OpenBao is the open source continuation of HashiCorp Vault under the Linux Foundation. OpenBao is a secrets and identity broker, allowing secure storage and auditing of applications’ credential usage. This talk shares how GitLab has architected its native integration of OpenBao for CI/CD Pipelines to provide a native experience for managing pipelines' secrets. In addition, it explores improving scalability, advanced multitenancy improvements, and other exciting major changes within the OpenBao ecosystem.