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 2025-12-18 01:32:01 UTC
Open entries (48)
| Title | Status | Last updated | Age | URLs |
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| Collections MVP: Enable teams to manage work independent from code structure | GLQL to look at | 1h ago | 0d | Collections MVP: Enable teams to manage work independent from code structure |
| Ticking checkboxes is very slow | 17h ago | 0d | Ticking checkboxes is very slow | |
| Toggling an issue task item checkbox updates the whole description, possibly reverting other changes | 17h ago | 19d | Toggling an issue task item checkbox updates the whole description, possibly reverting other changes | |
| Special characters break markdown link rendering | fun edge case in link normalisation | 20h ago | 0d | Special characters break markdown link rendering |
| Copying task list from issue description contains menu item labels | Firefox-specific bug with copy_as_gfm | 20h ago | 0d | Copying task list from issue description contains menu item labels |
| `@ all` is rendered to `@ All` | user bug report | 20h ago | 0d | `@ all` is rendered to `@ All` |
| Stop stripping HTML from work item titles | 21h ago | 15d |
Stop stripping HTML from work item titles Escaped markdown in issue title should not be interpreted as shortcuts |
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| Markdown is not parsed correctly on Project guidelines | missing class="md"
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21h ago | 0d | Markdown is not parsed correctly on Project guidelines |
| Bullet list ticking not working since 18.4.2 | user bug report, checked in | 21h ago | 0d | Bullet list ticking not working since 18.4.2 |
| documentation/Dangerfile fights with you over ~type::maintenance | MR out for BE review |
22h ago | 23d |
Refactor documentation Danger plugin and add specs; fix ~type fighting documentation/Dangerfile fights with you over ~type::maintenance |
| Parse checkboxes in Markdown tables | now unblocked! | 22h ago | 72d |
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 | 22h ago | 0d | GitLab Query Language (GLQL) | Strategy |
| TOC (Table of Contents) tags should not be rendered in emailed comment notifications | 2 days ago | 23d | 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 | 2 days ago | 76d |
Add syntax highlighting for Opentofu tofu files Support .tofu for Terraform lexing |
| Allow iframe embeds in markdown from allowed src domains | wait to see if AS wants to say anything |
2 days ago | 76d |
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 |
| Trainee Maintainer: Asherah Connor (GitLab) | tracking issue | 6 days ago | 9d | Trainee Maintainer: Asherah Connor (GitLab) |
| Nokogiri: [bug] Top-level text nodes returned by replace don't correspond to those inserted in the document. | wait for nokogiri reply | 2025-12-09 01:35 | 58d |
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. |
| Snippet comments don't appear to render front-end GFM | easy frontend fix | 2025-12-08 04:26 | 14d | 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 | 68d | Add disable and enable list item option to task context menu |
| Add current_ref placeholder for markdown documentation | contrib MR adding a placeholder | 2025-12-03 02:04 | 14d | Add current_ref placeholder for markdown documentation |
| Markdown inline input rules not not working correctly | contributor MR forthcoming? | 2025-12-03 01:19 | 15d | Markdown inline input rules not not working correctly |
| Refactor stub_asset_proxy_setting uses in specs to be less error-prone | simple refactor | 2025-12-02 06:06 | 15d | Refactor stub_asset_proxy_setting uses in specs to be less error-prone |
| Enable Kroki diagrams on gitlab.com | 2025-11-27 02:02 | 20d | Enable Kroki diagrams on gitlab.com | |
| Add support for Typograms; anything re: Kroki | backlog | 2025-11-27 01:45 | 76d |
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 | 23d | Prevent markdown version changes from impacting GitLab.com DB |
| Rich Text Editor in Single-file Editor | 2025-11-20 00:02 | 28d | Rich Text Editor in Single-file Editor | |
| Allow math blocks to use global Katex macros | feature request | 2025-11-13 03:16 | 34d | 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 | 51d | Quarantine a flaky test |
| Update mermaid to 11.4.1 | awaiting movement on the upstream PR | 2025-10-28 03:18 | 76d |
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 | 57d | Port GLQL to TypeScript | |
| Render non-block (Markdown and/or HTML) markup inside snippet titles. | suggestion | 2025-10-20 00:17 | 59d |
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 | 64d | Better preview of transparent graphics |
| Video snapshot instead of download when page open | on roadmap | 2025-10-14 23:39 | 64d | Video snapshot instead of download when page open |
| Make list controls usable in all GLFM contexts | to be prioritised | 2025-10-10 01:50 | 68d | Make list controls usable in all GLFM contexts |
| Asciidoctor does not work with Ruby 3.4 | unlikely to change? | 2025-10-08 01:41 | 71d |
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 | 71d | Markdown: Various bugs to tackle |
| Consider consistent header anchors | 2025-10-06 23:45 | 72d | Consider consistent header anchors | |
| Feat/text and image alignment in glfm | waiting on contributor | 2025-10-06 23:44 | 76d |
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 | 72d | 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 | 76d |
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 | 76d |
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 | 76d | 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 | 76d | 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 | 76d |
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 | 76d | 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 | 76d | 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 | 76d | Project and branch variables for markdown |
| [FF] `markdown_placeholders` -- enable markdown placeholder replacements | FF rollout issue | 2025-10-02 04:41 | 76d | [FF] `markdown_placeholders` -- enable markdown placeholder replacements |
Entries closed in FY2026Q4 (37)
| Title | Status | Closed | Age | URLs |
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| TOC (Table of Contents) tags should not be rendered in markdown preview or RTE for comments | merged! | 1h 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! | 18h 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 | 18h 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! | 21h 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 | 22h ago | 0d | Checkbox detection regexp misses some HTML comments |
| Remove deckar01-task_list gem dependency | merged! | 22h 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 | 23h ago | 27d |
[FF] `preserve_markdown` -- Allows preserving unchanged markdown in RTE Preserve markdown using the Rust based backend parser |
| Heading Anchor Link Improvements | merged | 2 days ago | 6d | Heading Anchor Link Improvements |
| Fix repeated word in pt_BR translation | no use; made change in crowdin instead | 2 days ago | 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 | 5 days ago | 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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