After deleting user, data disappeared instead of being transferred under Ghost User

Summary

I was cleaning up our repository and I was deleting old inactive users. I didn't notice one of them still owned a project and deleted that user. By default this project should have transfered ownership under "Ghost User", but that didn't happen. Now the project is nonexistent.

Components

  • GitLab - 13.9.4 (4be21b77456)
  • GitLab Shell - 13.17.0
  • GitLab Workhorsev - 13.9.4
  • GitLab API - v4
  • Ruby - 2.7.2p137
  • Rails - 6.0.3.4
  • PostgreSQL - 12.5
  • Redis - 6.0.10

Steps to reproduce

  • Create test user
  • Create new project under said user
  • Add some files to this project so it is not empty
  • Delete said user
  • Project is gone and Ghost User doesn't have any

What is the current bug behavior?

All data belonging to user are lost after deleting him. (choosing just to delete user and not the other option where it is delete user and data).

What is the expected correct behavior?

User should be deleted, but any data owned by him should have transfered ownership to Ghost User. (as per wiki)

Relevant logs and/or screenshots

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Output of checks

Results of GitLab environment info

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System information
System: Ubuntu 16.04
Current User: git
Using RVM: no
Ruby Version: 2.7.2p137
Gem Version: 3.1.4
Bundler Version:2.1.4
Rake Version: 13.0.3
Redis Version: 6.0.10
Git Version: 2.29.0
Sidekiq Version:5.2.9
Go Version: unknown

GitLab information
Version: 13.9.4
Revision: 4be21b77456
Directory: /opt/gitlab/embedded/service/gitlab-rails
DB Adapter: PostgreSQL
DB Version: 12.5
URL: http://rep.gaiagroup.cz
HTTP Clone URL: http://rep.gaiagroup.cz/some-group/some-project.git
SSH Clone URL: git@rep.gaiagroup.cz:some-group/some-project.git
Using LDAP: no
Using Omniauth: yes
Omniauth Providers:

GitLab Shell
Version: 13.17.0
Repository storage paths:
- default: /var/opt/gitlab/git-data/repositories
GitLab Shell path: /opt/gitlab/embedded/service/gitlab-shell
Git: /opt/gitlab/embedded/bin/git

Results of GitLab application Check

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Checking GitLab subtasks ...


Checking GitLab Shell ...


GitLab Shell: ... GitLab Shell version >= 13.17.0 ? ... OK (13.17.0)
Running /opt/gitlab/embedded/service/gitlab-shell/bin/check
Internal API available: OK
Redis available via internal API: OK
gitlab-shell self-check successful


Checking GitLab Shell ... Finished


Checking Gitaly ...


Gitaly: ... default ... OK


Checking Gitaly ... Finished


Checking Sidekiq ...


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


Checking Sidekiq ... Finished


Checking Incoming Email ...


Incoming Email: ... Reply by email is disabled in config/gitlab.yml


Checking Incoming Email ... Finished


Checking LDAP ...


LDAP: ... LDAP is disabled in config/gitlab.yml


Checking LDAP ... Finished


Checking GitLab App ...


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)
Projects have namespace: ...
1/2 ... yes
2/3 ... yes
2/4 ... yes
2/5 ... yes
2/6 ... yes
3/7 ... yes
3/8 ... yes
2/10 ... yes
2/12 ... yes
2/13 ... yes
2/16 ... yes
1/17 ... yes
2/18 ... yes
1/19 ... yes
2/20 ... yes
1/21 ... yes
2/23 ... yes
5/24 ... yes
1/25 ... yes
3/26 ... yes
5/27 ... yes
2/28 ... yes
2/29 ... yes
2/30 ... yes
2/31 ... yes
2/32 ... yes
2/33 ... yes
2/35 ... yes
1/36 ... yes
2/37 ... yes
1/38 ... yes
2/39 ... yes
1/41 ... yes
2/42 ... yes
1/43 ... yes
2/44 ... yes
1/45 ... yes
1/46 ... yes
2/47 ... yes
2/48 ... yes
2/49 ... yes
2/51 ... yes
12/52 ... yes
1/53 ... yes
2/54 ... yes
1/55 ... yes
3/56 ... yes
12/57 ... yes
1/58 ... yes
12/59 ... yes
1/60 ... yes
1/61 ... yes
12/62 ... yes
3/66 ... yes
12/67 ... yes
1/69 ... yes
26/71 ... yes
26/72 ... yes
26/73 ... yes
3/74 ... yes
26/75 ... yes
Redis version >= 4.0.0? ... yes
Ruby version >= 2.7.2 ? ... yes (2.7.2)
Git version >= 2.29.0 ? ... yes (2.29.0)
Git user has default SSH configuration? ... yes
Active users: ... 20
Is authorized keys file accessible? ... yes
GitLab configured to store new projects in hashed storage? ... yes
All projects are in hashed storage? ... yes


Checking GitLab App ... Finished


Checking GitLab subtasks ... Finished

Possible fixes

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