Support automatic project archiving based on certain rules

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Release notes

GitLab supports the ability to automatically archive projects based on defined rules. This allows administrators to keep their GitLab instance lean.

Problem to solve

A GitLab instance with many unarchived, inactive projects can have cluttered project lists and search results. This leads to a bad user experience.

Proposal

GitLab supports a way to configure automatic archiving based on pre-defined rules.

Intended users

  • Instance administrators
Edited Sep 29, 2025 by 🤖 GitLab Bot 🤖
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