Disable ETag caching on notes due to issues with pagination

app/controllers/concerns/notes_actions.rb

@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ module NotesActions
     # We know there's more data, so tell the frontend to poll again after 1ms
     set_polling_interval_header(interval: 1) if meta[:more]
 
-    # Only present an ETag for the empty response to ensure pagination works
-    # as expected
-    ::Gitlab::EtagCaching::Middleware.skip!(response) if notes.present?
+    # We might still want to investigate further adjusting ETag caching with paginated notes, but
+    # let's avoid ETag caching for now until we confirm the viability of paginated notes.
+    ::Gitlab::EtagCaching::Middleware.skip!(response)
 
     render json: meta.merge(notes: notes)
   end

spec/controllers/projects/notes_controller_spec.rb

@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ RSpec.describe Projects::NotesController do
         end
 
         it 'returns an empty page of notes' do
-          expect(Gitlab::EtagCaching::Middleware).not_to receive(:skip!)
+          expect(Gitlab::EtagCaching::Middleware).to receive(:skip!)
 
           request.headers['X-Last-Fetched-At'] = microseconds(Time.zone.now)
 
@@ -169,6 +169,8 @@ RSpec.describe Projects::NotesController do
         end
 
         it 'returns all notes' do
+          expect(Gitlab::EtagCaching::Middleware).to receive(:skip!)
+
           get :index, params: request_params
 
           expect(json_response['notes'].count).to eq((page_1 + page_2 + page_3).size + 1)

spec/requests/projects/noteable_notes_spec.rb

@@ -18,9 +18,7 @@ RSpec.describe 'Project noteable notes' do
       login_as(user)
     end
 
-    it 'does not set a Gitlab::EtagCaching ETag if there is a note' do
-      create(:note_on_merge_request, noteable: merge_request, project: merge_request.project)
-
+    it 'does not set a Gitlab::EtagCaching ETag' do
       get notes_path
 
       expect(response).to have_gitlab_http_status(:ok)
@@ -29,12 +27,5 @@ RSpec.describe 'Project noteable notes' do
       # interfere with notes pagination
       expect(response_etag).not_to eq(stored_etag)
     end
-
-    it 'sets a Gitlab::EtagCaching ETag if there is no note' do
-      get notes_path
-
-      expect(response).to have_gitlab_http_status(:ok)
-      expect(response_etag).to eq(stored_etag)
-    end
   end
 end