just realized that gitlab doesn't have pinned issues

howto/gitlab.md

@@ -1587,6 +1587,7 @@ look for [upstream regression](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues?lab
    * [Cannot move issues to projects I do not maintain](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/331610)
    * (lacking the) [Ability to invite users to a confidential issue](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/20660/)
    * [incident checklists cannot be checked](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/431979)
+   * [No pinned issues](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/15831)
  * General:
    [fails to detect fr-CA locale](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/391747), workaround: use `en-GB` or set
    date to 24-hour format (starting in 16.6)