QA failure: qa/specs/features/ee/api/2_plan/epics_milestone_dates_spec.rb
## Overview
* Environment: gprd-cny
* Coordinated pipeline: https://ops.gitlab.net/gitlab-org/release/tools/-/pipelines/5741837
* Auto-deploy package: 19.0.202605070406-8abafbabf3a.d410b3f0db7
### Pipeline:
* **https://ops.gitlab.net/gitlab-org/quality/production/-/jobs/24057452**
```
2026-05-07T08:41:53.940793Z 01O 1) Plan Epics milestone dates API updates epic dates when removing issue
2026-05-07T08:41:53.940800Z 01O [31mFailure/Error:[0m
2026-05-07T08:41:53.940807Z 01O [31m create(:work_item_epic,[0m
2026-05-07T08:41:53.940815Z 01O [31m group: group,[0m
2026-05-07T08:41:53.940820Z 01O [31m title: 'My New Epic',[0m
2026-05-07T08:41:53.940826Z 01O [31m is_fixed: true,[0m
2026-05-07T08:41:53.940830Z 01O [31m start_date: fixed_start_date,[0m
2026-05-07T08:41:53.940835Z 01O [31m due_date: fixed_due_date)[0m
2026-05-07T08:41:53.940839Z 01O [31m[0m
2026-05-07T08:41:53.940843Z 01O [31mQA::Resource::Errors::ResourceFabricationFailedError:[0m
2026-05-07T08:41:53.940849Z 01O [31m Fabrication of QA::EE::Resource::WorkItemEpic using the API failed (200) with `{"errors":[{"message":"The resource that you are attempting to access does not exist or you don't have permission to perform this action","locations":[{"line":2,"column":3}],"path":["workItemCreate"]}],"data":{"workItemCreate":null}}`.[0m
2026-05-07T08:41:53.940854Z 01O [31m Correlation Id: 9f7eed96a92227dc-ATL[0m
2026-05-07T08:41:53.940862Z 01O [31m Sentry Url: https://new-sentry.gitlab.net/organizations/gitlab/issues/?environment=gprd&project=3&query=correlation_id%3A%229f7eed96a92227dc-ATL%22[0m
2026-05-07T08:41:53.940876Z 01O [31m Kibana - Discover Url: https://log.gprd.gitlab.net/app/discover#/?_a=%28index:%277092c4e2-4eb5-46f2-8305-a7da2edad090%27%2Cquery%3A%28language%3Akuery%2Cquery%3A%27json.correlation_id%20%3A%209f7eed96a92227dc-ATL%27%29%29&_g=%28time%3A%28from%3A%272026-05-06T08:41:52.499Z%27%2Cto%3A%272026-05-07T08:41:52.499Z%27%29%29[0m
2026-05-07T08:41:53.940889Z 01O [31m Kibana - Dashboard Url: https://log.gprd.gitlab.net/app/dashboards#/view/5e6d3440-7597-11ed-9f43-e3784d7fe3ca?_g=%28time%3A%28from:%272026-05-06T08:41:52.499Z%27%2Cto%3A%272026-05-07T08:41:52.499Z%27%29%29&_a=%28filters%3A%21%28%28query%3A%28match_phrase%3A%28json.correlation_id%3A%279f7eed96a92227dc-ATL%27%29%29%29%29%29[0m
2026-05-07T08:41:53.940916Z 01O [36m# ./qa/resource/api_fabricator.rb:122:in `api_post_to'[0m
2026-05-07T08:41:53.940942Z 01O [36m# ./qa/resource/api_fabricator.rb:108:in `api_post'[0m
2026-05-07T08:41:53.940951Z 01O [36m# ./qa/resource/api_fabricator.rb:27:in `fabricate_via_api!'[0m
2026-05-07T08:41:53.940976Z 01O [36m# ./qa/resource/base.rb:74:in `block (2 levels) in fabricate_via_api!'[0m
2026-05-07T08:41:53.940984Z 01O [36m# ./qa/resource/base.rb:117:in `log_and_record_fabrication'[0m
2026-05-07T08:41:53.940991Z 01O [36m# ./qa/resource/base.rb:74:in `block in fabricate_via_api!'[0m
2026-05-07T08:41:53.940998Z 01O [36m# ./qa/resource/base.rb:107:in `do_fabricate!'[0m
2026-05-07T08:41:53.941005Z 01O [36m# ./qa/resource/base.rb:73:in `fabricate_via_api!'[0m
2026-05-07T08:41:53.941012Z 01O [36m# ./qa/factories/_shared.rb:6:in `block (2 levels) in <module:QA>'[0m
2026-05-07T08:41:53.941019Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/features/ee/api/2_plan/epics_milestone_dates_spec.rb:110:in `create_epic'[0m
2026-05-07T08:41:53.941026Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/features/ee/api/2_plan/epics_milestone_dates_spec.rb:89:in `create_epic_issue_milestone'[0m
2026-05-07T08:41:53.941032Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/features/ee/api/2_plan/epics_milestone_dates_spec.rb:58:in `block (3 levels) in <module:QA>'[0m
2026-05-07T08:41:53.941037Z 01O [36m# /home/gitlab/spec/support/fast_quarantine.rb:22:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'[0m
2026-05-07T08:41:53.941042Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/runner.rb:124:in `run_rspec'[0m
2026-05-07T08:41:53.941045Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/runner.rb:32:in `perform'[0m
2026-05-07T08:41:53.941050Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:10:in `block in perform'[0m
2026-05-07T08:41:53.941053Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:8:in `perform'[0m
2026-05-07T08:41:53.941057Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:63:in `perform'[0m
2026-05-07T08:41:53.941061Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:10:in `block in perform'[0m
2026-05-07T08:41:53.941065Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:8:in `perform'[0m
2026-05-07T08:41:53.941069Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/bootable.rb:52:in `launch!'[0m
2026-05-07T08:41:53.941074Z 01O Finished in 5.95 seconds (files took 1.57 seconds to load)
2026-05-07T08:41:53.941078Z 01O [31m1 example, 1 failure[0m
2026-05-07T08:41:53.941084Z 01O Failed examples:
2026-05-07T08:41:53.941089Z 01O [31mrspec ./qa/specs/features/ee/api/2_plan/epics_milestone_dates_spec.rb:56[0m [36m# Plan Epics milestone dates API updates epic dates when removing issue[0m
2026-05-07T08:41:53.941093Z 01O
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