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Take the survey . Contributions calendar * Tier : Free, Premium, Ultimate * Offering : GitLab.com, GitLab Self-Managed, GitLab Dedicated The contributions calendar displays a user s events from the past 12 months. This includes contributions made in forked and private repositories. The gradient color of the tiles represents the number of contributions made per day. The gradient ranges from blank (0 contributions) to dark blue (more than 30 contributions). The contribution calendar only displays contributions from the last 12 months, but issue 24264 proposes to change this to more than 12 months. General improvements to the user profile are proposed in issue 8488 . For a comprehensive view of all group members contribution events, you can use contribution analytics . User contribution events GitLab tracks the following contribution events: Event Contribution approved Merge request closed Epic , Issue, Merge request, Milestone, Work item commented on any Noteable record. Alert, Commit, Design, Issue, Merge request, Snippet created Design, Epic, Issue, Merge request, Milestone, Project, Wiki page, Work item destroyed Design, Milestone, Wiki page expired Project membership joined Project membership left Project membership merged Merge request pushed commits to (or deleted commits from) a repository, individually or in bulk. Project reopened Epic, Issue, Merge request, Milestone updated Design, Wiki page View daily contributions To view your daily contributions: * In the upper-right corner, select your avatar. * Select your name from the dropdown list. * In the contributions calendar: * To view the number of contributions for a specific day, hover over a tile. * To view all contributions for a specific day, select a tile. A list displays all contributions and the time they were made. Show private contributions on your user profile page The contributions calendar graph and recent activity list displays your contribution actions to private projects. To view private contributions: * In the upper-right corner, select your avatar. * Select Edit profile . * In the Main settings section, select the Include private contributions on my profile checkbox. * Select Update profile settings . User activity Follow a user s activity You can follow users whose activity you re interested in. The maximum number of users you can follow is 300. To follow a user, either: * From a user s profile, select Follow . * Hover over a user s name, and select Follow . To view the activity of users you follow: * In the GitLab menu, select Activity . * Select the Followed users tab. Retrieve user activity as a feed GitLab provides RSS feeds of user activity. To subscribe to the RSS feed of a user s activity: * Go to the user s profile . * In the upper-right corner, select the feed symbol ( ). The URL of the result contains both a feed token and the user s activity that you re authorized to view. You can add this URL to your feed reader. Reset the user activity feed token Feed tokens are sensitive and can reveal information from confidential issues. If you think your feed token has been exposed, you should reset it. To reset your feed token: * In the upper-right corner, select your avatar. * Select Edit profile . * In the left sidebar, select Access > Personal access tokens . * Scroll down. In the Feed token section, select the reset this token link. * On the confirmation dialog, select OK . A new token is generated. Event time period limit GitLab removes user activity events older than 3 years from the events table for performance reasons. * User contribution events * View daily contributions * Show private contributions on your user profile page * User activity * Follow a user’s activity * Retrieve user activity as a feed * Reset the user activity feed token * Event time period limit * Facebook * LinkedIn * Twitter * YouTube Company * About GitLab * View pricing * Try GitLab for free Feedback * View page source * Edit in Web IDE * Contribute to GitLab * Suggest updates Help & Community * Get certified * Get support * Post on the GitLab forum Resources * Terms * Privacy statement * Use of generative AI * Acceptable use of user licenses *