---
title: "GitLab API merge_status API field deprecated: 2026-09-29 | Harbyn"
description: "GitLab API merge_status API field deprecated, announced Sep 29, 2026; replacement: detailed_merge_status."
canonical: "https://harbyn.com/changes/gitlab/2026-09-29-merge-status-api-field-deprecated"
last-updated: 2026-09-29
---

# GitLab API merge\_status API field deprecated

Markdown version of <https://harbyn.com/changes/gitlab/2026-09-29-merge-status-api-field-deprecated>.

Deprecation - GitLab API. low severity. Announced.

The merge request API field merge\_status is deprecated and will be removed in v5 of the GitLab REST API. Use detailed\_merge\_status instead.

## Facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Vendor | [GitLab API](https://harbyn.com/vendors/gitlab.md) |
| Kind | Deprecation |
| Severity | low |
| Status | Announced |
| Announced | Sep 29, 2026 (undated by the vendor; already published when we first read the page) |
| Added to Harbyn | Sep 29, 2026 |
| Lead time | No dated deadline |
| Symbols | `merge_status` |
| Replacement | `detailed_merge_status` |
| Review | Reviewed by a person, extracted by a model |

## Find it in your code

```sh
npx harbyn scan
```

This change names no identifier the scanner can match line by line, so the scan tells you whether your repository uses GitLab API, from its packages and API hosts. Nothing leaves your machine.

## Sources

Where this event comes from: the page we read, when we read it, and the hash of that snapshot.

- <https://docs.gitlab.com/api/rest/deprecations/> (deprecations, fetched 2026-09-29 02:31 UTC, sha256 `b8bb0492792f617d998a8b0153f0142ca07da317198f9d2c97b2784fca43ff25`)

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