:waves: Another flake report surfacing from &22879+. In the three months 2026-05-24 – 2026-08-24, `ee/spec/features/work_items/list/user_filters_work_items_spec.rb` has had 4,029 pass-on-retry flakes. There/were are two contributors in this period: * One looks already solved; it looked like `Unable to find link or button "="`, peaked late May, basically no reports since mid-June. This was about half the flakes. * The other is active and seems to be increasing in incidence: `ee/spec/features/work_items/list/user_filters_work_items_spec.rb[1:1:1:1]`. It fails with `Unable to find link or button "group1" within [filtered-search-input]`. It seems like it picked up sharply last week. ## Related issues - #600963+ - gitlab-org/quality/test-failure-issues#42949+ - #578914+ - gitlab-org/quality/test-failure-issues#14887+ ## Active flaking examples (last event on/after 2026-08-03) Below is data collated by LLM. ### `ee/spec/features/work_items/list/user_filters_work_items_spec.rb[1:1:1:1]` - name: Work items list filters for signed in user group filters - flake events: 1922 (448 on master pipelines); active 2026-05-18 → 2026-08-17 (13 weeks) - recent weekly: 07-06: 224, 07-13: 202, 07-27: 90, 08-03: 152, 08-10: 67, 08-17: 612 - exceptions: `['Capybara::ElementNotFound','BrowserConsoleHelpers::BrowserConsoleError']`; `['RSpec::Expectations::ExpectationNotMetError']` - message sample: `Unable to find link or button "group1" within #<Capybara::Node::Element tag="div" path="/HTML/BODY[1]/DIV[2]/DIV[2]/DIV[1]/DIV[1]/DIV[2]/DIV[1]/DIV[2]/MAIN[1]/DIV[3]/DIV[1]/DIV[2]/DIV[1]/DIV[1]"> Timeout (30s) reached while running a waiting Capybara finder. Consider using a non-waiting finder. Se` - message sample: `expected to find link "My title 2" but there were no matches Timeout (30s) reached while running a waiting Capybara finder. Consider using a non-waiting finder. See https://www.cloudbees.com/blog/faster-rails-tests` ### `ee/spec/features/work_items/list/user_filters_work_items_spec.rb[1:1:3:3:1]` - name: Work items list filters for signed in user weight weight wildcards filters work items by None weight - flake events: 98 (17 on master pipelines); active 2026-05-18 → 2026-08-10 (7 weeks) - recent weekly: 05-25: 68, 06-01: 21, 06-08: 5, 06-29: 1, 07-13: 1, 08-10: 1 - exceptions: `['Capybara::ElementNotFound','BrowserConsoleHelpers::BrowserConsoleError']` - message sample: `Unable to find link or button "=" within #<Capybara::Node::Element tag="div" path="/HTML/BODY[1]/DIV[2]/DIV[2]/DIV[1]/DIV[1]/DIV[2]/DIV[1]/DIV[2]/MAIN[1]/DIV[4]/DIV[1]/DIV[2]/DIV[1]/DIV[1]"> Timeout (30s) reached while running a waiting Capybara finder. Consider using a non-waiting finder. See htt` ### `ee/spec/features/work_items/list/user_filters_work_items_spec.rb[1:1:6:1:2:1]` - name: Work items list filters for signed in user iteration behaviour with multiple cadences shows iterations grouped by cadence - flake events: 92 (15 on master pipelines); active 2026-05-25 → 2026-08-03 (7 weeks) - recent weekly: 06-01: 26, 06-08: 3, 06-15: 1, 06-22: 1, 07-13: 1, 08-03: 1 - exceptions: `['Capybara::ElementNotFound','BrowserConsoleHelpers::BrowserConsoleError']` - message sample: `Unable to find link or button "=" within #<Capybara::Node::Element tag="div" path="/HTML/BODY[1]/DIV[2]/DIV[2]/DIV[1]/DIV[1]/DIV[2]/DIV[1]/DIV[2]/MAIN[1]/DIV[4]/DIV[1]/DIV[2]/DIV[1]/DIV[1]"> Timeout (30s) reached while running a waiting Capybara finder. Consider using a non-waiting finder. See htt` ### `ee/spec/features/work_items/list/user_filters_work_items_spec.rb[1:1:3:4:1]` - name: Work items list filters for signed in user weight negated weight only excludes work items with specified weight - flake events: 89 (15 on master pipelines); active 2026-05-18 → 2026-08-03 (4 weeks) - recent weekly: 05-18: 1, 05-25: 54, 06-01: 33, 08-03: 1 - exceptions: `['Capybara::ElementNotFound','BrowserConsoleHelpers::BrowserConsoleError']` - message sample: `Unable to find link or button "!=" within #<Capybara::Node::Element tag="div" path="/HTML/BODY[1]/DIV[2]/DIV[2]/DIV[1]/DIV[1]/DIV[2]/DIV[1]/DIV[2]/MAIN[1]/DIV[4]/DIV[1]/DIV[2]/DIV[1]/DIV[1]"> Timeout (30s) reached while running a waiting Capybara finder. Consider using a non-waiting finder. See ht` ### `ee/spec/features/work_items/list/user_filters_work_items_spec.rb[1:1:4:3:1]` - name: Work items list filters for signed in user health filter health wildcards filters work items by None health status - flake events: 83 (20 on master pipelines); active 2026-05-18 → 2026-08-10 (8 weeks) - recent weekly: 06-01: 21, 06-08: 1, 06-15: 1, 06-22: 1, 07-27: 1, 08-10: 1 - exceptions: `['Capybara::ElementNotFound','BrowserConsoleHelpers::BrowserConsoleError']` - message sample: `Unable to find link or button "=" within #<Capybara::Node::Element tag="div" path="/HTML/BODY[1]/DIV[2]/DIV[2]/DIV[1]/DIV[1]/DIV[2]/DIV[1]/DIV[2]/MAIN[1]/DIV[4]/DIV[1]/DIV[2]/DIV[1]/DIV[1]"> Timeout (30s) reached while running a waiting Capybara finder. Consider using a non-waiting finder. See htt` ### `ee/spec/features/work_items/list/user_filters_work_items_spec.rb[1:1:4:1:1]` - name: Work items list filters for signed in user health filter behavior loads all health status options when opened for = - flake events: 83 (12 on master pipelines); active 2026-05-25 → 2026-08-10 (7 weeks) - recent weekly: 06-01: 33, 06-08: 3, 06-15: 1, 07-13: 2, 07-27: 2, 08-10: 1 - exceptions: `['Capybara::ElementNotFound','BrowserConsoleHelpers::BrowserConsoleError']` - message sample: `Unable to find link or button "=" within #<Capybara::Node::Element tag="div" path="/HTML/BODY[1]/DIV[2]/DIV[2]/DIV[1]/DIV[1]/DIV[2]/DIV[1]/DIV[2]/MAIN[1]/DIV[4]/DIV[1]/DIV[2]/DIV[1]/DIV[1]"> Timeout (30s) reached while running a waiting Capybara finder. Consider using a non-waiting finder. See htt` ### `ee/spec/features/work_items/list/user_filters_work_items_spec.rb[1:1:6:2:1]` - name: Work items list filters for signed in user iteration only iteration filters work items by specified iteration - flake events: 82 (15 on master pipelines); active 2026-05-18 → 2026-08-10 (9 weeks) - recent weekly: 06-08: 2, 06-15: 1, 06-22: 1, 07-06: 1, 07-13: 1, 08-10: 1 - exceptions: `['Capybara::ElementNotFound','BrowserConsoleHelpers::BrowserConsoleError']` - message sample: `Unable to find link or button "=" within #<Capybara::Node::Element tag="div" path="/HTML/BODY[1]/DIV[2]/DIV[2]/DIV[1]/DIV[1]/DIV[2]/DIV[1]/DIV[2]/MAIN[1]/DIV[4]/DIV[1]/DIV[2]/DIV[1]/DIV[1]"> Timeout (30s) reached while running a waiting Capybara finder. Consider using a non-waiting finder. See htt` ### `ee/spec/features/work_items/list/user_filters_work_items_spec.rb[1:1:6:4:2]` - name: Work items list filters for signed in user iteration iteration wildcards filters work items by Any iteration - flake events: 79 (15 on master pipelines); active 2026-05-25 → 2026-08-10 (6 weeks) - recent weekly: 05-25: 49, 06-01: 25, 06-15: 1, 07-06: 1, 07-13: 2, 08-10: 1 - exceptions: `['Capybara::ElementNotFound','BrowserConsoleHelpers::BrowserConsoleError']` - message sample: `Unable to find link or button "=" within #<Capybara::Node::Element tag="div" path="/HTML/BODY[1]/DIV[2]/DIV[2]/DIV[1]/DIV[1]/DIV[2]/DIV[1]/DIV[2]/MAIN[1]/DIV[4]/DIV[1]/DIV[2]/DIV[1]/DIV[1]"> Timeout (30s) reached while running a waiting Capybara finder. Consider using a non-waiting finder. See htt` ### `ee/spec/features/work_items/list/user_filters_work_items_spec.rb[1:1:6:1:1]` - name: Work items list filters for signed in user iteration behaviour loads all the iterations when opened - flake events: 74 (10 on master pipelines); active 2026-05-25 → 2026-08-10 (7 weeks) - recent weekly: 06-01: 28, 06-08: 1, 06-15: 1, 06-22: 1, 08-03: 2, 08-10: 1 - exceptions: `['Capybara::ElementNotFound','BrowserConsoleHelpers::BrowserConsoleError']` - message sample: `Unable to find link or button "=" within #<Capybara::Node::Element tag="div" path="/HTML/BODY[1]/DIV[2]/DIV[2]/DIV[1]/DIV[1]/DIV[2]/DIV[1]/DIV[2]/MAIN[1]/DIV[4]/DIV[1]/DIV[2]/DIV[1]/DIV[1]"> Timeout (30s) reached while running a waiting Capybara finder. Consider using a non-waiting finder. See htt` ### `ee/spec/features/work_items/list/user_filters_work_items_spec.rb[1:1:4:1:2]` - name: Work items list filters for signed in user health filter behavior loads all health status options when opened for != - flake events: 73 (17 on master pipelines); active 2026-05-18 → 2026-08-03 (6 weeks) - recent weekly: 05-18: 2, 05-25: 37, 06-01: 30, 06-15: 2, 07-06: 1, 08-03: 1 - exceptions: `['Capybara::ElementNotFound','BrowserConsoleHelpers::BrowserConsoleError']` - message sample: `Unable to find link or button "!=" within #<Capybara::Node::Element tag="div" path="/HTML/BODY[1]/DIV[2]/DIV[2]/DIV[1]/DIV[1]/DIV[2]/DIV[1]/DIV[2]/MAIN[1]/DIV[4]/DIV[1]/DIV[2]/DIV[1]/DIV[1]"> Timeout (30s) reached while running a waiting Capybara finder. Consider using a non-waiting finder. See ht` ### `ee/spec/features/work_items/list/user_filters_work_items_spec.rb[1:1:4:2:2]` - name: Work items list filters for signed in user health filter only health filters work items by needs_attention health status - flake events: 69 (17 on master pipelines); active 2026-05-18 → 2026-08-10 (6 weeks) - recent weekly: 05-18: 3, 05-25: 41, 06-01: 22, 06-08: 1, 07-06: 1, 08-10: 1 - exceptions: `['Capybara::ElementNotFound','BrowserConsoleHelpers::BrowserConsoleError']` - message sample: `Unable to find link or button "=" within #<Capybara::Node::Element tag="div" path="/HTML/BODY[1]/DIV[2]/DIV[2]/DIV[1]/DIV[1]/DIV[2]/DIV[1]/DIV[2]/MAIN[1]/DIV[4]/DIV[1]/DIV[2]/DIV[1]/DIV[1]"> Timeout (30s) reached while running a waiting Capybara finder. Consider using a non-waiting finder. See htt` ### `ee/spec/features/work_items/list/user_filters_work_items_spec.rb[1:1:4:2:1]` - name: Work items list filters for signed in user health filter only health filters work items by on_track health status - flake events: 66 (11 on master pipelines); active 2026-05-18 → 2026-08-03 (6 weeks) - recent weekly: 05-18: 1, 05-25: 44, 06-01: 18, 07-06: 1, 07-13: 1, 08-03: 1 - exceptions: `['Capybara::ElementNotFound','BrowserConsoleHelpers::BrowserConsoleError']` - message sample: `Unable to find link or button "=" within #<Capybara::Node::Element tag="div" path="/HTML/BODY[1]/DIV[2]/DIV[2]/DIV[1]/DIV[1]/DIV[2]/DIV[1]/DIV[2]/MAIN[1]/DIV[4]/DIV[1]/DIV[2]/DIV[1]/DIV[1]"> Timeout (30s) reached while running a waiting Capybara finder. Consider using a non-waiting finder. See htt` ### `ee/spec/features/work_items/list/user_filters_work_items_spec.rb[1:1:3:3:2]` - name: Work items list filters for signed in user weight weight wildcards filters work items by Any weight - flake events: 57 (5 on master pipelines); active 2026-05-25 → 2026-08-10 (4 weeks) - recent weekly: 05-25: 39, 06-01: 16, 07-13: 1, 08-10: 1 - exceptions: `['Capybara::ElementNotFound','BrowserConsoleHelpers::BrowserConsoleError']` - message sample: `Unable to find link or button "=" within #<Capybara::Node::Element tag="div" path="/HTML/BODY[1]/DIV[2]/DIV[2]/DIV[1]/DIV[1]/DIV[2]/DIV[1]/DIV[2]/MAIN[1]/DIV[4]/DIV[1]/DIV[2]/DIV[1]/DIV[1]"> Timeout (30s) reached while running a waiting Capybara finder. Consider using a non-waiting finder. See htt` ## Decayed modes (no events since cutoff; likely fixed or removed — exclude from the issue) - `ee/spec/features/work_items/list/user_filters_work_items_spec.rb[1:1:5:1:1]` — 100 events, last 2026-06-22: ['RSpec::Expectations::ExpectationNotMetError','BrowserConsoleHelpers::BrowserConsoleError'] - `ee/spec/features/work_items/list/user_filters_work_items_spec.rb[1:1:4:2:3]` — 96 events, last 2026-07-13: ['Capybara::ElementNotFound','BrowserConsoleHelpers::BrowserConsoleError'] - `ee/spec/features/work_items/list/user_filters_work_items_spec.rb[1:1:3:2:2]` — 95 events, last 2026-07-13: ['Capybara::ElementNotFound','BrowserConsoleHelpers::BrowserConsoleError'] - `ee/spec/features/work_items/list/user_filters_work_items_spec.rb[1:1:6:4:1]` — 88 events, last 2026-07-13: ['Capybara::ElementNotFound','BrowserConsoleHelpers::BrowserConsoleError'] - `ee/spec/features/work_items/list/user_filters_work_items_spec.rb[1:1:6:5:2]` — 86 events, last 2026-07-13: ['Capybara::ElementNotFound','BrowserConsoleHelpers::BrowserConsoleError'] - `ee/spec/features/work_items/list/user_filters_work_items_spec.rb[1:1:4:3:2]` — 84 events, last 2026-07-06: ['Capybara::ElementNotFound','BrowserConsoleHelpers::BrowserConsoleError'] - `ee/spec/features/work_items/list/user_filters_work_items_spec.rb[1:1:6:5:1]` — 84 events, last 2026-07-06: ['Capybara::ElementNotFound','BrowserConsoleHelpers::BrowserConsoleError'] - `ee/spec/features/work_items/list/user_filters_work_items_spec.rb[1:1:5:2:1]` — 83 events, last 2026-07-06: ['Capybara::ElementNotFound','BrowserConsoleHelpers::BrowserConsoleError'] - `ee/spec/features/work_items/list/user_filters_work_items_spec.rb[1:1:6:2:2]` — 80 events, last 2026-07-13: ['Capybara::ElementNotFound','BrowserConsoleHelpers::BrowserConsoleError'] - `ee/spec/features/work_items/list/user_filters_work_items_spec.rb[1:1:4:4:1]` — 70 events, last 2026-06-22: ['Capybara::ElementNotFound','BrowserConsoleHelpers::BrowserConsoleError'] - `ee/spec/features/work_items/list/user_filters_work_items_spec.rb[1:1:3:2:3]` — 68 events, last 2026-06-29: ['Capybara::ElementNotFound','BrowserConsoleHelpers::BrowserConsoleError'] - `ee/spec/features/work_items/list/user_filters_work_items_spec.rb[1:1:5:2:2]` — 67 events, last 2026-07-06: ['Capybara::ElementNotFound','BrowserConsoleHelpers::BrowserConsoleError'] - `ee/spec/features/work_items/list/user_filters_work_items_spec.rb[1:1:6:3:1]` — 66 events, last 2026-07-27: ['Capybara::ElementNotFound','BrowserConsoleHelpers::BrowserConsoleError'] - `ee/spec/features/work_items/list/user_filters_work_items_spec.rb[1:1:3:2:1]` — 50 events, last 2026-07-13: ['Capybara::ElementNotFound','BrowserConsoleHelpers::BrowserConsoleError']; ['RSpec::Expectations::ExpectationNotMetError','BrowserConsoleHelpers::BrowserConsoleError'] - `ee/spec/features/work_items/list/user_filters_work_items_spec.rb[1:1:3:1:1]` — 43 events, last 2026-07-13: ['Capybara::ElementNotFound','BrowserConsoleHelpers::BrowserConsoleError'] - `ee/spec/features/work_items/list/user_filters_work_items_spec.rb[1:1:2:1]` — 2 events, last 2026-06-01: ['Capybara::ElementNotFound','BrowserConsoleHelpers::BrowserConsoleError']