QA failure: qa/specs/features/browser_ui/3_create/merge_request/create_merge_request_spec.rb
## Overview
* Environment: gprd-cny
* Coordinated pipeline: https://ops.gitlab.net/gitlab-org/release/tools/-/pipelines/5672822
* Auto-deploy package: 18.11.202604140106-95c7ffccc8a.0dda7b45e3c
### Pipeline:
* **https://ops.gitlab.net/gitlab-org/quality/production/-/jobs/23619804**
```
2026-04-14T04:53:38.937682Z 01O
2026-04-14T04:53:38.937682Z 01O 1) Create Create a new merge request creates a basic merge request
2026-04-14T04:53:38.937683Z 01O [31mFailure/Error: let(:project) { create(:project) }[0m
2026-04-14T04:53:38.937684Z 01O [31m[0m
2026-04-14T04:53:38.937684Z 01O [31mRestClient::Exceptions::ReadTimeout:[0m
2026-04-14T04:53:38.937685Z 01O [31m Timed out reading data from server[0m
2026-04-14T04:53:38.937686Z 01O [36m# ./qa/support/api.rb:43:in `block in get'[0m
2026-04-14T04:53:38.937686Z 01O [36m# ./qa/support/api.rb:135:in `block in with_retry_on_too_many_requests'[0m
2026-04-14T04:53:38.937687Z 01O [36m# ./qa/support/retrier.rb:54:in `block in retry_until'[0m
2026-04-14T04:53:38.937688Z 01O [36m# ./qa/support/repeater.rb:46:in `repeat_until'[0m
2026-04-14T04:53:38.937688Z 01O [36m# ./qa/support/retrier.rb:44:in `retry_until'[0m
2026-04-14T04:53:38.937689Z 01O [36m# ./qa/support/api.rb:134:in `with_retry_on_too_many_requests'[0m
2026-04-14T04:53:38.937689Z 01O [36m# ./qa/support/api.rb:42:in `get'[0m
2026-04-14T04:53:38.937690Z 01O [36m# ./qa/resource/api_fabricator.rb:90:in `api_get_from'[0m
2026-04-14T04:53:38.937691Z 01O [36m# ./qa/resource/api_fabricator.rb:76:in `api_get'[0m
2026-04-14T04:53:38.937691Z 01O [36m# ./qa/resource/group.rb:85:in `fabricate_via_api!'[0m
2026-04-14T04:53:38.937692Z 01O [36m# ./qa/resource/base.rb:74:in `block (2 levels) in fabricate_via_api!'[0m
2026-04-14T04:53:38.937693Z 01O [36m# ./qa/resource/base.rb:117:in `log_and_record_fabrication'[0m
2026-04-14T04:53:38.937693Z 01O [36m# ./qa/resource/base.rb:74:in `block in fabricate_via_api!'[0m
2026-04-14T04:53:38.937694Z 01O [36m# ./qa/resource/base.rb:107:in `do_fabricate!'[0m
2026-04-14T04:53:38.937695Z 01O [36m# ./qa/resource/base.rb:73:in `fabricate_via_api!'[0m
2026-04-14T04:53:38.937695Z 01O [36m# ./qa/resource/base.rb:48:in `fabricate!'[0m
2026-04-14T04:53:38.937696Z 01O [36m# ./qa/resource/project.rb:37:in `block in <class:Project>'[0m
2026-04-14T04:53:38.937697Z 01O [36m# ./qa/resource/base.rb:314:in `instance_exec'[0m
2026-04-14T04:53:38.937697Z 01O [36m# ./qa/resource/base.rb:314:in `attribute_value'[0m
2026-04-14T04:53:38.937698Z 01O [36m# ./qa/resource/base.rb:173:in `block in attribute'[0m
2026-04-14T04:53:38.937698Z 01O [36m# ./qa/resource/project.rb:43:in `block in <class:Project>'[0m
2026-04-14T04:53:38.937699Z 01O [36m# ./qa/resource/base.rb:314:in `instance_exec'[0m
2026-04-14T04:53:38.937700Z 01O [36m# ./qa/resource/base.rb:314:in `attribute_value'[0m
2026-04-14T04:53:38.937700Z 01O [36m# ./qa/resource/base.rb:173:in `block in attribute'[0m
2026-04-14T04:53:38.937701Z 01O [36m# ./qa/resource/project.rb:145:in `api_get_path'[0m
2026-04-14T04:53:38.937702Z 01O [36m# ./qa/resource/api_fabricator.rb:76:in `api_get'[0m
2026-04-14T04:53:38.937703Z 01O [36m# ./qa/resource/project.rb:124:in `fabricate_via_api!'[0m
2026-04-14T04:53:38.937704Z 01O [36m# ./qa/resource/base.rb:74:in `block (2 levels) in fabricate_via_api!'[0m
2026-04-14T04:53:38.937705Z 01O [36m# ./qa/resource/base.rb:117:in `log_and_record_fabrication'[0m
2026-04-14T04:53:38.937707Z 01O [36m# ./qa/resource/base.rb:74:in `block in fabricate_via_api!'[0m
2026-04-14T04:53:38.937708Z 01O [36m# ./qa/resource/base.rb:107:in `do_fabricate!'[0m
2026-04-14T04:53:38.937709Z 01O [36m# ./qa/resource/base.rb:73:in `fabricate_via_api!'[0m
2026-04-14T04:53:38.937710Z 01O [36m# ./qa/factories/_shared.rb:6:in `block (2 levels) in <module:QA>'[0m
2026-04-14T04:53:38.937711Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/features/browser_ui/3_create/merge_request/create_merge_request_spec.rb:6:in `block (3 levels) in <module:QA>'[0m
2026-04-14T04:53:38.937712Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/features/browser_ui/3_create/merge_request/create_merge_request_spec.rb:25:in `block (4 levels) in <module:QA>'[0m
2026-04-14T04:53:38.937725Z 01O [36m# ./qa/resource/base.rb:105:in `do_fabricate!'[0m
2026-04-14T04:53:38.937726Z 01O [36m# ./qa/resource/base.rb:59:in `fabricate_via_browser_ui!'[0m
2026-04-14T04:53:38.937727Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/features/browser_ui/3_create/merge_request/create_merge_request_spec.rb:24:in `block (3 levels) in <module:QA>'[0m
2026-04-14T04:53:38.937729Z 01O [36m# /home/gitlab/spec/support/fast_quarantine.rb:22:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'[0m
2026-04-14T04:53:38.937730Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/runner.rb:124:in `run_rspec'[0m
2026-04-14T04:53:38.937731Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/runner.rb:32:in `perform'[0m
2026-04-14T04:53:38.937732Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:10:in `block in perform'[0m
2026-04-14T04:53:38.937733Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:8:in `perform'[0m
2026-04-14T04:53:38.937734Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:63:in `perform'[0m
2026-04-14T04:53:38.937735Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:10:in `block in perform'[0m
2026-04-14T04:53:38.937736Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:8:in `perform'[0m
2026-04-14T04:53:38.937737Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/bootable.rb:52:in `launch!'[0m
2026-04-14T04:53:38.937738Z 01O [36m# ------------------[0m
2026-04-14T04:53:38.937739Z 01O [36m# --- Caused by: ---[0m
2026-04-14T04:53:38.937740Z 01O [36m# Net::ReadTimeout:[0m
2026-04-14T04:53:38.937741Z 01O [36m# Net::ReadTimeout with #<TCPSocket:(closed)>[0m
2026-04-14T04:53:38.937742Z 01O [36m# ./qa/support/api.rb:43:in `block in get'[0m
2026-04-14T04:53:38.937743Z 01O
2026-04-14T04:53:38.937744Z 01O Finished in 2 minutes 15.6 seconds (files took 1.5 seconds to load)
2026-04-14T04:53:38.937745Z 01O [31m1 example, 1 failure[0m
2026-04-14T04:53:38.937746Z 01O
2026-04-14T04:53:38.937747Z 01O Failed examples:
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2026-04-14T04:53:38.937749Z 01O [31mrspec ./qa/specs/features/browser_ui/3_create/merge_request/create_merge_request_spec.rb:23[0m [36m# Create Create a new merge request creates a basic merge request[0m
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```
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