    "name": "Douwe Maan",
    "username": "DouweM",
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/uploads/-/system/user/avatar/87854/avatar.png",
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.com/DouweM"
  "merge_user": {
    "id": 87854,
    "name": "Douwe Maan",
    "username": "DouweM",
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/uploads/-/system/user/avatar/87854/avatar.png",
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.com/DouweM"
  "merged_at": "2018-09-07T11:16:17.520Z",
  "prepared_at": "2018-09-04T11:16:17.520Z",
  "closed_by": null,
  "closed_at": null,
  "latest_build_started_at": "2018-09-07T07:27:38.472Z",
  "latest_build_finished_at": "2018-09-07T08:07:06.012Z",
  "first_deployed_to_production_at": null,
  "pipeline": {
    "id": 29626725,
    "sha": "2be7ddb704c7b6b83732fdd5b9f09d5a397b5f8f",
    "ref": "patch-28",
    "status": "success",
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/my-group/my-project/pipelines/29626725"
  "diff_refs": {
    "base_sha": "c380d3acebd181f13629a25d2e2acca46ffe1e00",
    "head_sha": "2be7ddb704c7b6b83732fdd5b9f09d5a397b5f8f",
    "start_sha": "c380d3acebd181f13629a25d2e2acca46ffe1e00"
  "diverged_commits_count": 2,
  "task_completion_status":{
    "count":0,
    "completed_count":0
For important notes on response data, read Single merge request response notes.




    
Rebase a merge request
Automatically rebase the source_branch of the merge request against its
target_branch.
If you don’t have permissions to push to the merge request’s source branch -
you receive a 403 Forbidden response.
PUT /projects/:id/merge_requests/:merge_request_iid/rebase
AttributeTypeRequiredDescription
idinteger or string YesThe ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user.
merge_request_iidinteger YesThe internal ID of the merge request.
skip_ciboolean NoSet to true to skip creating a CI pipeline.
curl --request PUT --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/76/merge_requests/1/rebase"
This request is asynchronous. The API returns a HTTP 202 Accepted response
if the request is enqueued successfully, with a response containing:
{
  "rebase_in_progress": true
You can poll the Get single MR endpoint with the
include_rebase_in_progress parameter to check the status of the
asynchronous request.
If the rebase operation is ongoing, the response includes the following:
{
  "rebase_in_progress": true,
  "merge_error": null
After the rebase operation has completed successfully, the response includes
the following:
{
  "rebase_in_progress": false,
  "merge_error": null
If the rebase operation fails, the response includes the following:
{
  "rebase_in_progress": false,
  "merge_error": "Rebase failed. Please rebase locally"
Comments on merge requests
Comments are done via the notes resource.
List issues that close on merge
Get all the issues that would be closed by merging the provided merge request.
GET /projects/:id/merge_requests/:merge_request_iid/closes_issues
AttributeTypeRequiredDescription
idinteger or string YesThe ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user.
merge_request_iidinteger YesThe internal ID of the merge request.
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/76/merge_requests/1/closes_issues"
Example response when the GitLab issue tracker is used:
[
      "state" : "opened",
      "description" : "Ratione dolores corrupti mollitia soluta quia.",
      "author" : {
         "state" : "active",
         "id" : 18,
         "web_url" : "https://gitlab.example.com/eileen.lowe",
         "name" : "Alexandra Bashirian",
         "avatar_url" : null,
         "username" : "eileen.lowe"
      "milestone" : {
         "project_id" : 1,
         "description" : "Ducimus nam enim ex consequatur cumque ratione.",
         "state" : "closed",
         "due_date" : null,
         "iid" : 2,
         "created_at" : "2016-01-04T15:31:39.996Z",
         "title" : "v4.0",
         "id" : 17,
         "updated_at" : "2016-01-04T15:31:39.996Z"
      "project_id" : 1,
      "assignee" : {
         "state" : "active",
         "id" : 1,
         "name" : "Administrator",
         "web_url" : "https://gitlab.example.com/root",
         "avatar_url" : null,
         "username" : "root"
      "updated_at" : "2016-01-04T15:31:51.081Z",
      "id" : 76,
      "title" : "Consequatur vero maxime deserunt laboriosam est voluptas dolorem.",
      "created_at" : "2016-01-04T15:31:51.081Z",
      "iid" : 6,
      "labels" : [],
      "user_notes_count": 1,
      "changes_count": "1"
Example response when an external issue tracker (for example, Jira) is used:
[
       "id" : "PROJECT-123",
       "title" : "Title of this issue"
Subscribe to a merge request
Subscribes the authenticated user to a merge request to receive notification. If the user is already subscribed to the merge request, the
status code HTTP 304 Not Modified is returned.
POST /projects/:id/merge_requests/:merge_request_iid/subscribe
AttributeTypeRequiredDescription
idinteger or string YesThe ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user.
merge_request_iidinteger YesThe internal ID of the merge request.
curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/merge_requests/17/subscribe"
Example response:
{
  "id": 1,
  "iid": 1,
  "project_id": 3,
  "title": "test1",
  "description": "fixed login page css paddings",
  "state": "merged",
  "created_at": "2017-04-29T08:46:00Z",
  "updated_at": "2017-04-29T08:46:00Z",
  "target_branch": "master",
  "source_branch": "test1",
  "upvotes": 0,
  "downvotes": 0,
  "author": {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "Administrator",
    "username": "admin",
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": null,
    "web_url" : "https://gitlab.example.com/admin"
  "assignee": {
    "id": 




    
1,
    "name": "Administrator",
    "username": "admin",
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": null,
    "web_url" : "https://gitlab.example.com/admin"
  "assignees": [{
    "name": "Miss Monserrate Beier",
    "username": "axel.block",
    "id": 12,
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/46f6f7dc858ada7be1853f7fb96e81da?s=80&d=identicon",
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/axel.block"
  "reviewers": [{
    "name": "Miss Monserrate Beier",
    "username": "axel.block",
    "id": 12,
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/46f6f7dc858ada7be1853f7fb96e81da?s=80&d=identicon",
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/axel.block"
  "source_project_id": 2,
  "target_project_id": 3,
  "labels": [
    "Community contribution",
    "Manage"
  "draft": false,
  "work_in_progress": false,
  "milestone": {
    "id": 5,
    "iid": 1,
    "project_id": 3,
    "title": "v2.0",
    "description": "Assumenda aut placeat expedita exercitationem labore sunt enim earum.",
    "state": "closed",
    "created_at": "2015-02-02T19:49:26.013Z",
    "updated_at": "2015-02-02T19:49:26.013Z",
    "due_date": "2018-09-22",
    "start_date": "2018-08-08",
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/my-group/my-project/milestones/1"
  "merge_when_pipeline_succeeds": true,
  "merge_status": "can_be_merged",
  "detailed_merge_status": "not_open",
  "sha": "8888888888888888888888888888888888888888",
  "merge_commit_sha": null,
  "squash_commit_sha": null,
  "user_notes_count": 1,
  "discussion_locked": null,
  "should_remove_source_branch": true,
  "force_remove_source_branch": false,
  "allow_collaboration": false,
  "allow_maintainer_to_push": false,
  "web_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/my-group/my-project/merge_requests/1",
  "references": {
    "short": "!1",
    "relative": "!1",
    "full": "my-group/my-project!1"
  "time_stats": {
    "time_estimate": 0,
    "total_time_spent": 0,
    "human_time_estimate": null,
    "human_total_time_spent": null
  "squash": false,
  "subscribed": false,
  "changes_count": "1",
  "merged_by": { // Deprecated and will be removed in API v5, use `merge_user` instead
    "id": 87854,
    "name": "Douwe Maan",
    "username": "DouweM",
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/uploads/-/system/user/avatar/87854/avatar.png",
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.com/DouweM"
  "merge_user": {
    "id": 87854,
    "name": "Douwe Maan",
    "username": "DouweM",
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/uploads/-/system/user/avatar/87854/avatar.png",
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.com/DouweM"
  "merged_at": "2018-09-07T11:16:17.520Z",
  "prepared_at": "2018-09-04T11:16:17.520Z",
  "closed_by": null,
  "closed_at": null,
  "latest_build_started_at": "2018-09-07T07:27:38.472Z",
  "latest_build_finished_at": "2018-09-07T08:07:06.012Z",
  "first_deployed_to_production_at": null,
  "pipeline": {
    "id": 29626725,
    "sha": "2be7ddb704c7b6b83732fdd5b9f09d5a397b5f8f",
    "ref": "patch-28",
    "status": "success",
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/my-group/my-project/pipelines/29626725"
  "diff_refs": {
    "base_sha": "c380d3acebd181f13629a25d2e2acca46ffe1e00",
    "head_sha": "2be7ddb704c7b6b83732fdd5b9f09d5a397b5f8f",
    "start_sha": "c380d3acebd181f13629a25d2e2acca46ffe1e00"
  "diverged_commits_count": 2,
  "task_completion_status":{
    "count":0,
    "completed_count":0
For important notes on response data, read Single merge request response notes.
Unsubscribe from a merge request
Unsubscribes the authenticated user from a merge request to not receive
notifications from that merge request. If the user is
not subscribed to the merge request, the status code HTTP 304 Not Modified is returned.
POST /projects/:id/merge_requests/:merge_request_iid/unsubscribe
AttributeTypeRequiredDescription
idinteger or string YesThe ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user.
merge_request_iidinteger YesThe internal ID of the merge request.
curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/merge_requests/17/unsubscribe"




    

Example response:
{
  "id": 1,
  "iid": 1,
  "project_id": 3,
  "title": "test1",
  "description": "fixed login page css paddings",
  "state": "merged",
  "created_at": "2017-04-29T08:46:00Z",
  "updated_at": "2017-04-29T08:46:00Z",
  "target_branch": "master",
  "source_branch": "test1",
  "upvotes": 0,
  "downvotes": 0,
  "author": {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "Administrator",
    "username": "admin",
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": null,
    "web_url" : "https://gitlab.example.com/admin"
  "assignee": {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "Administrator",
    "username": "admin",
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": null,
    "web_url" : "https://gitlab.example.com/admin"
  "assignees": [{
    "name": "Miss Monserrate Beier",
    "username": "axel.block",
    "id": 12,
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/46f6f7dc858ada7be1853f7fb96e81da?s=80&d=identicon",
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/axel.block"
  "reviewers": [{
    "name": "Miss Monserrate Beier",
    "username": "axel.block",
    "id": 12,
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/46f6f7dc858ada7be1853f7fb96e81da?s=80&d=identicon",
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/axel.block"
  "source_project_id": 2,
  "target_project_id": 3,
  "labels": [
    "Community contribution",
    "Manage"
  "draft": false,
  "work_in_progress": false,
  "milestone": {
    "id": 5,
    "iid": 1,
    "project_id": 3,
    "title": "v2.0",
    "description": "Assumenda aut placeat expedita exercitationem labore sunt enim earum.",
    "state": "closed",
    "created_at": "2015-02-02T19:49:26.013Z",
    "updated_at": "2015-02-02T19:49:26.013Z",
    "due_date": "2018-09-22",
    "start_date": "2018-08-08",
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/my-group/my-project/milestones/1"
  "merge_when_pipeline_succeeds": true,
  "merge_status": "can_be_merged",
  "detailed_merge_status": "not_open",
  "sha": "8888888888888888888888888888888888888888",
  "merge_commit_sha": null,
  "squash_commit_sha": null,
  "user_notes_count": 1,
  "discussion_locked": null,
  "should_remove_source_branch": true,
  "force_remove_source_branch": false,
  "allow_collaboration": false,
  "allow_maintainer_to_push": false,
  "web_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/my-group/my-project/merge_requests/1",
  "references": {
    "short": "!1",
    "relative": "!1",
    "full": "my-group/my-project!1"
  "time_stats": {
    "time_estimate": 0,
    "total_time_spent": 0,
    "human_time_estimate": null,
    "human_total_time_spent": null
  "squash": false,
  "subscribed": false,
  "changes_count": "1",
  "merged_by": { // Deprecated and will be removed in API v5, use `merge_user` instead
    "id": 87854,
    "name": "Douwe Maan",
    "username": "DouweM",
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/uploads/-/system/user/avatar/87854/avatar.png",
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.com/DouweM"
  "merge_user": {
    "id": 87854,
    "name": "Douwe Maan",
    "username": "DouweM",
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/uploads/-/system/user/avatar/87854/avatar.png",
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.com/DouweM"
  "merged_at": "2018-09-07T11:16:17.520Z",
  "prepared_at": "2018-09-04T11:16:17.520Z",
  "closed_by": null,
  "closed_at": null,
  "latest_build_started_at": "2018-09-07T07:27:38.472Z",
  "latest_build_finished_at": "2018-09-07T08:07:06.012Z",
  "first_deployed_to_production_at": null,
  "pipeline": {
    "id": 29626725,
    "sha": "2be7ddb704c7b6b83732fdd5b9f09d5a397b5f8f"




    
,
    "ref": "patch-28",
    "status": "success",
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/my-group/my-project/pipelines/29626725"
  "diff_refs": {
    "base_sha": "c380d3acebd181f13629a25d2e2acca46ffe1e00",
    "head_sha": "2be7ddb704c7b6b83732fdd5b9f09d5a397b5f8f",
    "start_sha": "c380d3acebd181f13629a25d2e2acca46ffe1e00"
  "diverged_commits_count": 2,
  "task_completion_status":{
    "count":0,
    "completed_count":0
For important notes on response data, read Single merge request response notes.
Create a to-do item
Manually creates a to-do item for the current user on a merge request.
If there already exists a to-do item for the user on that merge request,
status code HTTP 304 Not Modified is returned.
POST /projects/:id/merge_requests/:merge_request_iid/todo
AttributeTypeRequiredDescription
idinteger or string YesThe ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user.
merge_request_iidinteger YesThe internal ID of the merge request.
curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/merge_requests/27/todo"
Example response:
{
  "id": 113,
  "project": {
    "id": 3,
    "name": "GitLab CI/CD",
    "name_with_namespace": "GitLab Org / GitLab CI/CD",
    "path": "gitlab-ci",
    "path_with_namespace": "gitlab-org/gitlab-ci"
  "author": {
    "name": "Administrator",
    "username": "root",
    "id": 1,
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80&d=identicon",
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/root"
  "action_name": "marked",
  "target_type": "MergeRequest",
  "target": {
    "id": 27,
    "iid": 7,
    "project_id": 3,
    "title": "Et voluptas laudantium minus nihil recusandae ut accusamus earum aut non.",
    "description": "Veniam sunt nihil modi earum cumque illum delectus. Nihil ad quis distinctio quia. Autem eligendi at quibusdam repellendus.",
    "state": "merged",
    "created_at": "2016-06-17T07:48:04.330Z",
    "updated_at": "2016-07-01T11:14:15.537Z",
    "target_branch": "allow_regex_for_project_skip_ref",
    "source_branch": "backup",
    "upvotes": 0,
    "downvotes": 0,
    "author": {
      "name": "Jarret O'Keefe",
      "username": "francisca",
      "id": 14,
      "state": "active",
      "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a7fa515d53450023c83d62986d0658a8?s=80&d=identicon",
      "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/francisca",
      "discussion_locked": false
    "assignee": {
      "name": "Dr. Gabrielle Strosin",
      "username": "barrett.krajcik",
      "id": 4,
      "state": "active",
      "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/733005fcd7e6df12d2d8580171ccb966?s=80&d=identicon",
      "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/barrett.krajcik"
    "assignees": [{
      "name": "Miss Monserrate Beier",
      "username": "axel.block",
      "id": 12,
      "state": "active",
      "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/46f6f7dc858ada7be1853f7fb96e81da?s=80&d=identicon",
      "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/axel.block"
    "reviewers": [{
      "name": "Miss Monserrate Beier",
      "username": "axel.block",
      "id": 12,
      "state": "active",
      "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/46f6f7dc858ada7be1853f7fb96e81da?s=80&d=identicon",
      "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/axel.block"
    "source_project_id": 3,
    "target_project_id": 3,
    "labels": [],
    "draft": false,
    "work_in_progress": false,
    "milestone": {
      "id": 27,
      "iid": 2,
      "project_id": 3,
      "title": "v1.0",
      "description": "Quis ea accusantium animi hic fuga assumenda.",
      "state": "active",
      "created_at": "2016-06-17T07:47:33.840Z",
      "updated_at": "2016-06-17T07:47:33.840Z",
      "due_date": null
    "merge_when_pipeline_succeeds": false,
    "merge_status": "unchecked",
    "detailed_merge_status": "not_open",
    "subscribed": true,
    "sha": "8888888888888888888888888888888888888888",
    "merge_commit_sha": null,
    "squash_commit_sha": null,
    "user_notes_count": 7,
    "changes_count": "1",
    "should_remove_source_branch": true,
    "force_remove_source_branch": false,
    "squash": false,
    "web_url": "http://example.com/my-group/my-project/merge_requests/1",
    "references": {
      "short": "!1"




    
,
      "relative": "!1",
      "full": "my-group/my-project!1"
  "target_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ci/merge_requests/7",
  "body": "Et voluptas laudantium minus nihil recusandae ut accusamus earum aut non.",
  "state": "pending",
  "created_at": "2016-07-01T11:14:15.530Z"
Get merge request diff versions
Get a list of merge request diff versions. For an explanation of the SHAs in the response,
read SHAs in the API response.
GET /projects/:id/merge_requests/:merge_request_iid/versions
AttributeTypeRequiredDescription
idString YesThe ID of the project.
merge_request_iidinteger YesThe internal ID of the merge request.
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/merge_requests/1/versions"
Example response:
[{
  "id": 110,
  "head_commit_sha": "33e2ee8579fda5bc36accc9c6fbd0b4fefda9e30",
  "base_commit_sha": "eeb57dffe83deb686a60a71c16c32f71046868fd",
  "start_commit_sha": "eeb57dffe83deb686a60a71c16c32f71046868fd",
  "created_at": "2016-07-26T14:44:48.926Z",
  "merge_request_id": 105,
  "state": "collected",
  "real_size": "1"
}, {
  "id": 108,
  "head_commit_sha": "3eed087b29835c48015768f839d76e5ea8f07a24",
  "base_commit_sha": "eeb57dffe83deb686a60a71c16c32f71046868fd",
  "start_commit_sha": "eeb57dffe83deb686a60a71c16c32f71046868fd",
  "created_at": "2016-07-25T14:21:33.028Z",
  "merge_request_id": 105,
  "state": "collected",
  "real_size": "1"
SHAs in the API response
SHA fieldPurpose
base_commit_shaThe merge-base commit SHA between the source branch and the target branches.
head_commit_shaThe HEAD commit of the source branch.
start_commit_shaThe HEAD commit SHA of the target branch when this version of the diff was created.
Get a single merge request diff version
Get a single merge request diff version. For an explanation of the SHAs in the response,
read SHAs in the API response.
GET /projects/:id/merge_requests/:merge_request_iid/versions/:version_id
AttributeTypeRequiredDescription
idString YesThe ID of the project.
merge_request_iidinteger YesThe internal ID of the merge request.
version_idinteger YesThe ID of the merge request diff version.
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/merge_requests/1/versions/1"
Example response:
{
  "id": 110,
  "head_commit_sha": "33e2ee8579fda5bc36accc9c6fbd0b4fefda9e30",
  "base_commit_sha": "eeb57dffe83deb686a60a71c16c32f71046868fd",
  "start_commit_sha": "eeb57dffe83deb686a60a71c16c32f71046868fd",
  "created_at": "2016-07-26T14:44:48.926Z",
  "merge_request_id": 105,
  "state": "collected",
  "real_size": "1",
  "commits": [{
    "id": "33e2ee8579fda5bc36accc9c6fbd0b4fefda9e30",
    "short_id": "33e2ee85",
    "title": "Change year to 2018",
    "author_name": "Administrator",
    "author_email": "[email protected]",
    "created_at": "2016-07-26T17:44:29.000+03:00",
    "message": "Change year to 2018"
  }, {
    "id": "aa24655de48b36335556ac8a3cd8bb521f977cbd",
    "short_id": "aa24655d",
    "title": "Update LICENSE",
    "author_name": "Administrator",
    "author_email": "[email protected]",
    "created_at": "2016-07-25T17:21:53.000+03:00",
    "message": "Update LICENSE"
  }, {
    "id": "3eed087b29835c48015768f839d76e5ea8f07a24",
    "short_id": "3eed087b",
    "title": "Add license",
    "author_name": "Administrator",
    "author_email": "[email protected]",
    "created_at": "2016-07-25T17:21:20.000+03:00",
    "message": "Add license"
  "diffs": [{
    "old_path": "LICENSE",
    "new_path": "LICENSE",
    "a_mode": "0",
    "b_mode": "100644",
    "new_file": true,
    "renamed_file": false,
    "deleted_file": false
Set a time estimate for a merge request
Sets an estimated time of work for this merge request.
POST /projects/:id/merge_requests/:merge_request_iid/time_estimate
AttributeTypeRequiredDescription
idinteger or string YesThe ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user.
merge_request_iidinteger YesThe internal ID of the merge request.
durationstring YesThe duration in human format, such as 3h30m.
curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/merge_requests/93/time_estimate?duration=3h30m"
Example response:
{
  "human_time_estimate": "3h 30m",
  "human_total_time_spent": null,
  "time_estimate": 12600,
  "total_time_spent": 0
Reset the time estimate for a merge request
Resets the estimated time for this merge request to 0 seconds.
POST /projects/:id/merge_requests/:merge_request_iid/reset_time_estimate
AttributeTypeRequiredDescription
idinteger or string YesThe ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user.
merge_request_iidinteger YesThe internal ID of a project’s merge request.
curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/merge_requests/93/reset_time_estimate"
Example response:
{
  "human_time_estimate": null,
  "human_total_time_spent": null,
  "time_estimate": 0,
  "total_time_spent": 0
Add spent time for a merge request
Adds spent time for this merge request.
POST /projects/:id/merge_requests/:merge_request_iid/add_spent_time
AttributeTypeRequiredDescription
idinteger or string YesThe ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user.
merge_request_iidinteger YesThe internal ID of the merge request.
durationstring YesThe duration in human format, such as 3h30m
summarystring NoA summary of how the time was spent.
curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/merge_requests/93/add_spent_time?duration=1h"
Example response:
{
  "human_time_estimate": null,
  "human_total_time_spent": "1h",
  "time_estimate": 0,
  "total_time_spent": 3600
Reset spent time for a merge request
Resets the total spent time for this merge request to 0 seconds.
POST /projects/:id/merge_requests/:merge_request_iid/reset_spent_time
AttributeTypeRequiredDescription
idinteger or string YesThe ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user.
merge_request_iidinteger YesThe internal ID of a project’s merge request.
curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/merge_requests/93/reset_spent_time"
Example response:
{
  "human_time_estimate": null,
  "human_total_time_spent": null,
  "time_estimate": 0,
  "total_time_spent": 0
Get time tracking stats
GET /projects/:id/merge_requests/:merge_request_iid/time_stats
AttributeTypeRequiredDescription
idinteger or string YesThe ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user.
merge_request_iidinteger YesThe internal ID of the merge request.
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/merge_requests/93/time_stats"
Example response:
{
  "human_time_estimate": "2h",
  "human_total_time_spent": "1h",
  "time_estimate": 7200,
  "total_time_spent": 3600
Approvals
For approvals, see Merge request approvals
List merge request state events
To track which state was set, who did it, and when it happened, check out
Resource state events API.
Troubleshooting
Empty API fields for new merge requests
When a merge request is created, the diff_refs and changes_count fields are
initially empty. These fields are populated asynchronously after the
merge request is created. For more information, see the issue
Some merge request API fields (diff_refs, changes_count) empty after MR is created,
and the related discussion
in the GitLab forums.

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