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We started using Pipeline schedules in my past job to regularly trigger pipelines to e.g. rebuild Docker build images, clear caches and other sorts where you normally need shell access to a cronjob.

https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/pipelines/schedules.html

Similarly, you can trigger pipelines from various angles https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/triggers/ using the API.

If you are looking to combine it with events on-demand, the webhooks may come in handy. https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/integrations/webhook...

Agreed, some adhoc actions are project specific, though you can programmatically walk through them in API client code, for example searching for a group and triggering all project's pipelines.

https://python-gitlab.readthedocs.io/en/stable/gl_objects/gr... https://python-gitlab.readthedocs.io/en/stable/gl_objects/pi...