Archived projects should not be transferable

Summary

I am trying to move some archived projects from one group to another as part of a tidy up - the projects have been replaced and we'd like the old ones in a new place and to change the access rights. The UI goes all the way through allowing me until it puts up the dialog to retype the project name and I hit confirm. At that point I get "500 Whoops, something went wrong on our end."

It seems that I have to unarchive the project, move it and then re-archive.

Steps to reproduce

I have project "ides-grpc-docker" in group "idesv2". I want to move that to group "oldengine". I am "maintainer" in the first group and "owner" in the second. I also have admin rights for the server. The project has been archived.

Actions:

1. In project select "Settings>General". Select "Expand" on Advanced.
2. In "Transfer project", "Select a new namespace", select "oldengine" and then "Transfer project"
3. Under confirmation required, retype the project name ides-grpc-docker (as requested) and select "Confirm".

What is the current bug behavior?

Error page "500 Whoops, something went wrong on our end."

What is the expected correct behavior?

Archived projects should not be transferable. We should indicate in the UI that this is the case and enhance the documentation to state this.

Relevant logs and/or screenshots

https://gitlab.com/-/project/278964/uploads/190a03fbddb8c2866a958322ea6ad602/gitlab-rails-production_json-transfer500-sanitized.log

Results of GitLab environment info

Expand for output related to GitLab environment info

(For installations with omnibus-gitlab package run and paste the output of:
`sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:env:info`)

[centos@ip-172-30-2-235 ~]$ sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:check SANITIZE=true
Checking GitLab subtasks ...

Checking GitLab Shell ...

GitLab Shell: ... GitLab Shell version >= 14.7.4 ? ... OK (14.7.4)
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 (cluster/worker) ... 1/1

Checking Sidekiq ... Finished

Checking Incoming Email ...

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

Checking Incoming Email ... Finished

Checking LDAP ...

LDAP: ... Server: ldapmain
LDAP authentication... Success
LDAP users with access to your GitLab server (only showing the first 100 results)
        User output sanitized. Found 100 users of 100 limit.

Checking LDAP ... Finished

Checking GitLab App ...

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? ... yes
Systemd unit files or init script exist? ... skipped (omnibus-gitlab has neither init script nor systemd units)
Systemd unit files or init script up-to-date? ... skipped (omnibus-gitlab has neither init script nor systemd units)
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Redis version >= 5.0.0? ... yes
Ruby version >= 2.7.2 ? ... yes (2.7.5)
Git user has default SSH configuration? ... yes
Active users: ... 105
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


(For installations from source run and paste the output of:
`sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake gitlab:env:info RAILS_ENV=production`)

Results of GitLab application Check

Expand for output related to the GitLab application check

(For installations with omnibus-gitlab package run and paste the output of:
sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:check SANITIZE=true)
[centos@ip-172-30-2-235 ~]$ sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:check SANITIZE=true
Checking GitLab subtasks ...
Checking GitLab Shell ...
GitLab Shell: ... GitLab Shell version >= 14.7.4 ? ... OK (14.7.4)
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 (cluster/worker) ... 1/1
Checking Sidekiq ... Finished
Checking Incoming Email ...
Incoming Email: ... Reply by email is disabled in config/gitlab.yml
Checking Incoming Email ... Finished
Checking LDAP ...
LDAP: ... Server: ldapmain
LDAP authentication... Success
LDAP users with access to your GitLab server (only showing the first 100 results)
User output sanitized. Found 100 users of 100 limit.
Checking LDAP ... Finished
Checking GitLab App ...
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? ... yes
Systemd unit files or init script exist? ... skipped (omnibus-gitlab has neither init script nor systemd units)
Systemd unit files or init script up-to-date? ... skipped (omnibus-gitlab has neither init script nor systemd units)
Projects have namespace: ...
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502/456 ... yes
Redis version >= 5.0.0? ... yes
Ruby version >= 2.7.2 ? ... yes (2.7.5)
Git user has default SSH configuration? ... yes
Active users: ... 105
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
(For installations from source run and paste the output of:
sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake gitlab:check RAILS_ENV=production SANITIZE=true)
(we will only investigate if the tests are passing)

Possible fixes

Archived projects should not be transferable. In order to transfer an archived project, unarchive it first. Ensure this is documented.

Workaround

1. Unarchive the project
2. Transfer the project
3. Archive the project again

UX improvements (needs design input)

Ensure that:

1. The transfer option is disabled for archived projects and the user understands why

OR

1. Transfer cannot be executed and the user understands why

and update the documentation to state that archived projects need to be unarchived in order to be transferred. The same is going to be the case for archived groups in the future.