Security

You set USER 1000 in your Dockerfile, deploy to OpenShift, and the process shows up as UID 1000620000 with GID 0. This is not a bug — it is deliberate platform security. Here is what happens under the hood and how to adapt.

Most engineers assume GitLab’s variable masking hides references like $MY_SECRET in logs. The reality is far more aggressive — GitLab’s masking engine operates on values, not references. ...