GitLab Orbit is GA: Higher agent accuracy, lower token cost

GitLab Orbit is a generally available context graph for the software development lifecycle that connects code, merge requests, work items, pipelines, vulnerabilities, deployments, and ownership data in a continuously updated, permission-aware view. It is designed to give AI agents and engineers broader operational context than code-only or RAG-based approaches, reducing repeated searches and enabling questions about change impact, vulnerability exposure, CI failures, and migration dependencies across projects. GitLab reports that Orbit-connected agents required up to 45 times fewer retries and 4.5 times fewer tokens in internal testing, while Compare the Market found its Orbit-grounded code reviewer matched roughly 70% of expected inline comments across 79 merge requests, compared with 58% for RAG. Orbit can be queried through GitLab Duo, MCP-compatible tools such as Claude Code and Codex, custom REST integrations, and GitLab’s Data Explorer, and it indexes lifecycle activity independently of GitLab’s core service. Available to Premium and Ultimate customers initially on GitLab.com, with Self-Managed and Dedicated support planned, Orbit is priced through shared organizational query packs costing $30 in GitLab Credits per user monthly for 1,000 queries, with overage charges and a 30-day trial available through account teams.

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