Fix a race condition intermittently breaking GitLab startup

app/models/shard.rb

@@ -9,14 +9,13 @@ class Shard < ActiveRecord::Base
 
     # The GitLab config does not change for the lifecycle of the process
     in_config = Gitlab.config.repositories.storages.keys.map(&:to_s)
-
-    transaction do
     in_db = all.pluck(:name)
-      missing = in_config - in_db
 
+    # This may race with other processes creating shards at the same time, but
+    # `by_name` will handle that correctly
+    missing = in_config - in_db
     missing.map { |name| by_name(name) }
   end
-  end
 
   def self.by_name(name)
     find_or_create_by(name: name)

changelogs/unreleased/53972-fix-fill-shards.yml

+---
+title: Fix a race condition intermittently breaking GitLab startup
+merge_request: 23028
+author:
+type: fixed