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Gitlab Pages and cookies

I am thinking about hosting my static website using gitlab pages.

The website is completely static, no dynamic contents (besides me updating it from time to time).

Now I am wondering: Since I am in the EU, I have to add a cookie Banner if applicable. Looking at my websites request headers, I can see the following cookie:

gitlab-pages=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_UbWI8oEm_Rl-pfIPpynNRNoM1U=

I am wondering:

  • What does this cookie do?
  • Can I disable it somehow?
  • If I cannot disable it, do I have to make a cookie banner?
Solution

  • The cookie is actually only send when one is logged into GitLab and contains the authorization information. To remove it:

    • make the page public
    • if that is not enough, also log out of GitLab