Add example_status_persistence_file_path option to rspec helper to speedup failed specs flow

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RSpec provides the CLI flags --only-failures and --next-failure for only running relevant failed tests on subsequent executions. That helps when stepping through multiple spec failures and fixing them.

https://relishapp.com/rspec/rspec-core/docs/command-line/only-failures

I'd propose to add the example_status_persistence_file_path configuration option to the spec helper and write to a temp directory the data. A candidate would be the tmp dir that gdk already creates.

I also feel that this would help in the direction proposed in https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/58157

Would there be any interest in this? I'd be willing to take over a small MR and testing.

Edited Sep 04, 2025 by 🤖 GitLab Bot 🤖
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