diff --git a/GITALY_SERVER_VERSION b/GITALY_SERVER_VERSION
index 7c7053aa2388aa86bdb21e78ebbc049c21fed55d..32a6ce3c719b4aba1c8d630cd8d1f41b93317e18 100644
--- a/GITALY_SERVER_VERSION
+++ b/GITALY_SERVER_VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.75.0
+1.76.0
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/ide/lib/files.js b/app/assets/javascripts/ide/lib/files.js
index e86dac2010466b96179bd804ab0c3074912c75c7..bee867fa47c1b00db37420c01504cb497817d795 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/ide/lib/files.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/ide/lib/files.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { viewerInformationForPath } from '~/vue_shared/components/content_viewer/lib/viewer_utils';
-import { decorateData, sortTree, escapeFileUrl } from '../stores/utils';
+import { escapeFileUrl } from '~/lib/utils/url_utility';
+import { decorateData, sortTree } from '../stores/utils';
 
 export const splitParent = path => {
   const idx = path.lastIndexOf('/');
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/ide/services/index.js b/app/assets/javascripts/ide/services/index.js
index f6ad2f9c7d19787461a8cf6f6c705a1c92d8ba1e..b130e6e8b81b0537403cb4d6056f15869ca0e1d6 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/ide/services/index.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/ide/services/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import axios from '~/lib/utils/axios_utils';
-import { joinPaths } from '~/lib/utils/url_utility';
-import { escapeFileUrl } from '../stores/utils';
+import { joinPaths, escapeFileUrl } from '~/lib/utils/url_utility';
 import Api from '~/api';
 
 export default {
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/ide/stores/actions/file.js b/app/assets/javascripts/ide/stores/actions/file.js
index 9af0b50d1a564569f9ff772c1b46b7f87ebf1ff5..8864224c19e627b11b3cff42bdaeb23e0fb5ac70 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/ide/stores/actions/file.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/ide/stores/actions/file.js
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-import { joinPaths } from '~/lib/utils/url_utility';
+import { joinPaths, escapeFileUrl } from '~/lib/utils/url_utility';
 import { __ } from '~/locale';
 import eventHub from '../../eventhub';
 import service from '../../services';
 import * as types from '../mutation_types';
 import router from '../../ide_router';
-import { escapeFileUrl, addFinalNewlineIfNeeded, setPageTitleForFile } from '../utils';
+import { addFinalNewlineIfNeeded, setPageTitleForFile } from '../utils';
 import { viewerTypes, stageKeys } from '../../constants';
 
 export const closeFile = ({ commit, state, dispatch }, file) => {
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/ide/stores/utils.js b/app/assets/javascripts/ide/stores/utils.js
index a29d9bf3b4097c70f16c97b20bb00b5482c8c49a..06e66da1069c5e6e7fa945710a6fa037c520c9ff 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/ide/stores/utils.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/ide/stores/utils.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { commitActionTypes, FILE_VIEW_MODE_EDITOR } from '../constants';
+import { escapeFileUrl } from '~/lib/utils/url_utility';
 
 export const dataStructure = () => ({
   id: '',
@@ -217,8 +218,6 @@ export const mergeTrees = (fromTree, toTree) => {
   return toTree;
 };
 
-export const escapeFileUrl = fileUrl => encodeURIComponent(fileUrl).replace(/%2F/g, '/');
-
 export const replaceFileUrl = (url, oldPath, newPath) => {
   // Add `/-/` so that we don't accidentally replace project path
   const result = url.replace(`/-/${escapeFileUrl(oldPath)}`, `/-/${escapeFileUrl(newPath)}`);
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/lib/utils/url_utility.js b/app/assets/javascripts/lib/utils/url_utility.js
index cf1caed5cee3f036005f3164adecc815b73bef6e..d48678c21f61e96c3f0442e4e4f24e8b0fef0fb8 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/lib/utils/url_utility.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/lib/utils/url_utility.js
@@ -280,3 +280,5 @@ export const setUrlParams = (params, url = window.location.href, clearParams = f
 
   return urlObj.toString();
 };
+
+export const escapeFileUrl = fileUrl => encodeURIComponent(fileUrl).replace(/%2F/g, '/');
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/gitaly-version-v1.76.0.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/gitaly-version-v1.76.0.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9cf34e3a05f258946efe791168010850e6d91587
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/gitaly-version-v1.76.0.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Upgrade to Gitaly v1.76.0
+merge_request: 21857
+author:
+type: changed
diff --git a/db/post_migrate/20191030223057_backfill_version_author_and_created_at.rb b/db/post_migrate/20191030223057_backfill_version_author_and_created_at.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7a6d0b089a053edfd70a43aa854471dbd72dd3fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/post_migrate/20191030223057_backfill_version_author_and_created_at.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+class BackfillVersionAuthorAndCreatedAt < ActiveRecord::Migration[5.2]
+  DOWNTIME = false
+  MIGRATION = 'BackfillVersionDataFromGitaly'.freeze
+  BATCH_SIZE = 500
+
+  disable_ddl_transaction!
+
+  class Project < ActiveRecord::Base
+    self.table_name = 'projects'
+    self.inheritance_column = :_type_disabled
+  end
+
+  class Issue < ActiveRecord::Base
+    self.table_name = 'issues'
+    self.inheritance_column = :_type_disabled
+  end
+
+  class Version < ActiveRecord::Base
+    include EachBatch
+    self.table_name = 'design_management_versions'
+    self.inheritance_column = :_type_disabled
+
+    # Returns unique issue ids of versions that are not in projects
+    # that are pending deletion.
+    scope :with_unique_issue_ids, -> do
+      versions = Version.arel_table
+      issues = Issue.arel_table
+      projects = Project.arel_table
+
+      Version.select(versions[:issue_id]).where(
+        versions[:author_id].eq(nil).or(
+          versions[:created_at].eq(nil)
+        ).and(
+          issues[:project_id].not_in(
+            projects.project(projects[:id]).where(projects[:pending_delete].eq(true))
+          )
+        )
+      ).joins(
+        versions.join(issues).on(
+          issues[:id].eq(versions[:issue_id])
+        ).join_sources
+      ).distinct
+    end
+  end
+
+  # This migration will make around ~1300 UPDATE queries on GitLab.com,
+  # one per design_management_versions record as the migration will update
+  # each record individually.
+  #
+  # It will make around 870 Gitaly `ListCommitsByOid` requests on GitLab.com.
+  # One for every unique issue with design_management_versions records.
+  def up
+    return unless Gitlab.ee? # no-op for CE
+
+    Version.with_unique_issue_ids.each_batch(of: BATCH_SIZE) do |versions, index|
+      jobs = versions.map { |version| [MIGRATION, [version.issue_id]] }
+
+      BackgroundMigrationWorker.bulk_perform_async(jobs)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def down
+    # no-op
+  end
+end
diff --git a/doc/integration/github.md b/doc/integration/github.md
index eaf81b8a1b727b7e44339914cfe00be3fdcf351c..f46038269c079afffe0e7ab20a00218b3255921a 100644
--- a/doc/integration/github.md
+++ b/doc/integration/github.md
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ Check the [`production.log`](../administration/logs.md#productionlog)
 on your GitLab server to obtain further details. If you are getting the error like
 `Faraday::ConnectionFailed (execution expired)` in the log, there may be a connectivity issue
 between your GitLab instance and GitHub Enterprise. To verify it, [start the rails console](https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/maintenance/#starting-a-rails-console-session)
-and run the commands below replacing <github_url> with the URL of your GitHub Enterprise instance:
+and run the commands below replacing `<github_url>` with the URL of your GitHub Enterprise instance:
 
 ```ruby
 uri = URI.parse("https://<github_url>") # replace `GitHub-URL` with the real one here
diff --git a/doc/user/instance_statistics/img/cohorts.png b/doc/user/instance_statistics/img/cohorts.png
index 12e839e7cd2e9e1e379ab0ca42d2e6de74f94ef7..4d070fdb654b78bd660eb3a4fbd92cbbf0336ab0 100644
Binary files a/doc/user/instance_statistics/img/cohorts.png and b/doc/user/instance_statistics/img/cohorts.png differ
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/import_export/import_export.yml b/lib/gitlab/import_export/import_export.yml
index 2fd4f18b7560fbe063b7d06b8142d11ae85900a4..bf92de73b4888a3e7375dbe1781485afd6166a4e 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/import_export/import_export.yml
+++ b/lib/gitlab/import_export/import_export.yml
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ ee:
               - :push_event_payload
         - design_versions:
           - actions:
-            - :design # Duplicate export of issues.designs in order to link the record to both Issue and DesignVersion
+            - :design # Duplicate export of issues.designs in order to link the record to both Issue and Action
       - protected_branches:
         - :unprotect_access_levels
       - protected_environments:
diff --git a/spec/frontend/ide/lib/files_spec.js b/spec/frontend/ide/lib/files_spec.js
index 654dc6c13c8c9f3b5790afd9aca51742e2c6b67d..34eb57ae0d3f9f763b043ea42aba620da4bfac29 100644
--- a/spec/frontend/ide/lib/files_spec.js
+++ b/spec/frontend/ide/lib/files_spec.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { viewerInformationForPath } from '~/vue_shared/components/content_viewer/lib/viewer_utils';
 import { decorateFiles, splitParent } from '~/ide/lib/files';
-import { decorateData, escapeFileUrl } from '~/ide/stores/utils';
+import { decorateData } from '~/ide/stores/utils';
+import { escapeFileUrl } from '~/lib/utils/url_utility';
 
 const TEST_BRANCH_ID = 'lorem-ipsum';
 const TEST_PROJECT_ID = 10;
diff --git a/spec/frontend/ide/services/index_spec.js b/spec/frontend/ide/services/index_spec.js
index bb0d20bed911371d68294465a418d7ed04d69ad3..d676d7539b6d4d97cc4924b00febcaa99f550f3d 100644
--- a/spec/frontend/ide/services/index_spec.js
+++ b/spec/frontend/ide/services/index_spec.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import axios from 'axios';
 import MockAdapter from 'axios-mock-adapter';
 import services from '~/ide/services';
 import Api from '~/api';
-import { escapeFileUrl } from '~/ide/stores/utils';
+import { escapeFileUrl } from '~/lib/utils/url_utility';
 
 jest.mock('~/api');
 
diff --git a/spec/frontend/ide/stores/utils_spec.js b/spec/frontend/ide/stores/utils_spec.js
index 1f54397db55e93ecc784661e4c45cc11d34245ac..90f2644de628789143753f30f556450c111180f2 100644
--- a/spec/frontend/ide/stores/utils_spec.js
+++ b/spec/frontend/ide/stores/utils_spec.js
@@ -395,14 +395,6 @@ describe('Multi-file store utils', () => {
     });
   });
 
-  describe('escapeFileUrl', () => {
-    it('encodes URL excluding the slashes', () => {
-      expect(utils.escapeFileUrl('/foo-bar/file.md')).toBe('/foo-bar/file.md');
-      expect(utils.escapeFileUrl('foo bar/file.md')).toBe('foo%20bar/file.md');
-      expect(utils.escapeFileUrl('foo/bar/file.md')).toBe('foo/bar/file.md');
-    });
-  });
-
   describe('swapInStateArray', () => {
     let localState;
 
diff --git a/spec/frontend/lib/utils/url_utility_spec.js b/spec/frontend/lib/utils/url_utility_spec.js
index 0e818d6c402c65ac15f1e0d67d420c941f3de14e..a625c9cd274ae320f4fa01a2a6291c7e2273a06d 100644
--- a/spec/frontend/lib/utils/url_utility_spec.js
+++ b/spec/frontend/lib/utils/url_utility_spec.js
@@ -322,6 +322,14 @@ describe('URL utility', () => {
       expect(urlUtils.joinPaths(...paths)).toBe(expected);
     });
   });
+
+  describe('escapeFileUrl', () => {
+    it('encodes URL excluding the slashes', () => {
+      expect(urlUtils.escapeFileUrl('/foo-bar/file.md')).toBe('/foo-bar/file.md');
+      expect(urlUtils.escapeFileUrl('foo bar/file.md')).toBe('foo%20bar/file.md');
+      expect(urlUtils.escapeFileUrl('foo/bar/file.md')).toBe('foo/bar/file.md');
+    });
+  });
 });
 
 describe('setUrlParams', () => {
diff --git a/spec/lib/gitlab/import_export/all_models.yml b/spec/lib/gitlab/import_export/all_models.yml
index 8d436fb28e0ad690c4f46027ce1e58d27dae1e85..2ea563c50b68765334e9fd31971dddd38bb2f7d0 100644
--- a/spec/lib/gitlab/import_export/all_models.yml
+++ b/spec/lib/gitlab/import_export/all_models.yml
@@ -549,6 +549,7 @@ actions:
 - design
 - version
 versions: &version
+- author
 - issue
 - designs
 - actions