GitLab releases version 19.0 with broader use of AI agents

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GitLab 19.0 expands AI agents across the full DevSecOps workflow, from planning and coding to reviews, security fixes, and deployments.
The release makes SBOM-based dependency scanning generally available, improving visibility into transitive dependencies and supply-chain risk.
GitLab also broadens model support, including Anthropic Claude Opus 4.7, Google Gemini, Devstral 2, and GLM-5.1.
New organization-wide review policies and self-managed infrastructure changes aim to reduce admin overhead for large teams.
