QA failure: qa/specs/features/ee/api/2_plan/epics_milestone_dates_spec.rb
## Overview
* Environment: gstg-cny
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```
2026-06-17T16:04:17.269039Z 01O
2026-06-17T16:04:17.269047Z 01O 1) Plan Epics milestone dates API updates epic dates when removing issue
2026-06-17T16:04:17.269058Z 01O [31mFailure/Error:[0m
2026-06-17T16:04:17.269067Z 01O [31m expect { epic.reload!.start_date }[0m
2026-06-17T16:04:17.269077Z 01O [31m .to eventually_eq(new_milestone_start_date).within(wait_args)[0m
2026-06-17T16:04:17.269152Z 01O [31m[0m
2026-06-17T16:04:17.269173Z 01O [31mRestClient::Exceptions::ReadTimeout:[0m
2026-06-17T16:04:17.269184Z 01O [31m Timed out reading data from server[0m
2026-06-17T16:04:17.269194Z 01O [36m# ./qa/support/api.rb:29:in `block in post'[0m
2026-06-17T16:04:17.269331Z 01O [36m# ./qa/support/api.rb:135:in `block in with_retry_on_too_many_requests'[0m
2026-06-17T16:04:17.269346Z 01O [36m# ./qa/support/retrier.rb:54:in `block in retry_until'[0m
2026-06-17T16:04:17.269355Z 01O [36m# ./qa/support/repeater.rb:46:in `repeat_until'[0m
2026-06-17T16:04:17.269366Z 01O [36m# ./qa/support/retrier.rb:44:in `retry_until'[0m
2026-06-17T16:04:17.269374Z 01O [36m# ./qa/support/api.rb:134:in `with_retry_on_too_many_requests'[0m
2026-06-17T16:04:17.269382Z 01O [36m# ./qa/support/api.rb:28:in `post'[0m
2026-06-17T16:04:17.269390Z 01O [36m# ./qa/resource/api_fabricator.rb:116:in `api_post_to'[0m
2026-06-17T16:04:17.269400Z 01O [36m# ./qa/ee/resource/work_item_epic.rb:156:in `api_get'[0m
2026-06-17T16:04:17.269429Z 01O [36m# ./qa/resource/api_fabricator.rb:34:in `reload!'[0m
2026-06-17T16:04:17.269438Z 01O [36m# ./qa/resource/base.rb:198:in `bind_call'[0m
2026-06-17T16:04:17.269447Z 01O [36m# ./qa/resource/base.rb:198:in `block in <class:Base>'[0m
2026-06-17T16:04:17.269456Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/features/ee/api/2_plan/epics_milestone_dates_spec.rb:141:in `block (2 levels) in expect_epic_to_have_updated_dates'[0m
2026-06-17T16:04:17.269467Z 01O [36m# ./qa/support/matchers/eventually_matcher.rb:93:in `result'[0m
2026-06-17T16:04:17.269486Z 01O [36m# ./qa/support/matchers/eventually_matcher.rb:78:in `default_expectation'[0m
2026-06-17T16:04:17.269498Z 01O [36m# ./qa/support/matchers/eventually_matcher.rb:64:in `public_send'[0m
2026-06-17T16:04:17.269509Z 01O [36m# ./qa/support/matchers/eventually_matcher.rb:64:in `block in wait_and_check'[0m
2026-06-17T16:04:17.269519Z 01O [36m# ./qa/support/retrier.rb:54:in `block in retry_until'[0m
2026-06-17T16:04:17.269527Z 01O [36m# ./qa/support/repeater.rb:46:in `repeat_until'[0m
2026-06-17T16:04:17.269535Z 01O [36m# ./qa/support/retrier.rb:44:in `retry_until'[0m
2026-06-17T16:04:17.269543Z 01O [36m# ./qa/support/matchers/eventually_matcher.rb:61:in `wait_and_check'[0m
2026-06-17T16:04:17.269552Z 01O [36m# ./qa/support/matchers/eventually_matcher.rb:38:in `block (3 levels) in <module:EventuallyMatcher>'[0m
2026-06-17T16:04:17.269563Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/features/ee/api/2_plan/epics_milestone_dates_spec.rb:141:in `block in expect_epic_to_have_updated_dates'[0m
2026-06-17T16:04:17.269608Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/features/ee/api/2_plan/epics_milestone_dates_spec.rb:140:in `expect_epic_to_have_updated_dates'[0m
2026-06-17T16:04:17.269621Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/features/ee/api/2_plan/epics_milestone_dates_spec.rb:133:in `block in use_epics_milestone_dates'[0m
2026-06-17T16:04:17.269632Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/features/ee/api/2_plan/epics_milestone_dates_spec.rb:132:in `use_epics_milestone_dates'[0m
2026-06-17T16:04:17.269649Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/features/ee/api/2_plan/epics_milestone_dates_spec.rb:93:in `create_epic_issue_milestone'[0m
2026-06-17T16:04:17.269659Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/features/ee/api/2_plan/epics_milestone_dates_spec.rb:58:in `block (3 levels) in <module:QA>'[0m
2026-06-17T16:04:17.269669Z 01O [36m# /home/gitlab/spec/support/fast_quarantine.rb:22:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'[0m
2026-06-17T16:04:17.269679Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/runner.rb:124:in `run_rspec'[0m
2026-06-17T16:04:17.269689Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/runner.rb:32:in `perform'[0m
2026-06-17T16:04:17.269699Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:10:in `block in perform'[0m
2026-06-17T16:04:17.269708Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:8:in `perform'[0m
2026-06-17T16:04:17.269717Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:63:in `perform'[0m
2026-06-17T16:04:17.269726Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:10:in `block in perform'[0m
2026-06-17T16:04:17.269902Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:8:in `perform'[0m
2026-06-17T16:04:17.270004Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/bootable.rb:52:in `launch!'[0m
2026-06-17T16:04:17.270018Z 01O [36m# ------------------[0m
2026-06-17T16:04:17.270026Z 01O [36m# --- Caused by: ---[0m
2026-06-17T16:04:17.270034Z 01O [36m# Net::ReadTimeout:[0m
2026-06-17T16:04:17.270043Z 01O [36m# Net::ReadTimeout with #<TCPSocket:(closed)>[0m
2026-06-17T16:04:17.270053Z 01O [36m# ./qa/support/api.rb:29:in `block in post'[0m
2026-06-17T16:04:17.270071Z 01O
2026-06-17T16:04:17.270078Z 01O Finished in 1 minute 22.36 seconds (files took 1.46 seconds to load)
2026-06-17T16:04:17.270087Z 01O [31m1 example, 1 failure[0m
2026-06-17T16:04:17.270095Z 01O
2026-06-17T16:04:17.270101Z 01O Failed examples:
2026-06-17T16:04:17.270109Z 01O
2026-06-17T16:04:17.270116Z 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
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```
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