Balance Sheet Components - Schedule of Other Long-Term Assets (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jan. 31, 2022		Jan. 31, 2021	Jan. 31, 2020
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Restricted cash	$ 2,500		$ 0	$ 0
Security deposits	2,832		1,500
Other long-term assets	1,819		0
Other long-term assets	$ 7,151	[1]	$ 1,500

[1] (1) As of January 31, 2022, the consolidated balance sheet includes assets and liabilities of the consolidated variable interest entity, GitLab Information Technology (Hubei) Co., LTD (“JiHu”), of $17.7 million and $3.7 million, respectively. The assets of JiHu can be used only to settle obligations of JiHu and creditors of JiHu do not have recourse against the general credit of the Company. Refer to “Note 10. Joint Venture and Majority Owned Subsidiary” for further discussion.