I Fixed The Bug. Then My Pipeline Refused to Run

Description and use

The GitLab pipeline did not run because the compute minutes quota was exhausted, not due to code errors. After topping up the quota, the pipeline ran successfully.

Problem

Terraform pipeline failed to run because the GitLab CI compute minutes quota was exhausted, not due to code errors.

Outcome

The pipeline ran successfully after the compute minutes quota was replenished, confirming the issue was resource exhaustion rather than code failure.

Workflow

• 1. Push code change to repository
• 2. Observe pipeline jobs fail with no logs
• 3. Retry pipeline, receive "Status cannot transition via "drop"" error
• 4. Realize compute minutes quota is exhausted
• 5. Contact group owner to check and top up quota
• 6. Pipeline runs successfully after quota reset

Evidence

No more compute minutes available
No job log

Source

An error occurred while making the request.
Status cannot transition via "drop"

Source

Viewing a group's usage needs the Owner role, so a lot of developers can't even see how close they are to the limit.

Source