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# Group-level Variables API
> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/issues/34519) in GitLab 9.5
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# Instance clusters API
> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/36001) in GitLab 13.2.
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# Issue links API **(CORE)**
> The simple "relates to" relationship [moved](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/212329) to [GitLab Core](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/) in 13.4.
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# Issues Statistics API
Every API call to issues_statistics must be authenticated.
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# License **(CORE ONLY)**
To interact with license endpoints, you need to authenticate yourself as an
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# Namespaces API
Usernames and groupnames fall under a special category called namespaces.
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# Notification settings API
> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/merge_requests/5632) in GitLab 8.12.
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# Personal access tokens API **(ULTIMATE)**
You can read more about [personal access tokens](../user/profile/personal_access_tokens.md#personal-access-tokens).
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# Resource label events API
Resource label events keep track about who, when, and which label was added to, or removed from, an issuable.
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# SCIM API **(SILVER ONLY)**
> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/9388) in [GitLab Silver](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/) 11.10.
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# Application settings API **(CORE ONLY)**
These API calls allow you to read and modify GitLab instance
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# API V3 to API V4
In GitLab 9.0 and later, API V4 is the preferred version to be used.
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