:waves: As part of &22879+, I've been finding digging up a lot of information on flakes; especially "quiet" ones that get pass on automatic retry. They don't fail a pipeline and so they can go under the radar, but they lead to longer overall pipeline times, and sometimes _do_ fail pipelines when they fail on retry. In the three months 2026-05-24 – 2026-08-24, `spec/features/merge_request/user_accepts_merge_request_spec.rb` has had 620 pass-on-retry flakes, and 938 fail-on-retry (pipeline-failing) flakes. There's 9 or so examples all flaking in the same manner in this file; after clicking merge, we expect to find some text starting `Changes merged into …`, and time out waiting for it. The text visible in the assertion suggests the MR page otherwise renders fine. The incidence rate was low until late June, and it's been climbing since then, so something merge-widget-y likely merged around then. ## Related issues - This looks to be the test-failure-issues counterpart: gitlab-org/quality/test-failure-issues#16774+ - #435446+ - gitlab-org/quality/test-failure-issues#6708+ - gitlab-org/quality/test-failure-issues#41600+ - gitlab-org/quality/test-failure-issues#19741+ - gitlab-org/quality/test-failure-issues#17531+ ## Active flaking examples (last event on/after 2026-08-03) Below is data collated by LLM, should it be helpful. ### `spec/features/merge_request/user_accepts_merge_request_spec.rb[1:1:1]` - name: User accepts a merge request presents merged merge request content when merge method is set to merge commit - flake events: 112 (23 on master pipelines); active 2026-06-08 → 2026-08-17 (10 weeks) - recent weekly: 07-13: 14, 07-20: 4, 07-27: 16, 08-03: 14, 08-10: 13, 08-17: 21 - exceptions: `['NameError','BrowserConsoleHelpers::BrowserConsoleError']`; `['RSpec::Expectations::ExpectationNotMetError','BrowserConsoleHelpers::BrowserConsoleError']`; `['RSpec::Expectations::ExpectationNotMetError']` - message sample: `expected to find text "Changes merged into master with " in "Skip to main content Homepage Sidney Jones1 Project-1 Name Merge requests !1 Search or go to… / 0 0 0 Sidney Jones2 user’s menu Primary navigation Project P Project-1 Name Pinned Work items 0 Merge requests 1 Manage Plan AI Code Merge` - message sample: `expected to find text "Changes merged into master with " in "Skip to main content Homepage Sidney Jones1 Project-1 Name Merge requests !1 Search or go to… / 0 0 0 Sidney Jones2 user’s menu Primary navigation Project P Project-1 Name Pinned Members Work items 0 Branches Merge requests 1 Pipelines` ### `spec/features/merge_request/user_accepts_merge_request_spec.rb[1:1:2:1]` - name: User accepts a merge request presents merged merge request content when merge method is set to semi linear merge accepts a merge request when devirged - flake events: 99 (18 on master pipelines); active 2026-06-01 → 2026-08-24 (12 weeks) - recent weekly: 07-20: 2, 07-27: 15, 08-03: 13, 08-10: 19, 08-17: 10, 08-24: 1 - exceptions: `['NameError','BrowserConsoleHelpers::BrowserConsoleError']`; `['RSpec::Expectations::ExpectationNotMetError','BrowserConsoleHelpers::BrowserConsoleError']`; `['RSpec::Expectations::ExpectationNotMetError']` - message sample: `expected to find text "Changes merged into master with " in "Skip to main content Homepage Sidney Jones3 Project-2 Name Merge requests !1 Search or go to… / 0 0 0 Sidney Jones4 user’s menu Primary navigation Project P Project-2 Name Pinned Work items 0 Merge requests 1 Manage Plan AI Code Merge` - message sample: `expected to find text "Changes merged into master with " in "Skip to main content Homepage Sidney Jones3 Project-2 Name Merge requests !1 Search or go to… / 0 0 0 Sidney Jones4 user’s menu Primary navigation Project P Project-2 Name Pinned Members Work items 0 Branches Merge requests 1 Pipelines` ### `spec/features/merge_request/user_accepts_merge_request_spec.rb[1:2:1]` - name: User accepts a merge request with removing the source branch accepts a merge request - flake events: 69 (15 on master pipelines); active 2026-06-01 → 2026-08-17 (10 weeks) - recent weekly: 07-13: 13, 07-20: 4, 07-27: 3, 08-03: 3, 08-10: 10, 08-17: 15 - exceptions: `['NameError','BrowserConsoleHelpers::BrowserConsoleError']`; `['RSpec::Expectations::ExpectationNotMetError','BrowserConsoleHelpers::BrowserConsoleError']`; `['RSpec::Expectations::ExpectationNotMetError']` - message sample: `expected to find text "Changes merged into" in "Skip to main content Homepage Sidney Jones15 Project-8 Name Merge requests !1 Search or go to… / 0 0 0 Sidney Jones16 user’s menu Primary navigation Project P Project-8 Name Pinned Work items 0 Merge requests 1 Manage Plan AI Code Merge requests 1` - message sample: `expected to find text "Changes merged into" in "Skip to main content Homepage Sidney Jones15 Project-8 Name Merge requests !1 Search or go to… / 0 0 0 Sidney Jones16 user’s menu Primary navigation Project P Project-8 Name Pinned Members Work items 0 Branches Merge requests 1 Pipelines More featu` ### `spec/features/merge_request/user_accepts_merge_request_spec.rb[1:1:2:3]` - name: User accepts a merge request presents merged merge request content when merge method is set to semi linear merge accepts a merge request with squash and merge - flake events: 69 (14 on master pipelines); active 2026-06-08 → 2026-08-17 (11 weeks) - recent weekly: 07-13: 10, 07-20: 3, 07-27: 6, 08-03: 5, 08-10: 14, 08-17: 7 - exceptions: `['NameError','BrowserConsoleHelpers::BrowserConsoleError']`; `['RSpec::Expectations::ExpectationNotMetError','BrowserConsoleHelpers::BrowserConsoleError']`; `['RSpec::Expectations::ExpectationNotMetError']` - message sample: `expected to find text "Changes merged into improve/awesome with " in "Skip to main content Homepage Sidney Jones7 Project-4 Name Merge requests !1 Search or go to… / 0 0 0 Sidney Jones8 user’s menu Primary navigation Project P Project-4 Name Pinned Work items 0 Merge requests 1 Manage Plan AI Co` - message sample: `expected to find text "Changes merged into improve/awesome with " in "Skip to main content Homepage Sidney Jones7 Project-4 Name Merge requests !1 Search or go to… / 0 0 0 Sidney Jones8 user’s menu Primary navigation Project P Project-4 Name Pinned Members Work items 0 Branches Merge requests 1` ### `spec/features/merge_request/user_accepts_merge_request_spec.rb[1:1:3:2]` - name: User accepts a merge request presents merged merge request content when merge method is set to fast-forward merge accepts a merge request with rebase and merge - flake events: 60 (19 on master pipelines); active 2026-06-08 → 2026-08-17 (10 weeks) - recent weekly: 07-13: 8, 07-20: 1, 07-27: 8, 08-03: 6, 08-10: 11, 08-17: 9 - exceptions: `['NameError','BrowserConsoleHelpers::BrowserConsoleError']`; `['RSpec::Expectations::ExpectationNotMetError','BrowserConsoleHelpers::BrowserConsoleError']`; `['RSpec::Expectations::ExpectationNotMetError']` - message sample: `expected to find text "Changes merged into improve/awesome with " in "Skip to main content Homepage Sidney Jones11 Project-6 Name Merge requests !1 Search or go to… / 0 0 0 Sidney Jones12 user’s menu Primary navigation Project P Project-6 Name Pinned Work items 0 Merge requests 1 Manage Plan AI` - message sample: `expected to find text "Changes merged into improve/awesome with " in "Skip to main content Homepage Sidney Jones11 Project-6 Name Merge requests !1 Search or go to… / 0 0 0 Sidney Jones12 user’s menu Primary navigation Project P Project-6 Name Pinned Members Work items 0 Branches Merge requests` ### `spec/features/merge_request/user_accepts_merge_request_spec.rb[1:1:3:3]` - name: User accepts a merge request presents merged merge request content when merge method is set to fast-forward merge accepts a merge request with squash and merge - flake events: 60 (14 on master pipelines); active 2026-06-08 → 2026-08-17 (11 weeks) - recent weekly: 07-13: 8, 07-20: 3, 07-27: 9, 08-03: 6, 08-10: 14, 08-17: 7 - exceptions: `['NameError','BrowserConsoleHelpers::BrowserConsoleError']`; `['RSpec::Expectations::ExpectationNotMetError','BrowserConsoleHelpers::BrowserConsoleError']`; `['RSpec::Expectations::ExpectationNotMetError']` - message sample: `expected to find text "Changes merged into improve/awesome with " in "Skip to main content Homepage Sidney Jones13 Project-7 Name Merge requests !1 Search or go to… / 0 0 0 Sidney Jones14 user’s menu Primary navigation Project P Project-7 Name Pinned Work items 0 Merge requests 1 Manage Plan AI` - message sample: `expected to find text "Changes merged into improve/awesome with " in "Skip to main content Homepage Sidney Jones13 Project-7 Name Merge requests !1 Search or go to… / 0 0 0 Sidney Jones14 user’s menu Primary navigation Project P Project-7 Name Pinned Members Work items 0 Branches Merge requests` ### `spec/features/merge_request/user_accepts_merge_request_spec.rb[1:5:1]` - name: User accepts a merge request when modifying the merge commit message accepts a merge request - flake events: 55 (15 on master pipelines); active 2026-06-15 → 2026-08-17 (10 weeks) - recent weekly: 07-13: 4, 07-20: 4, 07-27: 6, 08-03: 6, 08-10: 9, 08-17: 9 - exceptions: `['Capybara::ElementNotFound','BrowserConsoleHelpers::BrowserConsoleError']`; `['Capybara::ElementNotFound']`; `['NameError','BrowserConsoleHelpers::BrowserConsoleError']`; `['RSpec::Expectations::ExpectationNotMetError','BrowserConsoleHelpers::BrowserConsoleError']`; `['RSpec::Expectations::ExpectationNotMetError']` - message sample: `Unable to find field "merge-message-edit" that is not disabled Timeout (30s) reached while running a waiting Capybara finder. Consider using a non-waiting finder. See https://www.cloudbees.com/blog/faster-rails-tests` - message sample: `expected to find css ".gl-badge" but there were no matches Timeout (30s) reached while running a waiting Capybara finder. Consider using a non-waiting finder. See https://www.cloudbees.com/blog/faster-rails-tests` ### `spec/features/merge_request/user_accepts_merge_request_spec.rb[1:1:2:2]` - name: User accepts a merge request presents merged merge request content when merge method is set to semi linear merge accepts a merge request with rebase and merge - flake events: 50 (8 on master pipelines); active 2026-06-01 → 2026-08-17 (8 weeks) - recent weekly: 07-06: 4, 07-13: 6, 07-27: 6, 08-03: 7, 08-10: 11, 08-17: 10 - exceptions: `['NameError','BrowserConsoleHelpers::BrowserConsoleError']`; `['RSpec::Expectations::ExpectationNotMetError','BrowserConsoleHelpers::BrowserConsoleError']`; `['RSpec::Expectations::ExpectationNotMetError']` - message sample: `expected to find text "Changes merged into improve/awesome with " in "Skip to main content Homepage Sidney Jones21 Project-18 Name Merge requests !1 Search or go to… / 0 0 0 Sidney Jones22 user’s menu Primary navigation Project P Project-18 Name Pinned Work items 0 Merge requests 1 Manage Plan A` - message sample: `expected to find text "Changes merged into improve/awesome with " in "Skip to main content Homepage Sidney Jones5 Project-3 Name Merge requests !1 Search or go to… / 0 0 0 Sidney Jones6 user’s menu Primary navigation Project P Project-3 Name Pinned Members Work items 0 Branches Merge requests 1` ### `spec/features/merge_request/user_accepts_merge_request_spec.rb[1:1:3:1]` - name: User accepts a merge request presents merged merge request content when merge method is set to fast-forward merge accepts a merge request when devirged - flake events: 46 (12 on master pipelines); active 2026-06-01 → 2026-08-17 (10 weeks) - recent weekly: 07-13: 7, 07-20: 1, 07-27: 4, 08-03: 2, 08-10: 4, 08-17: 6 - exceptions: `['NameError','BrowserConsoleHelpers::BrowserConsoleError']`; `['RSpec::Expectations::ExpectationNotMetError','BrowserConsoleHelpers::BrowserConsoleError']`; `['RSpec::Expectations::ExpectationNotMetError']` - message sample: `expected to find text "Changes merged into master with " in "Skip to main content Homepage Sidney Jones9 Project-5 Name Merge requests !1 Search or go to… / 0 0 0 Sidney Jones10 user’s menu Primary navigation Project P Project-5 Name Pinned Work items 0 Merge requests 1 Manage Plan AI Code Merge` - message sample: `expected to find text "Changes merged into master with " in "Skip to main content Homepage Sidney Jones9 Project-5 Name Merge requests !1 Search or go to… / 0 0 0 Sidney Jones10 user’s menu Primary navigation Project P Project-5 Name Pinned Work items 0 Merge requests 1 More features Manage Plan`