glab dependency-firewall

Run supported package managers through GitLab Dependency Firewall and inspect recorded activity. This command group is experimental; confirm availability before relying on it in durable automation.

Supported wrappers

Each wrapper first resolves the GitLab project from the current repository and creates a GitLab API client, then obtains that project's Dependency Firewall policy, forwards all remaining arguments to the named package-manager binary, enforces policy on package traffic, and summarizes the run. Project resolution always runs before the package manager starts. The wrappers use the package manager's existing registry, index, or source configuration rather than rewriting it.

glab command	Executable	Example
`bundle`	`bundle`	`glab dependency-firewall bundle install`
`gem`	`gem`	`glab dependency-firewall gem install rake`
`gradle`	`gradle`	`glab dependency-firewall gradle build`
`maven`	`mvn`	`glab dependency-firewall maven verify`
`npm`	`npm`	`glab dependency-firewall npm ci --ignore-scripts`
`pip`	`pip`	`glab dependency-firewall pip install requests`
`pipenv`	`pipenv`	`glab dependency-firewall pipenv install requests`
`pnpm`	`pnpm`	`glab dependency-firewall pnpm install left-pad`
`poetry`	`poetry`	`glab dependency-firewall poetry add requests`
`twine`	`twine`	`glab dependency-firewall twine upload dist/*`
`uv`	`uv`	`glab dependency-firewall uv pip install requests`

Run wrappers inside a Git repository whose GitLab remote identifies the intended project, and verify glab authentication first. Treat a policy block as authoritative; do not retry outside the wrapper merely to bypass the result.

Wrapper help

Everything after the wrapper name is forwarded verbatim to the package manager. Wrapper commands use DisableFlagParsing, so glab flags such as -h, -R, --repo, or --hostname are not parsed there. Project resolution and GitLab API-client creation still run first; outside a GitLab-remote repository or valid auth context, glab dependency-firewall <wrapper> --help fails before the package manager can show help.

# Parent command and supported wrappers
glab dependency-firewall --help

# glab's wrapper help without invoking the package manager
glab help dependency-firewall npm
glab help dependency-firewall maven
glab help dependency-firewall uv

Use glab help dependency-firewall <wrapper> for every wrapper when generating documentation or automation. Do not rely on glab dependency-firewall <wrapper> --help for wrapper discovery.

Summarize CI activity

ci-summary reads .gitlab/df/ci-log.json relative to the current working directory. Run it from the same directory as the package-manager/Dependency Firewall operation that produced the log.

if glab dependency-firewall ci-summary; then
  echo "No blocked dependency entries"
else
  rc=$?
  case "$rc" in
    1) echo "Dependency Firewall log could not be read" >&2 ;;
    3) echo "Dependency Firewall blocked one or more packages" >&2 ;;
    *) echo "Unexpected Dependency Firewall failure: $rc" >&2 ;;
  esac
  exit "$rc"
fi

Exit codes:

0: no blocked entries; allow-only, warnings-only, or no recorded activity.
1: the log could not be read or parsed.
3: one or more entries were blocked.

Treat exit 3 as a policy result, not a transient command failure. Surface the blocked package, version, and reason; do not bypass the policy or rewrite the log. Treat warnings as review input even though they do not fail the command.

Troubleshooting

No activity is reported:

Confirm .gitlab/df/ci-log.json exists under the current working directory used for the command.
Do not assume a log in a repository root applies when the package manager ran in a nested workspace.

Wrapper help is confusing:

Use glab help dependency-firewall <wrapper>.
Direct wrapper invocations always resolve the GitLab project and client before starting the package manager, and glab flags after the wrapper name are passed to the package manager.

A package manager is not listed:

Do not invent a wrapper from internal support code or a similar package ecosystem.
Check the current parent help and official docs for the target glab/GitLab version.

The package manager uses the wrong registry/index/source:

The wrapper intentionally uses existing package-manager configuration.
Inspect that configuration without printing credentials, then correct it through the package manager's documented workflow rather than expecting glab to rewrite it.

Command reference

See references/commands.md for checksum-verified parent and wrapper help.

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