QA failure: qa/specs/features/browser_ui/2_plan/issue/mentions_spec.rb
## Overview
* Environment: gstg-cny
* Coordinated pipeline: https://ops.gitlab.net/gitlab-org/release/tools/-/pipelines/6327630
* Auto-deploy package: 19.5.202610010806-d630b38f70b.4b9b903ff25
### Pipeline:
* **https://ops.gitlab.net/gitlab-org/quality/staging-canary/-/jobs/27434675**
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2026-10-01T10:18:05.150499Z 01O
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150503Z 01O 1) Plan mention mentions another user in an issue
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150507Z 01O [31mFailure/Error: Flow::Login.sign_in[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150511Z 01O [31m[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150515Z 01O [31mCapybara::ElementNotFound:[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150519Z 01O [31m Unable to find css "[data-testid=\"flash-container\"]"[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150523Z 01O [36m# ./qa/page/base.rb:448:in `within_element'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150535Z 01O [36m# ./qa/support/page/logging.rb:156:in `within_element'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150539Z 01O [36m# ./qa/page/layout/flash.rb:18:in `has_notice?'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150542Z 01O [36m# ./qa/page/main/login.rb:226:in `sign_in_using_gitlab_credentials'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150546Z 01O [36m# ./qa/page/main/login.rb:78:in `block in sign_in_using_credentials'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150550Z 01O [36m# ./qa/page/main/login.rb:67:in `sign_in_using_credentials'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150554Z 01O [36m# ./qa/flow/login.rb:28:in `block in sign_in'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150558Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/actable.rb:16:in `perform'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150562Z 01O [36m# ./qa/flow/login.rb:22:in `sign_in'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150565Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/features/browser_ui/2_plan/issue/mentions_spec.rb:16:in `block (3 levels) in <module:QA>'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150568Z 01O [36m# /home/gitlab/spec/support/fast_quarantine.rb:22:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150572Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/runner.rb:125:in `run_rspec'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150575Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/runner.rb:32:in `perform'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150579Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:10:in `block in perform'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150583Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:8:in `perform'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150587Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:63:in `perform'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150590Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:10:in `block in perform'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150594Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:8:in `perform'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150598Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/bootable.rb:52:in `launch!'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150601Z 01O
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150605Z 01O 2) Security Risk Management Vulnerability Report in a Project creates an issue from vulnerability details
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150608Z 01O [31mGot 0 failures and 2 other errors:[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150612Z 01O
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150616Z 01O 2.1) [31mFailure/Error: Page::Project::Menu.perform(&:go_to_vulnerability_report)[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150620Z 01O [31m[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150623Z 01O [31mQA::Page::Base::ElementNotFound:[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150627Z 01O [31m Super sidebar not found on https://staging.gitlab.com/gitlab-e2e-sandbox-group-3/e2e-test-2026-10-01-10-15-20-e5e33c074ac50d3f/project-with-secure-475ce18d77a8064e[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150631Z 01O [36m# ./qa/page/sub_menus/common.rb:77:in `wait_for_sidebar_render'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150635Z 01O [36m# ./qa/page/sub_menus/common.rb:53:in `open_submenu'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150638Z 01O [36m# ./qa/ee/page/sub_menus/secure.rb:44:in `open_secure_submenu'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150642Z 01O [36m# ./qa/ee/page/sub_menus/secure.rb:13:in `go_to_vulnerability_report'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150646Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/actable.rb:16:in `perform'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150649Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/features/ee/browser_ui/18_security_risk_management/project_vulnerability_report_spec.rb:46:in `block (3 levels) in <module:QA>'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150653Z 01O [36m# /home/gitlab/spec/support/fast_quarantine.rb:22:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150657Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/runner.rb:125:in `run_rspec'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150661Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/runner.rb:32:in `perform'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150665Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:10:in `block in perform'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150669Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:8:in `perform'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150673Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:63:in `perform'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150676Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:10:in `block in perform'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150684Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:8:in `perform'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150688Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/bootable.rb:52:in `launch!'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150692Z 01O
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150695Z 01O 2.2) [31mFailure/Error:[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150699Z 01O [31m raise(PageError, <<~MSG)[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150703Z 01O [31m Error Code: #{error_code}[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150707Z 01O [31m [0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150711Z 01O [31m #{report}[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150715Z 01O [31m [0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150719Z 01O [31m Path: #{page.current_path}#{request_id_string}[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150723Z 01O [31m MSG[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150728Z 01O [31m[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150732Z 01O [31mQA::Support::PageErrorChecker::PageError:[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150736Z 01O [31m Error Code: 500[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150740Z 01O [31m[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150743Z 01O [31m There was 1 SEVERE level error:[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150747Z 01O [31m[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150751Z 01O [31m ["https://staging.gitlab.com/gitlab-e2e-sandbox-group-3/e2e-test-2026-10-01-10-15-20-e5e33c074ac50d3f/project-with-secure-475ce18d77a8064e - Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 500 ()"][0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150755Z 01O [31m[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150759Z 01O [31m Path: /gitlab-e2e-sandbox-group-3/e2e-test-2026-10-01-10-15-20-e5e33c074ac50d3f/project-with-secure-475ce18d77a8064e[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150763Z 01O [31m[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150778Z 01O [31m Correlation Id: a43ab507397d20b3-ATL[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150782Z 01O [31m Sentry Url: https://new-sentry.gitlab.net/organizations/gitlab/issues/?environment=gstg&project=3&query=correlation_id%3A%22a43ab507397d20b3-ATL%22[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150786Z 01O [31m Kibana - Discover Url: https://nonprod-log.gitlab.net/app/discover#/?_a=%28index:%27ed942d00-5186-11ea-ad8a-f3610a492295%27%2Cquery%3A%28language%3Akuery%2Cquery%3A%27json.correlation_id%20%3A%20%22a43ab507397d20b3-ATL%22%27%29%29&_g=%28time%3A%28from%3A%272026-09-30T10:16:18.592Z%27%2Cto%3A%272026-10-01T10:16:18.592Z%27%29%29[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150790Z 01O [31m Kibana - Dashboard Url: https://nonprod-log.gitlab.net/app/dashboards#/view/b74dc030-6f56-11ed-9af2-6131f0ee4ce6?_g=%28time%3A%28from:%272026-09-30T10:16:18.592Z%27%2Cto%3A%272026-10-01T10:16:18.592Z%27%29%29&_a=%28filters%3A%21%28%28query%3A%28match_phrase%3A%28json.correlation_id%3A%27a43ab507397d20b3-ATL%27%29%29%29%29%29[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150793Z 01O [36m# ./qa/support/page_error_checker.rb:22:in `report!'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150797Z 01O [36m# ./qa/support/page_error_checker.rb:58:in `check_page_for_error_code'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150801Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/spec_helper.rb:113:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150812Z 01O [36m# /home/gitlab/spec/support/fast_quarantine.rb:22:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150817Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/runner.rb:125:in `run_rspec'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150821Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/runner.rb:32:in `perform'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150825Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:10:in `block in perform'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150829Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:8:in `perform'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150833Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:63:in `perform'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150836Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:10:in `block in perform'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150840Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:8:in `perform'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150843Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/bootable.rb:52:in `launch!'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150850Z 01O
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150854Z 01O 3) Verify Pipeline with protected variable does not expose variable on unprotected branch
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150858Z 01O [31mGot 0 failures and 2 other errors:[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150861Z 01O
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150865Z 01O 3.1) [31mFailure/Error: Flow::Login.sign_in(as: user)[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150869Z 01O [31m[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150872Z 01O [31mCapybara::ElementNotFound:[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150876Z 01O [31m Unable to find css "[data-testid=\"flash-container\"]"[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150880Z 01O [36m# ./qa/page/base.rb:448:in `within_element'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150883Z 01O [36m# ./qa/support/page/logging.rb:156:in `within_element'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150887Z 01O [36m# ./qa/page/layout/flash.rb:18:in `has_notice?'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150891Z 01O [36m# ./qa/page/main/login.rb:226:in `sign_in_using_gitlab_credentials'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150895Z 01O [36m# ./qa/page/main/login.rb:78:in `block in sign_in_using_credentials'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150898Z 01O [36m# ./qa/page/main/login.rb:67:in `sign_in_using_credentials'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150902Z 01O [36m# ./qa/flow/login.rb:28:in `block in sign_in'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150906Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/actable.rb:16:in `perform'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150910Z 01O [36m# ./qa/flow/login.rb:22:in `sign_in'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150913Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/features/browser_ui/4_verify/ci_variable/pipeline_with_protected_variable_spec.rb:145:in `go_to_pipeline_job_as'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.150917Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/features/browser_ui/4_verify/ci_variable/pipeline_with_protected_variable_spec.rb:59:in `block (4 levels) in <module:QA>'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.554764Z 01E /builds/gitlab-org/quality/staging-canary/.gems/bin/gitlab-qa: Command `docker run -t --rm --net=bridge --env QA_CAN_TEST_GIT_PROTOCOL_V2="$QA_CAN_TEST_GIT_PROTOCOL_V2" ...` failed! [31m✘[0m (Gitlab::QA::Support::ShellCommand::StatusError)
2026-10-01T10:18:05.554791Z 01E /builds/gitlab-org/quality/staging-canary/.gems/bin/gitlab-qa: Command `docker run -t --rm --net=bridge --env QA_CAN_TEST_GIT_PROTOCOL_V2="$QA_CAN_TEST_GIT_PROTOCOL_V2" ...` failed! [31m✘[0m (Gitlab::QA::Support::ShellCommand::StatusError)
2026-10-01T10:18:05.556716Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/features/browser_ui/4_verify/ci_variable/pipeline_with_protected_variable_spec.rb:57:in `each'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.556739Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/features/browser_ui/4_verify/ci_variable/pipeline_with_protected_variable_spec.rb:57:in `block (3 levels) in <module:QA>'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.556742Z 01O [36m# /home/gitlab/spec/support/fast_quarantine.rb:22:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.556746Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/runner.rb:125:in `run_rspec'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.556750Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/runner.rb:32:in `perform'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.556753Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:10:in `block in perform'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.556757Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:8:in `perform'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.556760Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:63:in `perform'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.556764Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:10:in `block in perform'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.556768Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:8:in `perform'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.556771Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/bootable.rb:52:in `launch!'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.556775Z 01O
2026-10-01T10:18:05.556778Z 01O 3.2) [31mFailure/Error:[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.556782Z 01O [31m raise(PageError, <<~MSG)[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.556785Z 01O [31m Error Code: #{error_code}[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.556798Z 01O [31m [0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.556802Z 01O [31m #{report}[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.556847Z 01O [31m [0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.556852Z 01O [31m Path: #{page.current_path}#{request_id_string}[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.556855Z 01O [31m MSG[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.556859Z 01O [31m[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.556863Z 01O [31mQA::Support::PageErrorChecker::PageError:[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.556867Z 01O [31m Error Code: 422[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.556870Z 01O [31m[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.556874Z 01O [31m There was 1 SEVERE level error:[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.556878Z 01O [31m[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.556881Z 01O [31m ["https://staging.gitlab.com/users/sign_in - Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 422 ()"][0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.556885Z 01O [31m[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.556889Z 01O [31m Path: /users/sign_in[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.556892Z 01O [36m# ./qa/support/page_error_checker.rb:22:in `report!'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.556896Z 01O [36m# ./qa/support/page_error_checker.rb:58:in `check_page_for_error_code'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.556899Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/spec_helper.rb:113:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.556903Z 01O [36m# /home/gitlab/spec/support/fast_quarantine.rb:22:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.556906Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/runner.rb:125:in `run_rspec'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.556910Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/runner.rb:32:in `perform'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.556913Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:10:in `block in perform'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.556917Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:8:in `perform'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.556920Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:63:in `perform'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.556924Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:10:in `block in perform'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.556927Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:8:in `perform'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.556931Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/bootable.rb:52:in `launch!'[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.556934Z 01O
2026-10-01T10:18:05.556938Z 01O Finished in 2 minutes 51.5 seconds (files took 0.98478 seconds to load)
2026-10-01T10:18:05.556941Z 01O [31m4 examples, 3 failures[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.556945Z 01O
2026-10-01T10:18:05.556948Z 01O Failed examples:
2026-10-01T10:18:05.556952Z 01O
2026-10-01T10:18:05.556955Z 01O [31mrspec ./qa/specs/features/browser_ui/2_plan/issue/mentions_spec.rb:41[0m [36m# Plan mention mentions another user in an issue[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.556959Z 01O [31mrspec ./qa/specs/features/ee/browser_ui/18_security_risk_management/project_vulnerability_report_spec.rb:45[0m [36m# Security Risk Management Vulnerability Report in a Project creates an issue from vulnerability details[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.556963Z 01O [31mrspec ./qa/specs/features/browser_ui/4_verify/ci_variable/pipeline_with_protected_variable_spec.rb:56[0m [36m# Verify Pipeline with protected variable does not expose variable on unprotected branch[0m
2026-10-01T10:18:05.556966Z 01O
2026-10-01T10:18:05.556970Z 01O
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issue
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