Fix forks creation when visibility level is restrictedissue_10725

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/app/services/projects/fork_service.rb b/app/services/projects/fork_service.rb
index 0577ae778d5..de6dc38cc8e 100644
--- a/app/services/projects/fork_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/projects/fork_service.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module Projects
     def execute
       new_params = {
         forked_from_project_id: @project.id,
-        visibility_level:       @project.visibility_level,
+        visibility_level:       allowed_visibility_level,
         description:            @project.description,
         name:                   @project.name,
         path:                   @project.path,
@@ -19,5 +19,17 @@ module Projects
       new_project = CreateService.new(current_user, new_params).execute
       new_project
     end
+
+    private
+
+    def allowed_visibility_level
+      project_level = @project.visibility_level
+
+      if Gitlab::VisibilityLevel.non_restricted_level?(project_level)
+        project_level
+      else
+        Gitlab::VisibilityLevel.highest_allowed_level
+      end
+    end
   end
 end