fix(gitlab): skip target_url when console dashboard is not configured by pujitha24 · Pull Request #2915 · tektoncd/pipelines-as-code

pujitha24 · 2026-08-10T08:36:35Z

📝 Description of the Change

When a PipelineRun fails to start on GitLab (e.g. an admission webhook
rejection) and no Tekton/OpenShift/custom dashboard has been configured,
pipelines-as-code falls back to a placeholder details URL such as
https://dashboard.is.not.configured. The GitLab provider's CreateStatus
always sent this placeholder as the commit status target_url. In the
original report (#2029), this caused GitLab to return a 400
target_url: [is blocked: URI is invalid] error, which failed the whole
SetCommitStatus call. For a push event (no merge request to comment on),
there is no other fallback, so the status update was silently lost and only
visible in the controller logs. We haven't been able to reliably reproduce
this against current gitlab.com, so the exact conditions that trigger it
aren't fully clear, but the placeholder never pointed to anything useful
either way.

This change adds an isResolvableTargetURL check in the GitLab provider so
target_url is only sent when the details URL is not one of the
*.is.not.configured placeholders used across the console UI fallbacks.
When it is a placeholder, target_url is simply omitted from the request
instead of being sent.

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Fixes #2029

chmouel · 2026-08-10T08:37:52Z

+	if err != nil || u.Hostname() == "" {
+		return false
+	}
+	return !strings.HasSuffix(u.Hostname(), "is.not.configured")


i think this should be shared constant

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Pull request overview

This PR fixes GitLab commit status updates failing when DetailsURL is a pipelines-as-code placeholder (e.g. https://dashboard.is.not.configured) by omitting target_url in that case, avoiding GitLab’s URL validation rejection and preserving status reporting.

Changes:

Add isResolvableTargetURL helper to detect and exclude *.is.not.configured placeholder URLs from target_url.
Update CreateStatus to only set TargetURL when the details URL is not a placeholder.
Add unit tests verifying target_url is omitted for placeholder URLs and included for real URLs.

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File	Description
pkg/provider/gitlab/gitlab.go	Conditionally omits `target_url` for placeholder details URLs to prevent GitLab API 400s.
pkg/provider/gitlab/gitlab_test.go	Adds coverage to ensure placeholder vs real `DetailsURL` produces correct `target_url` behavior.

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chmouel · 2026-08-10T08:40:19Z

/ok-to-test

chmouel · 2026-08-10T08:40:33Z

/paco review

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pipelines-as-code · 2026-08-10T08:42:28Z

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This PR adds a helper isResolvableTargetURL that filters out GitLab commit status target_url values that are pipelines-as-code's placeholder 'is.not.configured' URLs, since GitLab's API rejects target_urls with unresolvable hosts. CreateStatus now only sets TargetURL when the details URL passes this check, and two new table-driven tests cover the placeholder-omitted and real-url-sent cases.

Review difficulty: 2/5 (Easy) — Small, localized change to a single function with matching test coverage and low blast radius.

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pkg/consoleui/tektondashboard.go	0.00%	1 Missing ⚠️

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pujitha24 · 2026-08-11T14:42:56Z

Good call. Pulled is.not.configured out into an exported consoleui.NotConfiguredURLSuffix constant and switched isResolvableTargetURL to use it. While I was there I also pointed the other consoleui placeholder builders (custom, openshift, tektondashboard) at the same constant instead of their own hardcoded copies, so there's one source of truth for the suffix.

pujitha24 · 2026-08-12T00:18:13Z

When convenient, could someone add ok-to-test so the e2e suite can run? I'll take care of anything it flags.

zakisk · 2026-08-12T07:07:05Z

can you please sqaush your commits and update your branch with upstream/main

When a PipelineRun fails to start on GitLab (e.g. an admission webhook rejection) and no Tekton/OpenShift/custom dashboard has been configured, pipelines-as-code falls back to a placeholder details URL such as "https://dashboard.is.not.configured" (defined across pkg/consoleui/*.go). CreateStatus in the GitLab provider always sent this placeholder as the commit status target_url. GitLab validates target_url and rejects hosts that do not resolve via DNS with a 400 "target_url: [is blocked: URI is invalid]" error, which fails the whole SetCommitStatus call. For a push event (no merge request to comment on), CreateStatus has no other fallback in that case, so the status is silently lost and only visible in the controller logs. Add isResolvableTargetURL to only set opt.TargetURL on the GitLab commit status when the details URL parses to a non-empty hostname that does not end in the shared consoleui.NotConfiguredURLSuffix ("is.not.configured"), the suffix used by every placeholder across the console UI fallbacks. When the URL is a placeholder, target_url is simply omitted from the request instead of being sent, mirroring how the GitHub provider already guards DetailsURL before setting it. Per review feedback, the "is.not.configured" suffix is now exported as consoleui.NotConfiguredURLSuffix and reused by isResolvableTargetURL and by the other consoleui fallback URL builders (custom, openshift, tektondashboard), so there is a single source of truth instead of hardcoded copies. Report: tektoncd#2029 Signed-off-by: Pujitha Paladugu <10557236+pujitha24@users.noreply.github.com>

pujitha24 · 2026-08-12T07:16:35Z

Squashed the two commits into one and rebased on top of upstream/main.

zakisk · 2026-08-12T07:19:39Z

/ok-to-test

zakisk · 2026-08-12T10:36:35Z

in description you say that:

GitLab validates target_url and rejects hosts that do not resolve via DNS with a 400 target_url: [is blocked: URI is invalid] error, which fails the whole SetCommitStatus call.

But I tried this on main branch and

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  {
    "id": 15854196342,
    "sha": "c5a687757b817880b001d3c2760514e6feb3c2dd",
    "ref": "test-1968",
    "status": "failed",
    "name": "Pipelines as Code CI / push-pr",
    "target_url": "https://dashboard.is.not.configured",
    "description": "failed",
    "created_at": "2026-08-12T10:34:37.160Z",
    "started_at": null,
    "finished_at": "2026-08-12T10:34:37.158Z",
    "allow_failure": false,
    "coverage": null,
    "pipeline_id": 2753762141,
    "author": {
      "id": 21980743,
      "username": "zakisk",
      "public_email": null,
      "name": "zakisk",
      "state": "active",
      "locked": false,
      "avatar_url": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8073764f8deffbf44863445525a73ef0e766014e64526126ed2f00f22b6a17b3?s=80&d=identicon",
      "web_url": "https://gitlab.com/zakisk"
    }
  }
]

chmouel · 2026-08-13T08:24:54Z

/test go-testing

pujitha24 · 2026-08-13T08:43:54Z

Fair point, and I'd rather be straight about what I actually know than argue from the original report. #2029 does have a real captured log with target_url: [is blocked: URI is invalid] for this same placeholder, so it did fail for someone. I dug into GitLab's validator source afterward: commit statuses go through AddressableUrlValidator, which disables DNS-rebind protection on save specifically because "the url is not resolvable at that point" for some callers — so a plain non-resolving host shouldn't trigger their "cannot be resolved" rejection, which would line up with what you saw. But that's a different message than "URI is invalid" in the #2029 log, so it doesn't actually explain the original failure either. I don't have a GitLab instance to test against, so I can't fully reconcile the two — I've walked back the description's claim that GitLab rejects non-resolving hosts and just describe what #2029 actually showed, since I can't stand behind the DNS explanation. The fix itself still seems fine to keep either way, since that placeholder never pointed anywhere useful.

zakisk · 2026-08-13T10:15:08Z

@pujitha24 there is no issue in merging the changes but if URL is "https://dashboard.is.not.configured" then it would let user know that there is no dashboard configured instead of without URL which leads to nowhere...

zakisk · 2026-08-14T06:41:57Z

Fair point, and I'd rather be straight about what I actually know than argue from the original report. #2029 does have a real captured log with target_url: [is blocked: URI is invalid] for this same placeholder, so it did fail for someone. I dug into GitLab's validator source afterward: commit statuses go through AddressableUrlValidator, which disables DNS-rebind protection on save specifically because "the url is not resolvable at that point" for some callers — so a plain non-resolving host shouldn't trigger their "cannot be resolved" rejection, which would line up with what you saw. But that's a different message than "URI is invalid" in the #2029 log, so it doesn't actually explain the original failure either. I don't have a GitLab instance to test against, so I can't fully reconcile the two — I've walked back the description's claim that GitLab rejects non-resolving hosts and just describe what #2029 actually showed, since I can't stand behind the DNS explanation. The fix itself still seems fine to keep either way, since that placeholder never pointed anywhere useful.

@pujitha24 also we expect contributions from real human assisted by AI (we're fine if everything is reviewed properly) so please review code, comments you're making from your AI agent. reviewers are spending their time in suggesting changes, and testing your PR code and AI hallucinations wastes time.

zakisk · 2026-08-18T16:46:23Z

can you please update about this if you think its still needed or do I close it?

pujitha24 · 2026-08-18T19:30:22Z

Thanks for following up — closing this one.

You are right that the placeholder at least signals "no dashboard configured", which is more useful than an absent URL. And I could not reconcile the #2029 log (target_url: [is blocked: URI is invalid]) with GitLab's actual validator behaviour: commit statuses go through AddressableUrlValidator, which disables DNS-rebind protection on save, so a plain non-resolving host should not produce that rejection. Since I cannot explain the original failure and have no GitLab instance to test against, the justification for the change does not hold up. Not worth more of your review time.

Closing rather than leaving it open.

pujitha24 · 2026-08-18T19:39:41Z

Also on your earlier point — taken, and it was fair to raise.

Concretely since then: I've closed this PR rather than have you spend more review time on it, and added the Assisted-by: disclosure trailer to my open Tekton PRs in line with the project's AI contribution policy. The reviewer-time cost you described is the right thing to optimise for, and I'd rather cut the volume than push that onto you.

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