GitLab VS Code extension forces Duo on users
The GitLab extension enables Duo by default and cannot be fully disabled with a single setting.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
3 public reports · first reported 17 January 2025 · last reported 27 October 2025
What's going wrong
The GitLab Workflow extension for VS Code installs and enables GitLab Duo, its AI assistant, by default, and users cannot turn it off completely with one setting.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.
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