QA failures on gstg-cny
## Overview
* Environment: gstg-cny
* Coordinated pipeline: https://ops.gitlab.net/gitlab-org/release/tools/-/pipelines/5701113
* Auto-deploy package: 19.0.202604230206-9bb5053d4a1.0e8238d6e16
### Pipeline:
* **https://ops.gitlab.net/gitlab-org/quality/staging/-/jobs/23801994**
```
2026-04-23T06:06:39.028494Z 01O ====
2026-04-23T06:06:39.028617Z 01O
2026-04-23T06:06:39.810929Z 01O Failed to fetch failed jobs. Gitlab::Error::Unauthorized: Server responded with code 401, message: 401 Unauthorized. Request URI: https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/263/pipelines/5701146/jobs
2026-04-23T06:06:40.042343Z 01E /builds/gitlab-org/quality/staging/.gems/gems/http-cookie-1.1.4/lib/http/cookie_jar/hash_store.rb:17:in `default_options': uninitialized constant HTTP::Cookie::MAX_COOKIES_TOTAL (NameError)
2026-04-23T06:06:40.042348Z 01E
2026-04-23T06:06:40.042349Z 01E :gc_threshold => HTTP::Cookie::MAX_COOKIES_TOTAL / 20
2026-04-23T06:06:40.042350Z 01E ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
2026-04-23T06:06:40.042351Z 01E from /builds/gitlab-org/quality/staging/.gems/gems/http-cookie-1.1.4/lib/http/cookie_jar/abstract_store.rb:39:in `initialize'
2026-04-23T06:06:40.042353Z 01E from /builds/gitlab-org/quality/staging/.gems/gems/http-cookie-1.1.4/lib/http/cookie_jar/hash_store.rb:32:in `initialize'
2026-04-23T06:06:40.042354Z 01E from /builds/gitlab-org/quality/staging/.gems/gems/http-cookie-1.1.4/lib/http/cookie_jar.rb:19:in `new'
2026-04-23T06:06:40.042355Z 01E from /builds/gitlab-org/quality/staging/.gems/gems/http-cookie-1.1.4/lib/http/cookie_jar.rb:19:in `get_impl'
2026-04-23T06:06:40.042357Z 01E from /builds/gitlab-org/quality/staging/.gems/gems/http-cookie-1.1.4/lib/http/cookie_jar.rb:55:in `initialize'
2026-04-23T06:06:40.042358Z 01E from /builds/gitlab-org/quality/staging/.gems/gems/http-5.3.1/lib/http/response.rb:141:in `new'
2026-04-23T06:06:40.042359Z 01E from /builds/gitlab-org/quality/staging/.gems/gems/http-5.3.1/lib/http/response.rb:141:in `cookies'
2026-04-23T06:06:40.042360Z 01E from /builds/gitlab-org/quality/staging/.gems/gems/http-5.3.1/lib/http/redirector.rb:107:in `collect_cookies_from_response'
2026-04-23T06:06:40.042362Z 01E from /builds/gitlab-org/quality/staging/.gems/gems/http-5.3.1/lib/http/redirector.rb:54:in `perform'
2026-04-23T06:06:40.042363Z 01E from /builds/gitlab-org/quality/staging/.gems/gems/http-5.3.1/lib/http/client.rb:34:in `request'
2026-04-23T06:06:40.042364Z 01E from /builds/gitlab-org/quality/staging/.gems/gems/http-5.3.1/lib/http/chainable.rb:28:in `post'
2026-04-23T06:06:40.042365Z 01E from /builds/gitlab-org/quality/staging/.gems/gems/gitlab_quality-test_tooling-2.25.1/lib/gitlab_quality/test_tooling/support/http_request.rb:14:in `call'
2026-04-23T06:06:40.042367Z 01E from /builds/gitlab-org/quality/staging/.gems/gems/gitlab_quality-test_tooling-2.25.1/lib/gitlab_quality/test_tooling/support/http_request.rb:14:in `make_http_request'
2026-04-23T06:06:40.042369Z 01E from /builds/gitlab-org/quality/staging/.gems/gems/gitlab_quality-test_tooling-2.25.1/lib/gitlab_quality/test_tooling/slack/post_to_slack.rb:28:in `invoke!'
2026-04-23T06:06:40.042370Z 01E from /builds/gitlab-org/quality/staging/.gems/gems/gitlab_quality-test_tooling-2.25.1/exe/post-to-slack:103:in `<top (required)>'
2026-04-23T06:06:40.042372Z 01E from /builds/gitlab-org/quality/staging/.gems/bin/post-to-slack:25:in `load'
2026-04-23T06:06:40.042373Z 01E from /builds/gitlab-org/quality/staging/.gems/bin/post-to-slack:25:in `<main>'
2026-04-23T06:06:40.231545Z 00O section_end:1776924400:step_script
2026-04-23T06:06:40.231550Z 00O+[0Ksection_start:1776924400:cleanup_file_variables
2026-04-23T06:06:40.233386Z 00O+[0K[0K[36;1mCleaning up project directory and file based variables[0;m[0;m
2026-04-23T06:06:40.931675Z 00O section_end:1776924400:cleanup_file_variables
2026-04-23T06:06:40.931681Z 00O+[0K
2026-04-23T06:06:40.973910Z 00O [31;1mERROR: Job failed: exit code 1[0;m
```
* **https://ops.gitlab.net/gitlab-org/quality/staging/-/jobs/23801960**
```
2026-04-23T06:03:40.624939Z 01O
2026-04-23T06:03:40.624940Z 01O 1) Verify Pipeline with raw variables in YAML expands variables according to expand: true/false
2026-04-23T06:03:40.624946Z 01O [31mFailure/Error: Flow::Pipeline.wait_for_latest_pipeline_to_have_status(project: project, status: 'success')[0m
2026-04-23T06:03:40.624947Z 01O [31m[0m
2026-04-23T06:03:40.624947Z 01O [31mQA::Support::Repeater::WaitExceededError:[0m
2026-04-23T06:03:40.624948Z 01O [31m Wait for latest pipeline to have status success failed after 240 seconds[0m
2026-04-23T06:03:40.624948Z 01O [36m# ./qa/support/repeater.rb:74:in `repeat_until'[0m
2026-04-23T06:03:40.624949Z 01O [36m# ./qa/support/waiter.rb:20:in `wait_until'[0m
2026-04-23T06:03:40.624950Z 01O [36m# ./qa/flow/pipeline.rb:92:in `wait_for_pipeline_status'[0m
2026-04-23T06:03:40.624950Z 01O [36m# ./qa/flow/pipeline.rb:46:in `wait_for_latest_pipeline_to_have_status'[0m
2026-04-23T06:03:40.624951Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/features/browser_ui/4_verify/ci_variable/raw_variables_defined_in_yaml_spec.rb:64:in `block (3 levels) in <module:QA>'[0m
2026-04-23T06:03:40.624952Z 01O [36m# /home/gitlab/spec/support/fast_quarantine.rb:22:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'[0m
2026-04-23T06:03:40.624953Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/runner.rb:124:in `run_rspec'[0m
2026-04-23T06:03:40.624953Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/runner.rb:32:in `perform'[0m
2026-04-23T06:03:40.624954Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:10:in `block in perform'[0m
2026-04-23T06:03:40.624954Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:8:in `perform'[0m
2026-04-23T06:03:40.624955Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:63:in `perform'[0m
2026-04-23T06:03:40.624956Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:10:in `block in perform'[0m
2026-04-23T06:03:40.624956Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:8:in `perform'[0m
2026-04-23T06:03:40.624957Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/bootable.rb:52:in `launch!'[0m
2026-04-23T06:03:40.624958Z 01O
2026-04-23T06:03:40.624958Z 01O Finished in 4 minutes 23.8 seconds (files took 1.56 seconds to load)
2026-04-23T06:03:40.624959Z 01O [31m1 example, 1 failure[0m
2026-04-23T06:03:40.624959Z 01O
2026-04-23T06:03:40.624960Z 01O Failed examples:
2026-04-23T06:03:40.624960Z 01O
2026-04-23T06:03:40.624960Z 01O [31mrspec ./qa/specs/features/browser_ui/4_verify/ci_variable/raw_variables_defined_in_yaml_spec.rb:76[0m [36m# Verify Pipeline with raw variables in YAML expands variables according to expand: true/false[0m
2026-04-23T06:03:40.624962Z 01O
2026-04-23T06:03:40.624962Z 01O
```
### Pipeline:
* **https://ops.gitlab.net/gitlab-org/quality/staging-canary/-/jobs/23801953**
```
2026-04-23T06:05:33.996983Z 01O
2026-04-23T06:05:33.996984Z 01O 1) Verify Pipeline with raw variables in YAML expands variables according to expand: true/false
2026-04-23T06:05:33.996999Z 01O [31mFailure/Error: Flow::Pipeline.wait_for_latest_pipeline_to_have_status(project: project, status: 'success')[0m
2026-04-23T06:05:33.997000Z 01O [31m[0m
2026-04-23T06:05:33.997000Z 01O [31mQA::Support::Repeater::WaitExceededError:[0m
2026-04-23T06:05:33.997001Z 01O [31m Wait for latest pipeline to have status success failed after 240 seconds[0m
2026-04-23T06:05:33.997001Z 01O [36m# ./qa/support/repeater.rb:74:in `repeat_until'[0m
2026-04-23T06:05:33.997002Z 01O [36m# ./qa/support/waiter.rb:20:in `wait_until'[0m
2026-04-23T06:05:33.997002Z 01O [36m# ./qa/flow/pipeline.rb:92:in `wait_for_pipeline_status'[0m
2026-04-23T06:05:33.997003Z 01O [36m# ./qa/flow/pipeline.rb:46:in `wait_for_latest_pipeline_to_have_status'[0m
2026-04-23T06:05:33.997003Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/features/browser_ui/4_verify/ci_variable/raw_variables_defined_in_yaml_spec.rb:64:in `block (3 levels) in <module:QA>'[0m
2026-04-23T06:05:33.997004Z 01O [36m# /home/gitlab/spec/support/fast_quarantine.rb:22:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'[0m
2026-04-23T06:05:33.997005Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/runner.rb:124:in `run_rspec'[0m
2026-04-23T06:05:33.997005Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/runner.rb:32:in `perform'[0m
2026-04-23T06:05:33.997006Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:10:in `block in perform'[0m
2026-04-23T06:05:33.997006Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:8:in `perform'[0m
2026-04-23T06:05:33.997007Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:63:in `perform'[0m
2026-04-23T06:05:33.997007Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:10:in `block in perform'[0m
2026-04-23T06:05:33.997008Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:8:in `perform'[0m
2026-04-23T06:05:33.997008Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/bootable.rb:52:in `launch!'[0m
2026-04-23T06:05:33.997009Z 01O
2026-04-23T06:05:33.997009Z 01O Finished in 4 minutes 22.9 seconds (files took 1.44 seconds to load)
2026-04-23T06:05:33.997010Z 01O [31m1 example, 1 failure[0m
2026-04-23T06:05:33.997010Z 01O
2026-04-23T06:05:33.997010Z 01O Failed examples:
2026-04-23T06:05:33.997011Z 01O
2026-04-23T06:05:33.997011Z 01O [31mrspec ./qa/specs/features/browser_ui/4_verify/ci_variable/raw_variables_defined_in_yaml_spec.rb:76[0m [36m# Verify Pipeline with raw variables in YAML expands variables according to expand: true/false[0m
2026-04-23T06:05:33.997012Z 01O
2026-04-23T06:05:33.997013Z 01O
```
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