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stage: Plan
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group: Project Management
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info: To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/product/ux/technical-writing/#assignments
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# Issues **(FREE)**
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Use issues to collaborate on ideas, solve problems, and plan work.
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Share and discuss proposals with your team and with outside collaborators.
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You can use issues for many purposes, customized to your needs and workflow.
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- Discuss the implementation of an idea.
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- Track tasks and work status.
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- Accept feature proposals, questions, support requests, or bug reports.
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- Elaborate on code implementations.
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For more information about issues, see the GitLab blog post:
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[Always start a discussion with an issue](https://about.gitlab.com/blog/2016/03/03/start-with-an-issue/).
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Issues are always associated with a specific project. If you have multiple
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projects in a group, you can view all of the projects' issues at once.
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<div class="video-fallback">
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  See the video: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTE6omrBBZI">Issues - Setting up your Organization with GitLab</a>.
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<figure class="video-container">
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  <iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/tTE6omrBBZI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen> </iframe>
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</figure>
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<i class="fa fa-youtube-play youtube" aria-hidden="true"></i>
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To learn how the GitLab Strategic Marketing department uses GitLab issues with [labels](../labels.md) and
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[issue boards](../issue_board.md), see the video on
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[Managing Commitments with Issues](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuIHNintg1o&t=3).
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## Related topics
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- [Create issues](create_issues.md)
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- [Create an issue from a template](../../project/description_templates.md#use-the-templates)
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- [Edit issues](managing_issues.md#edit-an-issue)
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- [Move issues](managing_issues.md#move-an-issue)
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- [Close issues](managing_issues.md#close-an-issue)
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- [Delete issues](managing_issues.md#delete-an-issue)
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- [Promote issues](managing_issues.md#promote-an-issue-to-an-epic)
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- [Set a due date](due_dates.md)
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- [Import issues](csv_import.md)
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- [Export issues](csv_export.md)
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- [Upload designs to issues](design_management.md)
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- [Linked issues](related_issues.md)
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- [Similar issues](managing_issues.md#similar-issues)
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- [Health status](managing_issues.md#health-status)
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- [Cross-link issues](crosslinking_issues.md)
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- [Sort issue lists](sorting_issue_lists.md)
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- [Search for issues](managing_issues.md#filter-the-list-of-issues)
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- [Epics](../../group/epics/index.md)
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- [Issue boards](../issue_board.md)
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- [Issues API](../../../api/issues.md)
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- [Configure an external issue tracker](../../../integration/external-issue-tracker.md)
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- [Tasks](../../tasks.md)
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