QA failure: qa/specs/features/browser_ui/3_create/merge_request/cherry_pick/cherry_pick_a_merge_spec.rb
## Overview
* Environment: gprd-cny
* Coordinated pipeline: https://ops.gitlab.net/gitlab-org/release/tools/-/pipelines/5541313
* Auto-deploy package: 18.10.202603032306-5f464b8fb0e.7f54b480f9d
### Pipeline:
* **https://ops.gitlab.net/gitlab-org/quality/production/-/jobs/22840181**
```
2026-03-04T02:03:41.660164Z 01O
2026-03-04T02:03:41.660165Z 01O 1) Create Cherry picking from a merge request creates a merge request
2026-03-04T02:03:41.660166Z 01O [31mFailure/Error: let(:feature_mr) { create(:merge_request, project: project, target_branch: 'development') }[0m
2026-03-04T02:03:41.660167Z 01O [31m[0m
2026-03-04T02:03:41.660168Z 01O [31mQA::Support::Repeater::WaitExceededError:[0m
2026-03-04T02:03:41.660169Z 01O [31m Timed out waiting for MR with id '1' to be prepared.[0m
2026-03-04T02:03:41.660171Z 01O [36m# ./qa/resource/merge_request.rb:304:in `wait_for_preparation'[0m
2026-03-04T02:03:41.660172Z 01O [36m# ./qa/resource/merge_request.rb:115:in `rescue in fabricate_via_api!'[0m
2026-03-04T02:03:41.660174Z 01O [36m# ./qa/resource/merge_request.rb:107:in `fabricate_via_api!'[0m
2026-03-04T02:03:41.660175Z 01O [36m# ./qa/resource/base.rb:74:in `block (2 levels) in fabricate_via_api!'[0m
2026-03-04T02:03:41.660177Z 01O [36m# ./qa/resource/base.rb:117:in `log_and_record_fabrication'[0m
2026-03-04T02:03:41.660178Z 01O [36m# ./qa/resource/base.rb:74:in `block in fabricate_via_api!'[0m
2026-03-04T02:03:41.660180Z 01O [36m# ./qa/resource/base.rb:107:in `do_fabricate!'[0m
2026-03-04T02:03:41.660181Z 01O [36m# ./qa/resource/base.rb:73:in `fabricate_via_api!'[0m
2026-03-04T02:03:41.660182Z 01O [36m# ./qa/factories/_shared.rb:6:in `block (2 levels) in <module:QA>'[0m
2026-03-04T02:03:41.660184Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/features/browser_ui/3_create/merge_request/cherry_pick/cherry_pick_a_merge_spec.rb:7:in `block (3 levels) in <module:QA>'[0m
2026-03-04T02:03:41.660186Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/features/browser_ui/3_create/merge_request/cherry_pick/cherry_pick_a_merge_spec.rb:14:in `block (3 levels) in <module:QA>'[0m
2026-03-04T02:03:41.660188Z 01O [36m# /home/gitlab/spec/support/fast_quarantine.rb:22:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'[0m
2026-03-04T02:03:41.660189Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/runner.rb:124:in `run_rspec'[0m
2026-03-04T02:03:41.660190Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/runner.rb:32:in `perform'[0m
2026-03-04T02:03:41.660191Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:10:in `block in perform'[0m
2026-03-04T02:03:41.660193Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:8:in `perform'[0m
2026-03-04T02:03:41.660194Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:63:in `perform'[0m
2026-03-04T02:03:41.660195Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:10:in `block in perform'[0m
2026-03-04T02:03:41.660197Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:8:in `perform'[0m
2026-03-04T02:03:41.660198Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/bootable.rb:52:in `launch!'[0m
2026-03-04T02:03:41.660199Z 01O [36m# ------------------[0m
2026-03-04T02:03:41.660200Z 01O [36m# --- Caused by: ---[0m
2026-03-04T02:03:41.660202Z 01O [36m# QA::Resource::Base::NoValueError:[0m
2026-03-04T02:03:41.660203Z 01O [36m# No value was computed for iid of QA::Resource::MergeRequest.[0m
2026-03-04T02:03:41.660204Z 01O [36m# ./qa/resource/base.rb:306:in `attribute_value'[0m
2026-03-04T02:03:41.660218Z 01O
2026-03-04T02:03:41.660219Z 01O Finished in 2 minutes 26.4 seconds (files took 1.13 seconds to load)
2026-03-04T02:03:41.660221Z 01O [31m1 example, 1 failure[0m
2026-03-04T02:03:41.660222Z 01O
2026-03-04T02:03:41.660223Z 01O Failed examples:
2026-03-04T02:03:41.660224Z 01O
2026-03-04T02:03:41.660225Z 01O [31mrspec ./qa/specs/features/browser_ui/3_create/merge_request/cherry_pick/cherry_pick_a_merge_spec.rb:13[0m [36m# Create Cherry picking from a merge request creates a merge request[0m
2026-03-04T02:03:41.660228Z 01O
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```
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