QA failures on gprd-cny
## Overview
* Environment: gprd-cny
* Coordinated pipeline: https://ops.gitlab.net/gitlab-org/release/tools/-/pipelines/5546776
* Auto-deploy package: 18.10.202603051206-bebe3f7ccc6.16acd1b1480
### Pipeline:
* **https://ops.gitlab.net/gitlab-org/quality/production/-/jobs/22876746**
```
2026-03-05T15:14:27.358593Z 01O
2026-03-05T15:14:27.358594Z 01O 1) Verify Pipeline with project file variables does not expose file variable content with echo
2026-03-05T15:14:27.358595Z 01O [31mFailure/Error:[0m
2026-03-05T15:14:27.358596Z 01O [31m Support::Waiter.wait_until do[0m
2026-03-05T15:14:27.358597Z 01O [31m project.pipelines.present? && project.pipelines.first[:status] == 'success'[0m
2026-03-05T15:14:27.358598Z 01O [31m end[0m
2026-03-05T15:14:27.358599Z 01O [31m[0m
2026-03-05T15:14:27.358600Z 01O [31mQA::Support::Repeater::WaitExceededError:[0m
2026-03-05T15:14:27.358601Z 01O [31m Wait failed after 60 seconds[0m
2026-03-05T15:14:27.358602Z 01O [36m# ./qa/support/repeater.rb:74:in `repeat_until'[0m
2026-03-05T15:14:27.358603Z 01O [36m# ./qa/support/waiter.rb:20:in `wait_until'[0m
2026-03-05T15:14:27.358604Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/features/api/4_verify/file_variable_spec.rb:100:in `wait_for_pipeline'[0m
2026-03-05T15:14:27.358605Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/features/api/4_verify/file_variable_spec.rb:54:in `block (3 levels) in <module:QA>'[0m
2026-03-05T15:14:27.358607Z 01O [36m# /home/gitlab/spec/support/fast_quarantine.rb:22:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'[0m
2026-03-05T15:14:27.358608Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/runner.rb:124:in `run_rspec'[0m
2026-03-05T15:14:27.358609Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/runner.rb:32:in `perform'[0m
2026-03-05T15:14:27.358622Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:10:in `block in perform'[0m
2026-03-05T15:14:27.358623Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:8:in `perform'[0m
2026-03-05T15:14:27.358624Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:63:in `perform'[0m
2026-03-05T15:14:27.358625Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:10:in `block in perform'[0m
2026-03-05T15:14:27.358626Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:8:in `perform'[0m
2026-03-05T15:14:27.358627Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/bootable.rb:52:in `launch!'[0m
2026-03-05T15:14:27.358628Z 01O
2026-03-05T15:14:27.358628Z 01O Finished in 2 minutes 40.6 seconds (files took 1.01 seconds to load)
2026-03-05T15:14:27.358629Z 01O [31m1 example, 1 failure[0m
2026-03-05T15:14:27.358630Z 01O
2026-03-05T15:14:27.358630Z 01O Failed examples:
2026-03-05T15:14:27.358631Z 01O
2026-03-05T15:14:27.358632Z 01O [31mrspec ./qa/specs/features/api/4_verify/file_variable_spec.rb:64[0m [36m# Verify Pipeline with project file variables does not expose file variable content with echo[0m
2026-03-05T15:14:27.358633Z 01O
2026-03-05T15:14:27.358634Z 01O
```
### Pipeline:
* **https://ops.gitlab.net/gitlab-org/quality/canary/-/jobs/22876758**
```
2026-03-05T15:00:42.045596Z 00O+[0Ksection_start:1772722842:prepare_script
2026-03-05T15:00:42.045724Z 00O+[0K[0K[36;1mPreparing environment[0;m[0;m
2026-03-05T15:00:42.046874Z 00O [0KUsing effective pull policy of [always] for container sha256:98413211ff9c2ff62507c7e129d2dc9161e869984a2a7d779cfeb1965214fe37[0;m
2026-03-05T15:00:42.392535Z 01O Running on runner-rljlhma6v-project-276-concurrent-0 via runner-rljlhma6v-private-1772697559-502ab54b...
2026-03-05T15:00:42.541598Z 00O section_end:1772722842:prepare_script
2026-03-05T15:00:42.541624Z 00O+[0Ksection_start:1772722842:get_sources
2026-03-05T15:00:42.542942Z 00O+[0K[0K[36;1mGetting source from Git repository[0;m[0;m
2026-03-05T15:00:42.924336Z 01O [32;1mGitaly correlation ID: 01KJZ87JTRSHWW1PNX73ZQR7KS[0;m
2026-03-05T15:00:42.928878Z 01O [32;1mFetching changes with git depth set to 50...[0;m
2026-03-05T15:00:42.931174Z 01O Reinitialized existing Git repository in /builds/gitlab-org/quality/canary/.git/
2026-03-05T15:00:42.937049Z 01O [32;1mCreated fresh repository.[0;m
2026-03-05T15:00:43.311092Z 01E fatal: unable to access 'https://ops.gitlab.net/gitlab-org/quality/canary.git/': The requested URL returned error: 521
2026-03-05T15:00:43.472418Z 00O section_end:1772722843:get_sources
2026-03-05T15:00:43.472445Z 00O+[0Ksection_start:1772722843:upload_artifacts_on_failure
2026-03-05T15:00:43.474629Z 00O+[0K[0K[36;1mUploading artifacts for failed job[0;m[0;m
2026-03-05T15:00:43.918144Z 01O [32;1mUploading artifacts...[0;m
2026-03-05T15:00:43.990890Z 01E gitlab-qa-run-*: found 98 matching artifact files and directories[0;m
2026-03-05T15:00:44.997433Z 01E Uploading artifacts as "archive" to coordinator... 201 Created[0;m correlation_id[0;m=01KJZ87WGQ94HXHGP9SMERV660 id[0;m=22876758 responseStatus[0;m=201 Created token[0;m=64_gBRAbs
2026-03-05T15:00:45.074500Z 01O [32;1mUploading artifacts...[0;m
2026-03-05T15:00:45.143708Z 01E gitlab-qa-run-*/**/rspec-*.xml: found 2 matching artifact files and directories[0;m
2026-03-05T15:00:45.581530Z 01E Uploading artifacts as "junit" to coordinator... 201 Created[0;m correlation_id[0;m=01KJZ87XH2VX7SPN7EPVB3G40D id[0;m=22876758 responseStatus[0;m=201 Created token[0;m=64_gBRAbs
2026-03-05T15:00:45.656542Z 01O [32;1mUploading artifacts...[0;m
2026-03-05T15:00:45.726285Z 01E /builds/gitlab-org/quality/canary/suite_status.env: found 1 matching artifact files and directories[0;m
2026-03-05T15:00:46.312803Z 01E Uploading artifacts as "dotenv" to coordinator... 201 Created[0;m correlation_id[0;m=01KJZ87Y3KH7HPXMMJWXD5G848 id[0;m=22876758 responseStatus[0;m=201 Created token[0;m=64_gBRAbs
2026-03-05T15:00:46.478113Z 00O section_end:1772722846:upload_artifacts_on_failure
2026-03-05T15:00:46.478125Z 00O+[0Ksection_start:1772722846:cleanup_file_variables
2026-03-05T15:00:46.478359Z 00O+[0K[0K[36;1mCleaning up project directory and file based variables[0;m[0;m
2026-03-05T15:00:46.974695Z 00O section_end:1772722846:cleanup_file_variables
2026-03-05T15:00:46.974703Z 00O+[0K
2026-03-05T15:00:47.152232Z 00O [31;1mERROR: Job failed: exit code 1[0;m
```
* **https://ops.gitlab.net/gitlab-org/quality/canary/-/jobs/22876749**
```
2026-03-05T15:15:54.899769Z 01O
2026-03-05T15:15:54.899770Z 01O 1) Verify Pipeline with project file variables does not expose file variable content with echo
2026-03-05T15:15:54.899771Z 01O [31mFailure/Error:[0m
2026-03-05T15:15:54.899772Z 01O [31m Support::Waiter.wait_until do[0m
2026-03-05T15:15:54.899773Z 01O [31m project.pipelines.present? && project.pipelines.first[:status] == 'success'[0m
2026-03-05T15:15:54.899774Z 01O [31m end[0m
2026-03-05T15:15:54.899775Z 01O [31m[0m
2026-03-05T15:15:54.899776Z 01O [31mQA::Support::Repeater::WaitExceededError:[0m
2026-03-05T15:15:54.899777Z 01O [31m Wait failed after 60 seconds[0m
2026-03-05T15:15:54.899778Z 01O [36m# ./qa/support/repeater.rb:74:in `repeat_until'[0m
2026-03-05T15:15:54.899779Z 01O [36m# ./qa/support/waiter.rb:20:in `wait_until'[0m
2026-03-05T15:15:54.899780Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/features/api/4_verify/file_variable_spec.rb:100:in `wait_for_pipeline'[0m
2026-03-05T15:15:54.899782Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/features/api/4_verify/file_variable_spec.rb:54:in `block (3 levels) in <module:QA>'[0m
2026-03-05T15:15:54.899783Z 01O [36m# /home/gitlab/spec/support/fast_quarantine.rb:22:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'[0m
2026-03-05T15:15:54.899784Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/runner.rb:124:in `run_rspec'[0m
2026-03-05T15:15:54.899785Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/runner.rb:32:in `perform'[0m
2026-03-05T15:15:54.899797Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:10:in `block in perform'[0m
2026-03-05T15:15:54.899799Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:8:in `perform'[0m
2026-03-05T15:15:54.899800Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:63:in `perform'[0m
2026-03-05T15:15:54.899801Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:10:in `block in perform'[0m
2026-03-05T15:15:54.899802Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:8:in `perform'[0m
2026-03-05T15:15:54.899803Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/bootable.rb:52:in `launch!'[0m
2026-03-05T15:15:54.899804Z 01O
2026-03-05T15:15:54.899804Z 01O Finished in 2 minutes 38.5 seconds (files took 1.23 seconds to load)
2026-03-05T15:15:54.899805Z 01O [31m1 example, 1 failure[0m
2026-03-05T15:15:54.899806Z 01O
2026-03-05T15:15:54.899807Z 01O Failed examples:
2026-03-05T15:15:54.899808Z 01O
2026-03-05T15:15:54.899808Z 01O [31mrspec ./qa/specs/features/api/4_verify/file_variable_spec.rb:64[0m [36m# Verify Pipeline with project file variables does not expose file variable content with echo[0m
2026-03-05T15:15:54.899810Z 01O
2026-03-05T15:15:54.899811Z 01O
```
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