Recreate project if Readme is missing

qa/qa/resource/project.rb

@@ -96,7 +96,11 @@ module QA
       end
 
       def has_file?(file_path)
-        repository_tree.any? { |file| file[:path] == file_path }
+        response = repository_tree
+
+        raise ResourceNotFoundError, "#{response[:message]}" if response.is_a?(Hash) && response.has_key?(:message)
+
+        response.any? { |file| file[:path] == file_path }
       end
 
       def api_get_path

qa/qa/specs/features/ee/browser_ui/1_manage/group/group_file_template_spec.rb

@@ -52,14 +52,18 @@ module QA
           group.api_client = @api_client
         end
 
-        @file_template_project = Resource::Project.fabricate_via_api! do |project|
-          project.group = @group
-          project.name = 'group-file-template-project'
-          project.description = 'Add group file templates'
-          project.auto_devops_enabled = false
-          project.initialize_with_readme = true
-          project.user = admin
-          project.api_client = @api_client
+        Support::Retrier.retry_until(retry_on_exception: true) do
+          @file_template_project = Resource::Project.fabricate_via_api! do |project|
+            project.group = @group
+            project.name = 'group-file-template-project'
+            project.description = 'Add group file templates'
+            project.auto_devops_enabled = false
+            project.initialize_with_readme = true
+            project.user = admin
+            project.api_client = @api_client
+          end
+
+          @file_template_project.has_file?("README.md")
         end
 
         Resource::Repository::Commit.fabricate_via_api! do |commit|