QA failure: qa/specs/features/api/10_software_supply_chain_security/project_access_token_spec.rb
## Overview
* Environment: gstg-cny
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```
2026-10-23T12:53:42.804623Z 01O
2026-10-23T12:53:42.804627Z 01O 1) Software Supply Chain Security Project access token for a different project cannot be used to create a file via the project API
2026-10-23T12:53:42.804631Z 01O [31mFailure/Error:[0m
2026-10-23T12:53:42.804635Z 01O [31m expect do[0m
2026-10-23T12:53:42.804639Z 01O [31m create(:file,[0m
2026-10-23T12:53:42.804642Z 01O [31m api_client: user_api_client,[0m
2026-10-23T12:53:42.804646Z 01O [31m project: different_project,[0m
2026-10-23T12:53:42.804650Z 01O [31m branch: "new_branch_#{SecureRandom.hex(8)}")[0m
2026-10-23T12:53:42.804654Z 01O [31m end.to raise_error(Resource::ApiFabricator::ResourceFabricationFailedError, /403 Forbidden/)[0m
2026-10-23T12:53:42.804665Z 01O [31m[0m
2026-10-23T12:53:42.804669Z 01O [31m expected QA::Resource::Errors::ResourceFabricationFailedError with message matching /403 Forbidden/, got #<QA::Resource::Errors::ResourceFabricationFailedError:"Fabrication of QA::Resource::Project using th...%28%28query%3A%28match_phrase%3A%28json.correlation_id%3A%27a4f0e2c6feba7ee9-ATL%27%29%29%29%29%29"> with backtrace:[0m
2026-10-23T12:53:42.804673Z 01O [31m # ./qa/resource/api_fabricator.rb:134:in `api_post_to'[0m
2026-10-23T12:53:42.804676Z 01O [31m # ./qa/resource/api_fabricator.rb:108:in `api_post'[0m
2026-10-23T12:53:42.804680Z 01O [31m # ./qa/resource/api_fabricator.rb:27:in `fabricate_via_api!'[0m
2026-10-23T12:53:42.804684Z 01O [31m # ./qa/resource/project.rb:126:in `rescue in fabricate_via_api!'[0m
2026-10-23T12:53:42.804687Z 01O [31m # ./qa/resource/project.rb:123:in `fabricate_via_api!'[0m
2026-10-23T12:53:42.804691Z 01O [31m # ./qa/resource/base.rb:74:in `block (2 levels) in fabricate_via_api!'[0m
2026-10-23T12:53:42.804695Z 01O [31m # ./qa/resource/base.rb:117:in `log_and_record_fabrication'[0m
2026-10-23T12:53:42.804703Z 01O [31m # ./qa/resource/base.rb:74:in `block in fabricate_via_api!'[0m
2026-10-23T12:53:42.804707Z 01O [31m # ./qa/resource/base.rb:107:in `do_fabricate!'[0m
2026-10-23T12:53:42.804710Z 01O [31m # ./qa/resource/base.rb:73:in `fabricate_via_api!'[0m
2026-10-23T12:53:42.804714Z 01O [31m # ./qa/resource/base.rb:48:in `fabricate!'[0m
2026-10-23T12:53:42.804718Z 01O [31m # ./qa/resource/file.rb:10:in `block in <class:File>'[0m
2026-10-23T12:53:42.804722Z 01O [31m # ./qa/resource/base.rb:314:in `instance_exec'[0m
2026-10-23T12:53:42.804725Z 01O [31m # ./qa/resource/base.rb:314:in `attribute_value'[0m
2026-10-23T12:53:42.804729Z 01O [31m # ./qa/resource/base.rb:173:in `block in attribute'[0m
2026-10-23T12:53:42.804733Z 01O [31m # ./qa/resource/file.rb:26:in `initialize'[0m
2026-10-23T12:53:42.804736Z 01O [31m # ./qa/specs/features/api/10_software_supply_chain_security/project_access_token_spec.rb:60:in `block (5 levels) in <module:QA>'[0m
2026-10-23T12:53:42.804741Z 01O [31m # ./qa/specs/features/api/10_software_supply_chain_security/project_access_token_spec.rb:59:in `block (4 levels) in <module:QA>'[0m
2026-10-23T12:53:42.804745Z 01O [31m # /home/gitlab/spec/support/fast_quarantine.rb:22:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'[0m
2026-10-23T12:53:42.804749Z 01O [31m # ./qa/specs/runner.rb:125:in `run_rspec'[0m
2026-10-23T12:53:42.804752Z 01O [31m # ./qa/specs/runner.rb:32:in `perform'[0m
2026-10-23T12:53:42.804756Z 01O [31m # ./qa/scenario/template.rb:10:in `block in perform'[0m
2026-10-23T12:53:42.804760Z 01O [31m # ./qa/scenario/template.rb:8:in `perform'[0m
2026-10-23T12:53:42.804764Z 01O [31m # ./qa/scenario/template.rb:63:in `perform'[0m
2026-10-23T12:53:42.804767Z 01O [31m # ./qa/scenario/template.rb:10:in `block in perform'[0m
2026-10-23T12:53:42.804771Z 01O [31m # ./qa/scenario/template.rb:8:in `perform'[0m
2026-10-23T12:53:42.804775Z 01O [31m # ./qa/scenario/bootable.rb:52:in `launch!'[0m
2026-10-23T12:53:42.804779Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/features/api/10_software_supply_chain_security/project_access_token_spec.rb:59:in `block (4 levels) in <module:QA>'[0m
2026-10-23T12:53:42.804782Z 01O [36m# /home/gitlab/spec/support/fast_quarantine.rb:22:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'[0m
2026-10-23T12:53:42.804786Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/runner.rb:125:in `run_rspec'[0m
2026-10-23T12:53:42.804790Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/runner.rb:32:in `perform'[0m
2026-10-23T12:53:42.804794Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:10:in `block in perform'[0m
2026-10-23T12:53:42.804797Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:8:in `perform'[0m
2026-10-23T12:53:42.804801Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:63:in `perform'[0m
2026-10-23T12:53:42.804805Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:10:in `block in perform'[0m
2026-10-23T12:53:43.154061Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:8:in `perform'[0m
2026-10-23T12:53:43.154095Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/bootable.rb:52:in `launch!'[0m
2026-10-23T12:53:43.154099Z 01O
2026-10-23T12:53:43.154103Z 01O Finished in 26.91 seconds (files took 1.12 seconds to load)
2026-10-23T12:53:43.154111Z 01O [31m1 example, 1 failure[0m
2026-10-23T12:53:43.154115Z 01O
2026-10-23T12:53:43.154120Z 01O Failed examples:
2026-10-23T12:53:43.154124Z 01O
2026-10-23T12:53:43.154129Z 01O [31mrspec ./qa/specs/features/api/10_software_supply_chain_security/project_access_token_spec.rb:58[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
2026-10-23T12:53:43.154135Z 01O
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```
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