Generating cache metadata "only one file can be sent as raw" error when using artifact attestation with security scanning
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## Status update (2023-01-19)
- Issue closed. The problem was that report uploads were failing when metadata generation was enabled. This was fixed in (https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/issues/29151) by treating these as unsupported types for metadata generation, allowing report to function correctly again.
### Summary
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Pipeline fails on security scanning jobs such as [SAST](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/application_security/sast/) or [IaC](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/application_security/iac_scanning/) when the [artifact attestation](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/runners/configure_runners.html#artifact-attestation) feature is added. It fails to generate artifact metadata.
Removing artifact attestation in the gitlab-ci.yml allows the pipeline to pass.
### Steps to reproduce
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1. Update GitLab Runner to 15.1
2. Create a `gitlab-ci.yml` file with a simple job
3. Add security scanning (IaC or SAST will do)
4. Add artifact attestation feature as a variable:
```yml
variables:
SECURE_LOG_LEVEL: "debug"
RUNNER_GENERATE_ARTIFACTS_METADATA: "true"
```
5. Run the pipeline.
### Example Project
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behavior, and link to it here in the bug report. If you are using an older version of GitLab, this
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```yml
stages:
- build
- test
variables:
SECURE_LOG_LEVEL: "debug"
RUNNER_GENERATE_ARTIFACTS_METADATA: "true"
build-code-job:
stage: build
script:
- echo "Testing if artifacts metadata is generated:"
artifacts:
paths:
- data.txt
include:
- template: Security/SAST-IaC.latest.gitlab-ci.yml
artifacts:
paths:
- data2.txt
```
### What is the current *bug* behavior?
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When using artifact attestation with any security scanning such as [SAST](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/application_security/sast/) or [IaC](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/application_security/iac_scanning/) the [artifact attestation](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/runners/configure_runners.html#artifact-attestation) fails to generate artifact metadata with the error below:
`only one file can be sent as raw `
The pipeline fails on the security scanning jobs.
Pipelines with other jobs without scanning analyzers will pass.
### What is the expected *correct* behavior?
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Successfully ran jobs, downloaded artifacts and generated artifact attestation (metadata)
```shell
Uploading artifacts...
data.txt: found 1 matching files and directories
Generating cache metadata
Uploading artifacts as "archive" to coordinator... 201 Created id= responseStatus=201 Created token=
Cleaning up project directory and file based variables
00:01
Job succeeded
```
### Relevant logs and/or screenshots
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as it's tough to read otherwise. -->
```shell
Uploading artifacts for successful job
00:03
Uploading artifacts...
gl-sast-report.json: found 1 matching files and directories
Generating cache metadata
ERROR: Uploading artifacts as "sast" to coordinator... error error=couldn't execute POST against ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.net/api/v4/jobs/88/artifacts?artifact_format=raw&artifact_type=sast: Post "▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.net/api/v4/jobs/88/artifacts?artifact_format=raw&artifact_type=sast": only one file can be sent as raw id=88 token=FdRJu1MA
WARNING: Retrying... context=artifacts-uploader error=invalid argument
```
### Output of checks
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#### Results of GitLab environment info
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The artifact attestation feature is available on GitLab Runner 15.1
<details>
<summary>Expand for output related to GitLab environment info</summary>
<pre>
(For installations with omnibus-gitlab package run and paste the output of:
`sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:env:info`)
(For installations from source run and paste the output of:
`sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake gitlab:env:info RAILS_ENV=production`)
</pre>
</details>
#### Results of GitLab application Check
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<details>
<summary>Expand for output related to the GitLab application check</summary>
<pre>
(For installations with omnibus-gitlab package run and paste the output of:
`sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:check SANITIZE=true`)
(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)
</pre>
</details>
### Possible fixes
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