Easy navigation from failed CI to offending file(s)

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Description

When CI fails after a commit (edit of a file) It should be easy to navigate to an edit of that file. Currently it takes five clicks to get there. One of these is selection of the proper branch -- and such selection is prone to errors.

Currently, the commit link provided does NOT go to the commit with the problem file(s). It goes to a branch for that commit. This is NOT a place where the file(s) can be edited and fixed. What is shown is something like this:

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In this case I was editing on the master branch. I expected that the commit link for dc203fb7 would take me to where I could fix the problem. I am not sure what the branch-related commit is used for. It does not take me anywhere I see as useful. Perhaps others rely on that for something.

Proposal

When CI indicates failure a link to the relevant commit -- or to a clickable list of file(s) involved in the commit should be immediately available so a user can start to debug/fix whatever caused the failure.

/cc: @JobV

Edited Sep 08, 2025 by 🤖 GitLab Bot 🤖
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