5 files changed, 27 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/qa/qa/page/base.rb b/qa/qa/page/base.rb
index 22b0021ea77..4ccf9e2f168 100644
--- a/qa/qa/page/base.rb
+++ b/qa/qa/page/base.rb
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ module QA
 
       def_delegators :evaluator, :view, :views
 
+      def initialize
+        @retry_later_backoff = QA::Support::Repeater::DEFAULT_MAX_WAIT_TIME
+      end
+
       def assert_no_element(name)
         assert_no_selector(element_selector_css(name))
       end
@@ -259,6 +263,19 @@ module QA
         visit find_element(name)['href']
       end
 
+      def wait_if_retry_later
+        return if @retry_later_backoff > QA::Support::Repeater::DEFAULT_MAX_WAIT_TIME * 5
+
+        if has_css?('body', text: 'Retry later', wait: 0)
+          QA::Runtime::Logger.warn("`Retry later` error occurred. Sleeping for #{@retry_later_backoff} seconds...")
+          sleep @retry_later_backoff
+          refresh
+          @retry_later_backoff += QA::Support::Repeater::DEFAULT_MAX_WAIT_TIME
+
+          wait_if_retry_later
+        end
+      end
+
       def self.path
         raise NotImplementedError
       end
diff --git a/qa/qa/page/main/login.rb b/qa/qa/page/main/login.rb
index 72884e97185..0638097a7b7 100644
--- a/qa/qa/page/main/login.rb
+++ b/qa/qa/page/main/login.rb
@@ -152,6 +152,8 @@ module QA
         private
 
         def sign_in_using_gitlab_credentials(user:, skip_page_validation: false)
+          wait_if_retry_later
+
           switch_to_sign_in_tab if has_sign_in_tab?
           switch_to_standard_tab if has_standard_tab?
 
diff --git a/qa/qa/page/main/menu.rb b/qa/qa/page/main/menu.rb
index 8ad30632fa1..6af18cb1d2b 100644
--- a/qa/qa/page/main/menu.rb
+++ b/qa/qa/page/main/menu.rb
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ module QA
 
         def sign_out
           retry_until do
+            wait_if_retry_later
+
             break true unless signed_in?
 
             within_user_menu do
diff --git a/qa/qa/page/validatable.rb b/qa/qa/page/validatable.rb
index 3c4d9ad68aa..f09a9aa9943 100644
--- a/qa/qa/page/validatable.rb
+++ b/qa/qa/page/validatable.rb
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ module QA
       def validate_elements_present!
         base_page = self.new
 
+        base_page.wait_if_retry_later
+
         elements.each do |element|
           next unless element.required?
 
diff --git a/qa/qa/runtime/env.rb b/qa/qa/runtime/env.rb
index 722648857ea..d8a3fe93bc0 100644
--- a/qa/qa/runtime/env.rb
+++ b/qa/qa/runtime/env.rb
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ module QA
         ENV['GITLAB_QA_ADMIN_ACCESS_TOKEN']
       end
 
+      def ci_project_name
+        ENV['CI_PROJECT_NAME']
+      end
+
       def debug?
         enabled?(ENV['QA_DEBUG'], default: false)
       end