diff --git a/.changeset/grumpy-humans-brush.md b/.changeset/grumpy-humans-brush.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dda0b61b3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/grumpy-humans-brush.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend-module-gitlab': patch
+'@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node': patch
+---
+
+Made gitlab:issue:edit action idempotent.
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-gitlab/src/actions/gitlabIssueEdit.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-gitlab/src/actions/gitlabIssueEdit.ts
index 34c8b1c5e7..c4b131ab60 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-gitlab/src/actions/gitlabIssueEdit.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-gitlab/src/actions/gitlabIssueEdit.ts
@@ -16,15 +16,18 @@
 
 import { InputError } from '@backstage/errors';
 import { ScmIntegrationRegistry } from '@backstage/integration';
-import { createTemplateAction } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node';
+import {
+  createTemplateAction,
+  generateStableHash,
+} from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node';
 import commonGitlabConfig, {
-  IssueType,
   IssueStateEvent,
+  IssueType,
 } from '../commonGitlabConfig';
 import { examples } from './gitlabIssueEdit.examples';
 import { z } from 'zod';
 import { checkEpicScope, convertDate, getClient, parseRepoUrl } from '../util';
-import { IssueSchema, EditIssueOptions } from '@gitbeaker/rest';
+import { EditIssueOptions, IssueSchema } from '@gitbeaker/rest';
 import { getErrorMessage } from './helpers';
 
 const editIssueInputProperties = z.object({
@@ -181,17 +184,24 @@ export const editGitlabIssueAction = (options: {
 
         let isEpicScoped = false;
 
-        if (epicId) {
-          isEpicScoped = await checkEpicScope(api, projectId, epicId);
+        isEpicScoped = await ctx.checkpoint({
+          key: `issue.edit.is.scoped.${projectId}.${epicId}`,
+          fn: async () => {
+            if (epicId) {
+              const scoped = await checkEpicScope(api, projectId, epicId);
 
-          if (isEpicScoped) {
-            ctx.logger.info('Epic is within Project Scope');
-          } else {
-            ctx.logger.warn(
-              'Chosen epic is not within the Project Scope. The issue will be created without an associated epic.',
-            );
-          }
-        }
+              if (scoped) {
+                ctx.logger.info('Epic is within Project Scope');
+              } else {
+                ctx.logger.warn(
+                  'Chosen epic is not within the Project Scope. The issue will be created without an associated epic.',
+                );
+              }
+              return scoped;
+            }
+            return false;
+          },
+        });
 
         const mappedUpdatedAt = convertDate(
           String(updatedAt),
@@ -216,19 +226,36 @@ export const editGitlabIssueAction = (options: {
           weight,
         };
 
-        const response = (await api.Issues.edit(
-          projectId,
-          issueIid,
-          editIssueOptions,
-        )) as IssueSchema;
+        const editedIssue = await ctx.checkpoint({
+          key: `issue.edit.${projectId}.${issueIid}.${generateStableHash(
+            editIssueOptions,
+          )}`,
+          fn: async () => {
+            const response = (await api.Issues.edit(
+              projectId,
+              issueIid,
+              editIssueOptions,
+            )) as IssueSchema;
 
-        ctx.output('issueId', response.id);
-        ctx.output('projectId', response.project_id);
-        ctx.output('issueUrl', response.web_url);
-        ctx.output('issueIid', response.iid);
-        ctx.output('title', response.title);
-        ctx.output('state', response.state);
-        ctx.output('updatedAt', response.updated_at);
+            return {
+              issueId: response.id,
+              issueUrl: response.web_url,
+              projectId: response.project_id,
+              issueIid: response.iid,
+              title: response.title,
+              state: response.state,
+              updatedAt: response.updated_at,
+            };
+          },
+        });
+
+        ctx.output('issueId', editedIssue.issueIid);
+        ctx.output('projectId', editedIssue.projectId);
+        ctx.output('issueUrl', editedIssue.issueUrl);
+        ctx.output('issueIid', editedIssue.issueIid);
+        ctx.output('title', editedIssue.title);
+        ctx.output('state', editedIssue.state);
+        ctx.output('updatedAt', editedIssue.updatedAt);
       } catch (error: any) {
         if (error instanceof z.ZodError) {
           // Handling Zod validation errors
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-node/package.json b/plugins/scaffolder-node/package.json
index 80dbe0b431..234a1c6a8a 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-node/package.json
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-node/package.json
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
     "@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-common": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/types": "workspace:^",
     "concat-stream": "^2.0.0",
+    "fast-json-stable-stringify": "^2.1.0",
     "fs-extra": "^11.2.0",
     "globby": "^11.0.0",
     "isomorphic-git": "^1.23.0",
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-node/report.api.md b/plugins/scaffolder-node/report.api.md
index 2d3e418efb..c4244bbe37 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-node/report.api.md
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-node/report.api.md
@@ -219,6 +219,9 @@ export function fetchFile(options: {
   token?: string;
 }): Promise<void>;
 
+// @public
+export function generateStableHash(entity: object): string;
+
 // @public (undocumented)
 export const getRepoSourceDirectory: (
   workspacePath: string,
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/actions/index.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/actions/index.ts
index c1c8551c53..126ccc13db 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/actions/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/actions/index.ts
@@ -33,4 +33,8 @@ export {
   createBranch,
   cloneRepo,
 } from './gitHelpers';
-export { parseRepoUrl, getRepoSourceDirectory } from './util';
+export {
+  parseRepoUrl,
+  getRepoSourceDirectory,
+  generateStableHash,
+} from './util';
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/actions/util.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/actions/util.ts
index 5e4ce60a1a..607d463a09 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/actions/util.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/actions/util.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+import stableStringify from 'fast-json-stable-stringify';
+import { createHash } from 'crypto';
 import { InputError } from '@backstage/errors';
 import { isChildPath } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
 import { join as joinPath, normalize as normalizePath } from 'path';
@@ -124,3 +126,15 @@ function checkRequiredParams(repoUrl: URL, ...params: string[]) {
     }
   }
 }
+
+/**
+ * @public
+ *
+ * Intended to be used in checkpoint function.
+ * If the object has to be part of the checkpoint's key, this function will help you create a hash for it.
+ */
+export function generateStableHash(entity: object) {
+  return createHash('sha1')
+    .update(stableStringify({ ...entity }))
+    .digest('hex');
+}
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index dc2c9de764..30424dff6c 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -7501,6 +7501,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-common": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/types": "workspace:^"
     concat-stream: ^2.0.0
+    fast-json-stable-stringify: ^2.1.0
     fs-extra: ^11.2.0
     globby: ^11.0.0
     isomorphic-git: ^1.23.0