QA failure: qa/specs/features/browser_ui/9_tenant_scale/project/project_owner_permissions_spec.rb
## Overview
* Environment: gstg-cny
* Coordinated pipeline: https://ops.gitlab.net/gitlab-org/release/tools/-/pipelines/6477762
* Auto-deploy package: 19.6.202610290206-a599be730bb.8b7a0b325d3
### Pipeline:
* **https://ops.gitlab.net/gitlab-org/quality/staging/-/jobs/28424731**
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2026-10-29T04:13:16.120179Z 01O
2026-10-29T04:13:16.120181Z 01O 1) Tenant Scale Project owner permissions for group projects behaves like adds user as maintainer has maintainer role without owner permissions
2026-10-29T04:13:16.120195Z 01O [31mFailure/Error: let!(:project) { create(:project, name: 'qa-owner-group-project', group: group) }[0m
2026-10-29T04:13:16.120197Z 01O [31m[0m
2026-10-29T04:13:16.120200Z 01O [31mQA::Resource::Errors::ResourceFabricationFailedError:[0m
2026-10-29T04:13:16.120202Z 01O [31m Fabrication of QA::Resource::Project using the API failed (400) with `{"message":{"base":["14:connection error: desc = \"transport: Error while dialing: dial tcp 10.224.13.53:8075: connect: connection refused\". debug_error_string:{UNAVAILABLE:connection error: desc = \"transport: Error while dialing: dial tcp 10.224.13.53:8075: connect: connection refused\"}"]}}`.[0m
2026-10-29T04:13:16.120205Z 01O [31m Correlation Id: a51f571b7d7ac15d-ATL[0m
2026-10-29T04:13:16.120207Z 01O [31m Sentry Url: https://new-sentry.gitlab.net/organizations/gitlab/issues/?environment=gstg&project=3&query=correlation_id%3A%22a51f571b7d7ac15d-ATL%22[0m
2026-10-29T04:13:16.120210Z 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%22a51f571b7d7ac15d-ATL%22%27%29%29&_g=%28time%3A%28from%3A%272026-10-28T04:12:11.808Z%27%2Cto%3A%272026-10-29T04:12:11.808Z%27%29%29[0m
2026-10-29T04:13:16.120212Z 01O [31m Kibana - Dashboard Url: https://nonprod-log.gitlab.net/app/dashboards#/view/b74dc030-6f56-11ed-9af2-6131f0ee4ce6?_g=%28time%3A%28from:%272026-10-28T04:12:11.808Z%27%2Cto%3A%272026-10-29T04:12:11.808Z%27%29%29&_a=%28filters%3A%21%28%28query%3A%28match_phrase%3A%28json.correlation_id%3A%27a51f571b7d7ac15d-ATL%27%29%29%29%29%29[0m
2026-10-29T04:13:16.120214Z 01O [31m[37mShared Example Group: "adds user as maintainer" called from ./qa/specs/features/browser_ui/9_tenant_scale/project/project_owner_permissions_spec.rb:74[0m[0m
2026-10-29T04:13:16.120217Z 01O [36m# ./qa/resource/api_fabricator.rb:134:in `api_post_to'[0m
2026-10-29T04:13:16.120219Z 01O [36m# ./qa/resource/api_fabricator.rb:108:in `api_post'[0m
2026-10-29T04:13:16.120221Z 01O [36m# ./qa/resource/api_fabricator.rb:27:in `fabricate_via_api!'[0m
2026-10-29T04:13:16.120226Z 01O [36m# ./qa/resource/project.rb:126:in `rescue in fabricate_via_api!'[0m
2026-10-29T04:13:16.120228Z 01O [36m# ./qa/resource/project.rb:123:in `fabricate_via_api!'[0m
2026-10-29T04:13:16.120231Z 01O [36m# ./qa/resource/base.rb:74:in `block (2 levels) in fabricate_via_api!'[0m
2026-10-29T04:13:16.120233Z 01O [36m# ./qa/resource/base.rb:117:in `log_and_record_fabrication'[0m
2026-10-29T04:13:16.120236Z 01O [36m# ./qa/resource/base.rb:74:in `block in fabricate_via_api!'[0m
2026-10-29T04:13:16.120238Z 01O [36m# ./qa/resource/base.rb:107:in `do_fabricate!'[0m
2026-10-29T04:13:16.120241Z 01O [36m# ./qa/resource/base.rb:73:in `fabricate_via_api!'[0m
2026-10-29T04:13:16.120243Z 01O [36m# ./qa/factories/_shared.rb:6:in `block (2 levels) in <module:QA>'[0m
2026-10-29T04:13:16.120246Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/features/browser_ui/9_tenant_scale/project/project_owner_permissions_spec.rb:71:in `block (4 levels) in <module:QA>'[0m
2026-10-29T04:13:16.120248Z 01O [36m# /home/gitlab/spec/support/fast_quarantine.rb:22:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'[0m
2026-10-29T04:13:16.120251Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/runner.rb:135:in `run_rspec'[0m
2026-10-29T04:13:16.120253Z 01O [36m# ./qa/specs/runner.rb:32:in `perform'[0m
2026-10-29T04:13:16.120255Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:10:in `block in perform'[0m
2026-10-29T04:13:16.120258Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:8:in `perform'[0m
2026-10-29T04:13:16.120260Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:63:in `perform'[0m
2026-10-29T04:13:16.120273Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:10:in `block in perform'[0m
2026-10-29T04:13:16.120275Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/template.rb:8:in `perform'[0m
2026-10-29T04:13:16.120278Z 01O [36m# ./qa/scenario/bootable.rb:52:in `launch!'[0m
2026-10-29T04:13:16.120280Z 01O [36m# ------------------[0m
2026-10-29T04:13:16.120282Z 01O [36m# --- Caused by: ---[0m
2026-10-29T04:13:16.120285Z 01O [36m# QA::Resource::Errors::ResourceNotFoundError:[0m
2026-10-29T04:13:16.120287Z 01O [36m# Resource at https://staging.gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/gitlab-e2e-sandbox-group-6%2Fe2e-test-2026-10-29-04-12-06-938dc64455a1b3e7%2Fqa-owner-group-project-55956e5d9bd918bc?private_token=[MASKED] could not be found (404): `{"message":"404 Project Not Found"}`.[0m
2026-10-29T04:13:16.120290Z 01O [36m# Correlation Id: a51f571a8b431829-ATL[0m
2026-10-29T04:13:16.120292Z 01O [36m# Sentry Url: https://new-sentry.gitlab.net/organizations/gitlab/issues/?environment=gstg&project=3&query=correlation_id%3A%22a51f571a8b431829-ATL%22[0m
2026-10-29T04:13:16.120295Z 01O [36m# 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%22a51f571a8b431829-ATL%22%27%29%29&_g=%28time%3A%28from%3A%272026-10-28T04:12:08.833Z%27%2Cto%3A%272026-10-29T04:12:08.833Z%27%29%29[0m
2026-10-29T04:13:16.120297Z 01O [36m# Kibana - Dashboard Url: https://nonprod-log.gitlab.net/app/dashboards#/view/b74dc030-6f56-11ed-9af2-6131f0ee4ce6?_g=%28time%3A%28from:%272026-10-28T04:12:08.833Z%27%2Cto%3A%272026-10-29T04:12:08.833Z%27%29%29&_a=%28filters%3A%21%28%28query%3A%28match_phrase%3A%28json.correlation_id%3A%27a51f571a8b431829-ATL%27%29%29%29%29%29[0m
2026-10-29T04:13:16.120300Z 01O [36m# ./qa/resource/api_fabricator.rb:93:in `api_get_from'[0m
2026-10-29T04:13:16.120303Z 01O
2026-10-29T04:13:16.120305Z 01O Finished in 1 minute 15.59 seconds (files took 0.96131 seconds to load)
2026-10-29T04:13:16.120307Z 01O [31m2 examples, 1 failure[0m
2026-10-29T04:13:16.120310Z 01O
2026-10-29T04:13:16.120312Z 01O Failed examples:
2026-10-29T04:13:16.120314Z 01O
2026-10-29T04:13:16.120317Z 01O [31mrspec './qa/specs/features/browser_ui/9_tenant_scale/project/project_owner_permissions_spec.rb[1:1:2:2:1]'[0m [36m# Tenant Scale Project owner permissions for group projects behaves like adds user as maintainer has maintainer role without owner permissions[0m
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