Restore publishing behavior for Gon

app/experiments/application_experiment.rb

@@ -9,11 +9,15 @@ class ApplicationExperiment < Gitlab::Experiment # rubocop:disable Gitlab/Namesp
     Feature.get(feature_flag_name).state != :off # rubocop:disable Gitlab/AvoidFeatureGet
   end
 
-  def publish(_result)
+  def publish(_result = nil)
     track(:assignment) # track that we've assigned a variant for this context
 
     # push the experiment data to the client
-    Gon.push({ experiment: { name => signature } }, true) if in_request_cycle?
+    begin
+      Gon.push({ experiment: { name => signature } }, true) # push the experiment data to the client
+    rescue NoMethodError
+      # means we're not in the request cycle, and can't add to Gon. Log a warning maybe?
+    end
   end
 
   def track(action, **event_args)
@@ -49,12 +53,6 @@ class ApplicationExperiment < Gitlab::Experiment # rubocop:disable Gitlab/Namesp
     name.tr('/', '_')
   end
 
-  def in_request_cycle?
-    # Gon is only accessible when having a request. This will be fixed with
-    # https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/323352
-    context.instance_variable_defined?(:@request)
-  end
-
   def resolve_variant_name
     case rollout_strategy
     when :round_robin

spec/experiments/application_experiment_spec.rb

@@ -61,38 +61,19 @@ RSpec.describe ApplicationExperiment, :experiment do
     it "tracks the assignment" do
       expect(subject).to receive(:track).with(:assignment)
 
-      subject.publish(nil)
+      subject.publish
     end
 
-    context "when inside a request cycle" do
-      before do
-        subject.context.instance_variable_set(:@request, double('Request', headers: 'true'))
-      end
+    it "pushes the experiment knowledge into the client using Gon" do
+      expect(Gon).to receive(:push).with({ experiment: { 'namespaced/stub' => subject.signature } }, true)
 
-      it "pushes the experiment knowledge into the client using Gon" do
-        expect(Gon).to receive(:push).with(
-          {
-            experiment: {
-              'namespaced/stub' => { # string key because it can be namespaced
-                                     experiment: 'namespaced/stub',
-                                     key: '86208ac54ca798e11f127e8b23ec396a',
-                                     variant: 'control'
-              }
-            }
-          },
-          true
-        )
-
-        subject.publish(nil)
-      end
+      subject.publish
     end
 
-    context "when outside a request cycle" do
-      it "does not push to gon when outside request cycle" do
-        expect(Gon).not_to receive(:push)
+    it "handles when Gon raises exceptions (like when it can't be pushed into)" do
+      expect(Gon).to receive(:push).and_raise(NoMethodError)
 
-        subject.publish(nil)
-      end
+      expect { subject.publish }.not_to raise_error
     end
   end