In self-managed GitLab 17.0, custom role creation will be removed for group Owners. This functionality will move to the instance level for administrators only.
Group Owners will be able to assign custom roles at the group level.
### Deprecate custom role creation for group owners
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- Announced in GitLab <span class="milestone">16.9</span>
- Removal in GitLab <span class="milestone">17.0</span> ([breaking change](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/update/terminology.html#breaking-change))
- To discuss this change or learn more, see the [deprecation issue](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/439284).
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In self-managed GitLab 17.0, custom role creation will be removed for group Owners. This functionality will move to the instance level for administrators only.
Group Owners will be able to assign custom roles at the group level.