QA failure: qa/specs/features/browser_ui/3_create/merge_request/create_merge_request_spec.rb
## Overview
* Environment: gprd-cny
* Coordinated pipeline: https://ops.gitlab.net/gitlab-org/release/tools/-/pipelines/6430293
* Auto-deploy package: 19.6.202610201106-d787667118c.cb15079ba8c
### Pipeline:
* **https://ops.gitlab.net/gitlab-org/quality/production/-/jobs/28067522**
```
2026-10-20T14:50:14.134119Z 01O
2026-10-20T14:50:14.134121Z 01O 1) Create Create a new merge request creates a basic merge request
2026-10-20T14:50:14.134123Z 01O [31mFailure/Error: Flow::Login.sign_in[0m
2026-10-20T14:50:14.134140Z 01O [31m[0m
2026-10-20T14:50:14.134142Z 01O [31mQA::Support::Repeater::WaitExceededError:[0m
2026-10-20T14:50:14.134144Z 01O [31m Page did not fully load after 60 seconds due to pending AJAX requests[0m
2026-10-20T14:50:14.134147Z 01O [36m# ./qa/support/repeater.rb:75:in `repeat_until'[0m
2026-10-20T14:50:14.134149Z 01O [36m# ./qa/support/waiter.rb:20:in `wait_until'[0m
2026-10-20T14:50:14.134151Z 01O [36m# ./qa/support/wait_for_requests.rb:19:in `only_wait_for_ajax_requests'[0m
2026-10-20T14:50:14.134153Z 01O [36m# ./qa/support/wait_for_requests.rb:12:in `wait_for_requests'[0m
2026-10-20T14:50:14.134155Z 01O [36m# ./qa/page/main/login.rb:222:in `sign_in_using_gitlab_credentials'[0m
2026-10-20T14:50:14.134157Z 01O [36m# ./qa/page/main/login.rb:78:in `block in sign_in_using_credentials'[0m
2026-10-20T14:50:14.134159Z 01O [36m# ./qa/page/main/login.rb:67:in `sign_in_using_credentials'[0m
2026-10-20T14:50:14.134161Z 01O [36m# ./qa/flow/login.rb:28:in `block in sign_in'[0m
2026-10-20T14:50:14.134163Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/actable.rb:16:in `perform'[0m
2026-10-20T14:50:14.134165Z 01O [36m# ./qa/flow/login.rb:22:in `sign_in'[0m
2026-10-20T14:50:14.134168Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/features/browser_ui/3_create/merge_request/create_merge_request_spec.rb:11:in `block (3 levels) in <module:QA>'[0m
2026-10-20T14:50:14.134170Z 01O [36m# /home/gitlab/spec/support/fast_quarantine.rb:22:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'[0m
2026-10-20T14:50:14.134172Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/runner.rb:125:in `run_rspec'[0m
2026-10-20T14:50:14.134174Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/runner.rb:32:in `perform'[0m
2026-10-20T14:50:14.134176Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:10:in `block in perform'[0m
2026-10-20T14:50:14.134178Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:8:in `perform'[0m
2026-10-20T14:50:14.134180Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:63:in `perform'[0m
2026-10-20T14:50:14.134183Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:10:in `block in perform'[0m
2026-10-20T14:50:14.134185Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:8:in `perform'[0m
2026-10-20T14:50:14.134187Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/bootable.rb:52:in `launch!'[0m
2026-10-20T14:50:14.134189Z 01O [36m# ------------------[0m
2026-10-20T14:50:14.134191Z 01O [36m# --- Caused by: ---[0m
2026-10-20T14:50:14.134193Z 01O [36m# QA::Support::Repeater::WaitExceededError:[0m
2026-10-20T14:50:14.134196Z 01O [36m# Wait failed after 60 seconds[0m
2026-10-20T14:50:14.134199Z 01O [36m# ./qa/support/repeater.rb:75:in `repeat_until'[0m
2026-10-20T14:50:14.134215Z 01O
2026-10-20T14:50:14.134217Z 01O Finished in 1 minute 19.36 seconds (files took 0.91588 seconds to load)
2026-10-20T14:50:14.134219Z 01O [31m1 example, 1 failure[0m
2026-10-20T14:50:14.134221Z 01O
2026-10-20T14:50:14.134223Z 01O Failed examples:
2026-10-20T14:50:14.134225Z 01O
2026-10-20T14:50:14.134228Z 01O [31mrspec ./qa/specs/features/browser_ui/3_create/merge_request/create_merge_request_spec.rb:22[0m [36m# Create Create a new merge request creates a basic merge request[0m
2026-10-20T14:50:14.134230Z 01O
2026-10-20T14:50:14.134232Z 01O
```
* **https://ops.gitlab.net/gitlab-org/quality/production/-/jobs/28067516**
```
2026-10-20T14:35:58.344110Z 00E Waiting for pod gitlab-runner/runner-6s567txxt-project-275-concurrent-0-o7ltizcw to be running on the node gke-ops-central-runner-n2d-1-cf2bc739-b2j8, status is Pending
2026-10-20T14:36:01.903370Z 00E Waiting for pod gitlab-runner/runner-6s567txxt-project-275-concurrent-0-o7ltizcw to be running on the node gke-ops-central-runner-n2d-1-cf2bc739-b2j8, status is Pending
2026-10-20T14:36:01.903383Z 00E ContainersNotReady: "containers with unready status: [build helper]"
2026-10-20T14:36:01.903387Z 00E ContainersNotReady: "containers with unready status: [build helper]"
2026-10-20T14:36:05.375303Z 00E Waiting for pod gitlab-runner/runner-6s567txxt-project-275-concurrent-0-o7ltizcw to be running on the node gke-ops-central-runner-n2d-1-cf2bc739-b2j8, status is Pending
2026-10-20T14:36:05.375316Z 00E ContainersNotReady: "containers with unready status: [build helper]"
2026-10-20T14:36:05.375320Z 00E ContainersNotReady: "containers with unready status: [build helper]"
2026-10-20T14:36:08.765889Z 00E Waiting for pod gitlab-runner/runner-6s567txxt-project-275-concurrent-0-o7ltizcw to be running on the node gke-ops-central-runner-n2d-1-cf2bc739-b2j8, status is Pending
2026-10-20T14:36:08.765904Z 00E ContainersNotReady: "containers with unready status: [build helper]"
2026-10-20T14:36:08.765908Z 00E ContainersNotReady: "containers with unready status: [build helper]"
2026-10-20T14:36:12.434428Z 00E Waiting for pod gitlab-runner/runner-6s567txxt-project-275-concurrent-0-o7ltizcw to be running on the node gke-ops-central-runner-n2d-1-cf2bc739-b2j8, status is Pending
2026-10-20T14:36:12.434437Z 00E ContainersNotReady: "containers with unready status: [build helper]"
2026-10-20T14:36:12.434441Z 00E ContainersNotReady: "containers with unready status: [build helper]"
2026-10-20T14:36:16.239913Z 01O Running on runner-6s567txxt-project-275-concurrent-0-o7ltizcw via gitlab-runner-ops-7b56b6cccf-dhkdj...
2026-10-20T14:36:16.239925Z 01O
2026-10-20T14:36:16.239957Z 00O section_end:1792506976:prepare_script[0K
2026-10-20T14:36:16.241035Z 00O+section_start:1792506976:get_sources[0K
2026-10-20T14:36:16.241044Z 00O+[0K[36;1mGetting source from Git repository[0;m[0;m
2026-10-20T14:36:16.741049Z 01O [32;1mGitaly correlation ID: 01M5CVV32HC82MPFEVMQ4Y4N06[0;m
2026-10-20T14:36:16.741065Z 01O [32;1mFetching changes with git depth set to 50...[0;m
2026-10-20T14:36:16.741075Z 01O Initialized empty Git repository in /builds/gitlab-org/quality/production/.git/
2026-10-20T14:36:16.741079Z 01O [32;1mCreated fresh repository.[0;m
2026-10-20T14:41:17.103313Z 01O fatal: unable to access 'https://ops.gitlab.net/gitlab-org/quality/production.git/': Resolving timed out after 300049 milliseconds
2026-10-20T14:41:17.103337Z 01O
2026-10-20T14:41:18.325356Z 00O section_end:1792507278:get_sources[0K
2026-10-20T14:41:18.327381Z 00O+section_start:1792507278:cleanup_file_variables[0K
2026-10-20T14:41:18.327394Z 00O+[0K[36;1mCleaning up project directory and file based variables[0;m[0;m
2026-10-20T14:41:18.604871Z 01O
2026-10-20T14:41:18.604920Z 00O section_end:1792507278:cleanup_file_variables[0K
2026-10-20T14:41:18.641821Z 00O [31;1mERROR: Job failed: command terminated with exit code 128[0;m
```
issue
GitLab AI Context
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Before proposing or making any changes, READ each of these files and FOLLOW their guidance:
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