Merge branch 'sh-fix-issue-8488' into 'master'

Stub Rails.application.env_config to prevent spec failures

Closes #8488

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ee!8525

spec/support/helpers/devise_helpers.rb

@@ -8,8 +8,15 @@ module DeviseHelpers
   end
 
   def env_from_context(context)
+    # When we modify env_config, that is on the global
+    # Rails.application, and we need to stub it and allow it to be
+    # modified in-place, without polluting later tests.
     if context.respond_to?(:env_config)
-      context.env_config
+      context.env_config.deep_dup.tap do |env|
+        allow(context).to receive(:env_config).and_return(env)
+      end
+    # When we modify env, then the context is a request, or something
+    # else that only lives for a single spec.
     elsif context.respond_to?(:env)
       context.env
     end