Change error message for user approval error

app/services/users/approve_service.rb

@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ module Users
 
     def execute(user)
       return error(_('You are not allowed to approve a user'), :forbidden) unless allowed?
-      return error(_('The user you are trying to approve is not pending an approval'), :conflict) if user.active?
-      return error(_('The user you are trying to approve is not pending an approval'), :conflict) unless approval_required?(user)
+      return error(_('The user you are trying to approve is not pending approval'), :conflict) if user.active? || !approval_required?(user)
 
       if user.activate
         # Resends confirmation email if the user isn't confirmed yet.

changelogs/unreleased/284283-change-error-message-for-user-approval-error.yml

+---
+title: Change error message for user approval error
+merge_request: 52103
+author:
+type: changed

doc/api/users.md

@@ -1374,7 +1374,7 @@ Example Responses:
 ```
 
 ```json
-{ "message": "The user you are trying to approve is not pending an approval" }
+{ "message": "The user you are trying to approve is not pending approval" }
 ```
 
 ## Get an impersonation token of a user

locale/gitlab.pot

@@ -28382,7 +28382,7 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "The user map is a mapping of the FogBugz users that participated on your projects to the way their email address and usernames will be imported into GitLab. You can change this by populating the table below."
 msgstr ""
 
-msgid "The user you are trying to approve is not pending an approval"
+msgid "The user you are trying to approve is not pending approval"
 msgstr ""
 
 msgid "The user you are trying to deactivate has been active in the past %{minimum_inactive_days} days and cannot be deactivated"

spec/controllers/admin/users_controller_spec.rb

@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ RSpec.describe Admin::UsersController do
       it 'displays the error' do
         subject
 
-        expect(flash[:alert]).to eq('The user you are trying to approve is not pending an approval')
+        expect(flash[:alert]).to eq('The user you are trying to approve is not pending approval')
       end
 
       it 'does not activate the user' do

spec/requests/api/users_spec.rb

@@ -2565,7 +2565,7 @@ RSpec.describe API::Users do
           it 'does not approve a deactivated user' do
             expect { approve }.not_to change { deactivated_user.reload.state }
             expect(response).to have_gitlab_http_status(:conflict)
-            expect(json_response['message']).to eq('The user you are trying to approve is not pending an approval')
+            expect(json_response['message']).to eq('The user you are trying to approve is not pending approval')
           end
         end
 
@@ -2585,7 +2585,7 @@ RSpec.describe API::Users do
           it 'returns 201' do
             expect { approve }.not_to change { user.reload.state }
             expect(response).to have_gitlab_http_status(:conflict)
-            expect(json_response['message']).to eq('The user you are trying to approve is not pending an approval')
+            expect(json_response['message']).to eq('The user you are trying to approve is not pending approval')
           end
         end
 
@@ -2595,7 +2595,7 @@ RSpec.describe API::Users do
           it 'returns 403' do
             expect { approve }.not_to change { blocked_user.reload.state }
             expect(response).to have_gitlab_http_status(:conflict)
-            expect(json_response['message']).to eq('The user you are trying to approve is not pending an approval')
+            expect(json_response['message']).to eq('The user you are trying to approve is not pending approval')
           end
         end
 
@@ -2605,7 +2605,7 @@ RSpec.describe API::Users do
           it 'returns 403' do
             expect { approve }.not_to change { ldap_blocked_user.reload.state }
             expect(response).to have_gitlab_http_status(:conflict)
-            expect(json_response['message']).to eq('The user you are trying to approve is not pending an approval')
+            expect(json_response['message']).to eq('The user you are trying to approve is not pending approval')
           end
         end
 

spec/services/users/approve_service_spec.rb

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ RSpec.describe Users::ApproveService do
           it 'returns error result' do
             expect(subject[:status]).to eq(:error)
             expect(subject[:message])
-              .to match(/The user you are trying to approve is not pending an approval/)
+              .to match(/The user you are trying to approve is not pending approval/)
           end
         end