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Adds optional log search to get_pipeline_job_output, so an agent can find an error in the middle of a long job log without guessing offset values.

New optional parameters:

  • pattern: substring to search for (max 500 chars). With regex: true it is a JavaScript regular expression.
  • case_sensitive: default false.
  • context_lines: lines before and after each match (default 5, max 50). Overlapping windows are merged.
  • max_matches: default 20, max 100.

When pattern is set, the whole log is searched and limit/offset are ignored. ANSI color codes and GitLab section_start/section_end markers are stripped first. The result shows only the matching fragments with 1-based line numbers from the start of the log, plus total_lines, total_matches, shown_matches and truncated. The agent can then use offset/limit for more context. An invalid regex comes back as a tool input error.

Without pattern, output is the same as before, including ANSI codes.

Safety note

A user-supplied regex can backtrack badly. To limit this, the pattern is capped at 500 chars, each line is cut to 4,000 chars before matching, and the search stops with an error after 1 second. The 1-second check only runs between lines, so a single pathological regex on one long line can still block the event loop until that line finishes. regex is opt-in and the tool is read-only. Reviewers should still look at this, especially for shared remote HTTP deployments.

Docs

Tool description, docs/tools/pipelines.md, the tool index and coverage, the server card, the README line and the bundled skill reference are all updated. npm run docs:tools and npm run check:skill-sync pass.

Tests

  • npm run build, tsc --noEmit: OK
  • test/utils/job-log-search.test.ts (new): substring, regex, invalid regex, ANSI and section stripping, context merging, max_matches truncation, line numbers
  • test/get-pipeline-job-output-schema.test.ts (new) and test/test-pipeline-job-output.ts (new, mock server; also checks that tail pagination without pattern is unchanged)
  • 22 pass, 0 fail

Impact

Not breaking. All new parameters are optional.

Closes #805

Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
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  • New Features
    • Search full pipeline job logs using text or JavaScript regular expressions, with optional case-sensitive matching and configurable surrounding context.
    • Results include line numbers, match counts, and truncation details. ANSI escape codes and GitLab section markers are removed from search results.
  • Updates
    • Without a search pattern, retrieval returns the end of the trace with pagination. When searching, pagination settings are ignored.
    • Search patterns, context, and result counts have defined limits; invalid patterns return an error.

Walkthrough

get_pipeline_job_output now supports full-log substring and regular-expression searches with context and match limits. Without a search pattern, it retrieves lines from the end of the trace. Search results include cleaned matching fragments, line numbers, and match metadata.

Changes

Pipeline job log search

Layer / File(s) Summary
Search contract and processing
schemas.ts, utils/job-log-search.ts, test/get-pipeline-job-output-schema.test.ts, test/utils/job-log-search.test.ts
The schema adds bounded search options. The search utilities clean lines, find substring or regex matches, merge overlapping context windows, and format results. Tests cover schema constraints and search behavior.
Pipeline tool integration
index.ts, test/test-pipeline-job-output.ts
The tool passes search options to the search utilities and retains end-based pagination when no pattern is provided. Search errors become tool input errors. Integration tests cover pagination, search, ANSI cleanup, and invalid regex input.
Tool descriptions and references
.well-known/mcp/server-card.json, tools/registry.ts, README.md, docs/tools/*, docs/reference/tool-coverage.md, skills/gitlab-mcp/reference/pipelines.md
Tool descriptions and references document pagination, search options, limits, errors, and result metadata. The coverage reference adds the integration test.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Feature · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Caller
  participant getPipelineJobOutput
  participant GitLabTraceAPI
  participant searchJobLog
  participant formatJobLogSearch
  Caller->>getPipelineJobOutput: Request trace with search options
  getPipelineJobOutput->>GitLabTraceAPI: Retrieve job trace
  GitLabTraceAPI-->>getPipelineJobOutput: Return trace text
  getPipelineJobOutput->>searchJobLog: Search trace and build match fragments
  searchJobLog-->>getPipelineJobOutput: Return matches and metadata
  getPipelineJobOutput->>formatJobLogSearch: Format search result
  formatJobLogSearch-->>Caller: Return matching fragments and metadata
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Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 658ce

Searching an unusually large job log can delay other requests or increase server memory pressure. Bound the trace before worker handoff.

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Title check Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: adding substring and regular-expression search for pipeline job logs.
Description check Passed The description directly explains the new log-search parameters, behavior, safety limits, documentation updates, and tests. It is clearly related to the changeset.
Linked Issues check Passed Issue #805 requires optional substring or regex search, context lines, a match cap, matching fragments with line numbers, and ANSI stripping. utils/job-log-search.ts implements these features, merge…
Out of Scope Changes check Passed The changes modify the job-output handler, schema, search utility, tests, tool descriptions, and related documentation. These changes implement or document issue #805. No unrelated change is demonstra…


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- Around line 172-187: Update regex matching in the job-log search flow so a
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[warning] 10-13: Regular expression constructed from variable input detected. This can lead to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) attacks if the variable contains malicious patterns. Use libraries like 'recheck' to validate regex safety or use static patterns.
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${ANSI_ESCAPE_CHARACTER}(?:[@-Z\\\\-_]|\\[[0-?]*[ -/]*[@-~]),
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Note: [CWE-1333] Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

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schemas.ts (1)

921-966: LGTM!

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1-171: LGTM!

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Re CodeRabbit findings:

  • Regex time budget not bounding a single evaluation: valid concern, but closing it needs re2 or a worker_threads hard timeout (new dependency / execution model) — out of scope here; tracked for maintainer decision.
  • ast-grep spawn in test: test spawns the built server with an argv array, no shell string from input.
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  • new RegExp(pattern, flags): this is the opt-in regex: true feature itself.
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The time budget only ran between lines, so one catastrophic pattern blocked
the process. Regex matching now runs in a worker that is killed at the budget.
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Remove the duplicated await.

await await assert.rejects(...) works, but the second await does nothing and looks like a typo.

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- Around line 171-179: Add a process-wide active-worker cap in searchJobLog and
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- Around line 254-264: Update searchJobLog so splitting, cleaning, and matching
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Split, clean, and match run inside a process-wide worker limit so one trace cannot stall the server. The ReDoS timeout test stays, without a regex literal for CodeQL to flag.

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[warning] 201-201: Regular expression constructed from variable input detected. This can lead to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) attacks if the variable contains malicious patterns. Use libraries like 'recheck' to validate regex safety or use static patterns.
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// Headroom for a ~100MB trace and its cleaned copies, still a hard heap cap.
const JOB_LOG_WORKER_MAX_OLD_GENERATION_MB = 1024;

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nl -ba index.ts | sed -n '8028,8135p'
printf '\n--- worker search implementation ---\n'
nl -ba utils/job-log-search.ts | sed -n '1,35p;250,415p'
printf '\n--- package/runtime declarations ---\n'
nl -ba package.json | sed -n '35,52p'

Repository: zereight/gitlab-mcp

Length of output: 13142


Bound the trace before the worker handoff.

searchJobLog passes an unbounded log to workerData. Two workers can retain the parent traces, cloned inputs, split lines, and cleaned copies, so the 1,024 MB limit applies per worker and does not cap aggregate resident memory. The Worker constructor also performs the input handoff before the timeout is installed, so lowering the heap limit alone does not prevent event-loop delay.

Add a configured byte or character limit before acquireSearchWorkerSlot() and new Worker(...). Reject or otherwise bound oversized traces before the worker receives them.

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Update searchJobLog to enforce a configured byte or character limit on log
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