[Bug]: New-project repository lookup fails for self-hosted GitLab when given a full URL — entire URL is sent as the project path to `glab api projects/<encoded-url>`
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- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Newbie friendliness
- 78/100
- Issue type
- Bug
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Activity status
- Active
- Tech stack
- typescript
Research direction
Start in apps/desktop and trace the GitLab source-control repository lookup, comparing full-URL handling with the existing gitlab.com behavior. Reproduce with a self-hosted host such as sourcecontrol.example.com and verify that the full URL resolves as group/project while the bare path continues to work.
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Description
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Area
apps/desktop
Steps to reproduce
- Authenticate
glabagainst a self-hosted GitLab whose hostname does not contain "gitlab" (for examplesourcecontrol.example.com) and set it as the default host. - In t3 code, enable GitLab source control (it correctly detects the authenticated host).
- Start a new project, select GitLab, and paste the full repository URL:
https://sourcecontrol.example.com/group/project - Observe the error.
Expected behavior
t3 code normalizes the full URL to the group/project path and looks the repository up successfully, the same way it does for gitlab.com URLs.
Actual behavior
Lookup fails: "Source control repository operation lookupRepository failed for gitlab: The source control operation could not be completed."
Impact
Minor bug or occasional failure
Version or commit
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Environment
- t3 code: Alpha (Windows build dated 2026-08-10) - OS: Windows 11 -
glab: 1.102.0 - GitLab: self-managed, hostsourcecontrol.example.com(hostname does not contain "gitlab") -glabauthenticated and set as default host: -glab auth status→✓ Logged in to sourcecontrol.example.com-glab config get host→sourcecontrol.example.com
Logs or stack traces
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Workaround
Enter the bare namespace/project path instead of the URL:
group/project
This resolves and clones correctly, because the server relies on glab's default host and the path maps to a valid glab api projects/<encoded-path> call.
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