Fix bug where MR Popover wont go away

Add a check to make sure eventListener is not added twice

app/assets/javascripts/mr_popover/index.js

@@ -54,9 +54,13 @@ export default elements => {
     const apolloProvider = new VueApollo({
       defaultClient: createDefaultClient(),
     });
+    const listenerAddedAttr = 'data-mr-listener-added';
 
     mrLinks.forEach(el => {
+      if (!el.getAttribute(listenerAddedAttr)) {
         el.addEventListener('mouseenter', handleMRPopoverMount(apolloProvider));
+        el.setAttribute(listenerAddedAttr, true);
+      }
     });
   }
 };

changelogs/unreleased/60241-merge-request-popover-doesn-t-go-away-on-mouse-leave.yml

+---
+title: Fix bug where MR popover doesn't go away on mouse leave
+merge_request:
+author:
+type: fixed

spec/frontend/mr_popover/index_spec.js

+import * as createDefaultClient from '~/lib/graphql';
+import { setHTMLFixture } from '../helpers/fixtures';
+import initMRPopovers from '~/mr_popover/index';
+
+createDefaultClient.default = jest.fn();
+
+describe('initMRPopovers', () => {
+  let mr1;
+  let mr2;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    setHTMLFixture(`
+      <div id="one" class="gfm-merge_request">MR1</div>
+      <div id="two" class="gfm-merge_request">MR2</div>
+    `);
+
+    mr1 = document.querySelector('#one');
+    mr2 = document.querySelector('#two');
+
+    mr1.addEventListener = jest.fn();
+    mr2.addEventListener = jest.fn();
+  });
+
+  it('does not add the same event listener twice', () => {
+    initMRPopovers([mr1, mr1, mr2]);
+
+    expect(mr1.addEventListener).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(mr2.addEventListener).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+});