fix(gitlab): pin commit statuses to same pipeline

  When PAC posts multiple commit statuses for the same SHA, GitLab's
  auto-assignment logic can route them to different pipelines, leaving the
  MR pipeline permanently stuck with stale intermediate statuses.

  Cache the pipeline_id returned by the first SetCommitStatus response
  and pass it on subsequent calls for the same (project, SHA) pair so
  all statuses land in the same GitLab pipeline.

  Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
  Signed-off-by: Abhishek Ghosh <abghosh@redhat.com>

Author: ab-ghosh

pkg/apis/pipelinesascode/keys/keys.go

@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ const (
 	OriginalPRName         = pipelinesascode.GroupName + "/original-prname"
 	GitAuthSecret          = pipelinesascode.GroupName + "/git-auth-secret"
 	CheckRunID             = pipelinesascode.GroupName + "/check-run-id"
+	GitLabPipelineID       = pipelinesascode.GroupName + "/gitlab-pipeline-id"
 	OnEvent                = pipelinesascode.GroupName + "/on-event"
 	OnComment              = pipelinesascode.GroupName + "/on-comment"
 	OnTargetBranch         = pipelinesascode.GroupName + "/on-target-branch"

pkg/provider/gitlab/gitlab.go

@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/openshift-pipelines/pipelines-as-code/pkg/action"
+	"github.com/openshift-pipelines/pipelines-as-code/pkg/apis/pipelinesascode/keys"
 	"github.com/openshift-pipelines/pipelines-as-code/pkg/apis/pipelinesascode/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/openshift-pipelines/pipelines-as-code/pkg/changedfiles"
 	"github.com/openshift-pipelines/pipelines-as-code/pkg/events"
@@ -69,6 +71,7 @@ type Provider struct {
 	memberCache        map[int64]bool
 	cachedChangedFiles *changedfiles.ChangedFiles
 	pacUserID          int64 // user login used by PAC
+	pipelineID         int64
 }
 
 var defaultGitlabListOptions = gitlab.ListOptions{
@@ -354,22 +357,39 @@ func (v *Provider) CreateStatus(ctx context.Context, event *info.Event, statusOp
 		Context:     gitlab.Ptr(contextName),
 	}
 
+	// Reuse a previously discovered pipeline ID so that all commit statuses
+	// for the same SHA land in the same GitLab pipeline.
+	if statusOpts.PipelineRun != nil {
+		if id, ok := statusOpts.PipelineRun.GetAnnotations()[keys.GitLabPipelineID]; ok {
+			pid, err := strconv.ParseInt(id, 10, 64)
+			if err == nil {
+				opt.PipelineID = gitlab.Ptr(pid)
+				v.pipelineID = pid
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	if opt.PipelineID == nil && v.pipelineID != 0 {
+		opt.PipelineID = gitlab.Ptr(v.pipelineID)
+	}
+
 	// In case we have access, set the status. Typically, on a Merge Request (MR)
 	// from a fork in an upstream repository, the token needs to have write access
 	// to the fork repository in order to create a status. However, the token set on the
 	// Repository CR usually doesn't have such broad access, preventing from creating
 	// a status comment on it.
 	// This would work on a push or an MR from a branch within the same repo.
 	// Ignoring errors because of the write access issues,
-	_, _, err := v.Client().Commits.SetCommitStatus(event.SourceProjectID, event.SHA, opt)
+	commitStatus, _, err := v.Client().Commits.SetCommitStatus(event.SourceProjectID, event.SHA, opt)
 	if err != nil {
 		v.Logger.Debugf("cannot set status with the GitLab token on the source project: %v", err)
 	} else {
+		v.storePipelineID(ctx, statusOpts, commitStatus.PipelineID)
 		// we managed to set the status on the source repo, all good we are done
 		v.Logger.Debugf("created commit status on source project ID %d", event.TargetProjectID)
 		return nil
 	}
-	if _, _, err = v.Client().Commits.SetCommitStatus(event.TargetProjectID, event.SHA, opt); err == nil {
+	if commitStatus, _, err = v.Client().Commits.SetCommitStatus(event.TargetProjectID, event.SHA, opt); err == nil {
+		v.storePipelineID(ctx, statusOpts, commitStatus.PipelineID)
 		v.Logger.Debugf("created commit status on target project ID %d", event.TargetProjectID)
 		// we managed to set the status on the target repo, all good we are done
 		return nil
@@ -860,3 +880,35 @@ func (v *Provider) formatPipelineComment(sha string, status providerstatus.Statu
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s **%s: %s/%s for %s**\n\n%s\n\n<small>Full log available [here](%s)</small>",
 		emoji, status.Title, v.pacInfo.ApplicationName, status.OriginalPipelineRunName, sha, status.Text, status.DetailsURL)
 }
+
+// storePipelineID caches the pipeline ID from a successful SetCommitStatus
+// response and patches it onto the PipelineRun annotation for the reconciler.
+func (v *Provider) storePipelineID(ctx context.Context, statusOpts providerstatus.StatusOpts, pipelineID int64) {
+	if pipelineID == 0 {
+		return
+	}
+	v.pipelineID = pipelineID
+	v.patchPipelineIDAnnotation(ctx, statusOpts, pipelineID)
+}
+
+// patchPipelineIDAnnotation stores the GitLab pipeline ID as a PipelineRun
+// annotation so the reconciler can read it back across Provider instances.
+func (v *Provider) patchPipelineIDAnnotation(ctx context.Context, statusOpts providerstatus.StatusOpts, pipelineID int64) {
+	pr := statusOpts.PipelineRun
+	if pr == nil || (pr.GetName() == "" && pr.GetGenerateName() == "") {
+		return
+	}
+	if _, ok := pr.GetAnnotations()[keys.GitLabPipelineID]; ok {
+		return
+	}
+	mergePatch := map[string]any{
+		"metadata": map[string]any{
+			"annotations": map[string]string{
+				keys.GitLabPipelineID: strconv.FormatInt(pipelineID, 10),
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	if _, err := action.PatchPipelineRun(ctx, v.Logger, "gitlabPipelineID", v.run.Clients.Tekton, pr, mergePatch); err != nil {
+		v.Logger.Debugf("failed to patch pipelinerun with gitlab pipeline ID: %v", err)
+	}
+}