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This article walks through integrating GitLab feature flags into a Python Flask application using the Unleash SDK to decouple deployment from release.
•GitLab exposes an Unleash-compatible API per project, allowing any Unleash client SDK to connect without a separate Unleash server
•The SDK caches flag definitions locally on startup and re-fetches on a configurable interval, making is_enabled() calls near-instant with no per-request network call
•Supported rollout strategies include All users, Percent rollout, User IDs, and User list, enabling gradual and targeted releases from the GitLab UI without code changes
•Three environment variables (UNLEASH_URL, UNLEASH_INSTANCE_ID, UNLEASH_APP_NAME) drive the entire integration; the Instance ID is read-only and requires no Personal Access Token
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User context can be passed to is_enabled() for percentage-based or user-targeted strategies, with consistent hashing handled automatically by the SDK
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