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# Service Ping Guide **(FREE SELF)**
> Introduced in GitLab Ultimate 11.2, more statistics.
> - Introduced in GitLab Ultimate 11.2, more statistics.
> - In GitLab 14.1, [renamed from Usage Ping to Service Ping](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/5990). In 14.0 and earlier, use the Usage Ping documentation for the Rails commands appropriate to your version.
Service Ping is a GitLab process that collects and sends a weekly payload to GitLab.
The payload provides important high-level data that helps our product, support,