How to update a gitlab-hosted package in General registry?

Vasily_Pisarev · June 5, 2026, 12:06pm

I want to update the registry record for a package hosted on gitlab.com for which I have an owner role although the repo is not under my account. I have tried to do so via juliahub.com but after I confirm OAuth access I am redirected to a blank page.

Should I be able to do that through JuliaHub with an owner access to repo? Or only the repo authors are able to register and update non-github packages?

mbauman · June 5, 2026, 9:13pm

Is your collaborator/group membership public? Registrator should be checking GitLab for that:

github.com/JuliaRegistries/Registrator.jl

src/webui/gitutils.jl

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          if repo.namespace.kind == "user"
              (@gf_bool @mock is_collaborator(forge, repo.namespace.full_path, repo.name, u.user.id)) &&
                  return AuthSuccess()
              return AuthFailure("User $(u.user.name) is not a member of project $(repo.name)") # GitLab terminology "member" (not "collaborator")
          end
          # Same as above: group membership then collaborator check.
          nspath = split(repo.namespace.full_path, "/")
          (@gf_bool @mock is_collaborator(u.forge, repo.namespace.full_path, repo.name, u.user.id)) &&
              return AuthSuccess()
          accns = ""
          for ns in nspath
              accns = joinpath(accns, ns)
              (@gf_bool @mock is_member(forge, accns, u.user.id)) &&
                  return AuthSuccess()
          end

Vasily_Pisarev · June 6, 2026, 7:35am

Yes, if my understanding of public membership is correct (I’m in the project members list Members · ww ww / MolecularDynamicsFiles.jl · GitLab which is visible to anyone).

To clarify, after I give Juliahub app the permissions, I get neither success nor failure messages, just a blank page. I’m not sure if it’s a browser issue, a VPN issue or a Juliahub-Gitlab interaction issue.

Vasily_Pisarev · June 18, 2026, 9:22am

I’ve managed to register the new version successfully from another computer but have no idea why exactly it worked.

mbauman · June 18, 2026, 2:54pm

I suspect you may have had a stale cookie from a prior version that may be getting in the way of auth; clearing JuliaHub’s cookies may get your first computer back up and running again too.

Vasily_Pisarev · June 20, 2026, 9:33pm

I tried to clear both JuliaHub and Gitlab cookies, as well as to run in different browsers and in incognito mode, all without result.
One thing I did differently on the second computer was to reload after getting the blank page. Maybe that was the thing But testing that hypothesis has to wait until next update.

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How to update a gitlab-hosted package in General registry?

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