Releases API

DETAILS: Tier: Free, Premium, Ultimate Offering: GitLab.com, Self-managed, GitLab Dedicated

Use this API to manipulate release entries.

To manipulate links as a release asset, see Release Links API.

Authentication

For authentication, the Releases API accepts either:

A Personal Access Token using the PRIVATE-TOKEN header.
The GitLab CI/CD job token $CI_JOB_TOKEN using the JOB-TOKEN header.

List Releases

Returns a paginated list of releases, sorted by released_at.

GET /projects/:id/releases

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project.
`order_by`	string	no	The field to use as order. Either `released_at` (default) or `created_at`.
`sort`	string	no	The direction of the order. Either `desc` (default) for descending order or `asc` for ascending order.
`include_html_description`	boolean	no	If `true`, a response includes HTML rendered Markdown of the release description.

If successful, returns 200 OK and the following response attributes:

Attribute	Type	Description
`[]._links`	object	Links of the release.
`[]._links.closed_issues_url`	string	HTTP URL of the release's closed issues.
`[]._links.closed_merge_requests_url`	string	HTTP URL of the release's closed merge requests.
`[]._links.edit_url`	string	HTTP URL of the release's edit page.
`[]._links.merged_merge_requests_url`	string	HTTP URL of the release's merged merge requests.
`[]._links.opened_issues_url`	string	HTTP URL of the release's open issues.
`[]._links.opened_merge_requests_url`	string	HTTP URL of the release's open merge requests.
`[]._links.self`	string	HTTP URL of the release.

Example request:

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/24/releases"

Example response:

[
   {
      "tag_name":"v0.2",
      "description":"## CHANGELOG\r\n\r\n- Escape label and milestone titles to prevent XSS in GLFM autocomplete. !2740\r\n- Prevent private snippets from being embeddable.\r\n- Add subresources removal to member destroy service.",
      "name":"Awesome app v0.2 beta",
      "created_at":"2019-01-03T01:56:19.539Z",
      "released_at":"2019-01-03T01:56:19.539Z",
      "author":{
         "id":1,
         "name":"Administrator",
         "username":"root",
         "state":"active",
         "avatar_url":"https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80\u0026d=identicon",
         "web_url":"https://gitlab.example.com/root"
      },
      "commit":{
         "id":"079e90101242458910cccd35eab0e211dfc359c0",
         "short_id":"079e9010",
         "title":"Update README.md",
         "created_at":"2019-01-03T01:55:38.000Z",
         "parent_ids":[
            "f8d3d94cbd347e924aa7b715845e439d00e80ca4"
         ],
         "message":"Update README.md",
         "author_name":"Administrator",
         "author_email":"admin@example.com",
         "authored_date":"2019-01-03T01:55:38.000Z",
         "committer_name":"Administrator",
         "committer_email":"admin@example.com",
         "committed_date":"2019-01-03T01:55:38.000Z"
      },
      "milestones": [
         {
            "id":51,
            "iid":1,
            "project_id":24,
            "title":"v1.0-rc",
            "description":"Voluptate fugiat possimus quis quod aliquam expedita.",
            "state":"closed",
            "created_at":"2019-07-12T19:45:44.256Z",
            "updated_at":"2019-07-12T19:45:44.256Z",
            "due_date":"2019-08-16",
            "start_date":"2019-07-30",
            "web_url":"https://gitlab.example.com/root/awesome-app/-/milestones/1",
            "issue_stats": {
               "total": 98,
               "closed": 76
            }
         },
         {
            "id":52,
            "iid":2,
            "project_id":24,
            "title":"v1.0",
            "description":"Voluptate fugiat possimus quis quod aliquam expedita.",
            "state":"closed",
            "created_at":"2019-07-16T14:00:12.256Z",
            "updated_at":"2019-07-16T14:00:12.256Z",
            "due_date":"2019-08-16",
            "start_date":"2019-07-30",
            "web_url":"https://gitlab.example.com/root/awesome-app/-/milestones/2",
            "issue_stats": {
               "total": 24,
               "closed": 21
            }
         }
      ],
      "commit_path":"/root/awesome-app/commit/588440f66559714280628a4f9799f0c4eb880a4a",
      "tag_path":"/root/awesome-app/-/tags/v0.11.1",
      "assets":{
         "count":6,
         "sources":[
            {
               "format":"zip",
               "url":"https://gitlab.example.com/root/awesome-app/-/archive/v0.2/awesome-app-v0.2.zip"
            },
            {
               "format":"tar.gz",
               "url":"https://gitlab.example.com/root/awesome-app/-/archive/v0.2/awesome-app-v0.2.tar.gz"
            },
            {
               "format":"tar.bz2",
               "url":"https://gitlab.example.com/root/awesome-app/-/archive/v0.2/awesome-app-v0.2.tar.bz2"
            },
            {
               "format":"tar",
               "url":"https://gitlab.example.com/root/awesome-app/-/archive/v0.2/awesome-app-v0.2.tar"
            }
         ],
         "links":[
            {
               "id":2,
               "name":"awesome-v0.2.msi",
               "url":"http://192.168.10.15:3000/msi",
               "link_type":"other"
            },
            {
               "id":1,
               "name":"awesome-v0.2.dmg",
               "url":"http://192.168.10.15:3000",
               "link_type":"other"
            }
         ],
         "evidence_file_path":"https://gitlab.example.com/root/awesome-app/-/releases/v0.2/evidence.json"
      },
      "evidences":[
        {
          "sha": "760d6cdfb0879c3ffedec13af470e0f71cf52c6cde4d",
          "filepath": "https://gitlab.example.com/root/awesome-app/-/releases/v0.2/evidence.json",
          "collected_at": "2019-01-03T01:56:19.539Z"
        }
     ]
   },
   {
      "tag_name":"v0.1",
      "description":"## CHANGELOG\r\n\r\n-Remove limit of 100 when searching repository code. !8671\r\n- Show error message when attempting to reopen an MR and there is an open MR for the same branch. !16447 (Akos Gyimesi)\r\n- Fix a bug where internal email pattern wasn't respected. !22516",
      "name":"Awesome app v0.1 alpha",
      "created_at":"2019-01-03T01:55:18.203Z",
      "released_at":"2019-01-03T01:55:18.203Z",
      "author":{
         "id":1,
         "name":"Administrator",
         "username":"root",
         "state":"active",
         "avatar_url":"https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80\u0026d=identicon",
         "web_url":"https://gitlab.example.com/root"
      },
      "commit":{
         "id":"f8d3d94cbd347e924aa7b715845e439d00e80ca4",
         "short_id":"f8d3d94c",
         "title":"Initial commit",
         "created_at":"2019-01-03T01:53:28.000Z",
         "parent_ids":[

         ],
         "message":"Initial commit",
         "author_name":"Administrator",
         "author_email":"admin@example.com",
         "authored_date":"2019-01-03T01:53:28.000Z",
         "committer_name":"Administrator",
         "committer_email":"admin@example.com",
         "committed_date":"2019-01-03T01:53:28.000Z"
      },
      "assets":{
         "count":4,
         "sources":[
            {
               "format":"zip",
               "url":"https://gitlab.example.com/root/awesome-app/-/archive/v0.1/awesome-app-v0.1.zip"
            },
            {
               "format":"tar.gz",
               "url":"https://gitlab.example.com/root/awesome-app/-/archive/v0.1/awesome-app-v0.1.tar.gz"
            },
            {
               "format":"tar.bz2",
               "url":"https://gitlab.example.com/root/awesome-app/-/archive/v0.1/awesome-app-v0.1.tar.bz2"
            },
            {
               "format":"tar",
               "url":"https://gitlab.example.com/root/awesome-app/-/archive/v0.1/awesome-app-v0.1.tar"
            }
         ],
         "links":[

         ],
         "evidence_file_path":"https://gitlab.example.com/root/awesome-app/-/releases/v0.1/evidence.json"
      },
      "evidences":[
        {
          "sha": "c3ffedec13af470e760d6cdfb08790f71cf52c6cde4d",
          "filepath": "https://gitlab.example.com/root/awesome-app/-/releases/v0.1/evidence.json",
          "collected_at": "2019-01-03T01:55:18.203Z"
        }
      ],
      "_links": {
         "closed_issues_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/root/awesome-app/-/issues?release_tag=v0.1&scope=all&state=closed",
         "closed_merge_requests_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/root/awesome-app/-/merge_requests?release_tag=v0.1&scope=all&state=closed",
         "edit_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/root/awesome-app/-/releases/v0.1/edit",
         "merged_merge_requests_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/root/awesome-app/-/merge_requests?release_tag=v0.1&scope=all&state=merged",
         "opened_issues_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/root/awesome-app/-/issues?release_tag=v0.1&scope=all&state=opened",
         "opened_merge_requests_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/root/awesome-app/-/merge_requests?release_tag=v0.1&scope=all&state=opened",
         "self": "https://gitlab.example.com/root/awesome-app/-/releases/v0.1"
      }
   }
]

Get a Release by a tag name

Gets a release for the given tag.

GET /projects/:id/releases/:tag_name

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project.
`tag_name`	string	yes	The Git tag the release is associated with.
`include_html_description`	boolean	no	If `true`, a response includes HTML rendered Markdown of the release description.

If successful, returns 200 OK and the following response attributes:

Attribute	Type	Description
`[]._links`	object	Links of the release.
`[]._links.closed_issues_url`	string	HTTP URL of the release's closed issues.
`[]._links.closed_merge_requests_url`	string	HTTP URL of the release's closed merge requests.
`[]._links.edit_url`	string	HTTP URL of the release's edit page.
`[]._links.merged_merge_requests_url`	string	HTTP URL of the release's merged merge requests.
`[]._links.opened_issues_url`	string	HTTP URL of the release's open issues.
`[]._links.opened_merge_requests_url`	string	HTTP URL of the release's open merge requests.
`[]._links.self`	string	HTTP URL of the release.

Example request:

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/24/releases/v0.1"

Example response:

{
   "tag_name":"v0.1",
   "description":"## CHANGELOG\r\n\r\n- Remove limit of 100 when searching repository code. !8671\r\n- Show error message when attempting to reopen an MR and there is an open MR for the same branch. !16447 (Akos Gyimesi)\r\n- Fix a bug where internal email pattern wasn't respected. !22516",
   "name":"Awesome app v0.1 alpha",
   "created_at":"2019-01-03T01:55:18.203Z",
   "released_at":"2019-01-03T01:55:18.203Z",
   "author":{
      "id":1,
      "name":"Administrator",
      "username":"root",
      "state":"active",
      "avatar_url":"https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80\u0026d=identicon",
      "web_url":"https://gitlab.example.com/root"
   },
   "commit":{
      "id":"f8d3d94cbd347e924aa7b715845e439d00e80ca4",
      "short_id":"f8d3d94c",
      "title":"Initial commit",
      "created_at":"2019-01-03T01:53:28.000Z",
      "parent_ids":[

      ],
      "message":"Initial commit",
      "author_name":"Administrator",
      "author_email":"admin@example.com",
      "authored_date":"2019-01-03T01:53:28.000Z",
      "committer_name":"Administrator",
      "committer_email":"admin@example.com",
      "committed_date":"2019-01-03T01:53:28.000Z"
   },
   "milestones": [
       {
         "id":51,
         "iid":1,
         "project_id":24,
         "title":"v1.0-rc",
         "description":"Voluptate fugiat possimus quis quod aliquam expedita.",
         "state":"closed",
         "created_at":"2019-07-12T19:45:44.256Z",
         "updated_at":"2019-07-12T19:45:44.256Z",
         "due_date":"2019-08-16",
         "start_date":"2019-07-30",
         "web_url":"https://gitlab.example.com/root/awesome-app/-/milestones/1",
         "issue_stats": {
            "total": 98,
            "closed": 76
         }
       },
       {
         "id":52,
         "iid":2,
         "project_id":24,
         "title":"v1.0",
         "description":"Voluptate fugiat possimus quis quod aliquam expedita.",
         "state":"closed",
         "created_at":"2019-07-16T14:00:12.256Z",
         "updated_at":"2019-07-16T14:00:12.256Z",
         "due_date":"2019-08-16",
         "start_date":"2019-07-30",
         "web_url":"https://gitlab.example.com/root/awesome-app/-/milestones/2",
         "issue_stats": {
            "total": 24,
            "closed": 21
         }
       }
   ],
   "commit_path":"/root/awesome-app/commit/588440f66559714280628a4f9799f0c4eb880a4a",
   "tag_path":"/root/awesome-app/-/tags/v0.11.1",
   "assets":{
      "count":5,
      "sources":[
         {
            "format":"zip",
            "url":"https://gitlab.example.com/root/awesome-app/-/archive/v0.1/awesome-app-v0.1.zip"
         },
         {
            "format":"tar.gz",
            "url":"https://gitlab.example.com/root/awesome-app/-/archive/v0.1/awesome-app-v0.1.tar.gz"
         },
         {
            "format":"tar.bz2",
            "url":"https://gitlab.example.com/root/awesome-app/-/archive/v0.1/awesome-app-v0.1.tar.bz2"
         },
         {
            "format":"tar",
            "url":"https://gitlab.example.com/root/awesome-app/-/archive/v0.1/awesome-app-v0.1.tar"
         }
      ],
      "links":[
         {
            "id":3,
            "name":"hoge",
            "url":"https://gitlab.example.com/root/awesome-app/-/tags/v0.11.1/binaries/linux-amd64",
            "link_type":"other"
         }
      ]
   },
   "evidences":[
     {
       "sha": "760d6cdfb0879c3ffedec13af470e0f71cf52c6cde4d",
       "filepath": "https://gitlab.example.com/root/awesome-app/-/releases/v0.1/evidence.json",
       "collected_at": "2019-07-16T14:00:12.256Z"
     },
   "_links": {
      "closed_issues_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/root/awesome-app/-/issues?release_tag=v0.1&scope=all&state=closed",
      "closed_merge_requests_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/root/awesome-app/-/merge_requests?release_tag=v0.1&scope=all&state=closed",
      "edit_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/root/awesome-app/-/releases/v0.1/edit",
      "merged_merge_requests_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/root/awesome-app/-/merge_requests?release_tag=v0.1&scope=all&state=merged",
      "opened_issues_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/root/awesome-app/-/issues?release_tag=v0.1&scope=all&state=opened",
      "opened_merge_requests_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/root/awesome-app/-/merge_requests?release_tag=v0.1&scope=all&state=opened",
      "self": "https://gitlab.example.com/root/awesome-app/-/releases/v0.1"
    }
  ]
}

Download a release asset

Introduced in GitLab 15.4.

Download a release asset file by making a request with the following format:

GET /projects/:id/releases/:tag_name/downloads/:direct_asset_path

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project.
`tag_name`	string	yes	The Git tag the release is associated with.
`direct_asset_path`	string	yes	Path to the release asset file as specified when creating or updating its link.

Example request:

curl --location --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/24/releases/v0.1/downloads/bin/asset.exe"

Get the latest release

Introduced in GitLab 15.4.

Latest release information is accessible through a permanent API URL.

The format of the URL is:

GET /projects/:id/releases/permalink/latest

To call any other GET API that requires a release tag, append a suffix to the permalink/latest API path.

For example, to get latest release evidence you can use:

GET /projects/:id/releases/permalink/latest/evidence

Another example is downloading an asset of the latest release, for which you can use:

GET /projects/:id/releases/permalink/latest/downloads/bin/asset.exe

Sorting preferences

By default, GitLab fetches the release using released_at time. The use of the query parameter ?order_by=released_at is optional, and support for ?order_by=semver is tracked in issue 352945.

Create a release

Creates a release. Developer level access to the project is required to create a release.

POST /projects/:id/releases

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project.
`name`	string	no	The release name.
`tag_name`	string	yes	The tag where the release is created from.
`tag_message`	string	no	Message to use if creating a new annotated tag.
`description`	string	no	The description of the release. You can use Markdown.
`ref`	string	yes, if `tag_name` doesn't exist	If a tag specified in `tag_name` doesn't exist, the release is created from `ref` and tagged with `tag_name`. It can be a commit SHA, another tag name, or a branch name.
`milestones`	array of string	no	The title of each milestone the release is associated with. GitLab Premium customers can specify group milestones.
`assets:links`	array of hash	no	An array of assets links.
`assets:links:name`	string	required by: `assets:links`	The name of the link. Link names must be unique within the release.
`assets:links:url`	string	required by: `assets:links`	The URL of the link. Link URLs must be unique within the release.
`assets:links:direct_asset_path`	string	no	Optional path for a direct asset link.
`assets:links:link_type`	string	no	The type of the link: `other`, `runbook`, `image`, `package`. Defaults to `other`.
`released_at`	datetime	no	Date and time for the release. Defaults to the current time. Expected in ISO 8601 format (`2019-03-15T08:00:00Z`). Only provide this field if creating an upcoming or historical release.

Example request:

curl --header 'Content-Type: application/json' --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
     --data '{ "name": "New release", "tag_name": "v0.3", "description": "Super nice release", "milestones": ["v1.0", "v1.0-rc"], "assets": { "links": [{ "name": "hoge", "url": "https://google.com", "direct_asset_path": "/binaries/linux-amd64", "link_type":"other" }] } }' \
     --request POST "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/24/releases"

Example response:

{
   "tag_name":"v0.3",
   "description":"Super nice release",
   "name":"New release",
   "created_at":"2019-01-03T02:22:45.118Z",
   "released_at":"2019-01-03T02:22:45.118Z",
   "author":{
      "id":1,
      "name":"Administrator",
      "username":"root",
      "state":"active",
      "avatar_url":"https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80\u0026d=identicon",
      "web_url":"https://gitlab.example.com/root"
   },
   "commit":{
      "id":"079e90101242458910cccd35eab0e211dfc359c0",
      "short_id":"079e9010",
      "title":"Update README.md",
      "created_at":"2019-01-03T01:55:38.000Z",
      "parent_ids":[
         "f8d3d94cbd347e924aa7b715845e439d00e80ca4"
      ],
      "message":"Update README.md",
      "author_name":"Administrator",
      "author_email":"admin@example.com",
      "authored_date":"2019-01-03T01:55:38.000Z",
      "committer_name":"Administrator",
      "committer_email":"admin@example.com",
      "committed_date":"2019-01-03T01:55:38.000Z"
   },
   "milestones": [
       {
         "id":51,
         "iid":1,
         "project_id":24,
         "title":"v1.0-rc",
         "description":"Voluptate fugiat possimus quis quod aliquam expedita.",
         "state":"closed",
         "created_at":"2019-07-12T19:45:44.256Z",
         "updated_at":"2019-07-12T19:45:44.256Z",
         "due_date":"2019-08-16",
         "start_date":"2019-07-30",
         "web_url":"https://gitlab.example.com/root/awesome-app/-/milestones/1",
         "issue_stats": {
            "total": 99,
            "closed": 76
         }
       },
       {
         "id":52,
         "iid":2,
         "project_id":24,
         "title":"v1.0",
         "description":"Voluptate fugiat possimus quis quod aliquam expedita.",
         "state":"closed",
         "created_at":"2019-07-16T14:00:12.256Z",
         "updated_at":"2019-07-16T14:00:12.256Z",
         "due_date":"2019-08-16",
         "start_date":"2019-07-30",
         "web_url":"https://gitlab.example.com/root/awesome-app/-/milestones/2",
         "issue_stats": {
            "total": 24,
            "closed": 21
         }
       }
   ],
   "commit_path":"/root/awesome-app/commit/588440f66559714280628a4f9799f0c4eb880a4a",
   "tag_path":"/root/awesome-app/-/tags/v0.11.1",
   "evidence_sha":"760d6cdfb0879c3ffedec13af470e0f71cf52c6cde4d",
   "assets":{
      "count":5,
      "sources":[
         {
            "format":"zip",
            "url":"https://gitlab.example.com/root/awesome-app/-/archive/v0.3/awesome-app-v0.3.zip"
         },
         {
            "format":"tar.gz",
            "url":"https://gitlab.example.com/root/awesome-app/-/archive/v0.3/awesome-app-v0.3.tar.gz"
         },
         {
            "format":"tar.bz2",
            "url":"https://gitlab.example.com/root/awesome-app/-/archive/v0.3/awesome-app-v0.3.tar.bz2"
         },
         {
            "format":"tar",
            "url":"https://gitlab.example.com/root/awesome-app/-/archive/v0.3/awesome-app-v0.3.tar"
         }
      ],
      "links":[
         {
            "id":3,
            "name":"hoge",
            "url":"https://gitlab.example.com/root/awesome-app/-/tags/v0.11.1/binaries/linux-amd64",
            "link_type":"other"
         }
      ],
      "evidence_file_path":"https://gitlab.example.com/root/awesome-app/-/releases/v0.3/evidence.json"
   }
}

Group milestones

DETAILS: Tier: Premium, Ultimate Offering: Self-managed, GitLab Dedicated

Group milestones associated with the project may be specified in the milestones array for Create a release and Update a release API calls. Only milestones associated with the project's group may be specified, and adding milestones for ancestor groups raises an error.

Collect release evidence

DETAILS: Tier: Premium, Ultimate Offering: Self-managed, GitLab Dedicated

Creates an evidence for an existing release.

POST /projects/:id/releases/:tag_name/evidence

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project.
`tag_name`	string	yes	The Git tag the release is associated with.

Example request:

curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/24/releases/v0.1/evidence"

Example response:

Update a release

Changed to allow for JOB-TOKEN in GitLab 14.5.

Updates a release. Developer level access to the project is required to update a release.

PUT /projects/:id/releases/:tag_name

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project.
`tag_name`	string	yes	The Git tag the release is associated with.
`name`	string	no	The release name.
`description`	string	no	The description of the release. You can use Markdown.
`milestones`	array of string	no	The title of each milestone to associate with the release. GitLab Premium customers can specify group milestones. To remove all milestones from the release, specify `[]`.
`released_at`	datetime	no	The date when the release is/was ready. Expected in ISO 8601 format (`2019-03-15T08:00:00Z`).

Example request:

curl --header 'Content-Type: application/json' --request PUT --data '{"name": "new name", "milestones": ["v1.2"]}' \
     --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/24/releases/v0.1"

Example response:

{
   "tag_name":"v0.1",
   "description":"## CHANGELOG\r\n\r\n- Remove limit of 100 when searching repository code. !8671\r\n- Show error message when attempting to reopen an MR and there is an open MR for the same branch. !16447 (Akos Gyimesi)\r\n- Fix a bug where internal email pattern wasn't respected. !22516",
   "name":"new name",
   "created_at":"2019-01-03T01:55:18.203Z",
   "released_at":"2019-01-03T01:55:18.203Z",
   "author":{
      "id":1,
      "name":"Administrator",
      "username":"root",
      "state":"active",
      "avatar_url":"https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80\u0026d=identicon",
      "web_url":"https://gitlab.example.com/root"
   },
   "commit":{
      "id":"f8d3d94cbd347e924aa7b715845e439d00e80ca4",
      "short_id":"f8d3d94c",
      "title":"Initial commit",
      "created_at":"2019-01-03T01:53:28.000Z",
      "parent_ids":[

      ],
      "message":"Initial commit",
      "author_name":"Administrator",
      "author_email":"admin@example.com",
      "authored_date":"2019-01-03T01:53:28.000Z",
      "committer_name":"Administrator",
      "committer_email":"admin@example.com",
      "committed_date":"2019-01-03T01:53:28.000Z"
   },
   "milestones": [
      {
         "id":53,
         "iid":3,
         "project_id":24,
         "title":"v1.2",
         "description":"Voluptate fugiat possimus quis quod aliquam expedita.",
         "state":"active",
         "created_at":"2019-09-01T13:00:00.256Z",
         "updated_at":"2019-09-01T13:00:00.256Z",
         "due_date":"2019-09-20",
         "start_date":"2019-09-05",
         "web_url":"https://gitlab.example.com/root/awesome-app/-/milestones/3",
         "issue_stats": {
            "opened": 11,
            "closed": 78
         }
      }
   ],
   "commit_path":"/root/awesome-app/commit/588440f66559714280628a4f9799f0c4eb880a4a",
   "tag_path":"/root/awesome-app/-/tags/v0.11.1",
   "evidence_sha":"760d6cdfb0879c3ffedec13af470e0f71cf52c6cde4d",
   "assets":{
      "count":4,
      "sources":[
         {
            "format":"zip",
            "url":"https://gitlab.example.com/root/awesome-app/-/archive/v0.1/awesome-app-v0.1.zip"
         },
         {
            "format":"tar.gz",
            "url":"https://gitlab.example.com/root/awesome-app/-/archive/v0.1/awesome-app-v0.1.tar.gz"
         },
         {
            "format":"tar.bz2",
            "url":"https://gitlab.example.com/root/awesome-app/-/archive/v0.1/awesome-app-v0.1.tar.bz2"
         },
         {
            "format":"tar",
            "url":"https://gitlab.example.com/root/awesome-app/-/archive/v0.1/awesome-app-v0.1.tar"
         }
      ],
      "links":[

      ],
      "evidence_file_path":"https://gitlab.example.com/root/awesome-app/-/releases/v0.1/evidence.json"
   }
}

Delete a Release

Deletes a release. Deleting a release doesn't delete the associated tag. Maintainer level access to the project is required to delete a release.

DELETE /projects/:id/releases/:tag_name

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project.
`tag_name`	string	yes	The Git tag the release is associated with.

Example request:

curl --request DELETE --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/24/releases/v0.1"

Example response:

{
   "tag_name":"v0.1",
   "description":"## CHANGELOG\r\n\r\n- Remove limit of 100 when searching repository code. !8671\r\n- Show error message when attempting to reopen an MR and there is an open MR for the same branch. !16447 (Akos Gyimesi)\r\n- Fix a bug where internal email pattern wasn't respected. !22516",
   "name":"new name",
   "created_at":"2019-01-03T01:55:18.203Z",
   "released_at":"2019-01-03T01:55:18.203Z",
   "author":{
      "id":1,
      "name":"Administrator",
      "username":"root",
      "state":"active",
      "avatar_url":"https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80\u0026d=identicon",
      "web_url":"https://gitlab.example.com/root"
   },
   "commit":{
      "id":"f8d3d94cbd347e924aa7b715845e439d00e80ca4",
      "short_id":"f8d3d94c",
      "title":"Initial commit",
      "created_at":"2019-01-03T01:53:28.000Z",
      "parent_ids":[

      ],
      "message":"Initial commit",
      "author_name":"Administrator",
      "author_email":"admin@example.com",
      "authored_date":"2019-01-03T01:53:28.000Z",
      "committer_name":"Administrator",
      "committer_email":"admin@example.com",
      "committed_date":"2019-01-03T01:53:28.000Z"
   },
   "commit_path":"/root/awesome-app/commit/588440f66559714280628a4f9799f0c4eb880a4a",
   "tag_path":"/root/awesome-app/-/tags/v0.11.1",
   "evidence_sha":"760d6cdfb0879c3ffedec13af470e0f71cf52c6cde4d",
   "assets":{
      "count":4,
      "sources":[
         {
            "format":"zip",
            "url":"https://gitlab.example.com/root/awesome-app/-/archive/v0.1/awesome-app-v0.1.zip"
         },
         {
            "format":"tar.gz",
            "url":"https://gitlab.example.com/root/awesome-app/-/archive/v0.1/awesome-app-v0.1.tar.gz"
         },
         {
            "format":"tar.bz2",
            "url":"https://gitlab.example.com/root/awesome-app/-/archive/v0.1/awesome-app-v0.1.tar.bz2"
         },
         {
            "format":"tar",
            "url":"https://gitlab.example.com/root/awesome-app/-/archive/v0.1/awesome-app-v0.1.tar"
         }
      ],
      "links":[

      ],
      "evidence_file_path":"https://gitlab.example.com/root/awesome-app/-/releases/v0.1/evidence.json"
   }
}

Upcoming Releases

A release with a released_at attribute set to a future date is labeled as an Upcoming Release in the UI.

Additionally, if a release is requested from the API, for each release with a release_at attribute set to a future date, an additional attribute upcoming_release (set to true) is returned as part of the response.

Historical releases

Introduced in GitLab 15.2.

A release with a released_at attribute set to a past date is labeled as an Historical release in the UI.

Additionally, if a release is requested from the API, for each release with a release_at attribute set to a past date, an additional attribute historical_release (set to true) is returned as part of the response.