The Issue Tracker is a good place to add things that need to be improved or solved in a project.
The issue tracker is a good place to add things that need to be improved or
solved in a project.
To create an Issue, sign in to GitLab.
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Go to the project where you'd like to create the Issue:
1. Go to the project where you'd like to create the issue and navigate to the
**Issues** tab on top.
![Select a project](img/select_project.png)
![Issues](img/project_navbar.png)
Click on "Issues" on the left side of your screen:
1. Click on the **New issue** button on the right side of your screen.
![Issues](img/issues.png)
![New issue](img/new_issue_button.png)
Click on the "+ new issue" button on the right side of your screen:
1. At the very minimum, add a title and a description to your issue.
You may assign it to a user, add a milestone or add labels (all optional).
![New issue](img/new_issue.png)
![Issue title and description](img/new_issue_page.png)
Add a title and a description to your issue:
1. When ready, click on **Submit issue**.
![Issue title and description](img/issue_title.png)
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You may assign the Issue to a user, add a milestone and add labels (they are all optional). Then click on "submit new issue":
Your Issue will now be added to the issue tracker of the project you opened it
at and will be ready to be reviewed. You can comment on it and mention the
![Submit new issue](img/submit_new_issue.png)
people involved. You can also link issues to the merge requests where the issues
are solved. To do this, you can use an
Your Issue will now be added to the Issue Tracker and will be ready to be reviewed. You can comment on it and mention the people involved. You can also link Issues to the Merge Requests where the Issues are solved. To do this, you can use an [Issue closing pattern](../user/project/issues/automatic_issue_closing.md).