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diff --git a/doc/ci/pipelines/cicd_minutes.md b/doc/ci/pipelines/cicd_minutes.md index 8b10a74bd78..f9d9a4f738b 100644 --- a/doc/ci/pipelines/cicd_minutes.md +++ b/doc/ci/pipelines/cicd_minutes.md @@ -223,3 +223,25 @@ On GitLab SaaS an email notification is sent to the namespace owners when: - The available CI/CD minutes are below 30% of the quota. - The available CI/CD minutes are below 5% of the quota. - All CI/CD minutes have been used. + +## Reduce consumption of CI/CD minutes + +If your project consumes too many CI/CD minutes, there are some strategies you can +use to reduce your CI/CD minutes usage: + +- If you are using project mirrors, ensure that [pipelines for mirror updates](../../user/project/repository/mirror/pull.md#trigger-pipelines-for-mirror-updates) + is disabled. +- Reduce the frequency of [scheduled pipelines](schedules.md). +- [Skip pipelines](index.md#skip-a-pipeline) when not needed. +- Use [interruptible](../yaml/index.md#interruptible) jobs which can be auto-canceled + if a new pipeline starts. +- If a job doesn't have to run in every pipeline, use [`rules`](../jobs/job_control.md) + to make it only run when it's needed. +- [Use private runners](../runners/runners_scope.md#group-runners) for some jobs. +- If you are working from a fork and you submit a merge request to the parent project, + you can ask a maintainer to run a pipeline [in the parent project](merge_request_pipelines.md#run-pipelines-in-the-parent-project). + +If you manage an open source project, these improvements can also reduce CI/CD minutes +consumption for contributor fork projects, enabling more contributions. + +See our [pipeline efficiency guide](pipeline_efficiency.md) for more details. |