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# Turbo CI on GitLab merge requests, with no GitLab pipeline

> With the GitLab connection, Turbo CI runs on every merge request with no .gitlab-ci.yml job, no GitLab runner, and no API key in your CI variables.

*November 4, 2026*

![A GitLab pipeline for a merge request commit, with an external stage that holds the Paradime Lineage Diff and Paradime Turbo CI statuses, both passed](https://mintcdn.com/paradime-docs/8Ap_apA6iXxCRLlY/images/bolt-turbo-ci-gitlab-commit-statuses.jpg?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=8Ap_apA6iXxCRLlY\&q=85\&s=027622b6013529c367d7545ef7cdfd2b)

Before this release, Turbo CI on GitLab ran from a `.gitlab-ci.yml` job on your own GitLab runners, with a Paradime API key in your CI variables. With the [GitLab connection](https://docs.paradime.io/changelog/2026-11-04/gitlab-integration.md), Paradime receives the merge request events itself and runs your Turbo CI schedules. You don't need a pipeline, a runner, or an API key.

* **Runs on every change.** Turbo CI runs when a merge request opens, reopens, gets a new commit, or leaves draft, and only when it changes files in your dbt™ project. Models build into a temporary schema, which Paradime deletes when the merge request merges or closes.
* **Statuses on the merge request.** Each Turbo CI schedule posts its own commit status, and `Paradime Turbo CI` shows the overall result.
* **Chains and the merge queue.** Run Turbo CI schedules in order with [chains](https://docs.paradime.io/products/bolt/ci-cd/chains.md), the same as on GitHub.
* **A summary when it fails.** When a run fails, DinoAI posts a summary of the failure as a merge request note. Comment `@paradime retry` to run the failed step and the steps after it again.

Your current `.gitlab-ci.yml` pipelines keep working. You can move to the GitLab connection one schedule at a time. See [Turbo CI on GitLab](https://docs.paradime.io/products/bolt/ci-cd/turbo-ci/gitlab.md).

Shipped in Paradime v6.24.0.


## Related topics

- [Changelog](https://docs.paradime.io/changelog/overview.md)
- [Turbo CI on GitLab merge requests](https://docs.paradime.io/products/bolt/ci-cd/turbo-ci/gitlab.md)
- [Column-level Lineage Diff on GitLab merge requests](https://docs.paradime.io/changelog/2026-11-04/gitlab-lineage-diff.md)
- [On-merge runs on GitLab, with no GitLab pipeline](https://docs.paradime.io/changelog/2026-11-04/gitlab-on-merge-runs.md)
- [Continuous Deployment with GitLab](https://docs.paradime.io/products/bolt/ci-cd/continuous-deployment/gitlab.md)


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