Saving a user invokes a GET request for user avatar in object storage

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I noticed this on staging. I suspect the User model is validating the avatar exists, but this seems odd:

irb(main):005:0> user.save
Sending HTTP get https://www.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/gitlab-gstg-uploads/o/user%2Favatar%2F64248%2Fstanhu.jpg?
200
#<HTTP::Message:0x00007fc5bee51f38 @http_header=#<HTTP::Message::Headers:0x00007fc5bee51d30 @http_version="1.1", @body_size=0, @chunked=false, @request_method="GET", @request_uri=#<Addressable::URI:0x3fe2df735990 URI:https://www.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/gitlab-gstg-uploads/o/user%2Favatar%2F64248%2Fstanhu.jpg?SNIP>
Success - #<Google::Apis::StorageV1::Object:0x00007fc5bf111570
<SNIP>

=> true
Edited Sep 25, 2025 by 🤖 GitLab Bot 🤖
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