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# Issue weight **(PREMIUM)**

> Moved to GitLab Premium in 13.9.

When you have a lot of issues, it can be hard to get an overview.
With weighted issues, you can get a better idea of how much time,
value, or complexity a given issue has or costs.

You can set the weight of an issue during its creation, by changing the
value in the dropdown menu. You can set it to a non-negative integer
value from 0, 1, 2, and so on.
You can remove weight from an issue as well.
A user with a Reporter role (or above) can set the weight.

This value appears on the right sidebar of an individual issue, as well as
in the issues page next to a weight icon (**{weight}**).

As an added bonus, you can see the total sum of all issues on the milestone page.

![issue page](img/issue_weight_v13_11.png)