Add retry to work around inconsisten UI issue

qa/qa/page/base.rb

@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ module QA
         wait_for_requests
       end
 
+      def click_body
+        page.find("body").click
+      end
+
       def wait_until(max_duration: 60, sleep_interval: 0.1, reload: true, raise_on_failure: true)
         Support::Waiter.wait_until(max_duration: max_duration, sleep_interval: sleep_interval, raise_on_failure: raise_on_failure) do
           yield || (reload && refresh && false)

qa/qa/page/project/settings/advanced.rb

@@ -42,10 +42,16 @@ module QA
           end
 
           def transfer_project!(project_name, namespace)
+            # Retry added here due to seldom seen inconsistent UI state issue:
+            # https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/231242
+            retry_on_exception do
+              click_body
               expand_select_list
               # Workaround for a failure to search when there are no spaces around the /
               # https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/218965
               select_transfer_option(namespace.gsub(/([^\s])\/([^\s])/, '\1 / \2'))
+            end
+
             click_element(:transfer_button)
             fill_confirmation_text(project_name)
             click_confirm_button