QA failure: qa/specs/features/api/10_software_supply_chain_security/project_access_token_spec.rb
## Overview
* Environment: gprd-cny
* Coordinated pipeline: https://ops.gitlab.net/gitlab-org/release/tools/-/pipelines/5788422
* Auto-deploy package: 19.0.202605212006-d257f517930.36bc2f47d19
### Pipeline:
* **https://ops.gitlab.net/gitlab-org/quality/production/-/jobs/24326951**
```
2026-05-21T22:39:42.198366Z 01O
2026-05-21T22:39:42.198369Z 01O 1) Software Supply Chain Security Project access token for a different project cannot be used to create a file via the project API
2026-05-21T22:39:42.198377Z 01O [31mFailure/Error: let!(:project_access_token) { create(:project_access_token, project: project) }[0m
2026-05-21T22:39:42.198384Z 01O [31m[0m
2026-05-21T22:39:42.198388Z 01O [31mQA::Resource::Errors::ResourceFabricationFailedError:[0m
2026-05-21T22:39:42.198394Z 01O [31m Fabrication of QA::Resource::ProjectAccessToken using the API failed (400) with `{"message":"400 Bad request - username or email has already been taken"}`.[0m
2026-05-21T22:39:42.198403Z 01O [31m Correlation Id: 9ff713bdcd0f8bfe-ATL[0m
2026-05-21T22:39:42.198409Z 01O [31m Sentry Url: https://new-sentry.gitlab.net/organizations/gitlab/issues/?environment=gprd&project=3&query=correlation_id%3A%229ff713bdcd0f8bfe-ATL%22[0m
2026-05-21T22:39:42.198419Z 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%20%229ff713bdcd0f8bfe-ATL%22%27%29%29&_g=%28time%3A%28from%3A%272026-05-20T22:39:26.974Z%27%2Cto%3A%272026-05-21T22:39:26.974Z%27%29%29[0m
2026-05-21T22:39:42.198432Z 01O [31m Kibana - Dashboard Url: https://log.gprd.gitlab.net/app/dashboards#/view/5e6d3440-7597-11ed-9f43-e3784d7fe3ca?_g=%28time%3A%28from:%272026-05-20T22:39:26.974Z%27%2Cto%3A%272026-05-21T22:39:26.974Z%27%29%29&_a=%28filters%3A%21%28%28query%3A%28match_phrase%3A%28json.correlation_id%3A%279ff713bdcd0f8bfe-ATL%27%29%29%29%29%29[0m
2026-05-21T22:39:42.198446Z 01O [36m# ./qa/resource/api_fabricator.rb:134:in `api_post_to'[0m
2026-05-21T22:39:42.198451Z 01O [36m# ./qa/resource/api_fabricator.rb:108:in `api_post'[0m
2026-05-21T22:39:42.198457Z 01O [36m# ./qa/resource/api_fabricator.rb:27:in `fabricate_via_api!'[0m
2026-05-21T22:39:42.198463Z 01O [36m# ./qa/resource/base.rb:74:in `block (2 levels) in fabricate_via_api!'[0m
2026-05-21T22:39:42.198470Z 01O [36m# ./qa/resource/base.rb:117:in `log_and_record_fabrication'[0m
2026-05-21T22:39:42.198476Z 01O [36m# ./qa/resource/base.rb:74:in `block in fabricate_via_api!'[0m
2026-05-21T22:39:42.198481Z 01O [36m# ./qa/resource/base.rb:107:in `do_fabricate!'[0m
2026-05-21T22:39:42.198487Z 01O [36m# ./qa/resource/base.rb:73:in `fabricate_via_api!'[0m
2026-05-21T22:39:42.198493Z 01O [36m# ./qa/factories/_shared.rb:6:in `block (2 levels) in <module:QA>'[0m
2026-05-21T22:39:42.198499Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/features/api/10_software_supply_chain_security/project_access_token_spec.rb:9:in `block (3 levels) in <module:QA>'[0m
2026-05-21T22:39:42.198506Z 01O [36m# /home/gitlab/spec/support/fast_quarantine.rb:22:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'[0m
2026-05-21T22:39:42.198513Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/runner.rb:124:in `run_rspec'[0m
2026-05-21T22:39:42.198518Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/runner.rb:32:in `perform'[0m
2026-05-21T22:39:42.198522Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:10:in `block in perform'[0m
2026-05-21T22:39:42.198531Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:8:in `perform'[0m
2026-05-21T22:39:42.198536Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:63:in `perform'[0m
2026-05-21T22:39:42.198541Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:10:in `block in perform'[0m
2026-05-21T22:39:42.198546Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:8:in `perform'[0m
2026-05-21T22:39:42.198551Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/bootable.rb:52:in `launch!'[0m
2026-05-21T22:39:42.198556Z 01O
2026-05-21T22:39:42.198559Z 01O Finished in 24.21 seconds (files took 1.09 seconds to load)
2026-05-21T22:39:42.542068Z 01E /builds/gitlab-org/quality/production/.gems/bin/gitlab-qa: Command `docker run -t --rm --net=bridge --env QA_CAN_TEST_GIT_PROTOCOL_V2="$QA_CAN_TEST_GIT_PROTOCOL_V2" ...` failed! [31m✘[0m (Gitlab::QA::Support::ShellCommand::StatusError)
2026-05-21T22:39:42.542123Z 01E /builds/gitlab-org/quality/production/.gems/bin/gitlab-qa: Command `docker run -t --rm --net=bridge --env QA_CAN_TEST_GIT_PROTOCOL_V2="$QA_CAN_TEST_GIT_PROTOCOL_V2" ...` failed! [31m✘[0m (Gitlab::QA::Support::ShellCommand::StatusError)
2026-05-21T22:39:42.544030Z 01O [31m2 examples, 1 failure[0m
2026-05-21T22:39:42.544049Z 01O
2026-05-21T22:39:42.544053Z 01O Failed examples:
2026-05-21T22:39:42.544059Z 01O
2026-05-21T22:39:42.544063Z 01O [31mrspec ./qa/specs/features/api/10_software_supply_chain_security/project_access_token_spec.rb:60[0m [36m# Software Supply Chain Security Project access token for a different project cannot be used to create a file via the project API[0m
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```
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