Changes:

  • Install GitLab CE 19.3.0 from its official Debian 13 repository with a pinned version, repository key fingerprint, and signed package metadata.
  • Add a non-mutating update check and document GitLab's supervised required upgrade stops.
  • Verify firstboot failures and keep the root password out of child process arguments.
  • Add v19 application acceptance coverage and README evidence crosswalk.
  • Upgrade the base distribution to Debian 13 Trixie.

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