<!--IssueSummary start--> <details> <summary> Everyone can contribute. [Help move this issue forward](https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/marketing/developer-relations/contributor-success/community-contributors-workflows/#contributor-links) while earning points, leveling up and collecting rewards. </summary> - [Close this issue](https://contributors.gitlab.com/manage-issue?action=close&projectId=278964&issueIid=515977) </details> <!--IssueSummary end--> ### Problem The customer encountered the following error during the pull mirroring process. ``` { "id": **, "update_status": "failed", "url": "https://*****:*****@gitlab.com/**/**/**.git", "last_error": "9:Could not update main. Please refresh and try again..", "last_update_at": "2025-01-29T13:53:06.360Z", "last_update_started_at": "2025-01-29T13:53:05.218Z", "last_successful_update_at": "2025-01-29T11:07:06.717Z", "enabled": true, "mirror_trigger_builds": true, "only_mirror_protected_branches": true, "mirror_overwrites_diverged_branches": true, "mirror_branch_regex": null } ``` The root cause was identified: the mirror user didn't have force push permissions on the branch to allow to overwrite divergence. ### Proposal 1. Try to reproduce this problem based on the report 2. Consider improving the error message to make it clearer.