QA failures on gprd-cny
## Overview
* Environment: gprd-cny
* Coordinated pipeline: https://ops.gitlab.net/gitlab-org/release/tools/-/pipelines/5575785
* Auto-deploy package: 18.10.202603131306-82581faa028.21dc3cf6431
### Pipeline:
* **https://ops.gitlab.net/gitlab-org/quality/production/-/jobs/23057848**
```
2026-03-13T16:46:20.111168Z 01O
2026-03-13T16:46:20.111168Z 01O 1) Verify Pipeline with project file variables does not expose file variable content with echo
2026-03-13T16:46:20.111169Z 01O [31mFailure/Error:[0m
2026-03-13T16:46:20.111169Z 01O [31m Support::Waiter.wait_until do[0m
2026-03-13T16:46:20.111170Z 01O [31m project.pipelines.present? && project.pipelines.first[:status] == 'success'[0m
2026-03-13T16:46:20.111171Z 01O [31m end[0m
2026-03-13T16:46:20.111171Z 01O [31m[0m
2026-03-13T16:46:20.111172Z 01O [31mQA::Support::Repeater::WaitExceededError:[0m
2026-03-13T16:46:20.111172Z 01O [31m Wait failed after 60 seconds[0m
2026-03-13T16:46:20.111173Z 01O [36m# ./qa/support/repeater.rb:74:in `repeat_until'[0m
2026-03-13T16:46:20.111174Z 01O [36m# ./qa/support/waiter.rb:20:in `wait_until'[0m
2026-03-13T16:46:20.111174Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/features/api/4_verify/file_variable_spec.rb:100:in `wait_for_pipeline'[0m
2026-03-13T16:46:20.111175Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/features/api/4_verify/file_variable_spec.rb:54:in `block (3 levels) in <module:QA>'[0m
2026-03-13T16:46:20.111176Z 01O [36m# /home/gitlab/spec/support/fast_quarantine.rb:22:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'[0m
2026-03-13T16:46:20.111177Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/runner.rb:124:in `run_rspec'[0m
2026-03-13T16:46:20.111177Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/runner.rb:32:in `perform'[0m
2026-03-13T16:46:20.111185Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:10:in `block in perform'[0m
2026-03-13T16:46:20.111186Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:8:in `perform'[0m
2026-03-13T16:46:20.111186Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:63:in `perform'[0m
2026-03-13T16:46:20.111187Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:10:in `block in perform'[0m
2026-03-13T16:46:20.111187Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:8:in `perform'[0m
2026-03-13T16:46:20.111188Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/bootable.rb:52:in `launch!'[0m
2026-03-13T16:46:20.111189Z 01O
2026-03-13T16:46:20.111189Z 01O Finished in 2 minutes 41.6 seconds (files took 1.08 seconds to load)
2026-03-13T16:46:20.111190Z 01O [31m1 example, 1 failure[0m
2026-03-13T16:46:20.111190Z 01O
2026-03-13T16:46:20.111191Z 01O Failed examples:
2026-03-13T16:46:20.111191Z 01O
2026-03-13T16:46:20.111191Z 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
2026-03-13T16:46:20.111192Z 01O
2026-03-13T16:46:20.111193Z 01O
```
### Pipeline:
* **https://ops.gitlab.net/gitlab-org/quality/canary/-/jobs/23057877**
```
2026-03-13T16:49:06.591980Z 01O
2026-03-13T16:49:06.591980Z 01O 1) Verify Pipeline with project file variables does not expose file variable content with echo
2026-03-13T16:49:06.591982Z 01O [31mFailure/Error:[0m
2026-03-13T16:49:06.591983Z 01O [31m Support::Waiter.wait_until do[0m
2026-03-13T16:49:06.591985Z 01O [31m project.pipelines.present? && project.pipelines.first[:status] == 'success'[0m
2026-03-13T16:49:06.591986Z 01O [31m end[0m
2026-03-13T16:49:06.591986Z 01O [31m[0m
2026-03-13T16:49:06.591987Z 01O [31mQA::Support::Repeater::WaitExceededError:[0m
2026-03-13T16:49:06.591988Z 01O [31m Wait failed after 60 seconds[0m
2026-03-13T16:49:06.591989Z 01O [36m# ./qa/support/repeater.rb:74:in `repeat_until'[0m
2026-03-13T16:49:06.591990Z 01O [36m# ./qa/support/waiter.rb:20:in `wait_until'[0m
2026-03-13T16:49:06.591991Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/features/api/4_verify/file_variable_spec.rb:100:in `wait_for_pipeline'[0m
2026-03-13T16:49:06.591992Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/features/api/4_verify/file_variable_spec.rb:54:in `block (3 levels) in <module:QA>'[0m
2026-03-13T16:49:06.591994Z 01O [36m# /home/gitlab/spec/support/fast_quarantine.rb:22:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'[0m
2026-03-13T16:49:06.591995Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/runner.rb:124:in `run_rspec'[0m
2026-03-13T16:49:06.591996Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/runner.rb:32:in `perform'[0m
2026-03-13T16:49:06.592009Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:10:in `block in perform'[0m
2026-03-13T16:49:06.592010Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:8:in `perform'[0m
2026-03-13T16:49:06.592011Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:63:in `perform'[0m
2026-03-13T16:49:06.592012Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:10:in `block in perform'[0m
2026-03-13T16:49:06.592013Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:8:in `perform'[0m
2026-03-13T16:49:06.592014Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/bootable.rb:52:in `launch!'[0m
2026-03-13T16:49:06.592015Z 01O
2026-03-13T16:49:06.592015Z 01O Finished in 2 minutes 45.7 seconds (files took 1.23 seconds to load)
2026-03-13T16:49:06.592016Z 01O [31m1 example, 1 failure[0m
2026-03-13T16:49:06.592017Z 01O
2026-03-13T16:49:06.592018Z 01O Failed examples:
2026-03-13T16:49:06.592018Z 01O
2026-03-13T16:49:06.592019Z 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
2026-03-13T16:49:06.592021Z 01O
2026-03-13T16:49:06.592021Z 01O
```
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