multiple issues' updated_at changed without obvious activity on them

Summary

From time to time, some issues in a project have their updated_at field "touched" without any visible activity.

Steps to reproduce

I wish I could provide some steps. We can only witness it after the fact.

Example Project

We use a self hosted Gitlab CE but this is happening on multiple projects.

What is the current bug behavior?

When we go on the closed issues page and sort by last updated we can see that a lot of issues have been updated at the exact same time. This is all happening within a few seconds which tends to show it's something automatic. When going inside the issues the last activity show is often weeks or months before.

What is the expected correct behavior?

The updated_at field should only be changed when actual activity occurs on an issue. This is especially problematic when trying to review recently closed issues.

Relevant logs and/or screenshots

SELECT title, updated_at, iid, project_id, state FROM issues WHERE updated_at BETWEEN '2017-06-30 13:30:44.790628+00' AND '2017-06-30 13:40:44.790628+00' ORDER BY updated_at DESC;
                                             title                                             |          updated_at           | iid | project_id | state
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------+-----+------------+--------
 En tant que user (..) pouvoir choisir la langue                                               | 2017-06-30 13:34:47.645079+00 |   1 |        318 | closed
 En tant que user (..) accéder au menu principal                                              | 2017-06-30 13:34:47.62465+00  |   2 |        318 | closed
 En tant qu'admin (..) traduire mon contenu                                                    | 2017-06-30 13:34:47.608227+00 |   4 |        318 | closed
 En tant que user (..) accéder au footer                                                      | 2017-06-30 13:34:47.586712+00 |   5 |        318 | closed
 En tant que user (..) suivre Horizon sur les réseaux sociaux                                 | 2017-06-30 13:34:47.570287+00 |   9 |        318 | closed
 En tant que user (..) accéder aux informations du groupe                                     | 2017-06-30 13:34:47.505495+00 |  12 |        318 | closed
 En tant que user (..) parcourir l'historique du groupe d'une date à une autre                | 2017-06-30 13:34:46.538022+00 |  13 |        318 | closed
 En tant que user (..) avoir des appels à d'autres contenus du site                           | 2017-06-30 13:34:46.521423+00 |  15 |        318 | closed
 En tant que user (..) connaitre les coordonnées et localisation du groupe                    | 2017-06-30 13:34:46.504289+00 |  16 |        318 | closed
 En tant que user (..) trouver les biens à vendre                                             | 2017-06-30 13:34:46.487464+00 |  17 |        318 | closed
 En tant que user (..) trouver un bien à vendre via des filtres de recherches                 | 2017-06-30 13:34:46.470845+00 |  18 |        318 | closed
 En tant que user (..) quitter ma recherche à tout moment                                     | 2017-06-30 13:34:46.454119+00 |  20 |        318 | closed
 En tant que user (..) naviguer dans la carte des biens                                        | 2017-06-30 13:34:46.437664+00 |  21 |        318 | closed
 En tant que user (..) naviguer d'un bien à en autre                                          | 2017-06-30 13:34:46.421027+00 |  22 |        318 | closed
 En tant qu'admin (..) pouvoir gérer mes projets                                              | 2017-06-30 13:34:46.404063+00 |  23 |        318 | closed
 En tant qu'admin (..) gérer l'ordre des biens                                                | 2017-06-30 13:34:46.387495+00 |  24 |        318 | closed
 En tant que user (..) connaitre tous les détails d'un projet                                 | 2017-06-30 13:34:46.370765+00 |  25 |        318 | closed
 En tant que user (..) naviguer dans une galerie photos                                        | 2017-06-30 13:34:46.354118+00 |  26 |        318 | closed
 En tant qu'admin (..) gérer le contenu des habitations et détails par projet                | 2017-06-30 13:34:46.337293+00 |  27 |        318 | closed
 En tant qu'admin (..) éditer la page "activités"                                            | 2017-06-30 13:34:46.31884+00  |  36 |        318 | closed
 En tant que user (..) connaitre les activités du groupe horizon                              | 2017-06-30 13:34:46.302361+00 |  37 |        318 | closed
 En tant qu'user (..) accéder à un abstract de références / projets futurs                 | 2017-06-30 13:34:46.285851+00 |  38 |        318 | closed
 En tant qu'admin (..) gérer et éditer mes références / projets futurs                     | 2017-06-30 13:34:46.268973+00 |  39 |        318 | closed
 Revoir la grille références / projets futurs                                                | 2017-06-30 13:34:46.252462+00 |  40 |        318 | closed
 En tant qu'user (..) accéder à n'importe quel page de contenu classique                     | 2017-06-30 13:34:46.227338+00 |  41 |        318 | closed
 Intégrer retours clients styleguide / sketch                                                 | 2017-06-30 13:34:46.159387+00 |  42 |        318 | closed
 En tant que user (...) faire une recherche pour les biens à louer                            | 2017-06-30 13:34:45.117026+00 |  44 |        318 | closed
 En tant qu'admin (..) éditer la page d'accueil                                               | 2017-06-30 13:34:45.100238+00 |  46 |        318 | closed
 En tant qu'admin (..) éditer une galerie                                                     | 2017-06-30 13:34:45.083396+00 |  47 |        318 | closed
 En tant qu'admin (..) gérer et créer le contenu des pages de type rich content              | 2017-06-30 13:34:45.066923+00 |  48 |        318 | closed
 En tant qu'user (..) envoyer un formulaire de demande d'information                           | 2017-06-30 13:34:45.049623+00 |  49 |        318 | closed
 En tant qu'admin (..) recevoir les données des inscriptions à la newsletter                 | 2017-06-30 13:34:45.032776+00 |   8 |        318 | closed
 En tant que user (..) avoir un nouvel onglet quand je clique sur itinéraire dans les projets | 2017-06-30 13:34:45.016443+00 |  54 |        318 | closed
 En tant qu'admin (..) accéder à la page visiter (évènements)                              | 2017-06-30 13:34:44.999221+00 |  57 |        318 | closed
 Overlay titre / image                                                                         | 2017-06-30 13:34:44.974231+00 |  60 |        318 | closed
 En tant qu'admin (..) éditer la page contact                                                 | 2017-06-30 13:34:44.957569+00 |  51 |        318 | closed
 Manque de style header page contact                                                           | 2017-06-30 13:34:44.940516+00 |  64 |        318 | closed
 En tant qu'admin (..) gérer les différentes actualités                                     | 2017-06-30 13:34:44.790628+00 |  34 |        318 | closed
(38 rows)

Screenshot of issue 21 show a last activity 3 months ago: https://www.dropbox.com/s/pe23280wkjnoi8m/Screenshot%202017-07-03%2012.08.26.png?dl=0

Results of GitLab environment info

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System information
System:
Current User:	git
Using RVM:	no
Ruby Version:	2.3.3p222
Gem Version:	2.6.6
Bundler Version:1.13.7
Rake Version:	10.5.0
Redis Version:	3.2.5
Git Version:	2.13.0
Sidekiq Version:5.0.0
Go Version:	unknown


GitLab information
Version:	9.3.0
Revision:	acb7f25
Directory:	/opt/gitlab/embedded/service/gitlab-rails
DB Adapter:	postgresql
URL:		https://git.epic.net
HTTP Clone URL:	https://git.epic.net/some-group/some-project.git
SSH Clone URL:	git@git.epic.net:some-group/some-project.git
Using LDAP:	no
Using Omniauth:	no


GitLab Shell
Version:	5.0.5
Repository storage paths:
  • default: /var/opt/gitlab/git-data/repositories Hooks: /opt/gitlab/embedded/service/gitlab-shell/hooks Git: /opt/gitlab/embedded/bin/git

Results of GitLab application Check

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Checking GitLab Shell ...


GitLab Shell version >= 5.0.5 ? ... OK (5.0.5)
Repo base directory exists?
default... yes
Repo storage directories are symlinks?
default... no
Repo paths owned by git:root, or git:git?
default... yes
Repo paths access is drwxrws---?
default... yes
hooks directories in repos are links: ...
6/2 ... ok
8/3 ... ok
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Running /opt/gitlab/embedded/service/gitlab-shell/bin/check
Check GitLab API access: OK
Access to /var/opt/gitlab/.ssh/authorized_keys: OK
Send ping to redis server: OK
gitlab-shell self-check successful


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Checking Sidekiq ...


Running? ... yes
Number of Sidekiq processes ... 1


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Checking Reply by email ...


IMAP server credentials are correct? ... yes
Init.d configured correctly? ... skipped (omnibus-gitlab has no init script)
MailRoom running? ... can't check because of previous errors


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Checking LDAP ...


LDAP is disabled in config/gitlab.yml


Checking LDAP ... Finished


Checking GitLab ...


Git configured correctly? ... yes
Database config exists? ... yes
All migrations up? ... yes
Database contains orphaned GroupMembers? ... no
GitLab config exists? ... yes
GitLab config up to date? ... yes
Log directory writable? ... yes
Tmp directory writable? ... yes
Uploads directory exists? ... yes
Uploads directory has correct permissions? ... yes
Uploads directory tmp has correct permissions? ... no
Try fixing it:
sudo chown -R git /var/opt/gitlab/gitlab-rails/uploads
sudo find /var/opt/gitlab/gitlab-rails/uploads -type f -exec chmod 0644 {} ;
sudo find /var/opt/gitlab/gitlab-rails/uploads -type d -not -path /var/opt/gitlab/gitlab-rails/uploads -exec chmod 0700 {} ;
For more information see:
doc/install/installation.md in section "GitLab"
Please fix the error above and rerun the checks.
Init script exists? ... skipped (omnibus-gitlab has no init script)
Init script up-to-date? ... skipped (omnibus-gitlab has no init script)
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Redis version >= 2.8.0? ... yes
Ruby version >= 2.3.3 ? ... yes (2.3.3)
Git version >= 2.7.3 ? ... yes (2.13.0)
Active users: ... 39


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