Evidence collection can be initiated by using an [API call](../../../api/releases/index.md#collect-release-evidence-premium-only) at any time. Evidence snapshots are visible on
the Release page, along with the timestamp the Evidence was collected.
### Include report artifacts as release evidence **(ULTIMATE ONLY)**
> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/32773) in [GitLab Ultimate](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/) 13.2.
When you create a release, if [job artifacts](../../../ci/pipelines/job_artifacts.md#artifactsreports) are included in the last pipeline that ran, they are automatically included in the release as release evidence.
Although job artifacts normally expire, artifacts included in release evidence do not expire.
To enable job artifact collection you need to specify both:
If the pipeline ran successfully, when you create your release, the `rspec.xml` file is saved as release evidence.
NOTE: **Note:**
If you [schedule release evidence collection](#schedule-release-evidence-collection), some artifacts may already be expired by the time of evidence collection. To avoid this you can use the [`artifacts:expire_in`](../../../ci/yaml/README.md#artifactsexpire_in) keyword. Learn more in [this issue](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/222351).
### Schedule release evidence collection
> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/23697) in GitLab 12.8.