Commit 0a0584d3 authored by Frédéric Caplette's avatar Frédéric Caplette Committed by Marcel Amirault

Improve CI pipeline widget doc

We want to make sure the doc
states that the pipeline loading
state can occur even if you don't
have pipeline must succeeds turned on.
parent 8b56281c
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### "Checking pipeline status"
This message is shown when the merge request has no pipeline associated with the latest commit yet and [Pipelines must succeed](../user/project/merge_requests/merge_when_pipeline_succeeds.md#only-allow-merge-requests-to-be-merged-if-the-pipeline-succeeds) is turned on. This might be because:
This message is shown when the merge request has no pipeline associated with the latest commit yet. This might be because:
- GitLab hasn't finished creating the pipeline yet.
- You are using an external CI service and GitLab hasn't heard back from the service yet.
- You are not using CI/CD pipelines in your project.
- The latest pipeline was deleted (this is a [known issue](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/214323)).
After the pipeline is created, the message will update with the pipeline status.
Note: Currently if you delete the latest pipeline of a Merge Request, this message will be shown instead of a meaningful error message. This is a known issue and should be resolved soon.
## Merge request ability to merge widget
The merge request status widget shows the **Merge** button and whether or not a merge request is ready to merge. If the merge request can't be merged, the reason for this is displayed.
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