E2E can merge MR when pipeline is blocked

qa/qa/page/merge_request/show.rb

@@ -218,6 +218,11 @@ module QA
           raise "Merge did not appear to be successful" unless merged?
         end
 
+        def merge_immediately!
+          click_element(:merge_moment_dropdown)
+          click_element(:merge_immediately_option)
+        end
+
         def merged?
           has_element?(:merged_status_content, text: 'The changes were merged into', wait: 60)
         end

qa/qa/specs/features/browser_ui/4_verify/pipeline/merge_mr_when_pipline_is_blocked_spec.rb

+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'faker'
+
+module QA
+  RSpec.describe 'Verify', :runner do
+    context 'When pipeline is blocked' do
+      let(:executor) { "qa-runner-#{Faker::Alphanumeric.alphanumeric(8)}" }
+
+      let(:project) do
+        Resource::Project.fabricate_via_api! do |project|
+          project.name = 'project-with-blocked-pipeline'
+        end
+      end
+
+      let!(:runner) do
+        Resource::Runner.fabricate! do |runner|
+          runner.project = project
+          runner.name = executor
+          runner.tags = [executor]
+        end
+      end
+
+      let!(:ci_file) do
+        Resource::Repository::Commit.fabricate_via_api! do |commit|
+          commit.project = project
+          commit.commit_message = 'Add .gitlab-ci.yml'
+          commit.add_files(
+            [
+              file_path: '.gitlab-ci.yml',
+              content: <<~YAML
+                test_blocked_pipeline:
+                  stage: build
+                  tags: [#{executor}]
+                  script: echo 'OK!'
+
+                manual_job:
+                  stage: test
+                  needs: [test_blocked_pipeline]
+                  script: echo do not click me
+                  when: manual
+
+                dummy_job:
+                  stage: deploy
+                  needs: [manual_job]
+                  script: echo nothing
+              YAML
+            ]
+          )
+        end
+      end
+
+      let(:merge_request) do
+        Resource::MergeRequest.fabricate_via_api! do |merge_request|
+          merge_request.project = project
+          merge_request.description = Faker::Lorem.sentence
+          merge_request.target_new_branch = false
+          merge_request.file_name = 'custom_file.txt'
+          merge_request.file_content = Faker::Lorem.sentence
+        end
+      end
+
+      before do
+        Flow::Login.sign_in
+        merge_request.visit!
+      end
+
+      after do
+        runner.remove_via_api!
+      end
+
+      it 'can still merge MR successfully', testcase: 'https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/quality/testcases/-/issues/971' do
+        Page::MergeRequest::Show.perform do |show|
+          show.wait_until(reload: false) { show.has_pipeline_status?('running') }
+          show.merge_immediately!
+
+          expect(show).to be_merged
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end