Merge branch 'qa-nightly-79-fix-create-issue-spec-ee' into 'master'

EE port of "Fixes transient failure in create_issue_spec.rb"

Closes gitlab-org/quality/nightly#79

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ee!9603

qa/qa.rb

@@ -367,6 +367,7 @@ module QA
     end
     autoload :Api, 'qa/support/api'
     autoload :Waiter, 'qa/support/waiter'
+    autoload :Retrier, 'qa/support/retrier'
   end
 end
 

qa/qa/page/base.rb

@@ -39,18 +39,9 @@ module QA
         false
       end
 
-      def retry_on_exception(max_attempts: 3, reload: false, sleep_interval: 0.0)
-        attempts = 0
-
-        begin
+      def retry_on_exception(max_attempts: 3, reload: false, sleep_interval: 0.5)
+        QA::Support::Retrier.retry_on_exception(max_attempts: max_attempts, reload_page: (reload && self), sleep_interval: sleep_interval) do
           yield
-        rescue StandardError
-          sleep sleep_interval
-          refresh if reload
-          attempts += 1
-
-          retry if attempts < max_attempts
-          raise
         end
       end
 

qa/qa/page/project/issue/show.rb

@@ -38,18 +38,25 @@ module QA
           end
 
           def select_comments_only_filter
-            click_element :discussion_filter
-            find_element(:filter_options, "Show comments only").click
+            select_filter_with_text('Show comments only')
           end
 
           def select_history_only_filter
-            click_element :discussion_filter
-            find_element(:filter_options, "Show history only").click
+            select_filter_with_text('Show history only')
           end
 
           def select_all_activities_filter
-            click_element :discussion_filter
-            find_element(:filter_options, "Show all activity").click
+            select_filter_with_text('Show all activity')
+          end
+
+          private
+
+          def select_filter_with_text(text)
+            retry_on_exception do
+              click_body
+              click_element :discussion_filter
+              find_element(:filter_options, text).click
+            end
           end
         end
       end

qa/qa/support/retrier.rb

+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module QA
+  module Support
+    module Retrier
+      module_function
+
+      def retry_on_exception(max_attempts: 3, reload_page: nil, sleep_interval: 0.5)
+        QA::Runtime::Logger.debug("with retry_on_exception: max_attempts #{max_attempts}; sleep_interval #{sleep_interval}")
+
+        attempts = 0
+
+        begin
+          QA::Runtime::Logger.debug("Attempt number #{attempts + 1}")
+          yield
+        rescue StandardError, RSpec::Expectations::ExpectationNotMetError
+          sleep sleep_interval
+          reload_page.refresh if reload_page
+          attempts += 1
+
+          retry if attempts < max_attempts
+          QA::Runtime::Logger.debug("Raising exception after #{max_attempts} attempts")
+          raise
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end