1 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/spec/features/projects/show/user_sees_readme_spec.rb b/spec/features/projects/show/user_sees_readme_spec.rb
index 250f707948e..6a5b9472be8 100644
--- a/spec/features/projects/show/user_sees_readme_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/projects/show/user_sees_readme_spec.rb
@@ -14,4 +14,25 @@ RSpec.describe 'Projects > Show > User sees README' do
       expect(page).to have_content 'testme'
     end
   end
+
+  context 'obeying robots.txt' do
+    before do
+      Gitlab::Testing::RobotsBlockerMiddleware.block_requests!
+    end
+
+    after do
+      Gitlab::Testing::RobotsBlockerMiddleware.allow_requests!
+    end
+
+    # For example, see this regression we had in
+    # https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/39520
+    it 'does not block the requests necessary to load the project README', :js do
+      visit project_path(project)
+      wait_for_requests
+
+      page.within('.readme-holder') do
+        expect(page).to have_content 'testme'
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end