`review-qa-smoke` job duration increased from 8 minutes on 2020-08-04 to 10 minutes on 2020-10-29

What is the GitLab engineering productivity problem to solve?

The review-qa-smoke job duration was 8 minutes until 2020-08-04, but has increased since then to stabilize around 10 minutes now.

Given that this job is a bottleneck job, that means this adds 2 minutes to all frontend pipelines.

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https://app.periscopedata.com/app/gitlab/652085/Engineering-Productivity---Pipeline-Build-Durations?widget=6729805&udv=1005715

Problem identification checklist

  • The root cause of the problem is identified.
  • The surface of the problem is as small as possible.

What are the potential solutions?

  • All potential solutions are listed.
  • A solution has been chosen for the first iteration: PUT THE CHOSEN SOLUTION HERE

Verify that the solution has improved the situation

  • The solution improved the situation.
    • If yes, check this box and close the issue. Well done! 🎉
    • Otherwise, create a new "Productivity Improvement" issue. You can re-use the description from this issue, but obviously another solution should be chosen this time.