Failures in qa/specs/features/ee/browser_ui/4_verify/transient/merge_trains_transient_bug_spec.rb

Summary

New failures today on Nightly for ./qa/specs/features/ee/browser_ui/4_verify/transient/merge_trains_transient_bug_spec.rb. Errors are to do with unexpected pipeline status and attempting to delete a group already marked for deletion.

Stack trace

  1) Verify Merge trains transient bugs confirms that a merge train consistently completes and updates the UI
     Got 1 failure and 1 other error:
     1.1) Failure/Error: expect(show).to have_pipeline_status(/Merge train pipeline #\d+ passed/)
            expected #has_pipeline_status?(/Merge train pipeline #\d+ passed/) to return true, got false
          # ./qa/specs/features/ee/browser_ui/4_verify/transient/merge_trains_transient_bug_spec.rb:119:in `block (5 levels) in <module:QA>'
          # ./qa/scenario/actable.rb:16:in `perform'
          # ./qa/specs/features/ee/browser_ui/4_verify/transient/merge_trains_transient_bug_spec.rb:90:in `block (4 levels) in <module:QA>'
          # ./qa/specs/features/ee/browser_ui/4_verify/transient/merge_trains_transient_bug_spec.rb:66:in `times'
          # ./qa/specs/features/ee/browser_ui/4_verify/transient/merge_trains_transient_bug_spec.rb:66:in `block (3 levels) in <module:QA>'
          # /usr/local/bundle/gems/rspec-retry-0.6.1/lib/rspec/retry.rb:123:in `block in run'
          # /usr/local/bundle/gems/rspec-retry-0.6.1/lib/rspec/retry.rb:110:in `loop'
          # /usr/local/bundle/gems/rspec-retry-0.6.1/lib/rspec/retry.rb:110:in `run'
          # /usr/local/bundle/gems/rspec-retry-0.6.1/lib/rspec_ext/rspec_ext.rb:12:in `run_with_retry'
          # ./spec/spec_helper.rb:78:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
          # /usr/local/bundle/gems/rspec-retry-0.6.1/lib/rspec/retry.rb:123:in `block in run'
          # /usr/local/bundle/gems/rspec-retry-0.6.1/lib/rspec/retry.rb:110:in `loop'
          # /usr/local/bundle/gems/rspec-retry-0.6.1/lib/rspec/retry.rb:110:in `run'
          # /usr/local/bundle/gems/rspec-retry-0.6.1/lib/rspec_ext/rspec_ext.rb:12:in `run_with_retry'
          # /usr/local/bundle/gems/rspec-retry-0.6.1/lib/rspec/retry.rb:37:in `block (2 levels) in setup'
          # ./qa/specs/runner.rb:73:in `perform'
          # ./qa/scenario/template.rb:10:in `block in perform'
          # ./qa/scenario/template.rb:8:in `tap'
          # ./qa/scenario/template.rb:8:in `perform'
          # ./qa/scenario/template.rb:35:in `perform'
          # ./qa/scenario/template.rb:10:in `block in perform'
          # ./qa/scenario/template.rb:8:in `tap'
          # ./qa/scenario/template.rb:8:in `perform'
          # ./qa/scenario/bootable.rb:28:in `launch!'
     1.2) Failure/Error: group.remove_via_api!
          
          QA::Resource::ApiFabricator::ResourceNotDeletedError:
            Resource at http://gitlab-ee-e8378c8d.test/api/v4/groups/4?private_token=[****] could not be deleted (400): `{"message":"Group has been already marked for deletion"}`.
          # ./qa/resource/api_fabricator.rb:138:in `api_delete'
          # ./qa/resource/api_fabricator.rb:44:in `remove_via_api!'
          # ./qa/specs/features/ee/browser_ui/4_verify/transient/merge_trains_transient_bug_spec.rb:62:in `block (3 levels) in <module:QA>'
          # /usr/local/bundle/gems/rspec-retry-0.6.1/lib/rspec/retry.rb:123:in `block in run'
          # /usr/local/bundle/gems/rspec-retry-0.6.1/lib/rspec/retry.rb:110:in `loop'
          # /usr/local/bundle/gems/rspec-retry-0.6.1/lib/rspec/retry.rb:110:in `run'
          # /usr/local/bundle/gems/rspec-retry-0.6.1/lib/rspec_ext/rspec_ext.rb:12:in `run_with_retry'
          # ./spec/spec_helper.rb:78:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
          # /usr/local/bundle/gems/rspec-retry-0.6.1/lib/rspec/retry.rb:123:in `block in run'
          # /usr/local/bundle/gems/rspec-retry-0.6.1/lib/rspec/retry.rb:110:in `loop'
          # /usr/local/bundle/gems/rspec-retry-0.6.1/lib/rspec/retry.rb:110:in `run'
          # /usr/local/bundle/gems/rspec-retry-0.6.1/lib/rspec_ext/rspec_ext.rb:12:in `run_with_retry'
          # /usr/local/bundle/gems/rspec-retry-0.6.1/lib/rspec/retry.rb:37:in `block (2 levels) in setup'
          # ./qa/specs/runner.rb:73:in `perform'
          # ./qa/scenario/template.rb:10:in `block in perform'
          # ./qa/scenario/template.rb:8:in `tap'
          # ./qa/scenario/template.rb:8:in `perform'
          # ./qa/scenario/template.rb:35:in `perform'
          # ./qa/scenario/template.rb:10:in `block in perform'
          # ./qa/scenario/template.rb:8:in `tap'
          # ./qa/scenario/template.rb:8:in `perform'
          # ./qa/scenario/bootable.rb:28:in `launch!'

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