QA failures on gstg-cny
## Overview
* Environment: gstg-cny
* Coordinated pipeline: https://ops.gitlab.net/gitlab-org/release/tools/-/pipelines/5701569
* Auto-deploy package: 19.0.202604230621-17f96356197.eb114ddd448
### Pipeline:
* **https://ops.gitlab.net/gitlab-org/quality/staging/-/jobs/23806217**
```
2026-04-23T09:44:00.471488Z 01O ====
2026-04-23T09:44:00.471488Z 01O
2026-04-23T09:44:00.988690Z 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/5701663/jobs
2026-04-23T09:44:01.177517Z 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)
2026-04-23T09:44:01.177525Z 01E
2026-04-23T09:44:01.177526Z 01E :gc_threshold => HTTP::Cookie::MAX_COOKIES_TOTAL / 20
2026-04-23T09:44:01.177527Z 01E ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
2026-04-23T09:44:01.177528Z 01E from /builds/gitlab-org/quality/staging/.gems/gems/http-cookie-1.1.4/lib/http/cookie_jar/abstract_store.rb:39:in `initialize'
2026-04-23T09:44:01.177530Z 01E from /builds/gitlab-org/quality/staging/.gems/gems/http-cookie-1.1.4/lib/http/cookie_jar/hash_store.rb:32:in `initialize'
2026-04-23T09:44:01.177531Z 01E from /builds/gitlab-org/quality/staging/.gems/gems/http-cookie-1.1.4/lib/http/cookie_jar.rb:19:in `new'
2026-04-23T09:44:01.177532Z 01E from /builds/gitlab-org/quality/staging/.gems/gems/http-cookie-1.1.4/lib/http/cookie_jar.rb:19:in `get_impl'
2026-04-23T09:44:01.177534Z 01E from /builds/gitlab-org/quality/staging/.gems/gems/http-cookie-1.1.4/lib/http/cookie_jar.rb:55:in `initialize'
2026-04-23T09:44:01.177535Z 01E from /builds/gitlab-org/quality/staging/.gems/gems/http-5.3.1/lib/http/response.rb:141:in `new'
2026-04-23T09:44:01.177536Z 01E from /builds/gitlab-org/quality/staging/.gems/gems/http-5.3.1/lib/http/response.rb:141:in `cookies'
2026-04-23T09:44:01.177537Z 01E from /builds/gitlab-org/quality/staging/.gems/gems/http-5.3.1/lib/http/redirector.rb:107:in `collect_cookies_from_response'
2026-04-23T09:44:01.177539Z 01E from /builds/gitlab-org/quality/staging/.gems/gems/http-5.3.1/lib/http/redirector.rb:54:in `perform'
2026-04-23T09:44:01.177540Z 01E from /builds/gitlab-org/quality/staging/.gems/gems/http-5.3.1/lib/http/client.rb:34:in `request'
2026-04-23T09:44:01.177541Z 01E from /builds/gitlab-org/quality/staging/.gems/gems/http-5.3.1/lib/http/chainable.rb:28:in `post'
2026-04-23T09:44:01.177542Z 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'
2026-04-23T09:44:01.177543Z 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'
2026-04-23T09:44:01.177544Z 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!'
2026-04-23T09:44:01.177546Z 01E from /builds/gitlab-org/quality/staging/.gems/gems/gitlab_quality-test_tooling-2.25.1/exe/post-to-slack:103:in `<top (required)>'
2026-04-23T09:44:01.177547Z 01E from /builds/gitlab-org/quality/staging/.gems/bin/post-to-slack:25:in `load'
2026-04-23T09:44:01.177548Z 01E from /builds/gitlab-org/quality/staging/.gems/bin/post-to-slack:25:in `<main>'
2026-04-23T09:44:01.318168Z 00O section_end:1776937441:step_script
2026-04-23T09:44:01.318174Z 00O+[0Ksection_start:1776937441:cleanup_file_variables
2026-04-23T09:44:01.320746Z 00O+[0K[0K[36;1mCleaning up project directory and file based variables[0;m[0;m
2026-04-23T09:44:01.749938Z 00O section_end:1776937441:cleanup_file_variables
2026-04-23T09:44:01.749945Z 00O+[0K
2026-04-23T09:44:01.759010Z 00O [31;1mERROR: Job failed: exit code 1[0;m
```
* **https://ops.gitlab.net/gitlab-org/quality/staging/-/jobs/23806194**
```
2026-04-23T09:41:15.149119Z 01O
2026-04-23T09:41:15.149120Z 01O 1) Verify Pipeline with raw variables in YAML expands variables according to expand: true/false
2026-04-23T09:41:15.149128Z 01O [31mFailure/Error: Flow::Pipeline.wait_for_latest_pipeline_to_have_status(project: project, status: 'success')[0m
2026-04-23T09:41:15.149129Z 01O [31m[0m
2026-04-23T09:41:15.149130Z 01O [31mQA::Support::Repeater::WaitExceededError:[0m
2026-04-23T09:41:15.149130Z 01O [31m Wait for latest pipeline to have status success failed after 240 seconds[0m
2026-04-23T09:41:15.149131Z 01O [36m# ./qa/support/repeater.rb:74:in `repeat_until'[0m
2026-04-23T09:41:15.149132Z 01O [36m# ./qa/support/waiter.rb:20:in `wait_until'[0m
2026-04-23T09:41:15.149132Z 01O [36m# ./qa/flow/pipeline.rb:92:in `wait_for_pipeline_status'[0m
2026-04-23T09:41:15.149133Z 01O [36m# ./qa/flow/pipeline.rb:46:in `wait_for_latest_pipeline_to_have_status'[0m
2026-04-23T09:41:15.149134Z 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
2026-04-23T09:41:15.149135Z 01O [36m# /home/gitlab/spec/support/fast_quarantine.rb:22:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'[0m
2026-04-23T09:41:15.149136Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/runner.rb:124:in `run_rspec'[0m
2026-04-23T09:41:15.149136Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/runner.rb:32:in `perform'[0m
2026-04-23T09:41:15.149137Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:10:in `block in perform'[0m
2026-04-23T09:41:15.149138Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:8:in `perform'[0m
2026-04-23T09:41:15.149138Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:63:in `perform'[0m
2026-04-23T09:41:15.149139Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:10:in `block in perform'[0m
2026-04-23T09:41:15.149139Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:8:in `perform'[0m
2026-04-23T09:41:15.149140Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/bootable.rb:52:in `launch!'[0m
2026-04-23T09:41:15.149141Z 01O
2026-04-23T09:41:15.149141Z 01O Finished in 4 minutes 22.2 seconds (files took 1.45 seconds to load)
2026-04-23T09:41:15.149142Z 01O [31m1 example, 1 failure[0m
2026-04-23T09:41:15.149142Z 01O
2026-04-23T09:41:15.149142Z 01O Failed examples:
2026-04-23T09:41:15.149143Z 01O
2026-04-23T09:41:15.149143Z 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
2026-04-23T09:41:15.149144Z 01O
2026-04-23T09:41:15.149145Z 01O
```
### Pipeline:
* **https://ops.gitlab.net/gitlab-org/quality/staging-canary/-/jobs/23806172**
```
2026-04-23T09:46:25.351864Z 01O ====
2026-04-23T09:46:25.351865Z 01O
2026-04-23T09:46:26.056076Z 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/547/pipelines/5701662/jobs
2026-04-23T09:46:26.272889Z 01E /builds/gitlab-org/quality/staging-canary/.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)
2026-04-23T09:46:26.272896Z 01E
2026-04-23T09:46:26.272896Z 01E :gc_threshold => HTTP::Cookie::MAX_COOKIES_TOTAL / 20
2026-04-23T09:46:26.272897Z 01E ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
2026-04-23T09:46:26.272898Z 01E from /builds/gitlab-org/quality/staging-canary/.gems/gems/http-cookie-1.1.4/lib/http/cookie_jar/abstract_store.rb:39:in `initialize'
2026-04-23T09:46:26.272899Z 01E from /builds/gitlab-org/quality/staging-canary/.gems/gems/http-cookie-1.1.4/lib/http/cookie_jar/hash_store.rb:32:in `initialize'
2026-04-23T09:46:26.272900Z 01E from /builds/gitlab-org/quality/staging-canary/.gems/gems/http-cookie-1.1.4/lib/http/cookie_jar.rb:19:in `new'
2026-04-23T09:46:26.272901Z 01E from /builds/gitlab-org/quality/staging-canary/.gems/gems/http-cookie-1.1.4/lib/http/cookie_jar.rb:19:in `get_impl'
2026-04-23T09:46:26.272901Z 01E from /builds/gitlab-org/quality/staging-canary/.gems/gems/http-cookie-1.1.4/lib/http/cookie_jar.rb:55:in `initialize'
2026-04-23T09:46:26.272902Z 01E from /builds/gitlab-org/quality/staging-canary/.gems/gems/http-5.3.1/lib/http/response.rb:141:in `new'
2026-04-23T09:46:26.272903Z 01E from /builds/gitlab-org/quality/staging-canary/.gems/gems/http-5.3.1/lib/http/response.rb:141:in `cookies'
2026-04-23T09:46:26.272904Z 01E from /builds/gitlab-org/quality/staging-canary/.gems/gems/http-5.3.1/lib/http/redirector.rb:107:in `collect_cookies_from_response'
2026-04-23T09:46:26.272904Z 01E from /builds/gitlab-org/quality/staging-canary/.gems/gems/http-5.3.1/lib/http/redirector.rb:54:in `perform'
2026-04-23T09:46:26.272905Z 01E from /builds/gitlab-org/quality/staging-canary/.gems/gems/http-5.3.1/lib/http/client.rb:34:in `request'
2026-04-23T09:46:26.272906Z 01E from /builds/gitlab-org/quality/staging-canary/.gems/gems/http-5.3.1/lib/http/chainable.rb:28:in `post'
2026-04-23T09:46:26.272907Z 01E from /builds/gitlab-org/quality/staging-canary/.gems/gems/gitlab_quality-test_tooling-2.25.1/lib/gitlab_quality/test_tooling/support/http_request.rb:14:in `call'
2026-04-23T09:46:26.272908Z 01E from /builds/gitlab-org/quality/staging-canary/.gems/gems/gitlab_quality-test_tooling-2.25.1/lib/gitlab_quality/test_tooling/support/http_request.rb:14:in `make_http_request'
2026-04-23T09:46:26.272909Z 01E from /builds/gitlab-org/quality/staging-canary/.gems/gems/gitlab_quality-test_tooling-2.25.1/lib/gitlab_quality/test_tooling/slack/post_to_slack.rb:28:in `invoke!'
2026-04-23T09:46:26.272910Z 01E from /builds/gitlab-org/quality/staging-canary/.gems/gems/gitlab_quality-test_tooling-2.25.1/exe/post-to-slack:103:in `<top (required)>'
2026-04-23T09:46:26.272910Z 01E from /builds/gitlab-org/quality/staging-canary/.gems/bin/post-to-slack:25:in `load'
2026-04-23T09:46:26.272911Z 01E from /builds/gitlab-org/quality/staging-canary/.gems/bin/post-to-slack:25:in `<main>'
2026-04-23T09:46:26.454433Z 00O section_end:1776937586:step_script
2026-04-23T09:46:26.454439Z 00O+[0Ksection_start:1776937586:cleanup_file_variables
2026-04-23T09:46:26.457004Z 00O+[0K[0K[36;1mCleaning up project directory and file based variables[0;m[0;m
2026-04-23T09:46:27.051810Z 00O section_end:1776937587:cleanup_file_variables
2026-04-23T09:46:27.051816Z 00O+[0K
2026-04-23T09:46:27.063965Z 00O [31;1mERROR: Job failed: exit code 1[0;m
```
* **https://ops.gitlab.net/gitlab-org/quality/staging-canary/-/jobs/23806161**
```
2026-04-23T09:43:23.624677Z 01O
2026-04-23T09:43:23.624677Z 01O 1) Verify Pipeline with raw variables in YAML expands variables according to expand: true/false
2026-04-23T09:43:23.624688Z 01O [31mFailure/Error: Flow::Pipeline.wait_for_latest_pipeline_to_have_status(project: project, status: 'success')[0m
2026-04-23T09:43:23.624689Z 01O [31m[0m
2026-04-23T09:43:23.624689Z 01O [31mQA::Support::Repeater::WaitExceededError:[0m
2026-04-23T09:43:23.624690Z 01O [31m Wait for latest pipeline to have status success failed after 240 seconds[0m
2026-04-23T09:43:23.624691Z 01O [36m# ./qa/support/repeater.rb:74:in `repeat_until'[0m
2026-04-23T09:43:23.624692Z 01O [36m# ./qa/support/waiter.rb:20:in `wait_until'[0m
2026-04-23T09:43:23.624692Z 01O [36m# ./qa/flow/pipeline.rb:92:in `wait_for_pipeline_status'[0m
2026-04-23T09:43:23.624693Z 01O [36m# ./qa/flow/pipeline.rb:46:in `wait_for_latest_pipeline_to_have_status'[0m
2026-04-23T09:43:23.624694Z 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
2026-04-23T09:43:23.624695Z 01O [36m# /home/gitlab/spec/support/fast_quarantine.rb:22:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'[0m
2026-04-23T09:43:23.624695Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/runner.rb:124:in `run_rspec'[0m
2026-04-23T09:43:23.624696Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/runner.rb:32:in `perform'[0m
2026-04-23T09:43:23.624697Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:10:in `block in perform'[0m
2026-04-23T09:43:23.624697Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:8:in `perform'[0m
2026-04-23T09:43:23.624698Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:63:in `perform'[0m
2026-04-23T09:43:23.624698Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:10:in `block in perform'[0m
2026-04-23T09:43:23.624699Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:8:in `perform'[0m
2026-04-23T09:43:23.624700Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/bootable.rb:52:in `launch!'[0m
2026-04-23T09:43:23.624700Z 01O
2026-04-23T09:43:23.624701Z 01O Finished in 4 minutes 25.5 seconds (files took 1.68 seconds to load)
2026-04-23T09:43:23.624701Z 01O [31m1 example, 1 failure[0m
2026-04-23T09:43:23.624702Z 01O
2026-04-23T09:43:23.624702Z 01O Failed examples:
2026-04-23T09:43:23.624703Z 01O
2026-04-23T09:43:23.624703Z 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
2026-04-23T09:43:23.624704Z 01O
2026-04-23T09:43:23.624705Z 01O
```
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