QA failure: qa/specs/features/api/10_software_supply_chain_security/group_access_token_spec.rb
## Overview
* Environment: gstg-cny
* Coordinated pipeline: https://ops.gitlab.net/gitlab-org/release/tools/-/pipelines/6106960
* Auto-deploy package: 19.3.202608190106-7bec7150654.2132e8840ed
### Pipeline:
* **https://ops.gitlab.net/gitlab-org/quality/staging/-/jobs/26075980**
```
2026-08-19T02:49:24.916115Z 01O
2026-08-19T02:49:24.916123Z 01O 1) Software Supply Chain Security Group access token can be used to create a file via the project API
2026-08-19T02:49:24.916130Z 01O [31mFailure/Error:[0m
2026-08-19T02:49:24.916138Z 01O [31m expect do[0m
2026-08-19T02:49:24.916145Z 01O [31m create(:file,[0m
2026-08-19T02:49:24.916153Z 01O [31m api_client: api_client_with_group_token,[0m
2026-08-19T02:49:24.916161Z 01O [31m project: project,[0m
2026-08-19T02:49:24.916169Z 01O [31m branch: "new_branch_#{SecureRandom.hex(8)}")[0m
2026-08-19T02:49:24.916177Z 01O [31m rescue StandardError => e[0m
2026-08-19T02:49:24.916185Z 01O [31m QA::Runtime::Logger.error("Full failure message: #{e.message}")[0m
2026-08-19T02:49:24.916192Z 01O [31m raise[0m
2026-08-19T02:49:24.916200Z 01O [31m end.not_to raise_error[0m
2026-08-19T02:49:24.916208Z 01O [31m[0m
2026-08-19T02:49:24.916216Z 01O [31m expected no Exception, got #<QA::Resource::Errors::ResourceFabricationFailedError:"Fabrication of QA::Resource::Project using th...%28%28query%3A%28match_phrase%3A%28json.correlation_id%3A%27a2d5d835bf3512f5-ATL%27%29%29%29%29%29"> with backtrace:[0m
2026-08-19T02:49:24.916224Z 01O [31m # ./qa/resource/api_fabricator.rb:134:in `api_post_to'[0m
2026-08-19T02:49:24.916231Z 01O [31m # ./qa/resource/api_fabricator.rb:108:in `api_post'[0m
2026-08-19T02:49:24.916239Z 01O [31m # ./qa/resource/api_fabricator.rb:27:in `fabricate_via_api!'[0m
2026-08-19T02:49:24.916247Z 01O [31m # ./qa/resource/project.rb:126:in `rescue in fabricate_via_api!'[0m
2026-08-19T02:49:24.916255Z 01O [31m # ./qa/resource/project.rb:123:in `fabricate_via_api!'[0m
2026-08-19T02:49:24.916262Z 01O [31m # ./qa/resource/base.rb:74:in `block (2 levels) in fabricate_via_api!'[0m
2026-08-19T02:49:24.916287Z 01O [31m # ./qa/resource/base.rb:117:in `log_and_record_fabrication'[0m
2026-08-19T02:49:24.916301Z 01O [31m # ./qa/resource/base.rb:74:in `block in fabricate_via_api!'[0m
2026-08-19T02:49:24.916309Z 01O [31m # ./qa/resource/base.rb:107:in `do_fabricate!'[0m
2026-08-19T02:49:24.916316Z 01O [31m # ./qa/resource/base.rb:73:in `fabricate_via_api!'[0m
2026-08-19T02:49:24.916324Z 01O [31m # ./qa/resource/base.rb:48:in `fabricate!'[0m
2026-08-19T02:49:24.916331Z 01O [31m # ./qa/resource/file.rb:10:in `block in <class:File>'[0m
2026-08-19T02:49:24.916339Z 01O [31m # ./qa/resource/base.rb:314:in `instance_exec'[0m
2026-08-19T02:49:24.916346Z 01O [31m # ./qa/resource/base.rb:314:in `attribute_value'[0m
2026-08-19T02:49:24.916354Z 01O [31m # ./qa/resource/base.rb:173:in `block in attribute'[0m
2026-08-19T02:49:24.916361Z 01O [31m # ./qa/resource/file.rb:26:in `initialize'[0m
2026-08-19T02:49:24.916369Z 01O [31m # ./qa/specs/features/api/10_software_supply_chain_security/group_access_token_spec.rb:29:in `block (4 levels) in <module:QA>'[0m
2026-08-19T02:49:24.916377Z 01O [31m # ./qa/specs/features/api/10_software_supply_chain_security/group_access_token_spec.rb:28:in `block (3 levels) in <module:QA>'[0m
2026-08-19T02:49:24.916385Z 01O [31m # /home/gitlab/spec/support/fast_quarantine.rb:22:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'[0m
2026-08-19T02:49:24.916392Z 01O [31m # ./qa/specs/runner.rb:124:in `run_rspec'[0m
2026-08-19T02:49:24.916400Z 01O [31m # ./qa/specs/runner.rb:32:in `perform'[0m
2026-08-19T02:49:24.916407Z 01O [31m # ./qa/scenario/template.rb:10:in `block in perform'[0m
2026-08-19T02:49:24.916415Z 01O [31m # ./qa/scenario/template.rb:8:in `perform'[0m
2026-08-19T02:49:24.916423Z 01O [31m # ./qa/scenario/template.rb:63:in `perform'[0m
2026-08-19T02:49:24.916431Z 01O [31m # ./qa/scenario/template.rb:10:in `block in perform'[0m
2026-08-19T02:49:24.916438Z 01O [31m # ./qa/scenario/template.rb:8:in `perform'[0m
2026-08-19T02:49:24.916446Z 01O [31m # ./qa/scenario/bootable.rb:52:in `launch!'[0m
2026-08-19T02:49:24.916453Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/features/api/10_software_supply_chain_security/group_access_token_spec.rb:28:in `block (3 levels) in <module:QA>'[0m
2026-08-19T02:49:24.916461Z 01O [36m# /home/gitlab/spec/support/fast_quarantine.rb:22:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'[0m
2026-08-19T02:49:25.326182Z 01E /builds/gitlab-org/quality/staging/.gems/bin/gitlab-qa: Command `docker run -t --rm --net=bridge --env QA_CAN_TEST_GIT_PROTOCOL_V2="$QA_CAN_TEST_GIT_PROTOCOL_V2" ...` failed! [31m✘[0m (Gitlab::QA::Support::ShellCommand::StatusError)
2026-08-19T02:49:25.326215Z 01E /builds/gitlab-org/quality/staging/.gems/bin/gitlab-qa: Command `docker run -t --rm --net=bridge --env QA_CAN_TEST_GIT_PROTOCOL_V2="$QA_CAN_TEST_GIT_PROTOCOL_V2" ...` failed! [31m✘[0m (Gitlab::QA::Support::ShellCommand::StatusError)
2026-08-19T02:49:25.332283Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/runner.rb:124:in `run_rspec'[0m
2026-08-19T02:49:25.332329Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/runner.rb:32:in `perform'[0m
2026-08-19T02:49:25.332337Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:10:in `block in perform'[0m
2026-08-19T02:49:25.332345Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:8:in `perform'[0m
2026-08-19T02:49:25.332352Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:63:in `perform'[0m
2026-08-19T02:49:25.332360Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:10:in `block in perform'[0m
2026-08-19T02:49:25.332367Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:8:in `perform'[0m
2026-08-19T02:49:25.332375Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/bootable.rb:52:in `launch!'[0m
2026-08-19T02:49:25.332382Z 01O
2026-08-19T02:49:25.332389Z 01O Finished in 21.05 seconds (files took 1.6 seconds to load)
2026-08-19T02:49:25.332397Z 01O [31m1 example, 1 failure[0m
2026-08-19T02:49:25.332404Z 01O
2026-08-19T02:49:25.332411Z 01O Failed examples:
2026-08-19T02:49:25.332419Z 01O
2026-08-19T02:49:25.332427Z 01O [31mrspec ./qa/specs/features/api/10_software_supply_chain_security/group_access_token_spec.rb:27[0m [36m# Software Supply Chain Security Group access token can be used to create a file via the project API[0m
2026-08-19T02:49:25.332449Z 01O
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```
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