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Manage GitLab merge requests and pipelines with a Python CLI
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The GitLab skill provides a repository-local Python interface for interacting with GitLab.com or self-managed GitLab instances. It enables users to perform common development tasks such as listing and updating merge requests, triggering pipelines, and inspecting job logs directly from the command line. The tool supports both OAuth and legacy personal access token authentication modes and includes optional audit logging for tracking API operations.

What it does

  • Authenticates via OAuth or legacy personal access tokens
  • Lists, creates, and updates merge requests
  • Retrieves merge request notes and comments
  • Triggers pipelines for specific branches or tags
  • Lists pipeline jobs and retrieves raw job logs
  • Provides structured audit logging for API requests

When to use it

  • When you need to automate GitLab interactions within a local development workflow
  • When you prefer a command-line interface for managing merge requests and pipelines
  • When you need to extract specific data fields from GitLab resources for reporting
  • When you require an auditable trail of API operations for internal tracking

Advantages

  • Supports concise output filtering using the --fields parameter
  • Integrates with existing git repositories via automatic project detection
  • Offers secure OAuth authentication with PKCE support
  • Provides a structured JSON Lines audit trail for operations

Usage examples

“List all open merge requests for the current project.”
The CLI outputs a list of open merge requests, displaying the IID, title, and author name for each.
“Get the job logs for pipeline 12345.”
The CLI retrieves and prints the raw log output for the specified pipeline job.
“Create a new merge request from a JSON payload.”
The CLI submits the provided JSON data to create a new merge request on the configured GitLab project.
“Add a comment to merge request 42.”
The CLI posts the provided text as a comment on the specified merge request.

Install

Documentation by Microsoft

GitLab Skill

Overview

Use this skill to inspect and update GitLab merge requests, notes, pipelines, and job logs against GitLab.com or self-managed GitLab instances.

This skill is the repository-local Python workflow for GitLab tasks. It is not the official GitLab MCP server integration surface.

This first hve-core implementation is Python-only. Run the CLI through python scripts/gitlab.py and prefer --fields for read operations to keep output concise.

Prerequisites

The skill requires Python 3.11 or later.

Set these environment variables before running any command:

VariableRequiredExamplePurpose
GITLAB_URLYeshttps://gitlab.comGitLab instance URL
GITLAB_AUTH_MODEOptionaloauthoauth or explicit legacy-token compatibility mode
GITLAB_OAUTH_CLIENT_IDOAuthApplication IDNon-confidential OAuth application ID; no client secret
GITLAB_TOKENLegacy modeglpat-...PAT accepted only with GITLAB_AUTH_MODE=legacy-token
GITLAB_PROFILENodefaultNamed OAuth profile
GITLAB_TOKEN_STORENopathOAuth store override; parent must be owner-only on POSIX
GITLAB_ALLOW_INSECURENo1Permit explicit loopback HTTP development endpoints only
XDG_DATA_HOMENopathPOSIX data root used for the default OAuth store
LOCALAPPDATANopathReserved Windows data root; OAuth persistence currently fails closed on Windows
GITLAB_PROJECTNogroup/projectProject path or numeric project ID

If GITLAB_PROJECT is not set, the script attempts to detect the project from git remote get-url origin. Set the variable explicitly when you are not in a git repository or when you want to target a different project.

Operational Variables
VariableRequiredPurpose
GITLAB_AUDIT_LOGNoPath to a JSON Lines audit log. When set, every request is audited (see Audit Logging).
GITLAB_AUDIT_ACTORNoOverrides the recorded actor identity (for example, a CI service principal).
GITLAB_DEBUGNoSet to 1 to print a redacted traceback on failure. Never disables redaction.
Audit Logging

When GITLAB_AUDIT_LOG is set, the script writes a structured JSON Lines audit trail for every REST API and OAuth form request. Auditing is fail-closed and write-ahead:

  • An attempt record is written before the request is sent. If the audit log cannot be written, the operation is aborted and nothing is sent to GitLab.

  • An outcome record (success or error, with HTTP status on failure) is written after the request completes.

REST records include a UTC timestamp, actor, auth mode, normalized origin, operation, HTTP method, and event. OAuth records use bounded operation and failure kinds without actor, origin, client, profile, code, body, or free-form error fields. Resource paths, queries, profile names, and profile contents are excluded. The optional audit sink is operationally sensitive because origins can identify tenants or internal hosts. Place it at an access-controlled path and retain it only as long as operations require. Tokens and authorization headers are never written. Audit failures after the request emit a warning without altering the result.

Credential Rotation

OAuth is the default. Register a non-confidential user-, group-, or self-managed instance-owned application with redirect URI http://127.0.0.1:8766/callback and the api scope. Set only GITLAB_URL and GITLAB_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID, then run auth login or the human-assisted auth device-login. Browser login requires a rotating refresh token; access tokens refresh before expiry and replacements are stored atomically. Device login can return an access-token-only profile and then requires another device login after expiry. A provider/local crash window can still require re-login.

The default store is $XDG_DATA_HOME/hve-core/gitlab/gitlab-token.json on POSIX, falling back to ~/.local/share/hve-core/gitlab/gitlab-token.json. POSIX store and lock files use mode 0600 inside a dedicated owner-only directory. OAuth profile persistence fails closed on Windows because Python 3.11 mode bits cannot enforce an owner-only DACL. Use explicit legacy-token mode on Windows until a protected OAuth backend is available.

PAT authentication remains available through GITLAB_AUTH_MODE=legacy-token. Device authorization requires user approval on a browser-capable device and is not unattended workload identity.

Quick Start

Export your environment variables, then run a read command with --fields.

export GITLAB_URL="https://gitlab.com"
export GITLAB_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID="your-application-id"
export GITLAB_PROJECT="group/project"

python scripts/gitlab.py auth login
python scripts/gitlab.py mr-list opened --fields iid,title,author.name

Read pipeline jobs for a known pipeline:

python scripts/gitlab.py pipeline-jobs 12345 --fields id,name,status,stage

Parameters Reference

Common Option
ParameterApplies ToExampleDescription
--fieldsmr-list, mr-get, mr-notes, pipeline-get, pipeline-jobs--fields iid,title,stateExtract specific fields with dot notation and print concise tabular or key-value output
Commands
CommandArgumentsDescription
auth loginNoneAuthenticate with Authorization Code and PKCE
auth device-loginNoneAuthenticate through human-assisted device authorization
auth statusNonePrint secret-free local profile status
auth logoutNoneDelete one local profile without revoking server authorization
mr-list[state] [max]List merge requests, defaulting to all states and 20 results
mr-get<mr-iid>Get one merge request by project-scoped IID
mr-create<json> or stdinCreate a merge request from a JSON payload
mr-update<mr-iid> <json> or stdinUpdate merge request fields from a JSON payload
mr-comment<mr-iid> <body> or stdinAdd a comment to a merge request
mr-notes<mr-iid> [max]List merge request notes, excluding system notes when using --fields
pipeline-get<pipeline-id>Get one pipeline by numeric ID
pipeline-run<branch-or-tag>Trigger a pipeline for a branch or tag
pipeline-jobs<pipeline-id>List jobs for a pipeline
job-log<job-id>Print raw log output for a job

Script Reference

List recent open merge requests:

python scripts/gitlab.py mr-list opened --fields iid,title,author.name,user_notes_count

Get one merge request:

python scripts/gitlab.py mr-get 42 --fields iid,title,state,source_branch,target_branch

Create a merge request from inline JSON:

python scripts/gitlab.py mr-create '{
  "source_branch": "feature/add-auth",
  "target_branch": "main",
  "title": "feat(auth): add OAuth login"
}'

Add a merge request comment from standard input:

echo "CI passed. Ready for review." | python scripts/gitlab.py mr-comment 42

Inspect a failed pipeline:

python scripts/gitlab.py pipeline-get 12345 --fields id,status,web_url
python scripts/gitlab.py pipeline-jobs 12345 --fields id,name,status,stage
python scripts/gitlab.py job-log 67890

Troubleshooting

SymptomCauseResolution
GITLAB_URL is not setRequired environment variable missingExport GITLAB_URL before running the script
GITLAB_TOKEN is not set for legacy-token modeExplicit legacy mode has no PATExport a PAT only with GITLAB_AUTH_MODE=legacy-token
GITLAB_TOKEN must not be set in oauth modeLegacy PAT leaked into the OAuth configurationRemove GITLAB_TOKEN or explicitly select legacy-token mode
OAuth persistence is unavailable on WindowsNo protected Windows profile-store backendUse explicit legacy-token mode or run OAuth from POSIX
GITLAB_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID is not setOAuth application is not configuredSet the public client ID, then run auth login
Callback listener cannot bindPort 8766 is unavailable or not forwardedFree the port or use auth device-login
timed out waiting for the GitLab OAuth token store lockAnother process holds the profile-store lockWait for the other command to finish, then retry
GitLab device response has invalid verification_uriThe verification URI is unsafe to display or does not match GITLAB_URLConfirm GITLAB_URL matches the instance that serves device verification
cannot parse git remote URLProject autodetection failedSet GITLAB_PROJECT explicitly
HTTP 401 or HTTP 403Credential is invalid or lacks accessRe-login for OAuth; rotate the PAT in explicit legacy mode
HTTP 404Wrong project, MR IID, pipeline ID, or job IDVerify GITLAB_PROJECT and confirm the numeric identifiers
expected numeric IDNon-numeric value passed to an ID argumentUse project MR IID values and numeric pipeline or job IDs
python3 is required or syntax errors on launchUnsupported interpreterRun the script with Python 3.11 or later

GitLab uses MR IIDs such as !42 inside a project. This skill expects the numeric IID, not the global merge request ID.

Files

scripts/_gitlab_oauth.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
# Copyright (c) 2026 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
"""OAuth 2.0 public-client flows for the GitLab skill CLI."""

from __future__ import annotations

import base64
import hashlib
import http.client
import http.server
import json
import secrets
import socket
import threading
import time
import unicodedata
import urllib.error
import urllib.parse
import urllib.request
import webbrowser
from dataclasses import dataclass
from typing import Any, Callable

from _gitlab_credentials import Profile

CALLBACK_URI = "http://127.0.0.1:8766/callback"
CALLBACK_HOST = "127.0.0.1"
CALLBACK_PORT = 8766
CALLBACK_PATH = "/callback"
DEFAULT_SCOPE = "api"
REFRESH_LEEWAY_SECONDS = 60
MAX_TOKEN_BODY_BYTES = 1_048_576
MAX_EXPIRES_IN_SECONDS = 86_400
MIN_DEVICE_POLL_SECONDS = 1
CALLBACK_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 5.0

AuditAttempt = Callable[[str], None]
AuditOutcome = Callable[[str, str, int | None, str | None], None]


class OAuthError(RuntimeError):
    """Raised when a GitLab OAuth operation fails safely."""

    def __init__(
        self,
        message: str,
        *,
        code: str | None = None,
        retryable: bool = False,
        completion_uncertain: bool = False,
    ) -> None:
        super().__init__(message)
        self.code = code
        self.retryable = retryable
        self.completion_uncertain = completion_uncertain


def generate_pkce_pair() -> tuple[str, str]:
    """Return an RFC 7636 verifier and S256 challenge."""
    verifier = secrets.token_urlsafe(64)[:96]
    digest = hashlib.sha256(verifier.encode("ascii")).digest()
    challenge = base64.urlsafe_b64encode(digest).rstrip(b"=").decode("ascii")
    return verifier, challenge


def build_authorize_url(
    issuer: str,
    client_id: str,
    state: str,
    challenge: str,
    scope: str = DEFAULT_SCOPE,
) -> str:
    """Build the GitLab public-client authorization URL.

    Args:
        issuer: Canonical GitLab origin.
        client_id: Public OAuth application identifier.
        state: Per-login anti-forgery state.
        challenge: PKCE S256 challenge.
        scope: Space-delimited OAuth scopes.

    Returns:
        Authorization URL containing the fixed loopback redirect URI.
    """
    query = urllib.parse.urlencode(
        {
            "client_id": client_id,
            "redirect_uri": CALLBACK_URI,
            "response_type": "code",
            "state": state,
            "scope": scope,
            "code_challenge": challenge,
            "code_challenge_method": "S256",
        }
    )
    return f"{issuer}/oauth/authorize?{query}"


def _parse_json_response(response: Any) -> dict[str, Any]:
    content_type = str(getattr(response, "headers", {}).get("Content-Type", ""))
    if not content_type.lower().startswith("application/json"):
        raise OAuthError("GitLab OAuth endpoint returned a non-JSON response")
    body = response.read(MAX_TOKEN_BODY_BYTES + 1)
    if len(body) > MAX_TOKEN_BODY_BYTES:
        raise OAuthError("GitLab OAuth response exceeds the size limit")
    try:
        payload = json.loads(body.decode("utf-8"))
    except (UnicodeDecodeError, json.JSONDecodeError) as exc:
        raise OAuthError("GitLab OAuth endpoint returned invalid JSON") from exc
    if not isinstance(payload, dict):
        raise OAuthError("GitLab OAuth endpoint returned a non-object payload")
    return payload


def post_form(
    issuer: str,
    path: str,
    fields: dict[str, str],
    *,
    opener: Callable[..., Any],
    timeout: float,
    operation: str,
    audit_attempt: AuditAttempt | None = None,
    audit_outcome: AuditOutcome | None = None,
) -> dict[str, Any]:
    """POST an OAuth form through the caller's no-redirect transport.

    Args:
        issuer: Canonical GitLab origin.
        path: OAuth endpoint path.
        fields: Form fields to encode.
        opener: Caller-owned no-redirect transport.
        timeout: Request timeout in seconds.
        operation: Bounded OAuth lifecycle operation name.
        audit_attempt: Optional write-ahead audit callback.
        audit_outcome: Optional best-effort audit outcome callback.

    Returns:
        Parsed JSON object returned by GitLab.

    Raises:
        OAuthError: The provider, transport, protocol, or response fails safely.
    """
    request = urllib.request.Request(
        f"{issuer}{path}",
        data=urllib.parse.urlencode(fields).encode("ascii"),
        method="POST",
        headers={
            "Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
            "Accept": "application/json",
        },
    )
    if audit_attempt is not None:
        audit_attempt(operation)
    try:
        with opener(request, timeout=timeout) as response:
            try:
                payload = _parse_json_response(response)
            except OAuthError as exc:
                if audit_outcome is not None:
                    audit_outcome(operation, "error", None, "protocol")
                raise OAuthError(
                    str(exc),
                    completion_uncertain=True,
                ) from exc
            if audit_outcome is not None:
                audit_outcome(operation, "success", None, None)
            return payload
    except urllib.error.HTTPError as exc:
        if audit_outcome is not None:
            audit_outcome(operation, "error", exc.code, "http")
        try:
            payload = _parse_json_response(exc)
        except OAuthError:
            payload = {}
        error = payload.get("error")
        if isinstance(error, str):
            raise OAuthError(
                f"GitLab OAuth request failed: {error}",
                code=error,
                retryable=exc.code == 429 or exc.code >= 500,
                completion_uncertain=exc.code == 429 or exc.code >= 500,
            ) from exc
        raise OAuthError(
            f"GitLab OAuth request failed with HTTP {exc.code}",
            retryable=exc.code == 429 or exc.code >= 500,
            completion_uncertain=exc.code == 429 or exc.code >= 500,
        ) from exc
    except urllib.error.URLError as exc:
        reason = exc.reason
        conclusively_pre_exchange = isinstance(
            reason,
            (ConnectionRefusedError, socket.gaierror),
        )
        if audit_outcome is not None:
            failure_kind = "timeout" if isinstance(reason, TimeoutError) else "network"
            audit_outcome(operation, "error", None, failure_kind)
        raise OAuthError(
            "GitLab OAuth network request failed",
            retryable=True,
            completion_uncertain=not conclusively_pre_exchange,
        ) from exc
    except (TimeoutError, ConnectionResetError, http.client.HTTPException) as exc:
        if audit_outcome is not None:
            failure_kind = "timeout" if isinstance(exc, TimeoutError) else "protocol"
            audit_outcome(operation, "error", None, failure_kind)
        raise OAuthError(
            "GitLab OAuth network request failed",
            retryable=True,
            completion_uncertain=True,
        ) from exc


def token_profile(
    payload: dict[str, Any],
    *,
    issuer: str,
    client_id: str,
    now: float,
    require_refresh_token: bool = True,
) -> Profile:
    """Convert a token response into one validated profile record."""
    access_token = payload.get("access_token")
    refresh_token = payload.get("refresh_token")
    expires_in = payload.get("expires_in")
    if not isinstance(access_token, str) or not access_token:
        raise OAuthError("GitLab OAuth response is missing access_token")
    if require_refresh_token and (
        not isinstance(refresh_token, str) or not refresh_token
    ):
        raise OAuthError("GitLab OAuth response is missing replacement refresh_token")
    if (
        not isinstance(expires_in, int)
        or isinstance(expires_in, bool)
        or expires_in <= 0
        or expires_in > MAX_EXPIRES_IN_SECONDS
    ):
        raise OAuthError("GitLab OAuth response has invalid expires_in")
    token_type = str(payload.get("token_type") or "Bearer")
    if token_type.lower() != "bearer":
        raise OAuthError("GitLab OAuth response declares unsupported token_type")
    scope = payload.get("scope", DEFAULT_SCOPE)
    scopes = scope.split() if isinstance(scope, str) and scope else [DEFAULT_SCOPE]
    return {
        "issuer": issuer,
        "client_id": client_id,
        "access_token": access_token,
        "refresh_token": refresh_token if isinstance(refresh_token, str) else "",
        "token_type": token_type,
        "obtained_at": int(now),
        "expires_at": int(now) + expires_in,
        "scopes": scopes,
        "usable": True,
    }


@dataclass
class _CallbackResult:
    code: str | None = None
    state: str | None = None
    error: str | None = None


class _CallbackServer(http.server.HTTPServer):
    allow_reuse_address = False
    callback_result: _CallbackResult
    callback_received: threading.Event
    stop_requested: threading.Event
    expected_state: str

    def get_request(self) -> tuple[socket.socket, Any]:
        """Accept one callback peer and bound its request-read lifetime."""
        request, address = super().get_request()
        request.settimeout(CALLBACK_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_SECONDS)
        return request, address


class _CallbackHandler(http.server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
    """Single-purpose loopback OAuth callback handler."""

    server: _CallbackServer

    def handle_one_request(self) -> None:
        """Close an idle or partial callback peer after its socket timeout."""
        try:
            super().handle_one_request()
        except (TimeoutError, OSError):
            self.close_connection = True

    def do_GET(self) -> None:  # noqa: N802 - BaseHTTPRequestHandler contract
        expected_host = f"{CALLBACK_HOST}:{CALLBACK_PORT}"
        if self.headers.get("Host") != expected_host:
            self.send_error(421)
            return
        parsed = urllib.parse.urlsplit(self.path)
        if parsed.path != CALLBACK_PATH:
            self.send_error(404)
            return
        values = urllib.parse.parse_qs(parsed.query)
        code = (values.get("code") or [None])[0]
        state = (values.get("state") or [None])[0]
        error = (values.get("error") or [None])[0]
        if (
            state is None
            or not secrets.compare_digest(
                state.encode("utf-8"),
                self.server.expected_state.encode("utf-8"),
            )
            or (code is None and error is None)
        ):
            self.send_error(400)
            return
        self.server.callback_result = _CallbackResult(
            code=code,
            state=state,
            error=error,
        )
        self.send_response(200)
        self.send_header("Content-Type", "text/plain; charset=utf-8")
        self.end_headers()
        self.wfile.write(b"GitLab authorization received. Return to the terminal.")
        self.wfile.flush()
        self.server.callback_received.set()

    def log_message(self, _format: str, *_args: object) -> None:
        return


def authorization_code_login(
    issuer: str,
    client_id: str,
    *,
    opener: Callable[..., Any],
    timeout: float,
    open_browser: Callable[[str], bool] = webbrowser.open,
    emit_authorize_url: Callable[[str], None] | None = None,
    now: Callable[[], float] = time.time,
    monotonic: Callable[[], float] = time.monotonic,
    audit_attempt: AuditAttempt | None = None,
    audit_outcome: AuditOutcome | None = None,
) -> Profile:
    """Run Authorization Code with PKCE over a fixed loopback callback.

    Args:
        issuer: Canonical GitLab origin.
        client_id: Public OAuth application identifier.
        opener: Caller-owned no-redirect transport.
        timeout: Local budget shared by the callback wait and the decision to
            start token exchange. The unconsumed remainder becomes the exchange
            transport timeout, which bounds blocking operations rather than
            guaranteeing that the exchange completes before the deadline.
        open_browser: Browser launcher.
        emit_authorize_url: Optional safe authorization-URL sink.
        now: Wall clock used for token timestamps.
        monotonic: Monotonic clock used for elapsed callback time.
        audit_attempt: Optional write-ahead audit callback.
        audit_outcome: Optional best-effort audit outcome callback.

    Returns:
        Validated rotating-token profile.

    Raises:
        OAuthError: Listener, callback, provider, or transport processing fails.
    """
    verifier, challenge = generate_pkce_pair()
    expected_state = secrets.token_urlsafe(32)
    authorize_url = build_authorize_url(issuer, client_id, expected_state, challenge)
    try:
        server = _CallbackServer((CALLBACK_HOST, CALLBACK_PORT), _CallbackHandler)
    except OSError as exc:
        raise OAuthError(
            "cannot bind the GitLab OAuth callback listener; "
            "use auth device-login if this port is unavailable"
        ) from exc
    server.callback_result = _CallbackResult()
    server.callback_received = threading.Event()
    server.stop_requested = threading.Event()
    server.expected_state = expected_state
    deadline = monotonic() + timeout

    def serve_until_callback() -> None:
        server.timeout = 0.25
        while (
            not server.callback_received.is_set()
            and not server.stop_requested.is_set()
            and monotonic() < deadline
        ):
            server.handle_request()

    thread = threading.Thread(target=serve_until_callback, daemon=True)
    thread.start()
    try:
        if emit_authorize_url is not None:
            emit_authorize_url(authorize_url)
        try:
            opened = bool(open_browser(authorize_url))
        except Exception:  # pragma: no cover - platform browser integration
            opened = False
        if not opened and emit_authorize_url is None:
            raise OAuthError(
                "could not open a browser; use auth device-login on a "
                "browserless or remote system"
            )
        remaining = max(0.0, deadline - monotonic())
        if not server.callback_received.wait(remaining):
            raise OAuthError(
                "timed out waiting for GitLab OAuth callback; "
                "use auth device-login on a browserless or remote system"
            )
        result = server.callback_result
    finally:
        server.stop_requested.set()
        thread.join(timeout=1)
        server.server_close()
    if result.error:
        raise OAuthError(f"GitLab authorization failed: {result.error}")
    if not result.code or not result.state:
        raise OAuthError("GitLab OAuth callback is incomplete")
    if not secrets.compare_digest(
        result.state.encode("utf-8"),
        expected_state.encode("utf-8"),
    ):
        raise OAuthError("GitLab OAuth callback state mismatch")
    remaining = deadline - monotonic()
    if remaining <= 0:
        raise OAuthError(
            "GitLab OAuth deadline expired before the token exchange could start; "
            "retry auth login"
        )
    payload = post_form(
        issuer,
        "/oauth/token",
        {
            "client_id": client_id,
            "code": result.code,
            "grant_type": "authorization_code",
            "redirect_uri": CALLBACK_URI,
            "code_verifier": verifier,
        },
        opener=opener,
        timeout=remaining,
        operation="oauth.authorization_code.exchange",
        audit_attempt=audit_attempt,
        audit_outcome=audit_outcome,
    )
    return token_profile(payload, issuer=issuer, client_id=client_id, now=now())


def _has_control_characters(value: str) -> bool:
    """Return True when a value carries Unicode control characters."""
    return any(unicodedata.category(character) == "Cc" for character in value)


def _validate_device_instructions(
    verification_uri: str,
    user_code: str,
    issuer: str,
) -> None:
    """Reject device instructions that are unsafe to display or misdirect the user.

    Terminal safety and issuer binding are repository defense-in-depth policy.
    RFC 8628 leaves the user-code format to the authorization server, so any
    non-control code is preserved unchanged. Binding the verification URI to
    the configured issuer origin deliberately narrows support for deployments
    that publish device verification on a different host.

    Raises:
        OAuthError: The provider response cannot be displayed or trusted.
    """
    if _has_control_characters(user_code):
        raise OAuthError("GitLab device response has invalid user_code")
    if _has_control_characters(verification_uri) or any(
        character in verification_uri for character in (" ", "\\")
    ):
        raise OAuthError("GitLab device response has invalid verification_uri")
    try:
        parsed = urllib.parse.urlsplit(verification_uri)
        parsed_issuer = urllib.parse.urlsplit(issuer)
        verification_port = parsed.port
        issuer_port = parsed_issuer.port
    except ValueError as exc:
        raise OAuthError("GitLab device response has invalid verification_uri") from exc
    if (
        parsed.scheme != parsed_issuer.scheme
        or not parsed.hostname
        or parsed.username is not None
        or parsed.password is not None
        or parsed.hostname != parsed_issuer.hostname
    ):
        raise OAuthError("GitLab device response has invalid verification_uri")
    default_ports = {"https": 443, "http": 80}
    default_port = default_ports.get(parsed.scheme)
    verification_effective_port = (
        verification_port if verification_port is not None else default_port
    )
    issuer_effective_port = issuer_port if issuer_port is not None else default_port
    if verification_effective_port != issuer_effective_port:
        raise OAuthError("GitLab device response has invalid verification_uri")


def device_login(
    issuer: str,
    client_id: str,
    *,
    opener: Callable[..., Any],
    timeout: float,
    emit_instructions: Callable[[str, str], None],
    now: Callable[[], float] = time.time,
    monotonic: Callable[[], float] = time.monotonic,
    sleep: Callable[[float], None] = time.sleep,
    audit_attempt: AuditAttempt | None = None,
    audit_outcome: AuditOutcome | None = None,
) -> Profile:
    """Run GitLab Device Authorization Grant with bounded polling.

    Args:
        issuer: Canonical GitLab origin.
        client_id: Public OAuth application identifier.
        opener: Caller-owned no-redirect transport.
        timeout: Maximum authorization duration in seconds.
        emit_instructions: Safe verification URI and user-code sink.
        now: Wall clock used for token timestamps.
        monotonic: Monotonic clock used for elapsed authorization time.
        sleep: Poll delay function.
        audit_attempt: Optional write-ahead audit callback.
        audit_outcome: Optional best-effort audit outcome callback.

    Returns:
        Validated access-token profile.

    Raises:
        OAuthError: Device authorization or token processing fails.
    """
    device = post_form(
        issuer,
        "/oauth/authorize_device",
        {"client_id": client_id, "scope": DEFAULT_SCOPE},
        opener=opener,
        timeout=timeout,
        operation="oauth.device.authorize",
        audit_attempt=audit_attempt,
        audit_outcome=audit_outcome,
    )
    device_code = device.get("device_code")
    user_code = device.get("user_code")
    verification_uri = device.get("verification_uri")
    expires_in = device.get("expires_in")
    interval = device.get("interval", 5)
    if not isinstance(device_code, str) or not device_code:
        raise OAuthError("GitLab device response is missing device_code")
    if not isinstance(user_code, str) or not user_code:
        raise OAuthError("GitLab device response is missing user_code")
    if not isinstance(verification_uri, str) or not verification_uri:
        raise OAuthError("GitLab device response has invalid verification_uri")
    _validate_device_instructions(verification_uri, user_code, issuer)
    if (
        not isinstance(expires_in, int)
        or isinstance(expires_in, bool)
        or expires_in <= 0
    ):
        raise OAuthError("GitLab device response has invalid expires_in")
    if not isinstance(interval, int) or isinstance(interval, bool) or interval <= 0:
        raise OAuthError("GitLab device response has invalid interval")
    emit_instructions(verification_uri, user_code)
    started = monotonic()
    deadline = min(started + expires_in, started + timeout)
    while monotonic() < deadline:
        remaining = deadline - monotonic()
        if remaining <= 0:
            break
        sleep(min(max(MIN_DEVICE_POLL_SECONDS, interval), remaining))
        if monotonic() >= deadline:
            break
        try:
            payload = post_form(
                issuer,
                "/oauth/token",
                {
                    "grant_type": "urn:ietf:params:oauth:grant-type:device_code",
                    "device_code": device_code,
                    "client_id": client_id,
                },
                opener=opener,
                timeout=max(0.001, min(timeout, deadline - monotonic())),
                operation="oauth.device.poll",
                audit_attempt=audit_attempt,
                audit_outcome=audit_outcome,
            )
        except OAuthError as exc:
            if exc.code == "authorization_pending":
                continue
            if exc.code == "slow_down":
                interval += 5
                continue
            if exc.retryable:
                interval = max(interval, MIN_DEVICE_POLL_SECONDS)
                continue
            raise
        return token_profile(
            payload,
            issuer=issuer,
            client_id=client_id,
            now=now(),
            require_refresh_token=False,
        )
    raise OAuthError("GitLab device authorization timed out")


def refresh_profile(
    profile: dict[str, Any],
    *,
    expected_issuer: str,
    expected_client_id: str,
    opener: Callable[..., Any],
    timeout: float,
    now: Callable[[], float] = time.time,
    audit_attempt: AuditAttempt | None = None,
    audit_outcome: AuditOutcome | None = None,
) -> Profile:
    """Rotate an OAuth refresh token and return the replacement profile.

    Args:
        profile: Tombstoned persisted profile containing the refresh token.
        expected_issuer: Trusted GitLab origin.
        expected_client_id: Trusted public client identifier.
        opener: Caller-owned no-redirect transport.
        timeout: Request timeout in seconds.
        now: Wall clock used for replacement token timestamps.
        audit_attempt: Optional write-ahead audit callback.
        audit_outcome: Optional best-effort audit outcome callback.

    Returns:
        Validated replacement profile.

    Raises:
        OAuthError: Binding, exchange, or replacement validation fails. A
            completion-uncertain error requires the stored profile to remain
            unusable until the operator logs in again.
    """
    issuer = str(profile["issuer"])
    client_id = str(profile["client_id"])
    if not secrets.compare_digest(
        issuer.encode("utf-8"),
        expected_issuer.encode("utf-8"),
    ) or not secrets.compare_digest(
        client_id.encode("utf-8"),
        expected_client_id.encode("utf-8"),
    ):
        raise OAuthError(
            "stored GitLab OAuth profile is not bound to this instance and client"
        )
    payload = post_form(
        expected_issuer,
        "/oauth/token",
        {
            "client_id": expected_client_id,
            "refresh_token": str(profile["refresh_token"]),
            "grant_type": "refresh_token",
            "redirect_uri": CALLBACK_URI,
        },
        opener=opener,
        timeout=timeout,
        operation="oauth.refresh",
        audit_attempt=audit_attempt,
        audit_outcome=audit_outcome,
    )
    try:
        return token_profile(
            payload,
            issuer=expected_issuer,
            client_id=expected_client_id,
            now=now(),
        )
    except OAuthError as exc:
        raise OAuthError(
            "GitLab OAuth refresh completed without a usable replacement token",
            completion_uncertain=True,
        ) from exc

Requirements and compatibility

Written for: GitHub Copilot

Works with: Claude Code, Claude apps, OpenAI Codex, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Kiro, OpenCode, Goose, Amp, Roo Code, JetBrains Junie, Factory Droid, Devin (ex-Windsurf), Mistral Vibe, OpenHands, Letta

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The author says: Requires Python 3.11+. GitLab OAuth public-client credentials or explicit legacy-token mode.

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