Random registry push failures due to ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid (Validation failed: Name has already been taken)
### Summary
Podman gets error copying image to the remote destination: Error trying to reuse blob sha256:dbfdadd47341d8fef76248007931eade2b2039a376eb9e38861916be0cb06d40 at destination: unexpected http code: 422 (Unprocessable Entity)
Note this error only occurs on initial push attempt, all subsequent pushes are successful.
### Steps to reproduce
Create Group/Project, ensure Container Registry is enabled. Authenticate podman to registry. Use podman to push image to the remote gitlab registry.
This issue can also be reproduced with other tools and not just podman. Another example: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/charts/gitlab/-/issues/2590.
### Example Project
NA
### What is the current *bug* behavior?
Error is produced:
```
[root@localhost]# podman push localhost/hello/world:latest registry.example.com:4567/container-images/images/hello/world:latest
Getting image source signatures
Copying blob ebc8bce41e75 skipped: already exists
Copying blob 3115593a9788 skipped: already exists
Copying blob 877b494a9f30 skipped: already exists
Copying blob 27fe649c2f1d skipped: already exists
Copying blob 25ba9f7b8f48 skipped: already exists
Copying blob 662009dcc419 [--------------------------------------] 0.0b / 0.0b
Error: Error copying image to the remote destination: Error trying to reuse blob sha256:dbfdadd47341d8fef76248007931eade2b2039a376eb9e38861916be0cb06d40 at destination: unexpected http code: 422 (Unprocessable Entity), URL: https://registry.example.com:8881/jwt/auth?account=root&scope=repository%3Acontainer-images%2Fimages%2Fhello%2Fworld%3Apull%2Cpush&service=container_registry
```
### What is the expected *correct* behavior?
Push should complete with no errors and send metadata
### Relevant logs and/or screenshots
```
Started GET "/jwt/auth?account=root&scope=repository%3Acontainer-images%2Fimages%2Fhello%2Fworld%3Apull%2Cpush&service=container_registry" for 172.30.30.10 at 2020-04-24 20:35:17 +0000
Started GET "/jwt/auth?account=root&scope=repository%3Acontainer-images%2Fimages%2Fhello%2Fworld%3Apull%2Cpush&service=container_registry" for 172.30.30.10 at 2020-04-24 20:35:17 +0000
Started GET "/jwt/auth?account=root&scope=repository%3Acontainer-images%2Fimages%2Fhello%2Fworld%3Apull%2Cpush&service=container_registry" for 172.30.30.10 at 2020-04-24 20:35:17 +0000
Started GET "/jwt/auth?account=root&scope=repository%3Acontainer-images%2Fimages%2Fhello%2Fworld%3Apull%2Cpush&service=container_registry" for 172.30.30.10 at 2020-04-24 20:35:17 +0000
Started GET "/jwt/auth?account=root&scope=repository%3Acontainer-images%2Fimages%2Fhello%2Fworld%3Apull%2Cpush&service=container_registry" for 172.30.30.10 at 2020-04-24 20:35:17 +0000
Started GET "/jwt/auth?account=root&scope=repository%3Acontainer-images%2Fimages%2Fhello%2Fworld%3Apull%2Cpush&service=container_registry" for 172.30.30.10 at 2020-04-24 20:35:17 +0000
Processing by JwtController#auth as HTML
Parameters: {"account"=>"root", "scope"=>"repository:container-images/images/hello/world:pull,push", "service"=>"container_registry"}
Processing by JwtController#auth as HTML
Processing by JwtController#auth as HTML
Parameters: {"account"=>"root", "scope"=>"repository:container-images/images/hello/world:pull,push", "service"=>"container_registry"}
Parameters: {"account"=>"root", "scope"=>"repository:container-images/images/hello/world:pull,push", "service"=>"container_registry"}
Processing by JwtController#auth as HTML
Processing by JwtController#auth as HTML
Processing by JwtController#auth as HTML
Parameters: {"account"=>"root", "scope"=>"repository:container-images/images/hello/world:pull,push", "service"=>"container_registry"}
Parameters: {"account"=>"root", "scope"=>"repository:container-images/images/hello/world:pull,push", "service"=>"container_registry"}
Parameters: {"account"=>"root", "scope"=>"repository:container-images/images/hello/world:pull,push", "service"=>"container_registry"}
Completed 200 OK in 185ms (Views: 0.3ms | ActiveRecord: 14.3ms | Elasticsearch: 0.0ms | Allocations: 15307)
Completed 422 Unprocessable Entity in 189ms (ActiveRecord: 20.8ms | Elasticsearch: 0.0ms | Allocations: 19141)
ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid (Validation failed: Name has already been taken):
app/models/container_repository.rb:94:in `tap'
app/models/container_repository.rb:94:in `create_from_path!'
lib/gitlab/metrics/instrumentation.rb:161:in `block in create_from_path!'
```
### Output of checks
NA
#### Results of GitLab environment info
<details>
<summary>Expand for output related to GitLab environment info</summary>
<pre>
System information
System:
Current User: git
Using RVM: no
Ruby Version: 2.6.5p114
Gem Version: 2.7.10
Bundler Version:1.17.3
Rake Version: 12.3.3
Redis Version: 5.0.7
Git Version: 2.24.1
Sidekiq Version:5.2.7
Go Version: unknown
GitLab information
Version: 12.9.2
Revision: ac5568eb5d8
Directory: /opt/gitlab/embedded/service/gitlab-rails
DB Adapter: PostgreSQL
DB Version: 10.12
URL: https://puppet.dw.lab:8881
HTTP Clone URL: https://puppet.dw.lab:8881/some-group/some-project.git
SSH Clone URL: ssh://git@puppet.dw.lab:8882/some-group/some-project.git
Using LDAP: no
Using Omniauth: yes
Omniauth Providers:
GitLab Shell
Version: 12.0.0
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
</pre>
</details>
#### Results of GitLab application Check
<details>
<summary>Expand for output related to the GitLab application check</summary>
<pre>
Checking GitLab subtasks ...
Checking GitLab Shell ...
GitLab Shell: ... GitLab Shell version >= 12.0.0 ? ... OK (12.0.0)
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? ... skipped (no tmp uploads folder yet)
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: ...
2/1 ... yes
Redis version >= 2.8.0? ... yes
Ruby version >= 2.5.3 ? ... yes (2.6.5)
Git version >= 2.22.0 ? ... yes (2.24.1)
Git user has default SSH configuration? ... yes
Active users: ... 1
Is authorized keys file accessible? ... yes
Checking GitLab App ... Finished
Checking GitLab subtasks ... Finished
</pre>
</details>
### Possible fixes
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/blob/master/app/models/container_repository.rb#L96-103
Issue appears to be a race condition in caused by the jwt token service. Possible that multiple unsaved ContainerRepository objects are getting instantiated but not persisted yet. Then at some point are attempting to persist but failing validation. I have a fix that I will MR against this issue that catches the exception and will instead do a lookup of the persisted model.
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