Asherah Connor
@kivikakk
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I'm Asherah, a backend engineer at GitLab. I spend a lot of time caring for our Markdown stack.
Please feel free to set up a coffee chat if you want to say hi! I think I can be a bit awkward at times but that's okay. I'm in Melbourne, Australia (UTC+10/11).
For Serious Business™, prefer async methods: @ me in a thread on GitLab, Slack
me (or #g_knowledge), or an email. Sync calls are OK if higher bandwidth is
absolutely necessary, but I'm not at my best in them and prefer having time to
consider and respond.
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 2026-05-04 07:15:45 UTC
Open entries (85)
| Title | Status | Last updated | Age | URLs |
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| feat: add orbit_settings user preference with killswitch and preferences UI | reviewer on | 2h ago | 0d | feat: add orbit_settings user preference with killswitch and preferences UI |
| Dependency firewall - vulnerability rule evaluator | reviewer on | 3h ago | 0d | Dependency firewall - vulnerability rule evaluator |
| Kroki diagram proxy fails with private IP Kroki URLs due to inconsistent SSRF filtering between Rails and Workhorse | out for BE |
3 days ago | 6d |
Kroki diagram proxy fails with private IP Kroki URLs due to inconsistent SSRF filtering between Rails and Workhorse Send allowed endpoints to Workhorse for diagram proxy |
| Add an option to never show the smiley picker / Disable emoji | in discussion | 3 days ago | 4d | Add a Behavior preference to disable the emoji autocomplete picker |
| Support iframe embeds in rich-text editor | RTE MR out for FE maint |
4 days ago | 19d |
Support iframe embeds in rich-text editor Refactor media resize into shared mixin and fix drag-and-drop in work items Support iframe embeds in rich-text editor |
| Personal snippet reference filters | PersonalSnippetReferenceFilter in CI |
4 days ago | 111d |
Draft: Add PersonalSnippetReferenceFilter for personal snippets [Feature flag] Rollout of `personal_snippet_reference_filters` Consider the need for user context in ReferenceFilter Support GFM references for PersonalSnippets Personal Snippet URLs aren't replaced by their GFM references |
| Emojis in work item titles are not rendered in the work item detail page | back in CI |
5 days ago | 13d |
Use titleHtml where appropriate Emojis in work item titles are not rendered in the work item detail page |
| Feat/text and image alignment in glfm | out for waiting for contrib's docs changes | 5 days ago | 214d |
Feat/text and image alignment in glfm Add Text and Image Alignment to GitLab-Flavored MarkDown |
| Add allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox to render_iframe, and rationale | out for AppSec |
5 days ago | 17d | Add allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox to render_iframe, and rationale |
| Add data-title-html to reference link renders | do me! | 5 days ago | 5d | Add data-title-html to reference link renders |
| Rich text editor duplicates some backslashes | todo | 2026-04-24 02:18 | 10d | Rich text editor duplicates some backslashes |
| Fix non-auto-correctable Lint/EmptyBlock offenses | reviewer on | 2026-04-21 02:46 | 13d | Fix non-auto-correctable Lint/EmptyBlock offenses |
| Draft: Add work item work plan tool capabilities | WIP | 2026-04-20 06:05 | 14d | Draft: Add work item work plan tool capabilities |
| Bumping CACHE_COMMONMARK_VERSION is risky | for follow-up | 2026-04-20 03:37 | 161d |
Bumping CACHE_COMMONMARK_VERSION is risky Prevent markdown version changes from impacting GitLab.com DB |
| Document <iframe> embeds | to-do | 2026-04-17 03:58 | 17d | Document <iframe> embeds |
| CacheMarkdownField.banzai_render_context forces project/group evaluation, even if it's never used | banzai perf; could be wide-reaching? | 2026-04-16 02:52 | 82d |
Draft: Defer group resolution in filters until actually needed CacheMarkdownField.banzai_render_context forces project/group evaluation, even if it's never used |
| Extend and improve list item drag and drop functionality | 2026-04-14 06:43 | 20d | Extend and improve list item drag and drop functionality | |
| Project and branch variables for markdown | tracking issue; need to bring over line | 2026-04-10 00:15 | 214d |
Project and branch variables for markdown Add support for placeholder variables in markdown [FF] `markdown_placeholders` -- enable markdown placeholder replacements |
| Escaped markdown in issue title should not be interpreted as shortcuts | 2026-04-07 04:01 | 27d | Escaped markdown in issue title should not be interpreted as shortcuts | |
| Fix broken XHTML in Atom feed for notes with line breaks | consider picking up if contrib doesn't return, or if we introduce MC | 2026-04-01 06:03 | 40d | Fix broken XHTML in Atom feed for notes with line breaks |
| Nokogiri: [bug] Top-level text nodes returned by replace don't correspond to those inserted in the document. | wait for nokogiri reply | 2026-03-31 05:12 | 196d |
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. |
| Scope Markdown references to the current organization | Cells; just FOI | 2026-03-31 03:00 | 34d | Scope Markdown references to the current organization |
| Have Banzai filters declare their dependency orderings; validate in spec. | very nice to have | 2026-03-30 03:06 | 63d | Have Banzai filters declare their dependency orderings; validate in spec. |
| Indent/unindent in plain text editor is unusable on certain international keyboard layouts | shortcuts to be added | 2026-03-30 03:05 | 214d | Indent/unindent in plain text editor is unusable on certain international keyboard layouts |
| Add file icons for OpenTofu `.tofu` files | 2026-03-30 03:05 | 117d |
Add file icons for OpenTofu `.tofu` files Update file icons library |
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| Ticking checkboxes is very slow | 2026-03-30 03:03 | 137d | Ticking checkboxes is very slow | |
| Toggling an issue task item checkbox updates the whole description, possibly reverting other changes | 2026-03-30 03:03 | 157d | Toggling an issue task item checkbox updates the whole description, possibly reverting other changes | |
| Consider making the anchor icon on headers actually copy the target link to clipboard | for consideration | 2026-03-30 01:32 | 35d | Consider making the anchor icon on headers actually copy the target link to clipboard |
| AtomPipeline mixes parse- and render-time concerns | 2026-03-25 01:54 | 40d | AtomPipeline mixes parse- and render-time concerns, and shouldn't exist | |
| Fix flaky user_searches_for_issues_spec anonymous rate limit | reviewer on | 2026-03-23 01:01 | 42d | Fix flaky user_searches_for_issues_spec anonymous rate limit |
| YAML frontmatter curiosities in the Wiki | 2026-03-19 06:13 | 46d | YAML frontmatter curiosities in the Wiki | |
| Upload rewriter uses a regex to find images to reupload, missing `<img>`s etc. | upload rewriter no bueno | 2026-03-19 05:54 | 136d | Upload rewriter uses a regex to find images to reupload, missing `<img>`s etc. |
| Plain / Rich text editor full screen enhancements | draft to return to | 2026-03-19 05:54 | 214d | Draft: Plain / Rich text editor full screen enhancements |
| Wiki editor should preserve file path of Draw.io diagrams when editing | 2026-03-19 05:54 | 105d | Wiki editor should preserve file path of Draw.io diagrams when editing | |
| Link over-zealously escape rich editor | watch contrib discussion | 2026-03-19 05:54 | 214d |
Resolve "Link over-zealously escape rich editor" Draft: Add canonical-src In rich text editor, links are over-zealously escaped in the resulting markdown on save |
| Special characters break markdown link rendering | fun edge case in link normalisation | 2026-03-19 05:54 | 138d | Special characters break markdown link rendering |
| Bug: Switching Between Rich Text and Plain Text Editors Adds Extra Blank Lines After Comments | RTE minor bug | 2026-03-19 05:54 | 105d | Bug: Switching Between Rich Text and Plain Text Editors Adds Extra Blank Lines After Comments |
| Color chips don't render in snippets | boog | 2026-03-19 05:54 | 68d | Color chips don't render in snippets |
| Investigate correct fix for embedding images in mermaid diagram preview in the rich text editor | 2026-03-19 00:15 | 46d | Investigate correct fix for embedding images in mermaid diagram preview in the rich text editor | |
| Draft: Add sticky table headers for markdown tables in view mode | reviewed banzai MR | 2026-03-18 23:17 | 46d | Draft: Spike/POC: Make sticky table headers configurable |
| Quarantine flaky rich text editor autocomplete test | 2026-03-18 22:46 | 74d | Quarantine flaky rich text editor autocomplete test | |
| Add some Rust-side unit tests for gitlab-glfm-markdown | 2026-03-18 01:52 | 47d | Add some Rust-side unit tests | |
| GitLab Flavored Markdown (GLFM) | parent epic | 2026-03-16 05:44 | 49d | GitLab Flavored Markdown (GLFM) |
| [Firefox] Copying task list from issue description contains menu item labels | Firefox-specific bug with copy_as_gfm | 2026-03-12 02:38 | 138d | Copying task list from issue description contains menu item labels |
| Ensure a consistent GitLab Flavored Markdown experience across GitLab and Duo UI | duo chat's | 2026-02-27 03:19 | 66d | Ensure a consistent GitLab Flavored Markdown experience across GitLab and Duo UI |
| Improve copy / paste columns and rows in tables in the Content Editor | 2026-02-25 00:56 | 68d |
Improve copy / paste columns and rows in tables in the Content Editor Fix Multi-Cell Copy/Paste Functionality in GitLab Tables |
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| Editors: Images and videos intermittently get deleted during upload or fail to persist after saving in the Rich Text Editor (RTE) | 2026-02-24 00:38 | 69d | Editors: Images and videos intermittently get deleted during upload or fail to persist after saving in the Rich Text Editor (RTE) | |
| Checking a task item in a note appears to have copied a different note's body across, destroying the target | tracking issue for rare(?) problem | 2026-02-19 00:38 | 74d | Checking a task item in a note appears to have copied a different note's body across, destroying the target |
| Markdown: Various bugs to tackle | epic | 2026-02-18 03:27 | 209d | Markdown: Various bugs to tackle |
| PoC - Markdown grid table syntax based on the Pandoc syntax | customer-written Banzai filter; pre-processing Markdown in Ruby; wait for customer | 2026-02-18 03:26 | 214d |
Draft: PoC - Markdown grid table syntax based on the Pandoc syntax Possibility to use a structured table format inside markdown (Complex Table / Grid Table) |
| Bold Text Rendering Bug (potentially related to links present alongside text) | editor bug, serialises bold around links poorly | 2026-02-18 03:25 | 112d |
Formatting text with links breaks in rich-text editor (RTE) Bold Text Rendering Bug (potentially related to links present alongside text) |
| pasted image disappears from markup after submitting comment | text editor doesn't wait for uploads | 2026-02-18 03:25 | 112d | pasted image disappears from markup after submitting comment |
| Fix keyboard shortcut strikethrough formatting when rich text editing | easy editor fix | 2026-02-18 03:25 | 112d | Fix keyboard shortcut strikethrough formatting when rich text editing |
| Embedded blockquote in list item does not work in RTE | 2026-02-18 03:25 | 112d | Embedded blockquote in list item does not work in RTE | |
| (all devices) Rich Text Editor Bug: Image pasting line problem | 2026-02-18 03:25 | 112d | (all devices) Rich Text Editor Bug: Image pasting line problem | |
| [RTE] Textbox Editor has excessive tab stops | 2026-02-18 03:25 | 112d | Textbox Editor has excessive tab stops | |
| Rich Link Previews & Smart Embeds in GitLab Editors | 2026-02-18 03:24 | 104d | Rich Links in GitLab Editors | |
| Loading work item create from a URL targeting a specific template causes the page to crash | RTE display bug | 2026-02-18 03:24 | 104d | Loading work item create from a URL targeting a specific template causes the page to crash |
| Add XMPP URI support (RFC5122) | query component of XMPP URIs not autolinked | 2026-02-18 03:23 | 136d | Add XMPP URI support (RFC5122) |
| REST "list releases" API doesn't split cache key on include_html_description | rest api bug | 2026-02-06 04:38 | 87d | REST "list releases" API doesn't split cache key on include_html_description |
| Collaborative Editing in GitLab | 2026-01-13 03:05 | 111d |
Collaborative Editing in GitLab Real-time Editing of Issue Descriptions (REID) |
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| Ability to see snippets of code in issue and MR descriptions | 2026-01-13 02:38 | 111d | Ability to see snippets of code in issue and MR descriptions | |
| Implement Sticky Table Headers in GitLab Tables | todo on verify | 2026-01-13 00:29 | 111d | Implement Sticky Table Headers in GitLab Tables |
| Add copy button to graphs/diagrams to copy source | contributor assigned | 2026-01-13 00:20 | 111d | Add copy button to graphs/diagrams to copy source |
| Snippets do not accurately reproduce the exact characters that were entered (tabs are replaced by spaces) | 2026-01-12 06:03 | 112d | Snippets do not accurately reproduce the exact characters that were entered (tabs are replaced by spaces) | |
| Support new math syntax in content editor | 2026-01-12 06:02 | 112d | Support new math syntax in content editor | |
| little space between a list and its following text in RTL languages | RTL CSS issue | 2026-01-12 05:16 | 112d | little space between a list and its following text in RTL languages |
| Table line return in Markdown plain text editor need an option to convert line return in <br> | nice idea, good for contrib | 2026-01-12 04:07 | 112d | Table line return in Markdown plain text editor need an option to convert line return in <br> |
| Collections MVP: Enable teams to manage work independent from code structure | GLQL | 2025-12-22 06:19 | 137d | Collections MVP: Enable teams to manage work independent from code structure |
| Replace GitLab's Tokenized Filtering with an Improved Filtering Component System | GLQL | 2025-12-18 02:28 | 137d | Replace GitLab's Tokenized Filtering with an Improved Filtering Component System |
| Make Pages::DeletePagesDeploymentWorker compatible with group archival | reviewed | 2025-12-18 02:14 | 137d | Make Pages::DeletePagesDeploymentWorker compatible with group archival |
| Trainee Maintainer: Asherah Connor (GitLab) | tracking issue | 2025-12-11 03:45 | 147d | Trainee Maintainer: Asherah Connor (GitLab) |
| Enable Kroki diagrams on gitlab.com | 2025-11-27 02:02 | 158d | Enable Kroki diagrams on gitlab.com | |
| Add support for Typograms; anything re: Kroki | backlog | 2025-11-27 01:45 | 214d |
Add support for Typograms as a diagram type in GitLab Flavoured Markdown Enable Kroki to support more Markdown diagram formats Wavedrom |
| Rich Text Editor in Single-file Editor | 2025-11-20 00:02 | 165d | Rich Text Editor in Single-file Editor | |
| Allow math blocks to use global Katex macros | feature request | 2025-11-13 03:16 | 172d | 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 | 189d | Quarantine a flaky test |
| Port GLQL to TypeScript | 2025-10-21 04:41 | 195d | Port GLQL to TypeScript | |
| Render non-block (Markdown and/or HTML) markup inside snippet titles. | suggestion | 2025-10-20 00:17 | 196d |
Render non-block (Markdown and/or HTML) markup inside snippet titles. Frontend : have issue/merge request title handled `code line`s, _italic_, **bold** |
| Video snapshot instead of download when page open | on roadmap | 2025-10-14 23:39 | 201d | Video snapshot instead of download when page open |
| Make list controls usable in all GLFM contexts | to be prioritised | 2025-10-10 01:50 | 206d | Make list controls usable in all GLFM contexts |
| Asciidoctor does not work with Ruby 3.4 | unlikely to change? | 2025-10-08 01:41 | 208d |
Asciidoctor does not work with Ruby 3.4 [Markdown] Ruby 3.3/3.4 Gem Compatibility Review |
| Consider consistent header anchors | 2025-10-06 23:45 | 209d | Consider consistent header anchors | |
| Migrate EmojiFilter to use native support | to investigate | 2025-10-06 23:43 | 209d | Migrate EmojiFilter to use native support |
| Remove use of commonmarker gem for import | nice-to-have | 2025-10-03 01:15 | 214d |
Remove use of commonmarker gem for import Add back commonmarker Remove CMARK_ENGINE used in older markdown rendering |
Entries closed in FY2027Q2 (3)
| Title | Status | Closed | Age | URLs |
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| Editor preview shortcut no longer works to return to plain text editing | local config issue | 6h ago | 5d | Editor preview shortcut no longer works to return to plain text editing |
| refactor: Apply rubocop auto-corrections to lib/api/commits.rb | reviewer on | 3 days ago | 0d | refactor: Apply rubocop auto-corrections to lib/api/commits.rb |
| Stop manually piecing together HTML in TableOfContentsTagFilter | merged | 3 days ago | 85d |
Stop manually piecing together HTML in TableOfContentsTagFilter Stop manually piecing together HTML in TableOfContentsTagFilter |
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