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| `/add_contacts [contact:email1@example.com] [contact:email2@example.com]` | **{check-circle}** Yes | **{dotted-circle}** No | **{dotted-circle}** No | Add one or more active [CRM contacts](../crm/index.md) ([introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/73413) in GitLab 14.6). |
| `/assign_reviewer @user1 @user2` or `/reviewer @user1 @user2` or `/request_review @user1 @user2` | **{dotted-circle}** No | **{check-circle}** Yes | **{dotted-circle}** No | Assign one or more users as reviewers. |
| `/assign_reviewer me` or `/reviewer me` or `/request_review me` | **{dotted-circle}** No | **{check-circle}** Yes | **{dotted-circle}** No | Assign yourself as a reviewer. |
| `/cc @user` | **{check-circle}** Yes | **{check-circle}** Yes | **{check-circle}** Yes | Mention a user. In GitLab 15.0 and later, this command performs no action. You can instead type `CC @user` or only `@user`. [In GitLab 14.9 and earlier](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/31200), mentioning a user at the start of a line created a specific type of to-do item notification. |
| `/child_epic <epic>` | **{dotted-circle}** No | **{dotted-circle}** No | **{check-circle}** Yes | Add child epic to `<epic>`. The `<epic>` value should be in the format of `&epic`, `group&epic`, or a URL to an epic ([introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/7330) in GitLab 12.0). |
| `/clear_health_status` | **{check-circle}** Yes | **{dotted-circle}** No | **{dotted-circle}** No | Clear [health status](issues/managing_issues.md#health-status) ([introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/213814) in GitLab 14.7). |
| `/clear_weight` | **{check-circle}** Yes | **{dotted-circle}** No | **{dotted-circle}** No | Clear weight. |
| `/clone <path/to/project> [--with_notes]` | **{check-circle}** Yes | **{dotted-circle}** No | **{dotted-circle}** No | Clone the issue to given project, or the current one if no arguments are given ([introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/9421) in GitLab 13.7). Copies as much data as possible as long as the target project contains equivalent labels, milestones, and so on. Does not copy comments or system notes unless `--with_notes` is provided as an argument. |
| `/confidential` | **{check-circle}** Yes | **{dotted-circle}** No | **{check-circle}** Yes | Mark issue or epic as confidential. Support for epics [introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/213741) in GitLab 15.6. |
| `/copy_metadata <!merge_request>` | **{check-circle}** Yes | **{check-circle}** Yes | **{dotted-circle}** No | Copy labels and milestone from another merge request in the project. |
| `/copy_metadata <#issue>` | **{check-circle}** Yes | **{check-circle}** Yes | **{dotted-circle}** No | Copy labels and milestone from another issue in the project. |
| `/create_merge_request <branch name>` | **{check-circle}** Yes | **{dotted-circle}** No | **{dotted-circle}** No | Create a new merge request starting from the current issue. |
| `/done` | **{check-circle}** Yes | **{check-circle}** Yes | **{check-circle}** Yes | Mark to do as done. |
| `/draft` | **{dotted-circle}** No | **{check-circle}** Yes | **{dotted-circle}** No | Set the [draft status](merge_requests/drafts.md). Use for toggling the draft status ([deprecated](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/92654) in GitLab 15.4.) |
| `/due <date>` | **{check-circle}** Yes | **{dotted-circle}** No | **{dotted-circle}** No | Set due date. Examples of valid `<date>` include `in 2 days`, `this Friday` and `December 31st`. |
| `/duplicate <#issue>` | **{check-circle}** Yes | **{dotted-circle}** No | **{dotted-circle}** No | Close this issue and mark as a duplicate of another issue. Also, mark both as related. |
| `/epic <epic>` | **{check-circle}** Yes | **{dotted-circle}** No | **{dotted-circle}** No | Add to epic `<epic>`. The `<epic>` value should be in the format of `&epic`, `group&epic`, or a URL to an epic. |
| `/estimate <time>` or `/estimate_time <time>` | **{check-circle}** Yes | **{check-circle}** Yes | **{dotted-circle}** No | Set time estimate. For example, `/estimate 1mo 2w 3d 4h 5m`. Learn more about [time tracking](time_tracking.md). Alias `/estimate_time` [introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/16501) in GitLab 15.6. |
| `/health_status <value>` | **{check-circle}** Yes | **{dotted-circle}** No | **{dotted-circle}** No | Set [health status](issues/managing_issues.md#health-status). Valid options for `<value>` are `on_track`, `needs_attention`, and `at_risk` ([introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/213814) in GitLab 14.7). |
| `/invite_email email1 email2` | **{check-circle}** Yes | **{dotted-circle}** No | **{dotted-circle}** No | Add up to six email participants. This action is behind feature flag `issue_email_participants` and is not yet supported in issue templates. |
| `/iteration *iteration:"iteration name"` | **{check-circle}** Yes | **{dotted-circle}** No | **{dotted-circle}** No | Set iteration. For example, to set the `Late in July` iteration: `/iteration *iteration:"Late in July"` ([introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/196795) in GitLab 13.1). |
| `/label ~label1 ~label2` | **{check-circle}** Yes | **{check-circle}** Yes | **{check-circle}** Yes | Add one or more labels. Label names can also start without a tilde (`~`), but mixed syntax is not supported. |
| `/lock` | **{check-circle}** Yes | **{check-circle}** Yes | **{dotted-circle}** No | Lock the discussions. |
| `/link` | **{check-circle}** Yes | **{dotted-circle}** No | **{dotted-circle}** No | Add a link and description to [linked resources](../../operations/incident_management/linked_resources.md) in an incident ([introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/374964) in GitLab 15.5). |
| `/merge` | **{dotted-circle}** No | **{check-circle}** Yes | **{dotted-circle}** No | Merge changes. Depending on the project setting, this may be [when the pipeline succeeds](merge_requests/merge_when_pipeline_succeeds.md), or adding to a [Merge Train](../../ci/pipelines/merge_trains.md). |
| `/milestone %milestone` | **{check-circle}** Yes | **{check-circle}** Yes | **{dotted-circle}** No | Set milestone. |
| `/move <path/to/project>` | **{check-circle}** Yes | **{dotted-circle}** No | **{dotted-circle}** No | Move this issue to another project. Be careful when moving an issue to a project with different access rules. Before moving the issue, make sure it does not contain sensitive data. |
| `/parent_epic <epic>` | **{dotted-circle}** No | **{dotted-circle}** No | **{check-circle}** Yes | Set parent epic to `<epic>`. The `<epic>` value should be in the format of `&epic`, `group&epic`, or a URL to an epic ([introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/10556) in GitLab 12.1). |
| `/promote_to_incident` | **{check-circle}** Yes | **{dotted-circle}** No | **{dotted-circle}** No | Promote issue to incident ([introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/296787) in GitLab 14.5). |
| `/page <policy name>` | **{check-circle}** Yes | **{dotted-circle}** No | **{dotted-circle}** No | Start escalations for the incident ([introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/79977) in GitLab 14.9). |
| `/publish` | **{check-circle}** Yes | **{dotted-circle}** No | **{dotted-circle}** No | Publish issue to an associated [Status Page](../../operations/incident_management/status_page.md) ([Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/30906) in GitLab 13.0) |
| `/ready` | **{dotted-circle}** No | **{check-circle}** Yes | **{dotted-circle}** No | Set the [ready status](merge_requests/drafts.md#mark-merge-requests-as-ready) ([Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/90361) in GitLab 15.1). |
| `/reassign @user1 @user2` | **{check-circle}** Yes | **{check-circle}** Yes | **{dotted-circle}** No | Replace current assignees with those specified. |
| `/reassign_reviewer @user1 @user2` | **{dotted-circle}** No | **{check-circle}** Yes | **{dotted-circle}** No | Replace current reviewers with those specified. |
| `/rebase` | **{dotted-circle}** No | **{check-circle}** Yes | **{dotted-circle}** No | Rebase source branch. This schedules a background task that attempts to rebase the changes in the source branch on the latest commit of the target branch. If `/rebase` is used, `/merge` is ignored to avoid a race condition where the source branch is merged or deleted before it is rebased. If there are merge conflicts, GitLab displays a message that a rebase cannot be scheduled. Rebase failures are displayed with the merge request status. |
| `/relabel ~label1 ~label2` | **{check-circle}** Yes | **{check-circle}** Yes | **{check-circle}** Yes | Replace current labels with those specified. |
| `/relate #issue1 #issue2` | **{check-circle}** Yes | **{dotted-circle}** No | **{dotted-circle}** No | Mark issues as related. |
| `/remove_child_epic <epic>` | **{dotted-circle}** No | **{dotted-circle}** No | **{check-circle}** Yes | Remove child epic from `<epic>`. The `<epic>` value should be in the format of `&epic`, `group&epic`, or a URL to an epic ([introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/7330) in GitLab 12.0). |
| `/remove_contacts [contact:email1@example.com] [contact:email2@example.com]` | **{check-circle}** Yes | **{dotted-circle}** No | **{dotted-circle}** No | Remove one or more [CRM contacts](../crm/index.md) ([introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/73413) in GitLab 14.6). |
| `/remove_estimate` or `/remove_time_estimate` | **{check-circle}** Yes | **{check-circle}** Yes | **{dotted-circle}** No | Remove time estimate. Alias `/remove_time_estimate` [introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/16501) in GitLab 15.6. |
| `/severity <severity>` | **{check-circle}** Yes | **{check-circle}** No | **{check-circle}** No | Set the severity. Issue type must be `Incident`. Options for `<severity>` are `S1` ... `S4`, `critical`, `high`, `medium`, `low`, `unknown`. [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/334045) in GitLab 14.2. |
| `/spend <time> [<date>]` or `/spend_time <time> [<date>]` | **{check-circle}** Yes | **{check-circle}** Yes | **{dotted-circle}** No | Add or subtract spent time. Optionally, specify the date that time was spent on. For example, `/spend 1mo 2w 3d 4h 5m 2018-08-26` or `/spend -1h 30m`. Learn more about [time tracking](time_tracking.md). Alias `/spend_time` [introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/16501) in GitLab 15.6. |
| `/timeline <timeline comment> \| <date(YYYY-MM-DD)> <time(HH:MM)>` | **{check-circle}** Yes | **{dotted-circle}** No | **{dotted-circle}** No | Add a timeline event to this incident. For example, `/timeline DB load spiked \| 2022-09-07 09:30`. ([introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/368721) in GitLab 15.4). |
| `/weight <value>` | **{check-circle}** Yes | **{dotted-circle}** No | **{dotted-circle}** No | Set weight. Valid options for `<value>` include `0`, `1`, `2`, and so on. |
| `/zoom <Zoom URL>` | **{check-circle}** Yes | **{dotted-circle}** No | **{dotted-circle}** No | Add a Zoom meeting to this issue or incident. In [GitLab 15.3 and later](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/230853) users on GitLab Premium can add a short description when [adding a Zoom link to an incident](../../operations/incident_management/linked_resources.md#link-zoom-meetings-from-an-incident).|
