diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/ide/components/error_message.vue b/app/assets/javascripts/ide/components/error_message.vue
index 22113692968..500f6737839 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/ide/components/error_message.vue
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/ide/components/error_message.vue
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ export default {
 
 <template>
   <div class="flash-container flash-container-page" @click="clickFlash">
-    <div class="flash-alert">
+    <div class="flash-alert" data-qa-selector="flash_alert">
       <span v-html="message.text"> </span>
       <button
         v-if="message.action"
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/ide/components/panes/right.vue b/app/assets/javascripts/ide/components/panes/right.vue
index 2e6bd85feec..200391282e7 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/ide/components/panes/right.vue
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/ide/components/panes/right.vue
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ export default {
 </script>
 
 <template>
-  <div class="multi-file-commit-panel ide-right-sidebar">
+  <div class="multi-file-commit-panel ide-right-sidebar" data-qa-selector="ide_right_sidebar">
     <resizable-panel
       v-show="isOpen"
       :collapsible="false"
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ export default {
             }"
             data-container="body"
             data-placement="left"
+            :data-qa-selector="`${tab.title.toLowerCase()}_tab_button`"
             class="ide-sidebar-link is-right"
             type="button"
             @click="clickTab($event, tab)"
diff --git a/qa/qa.rb b/qa/qa.rb
index 2c11df1f15a..8b38011486b 100644
--- a/qa/qa.rb
+++ b/qa/qa.rb
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ module QA
     end
 
     module Repository
+      autoload :Commit, 'qa/resource/repository/commit'
       autoload :Push, 'qa/resource/repository/push'
       autoload :ProjectPush, 'qa/resource/repository/project_push'
       autoload :WikiPush, 'qa/resource/repository/wiki_push'
@@ -346,6 +347,10 @@ module QA
       module Issuable
         autoload :Common, 'qa/page/component/issuable/common'
       end
+
+      module WebIDE
+        autoload :Alert, 'qa/page/component/web_ide/alert'
+      end
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/qa/qa/page/component/web_ide/alert.rb b/qa/qa/page/component/web_ide/alert.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0f0623d5ebf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qa/qa/page/component/web_ide/alert.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module QA
+  module Page
+    module Component
+      module WebIDE
+        module Alert
+          def self.prepended(page)
+            page.module_eval do
+              view 'app/assets/javascripts/ide/components/error_message.vue' do
+                element :flash_alert
+              end
+            end
+          end
+
+          def has_no_alert?(message = nil)
+            return has_no_element?(:flash_alert) if message.nil?
+
+            within_element(:flash_alert) do
+              has_no_text?(message)
+            end
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/qa/qa/page/project/web_ide/edit.rb b/qa/qa/page/project/web_ide/edit.rb
index 7541baed467..4d26cadcdfe 100644
--- a/qa/qa/page/project/web_ide/edit.rb
+++ b/qa/qa/page/project/web_ide/edit.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ module QA
     module Project
       module WebIDE
         class Edit < Page::Base
+          prepend Page::Component::WebIDE::Alert
           include Page::Component::DropdownFilter
 
           view 'app/assets/javascripts/ide/components/activity_bar.vue' do
@@ -123,3 +124,5 @@ module QA
     end
   end
 end
+
+QA::Page::Project::WebIDE::Edit.prepend_if_ee('QA::EE::Page::Component::WebIDE::WebTerminalPanel')
diff --git a/qa/qa/resource/project.rb b/qa/qa/resource/project.rb
index 93a82094776..4a29a14c5c2 100644
--- a/qa/qa/resource/project.rb
+++ b/qa/qa/resource/project.rb
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ module QA
       attribute :add_name_uuid
       attribute :description
       attribute :standalone
+      attribute :runners_token
 
       attribute :group do
         Group.fabricate!
diff --git a/qa/qa/resource/repository/commit.rb b/qa/qa/resource/repository/commit.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..61c2ad6bfc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qa/qa/resource/repository/commit.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module QA
+  module Resource
+    module Repository
+      class Commit < Base
+        attr_accessor :author_email,
+                      :author_name,
+                      :branch,
+                      :commit_message,
+                      :file_path,
+                      :sha
+
+        attribute :project do
+          Project.fabricate! do |resource|
+            resource.name = 'project-with-commit'
+          end
+        end
+
+        def initialize
+          @commit_message = 'QA Test - Commit message'
+        end
+
+        def files=(files)
+          if !files.is_a?(Array) ||
+              files.empty? ||
+              files.any? { |file| !file.has_key?(:file_path) || !file.has_key?(:content) }
+            raise ArgumentError, "Please provide an array of hashes e.g.: [{file_path: 'file1', content: 'foo'}]"
+          end
+
+          @files = files
+        end
+
+        def resource_web_url(resource)
+          super
+        rescue ResourceURLMissingError
+          # this particular resource does not expose a web_url property
+        end
+
+        def api_get_path
+          "#{api_post_path}/#{@sha}"
+        end
+
+        def api_post_path
+          "/projects/#{CGI.escape(project.path_with_namespace)}/repository/commits"
+        end
+
+        def api_post_body
+          {
+            branch: @branch || "master",
+            author_email: @author_email || Runtime::User.default_email,
+            author_name: @author_name || Runtime::User.username,
+            commit_message: commit_message,
+            actions: actions
+          }
+        end
+
+        def actions
+          @files.map do |file|
+            file.merge({ action: "create" })
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/qa/qa/resource/runner.rb b/qa/qa/resource/runner.rb
index 3344ad3360a..9c2e138bade 100644
--- a/qa/qa/resource/runner.rb
+++ b/qa/qa/resource/runner.rb
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@ module QA
   module Resource
     class Runner < Base
       attr_writer :name, :tags, :image
+      attr_accessor :config
 
       attribute :project do
-        Project.fabricate! do |resource|
+        Project.fabricate_via_api! do |resource|
           resource.name = 'project-with-ci-cd'
           resource.description = 'Project with CI/CD Pipelines'
         end
@@ -26,24 +27,27 @@ module QA
         @image || 'gitlab/gitlab-runner:alpine'
       end
 
-      def fabricate!
-        project.visit!
-
-        Page::Project::Menu.perform(&:go_to_ci_cd_settings)
-
+      def fabricate_via_api!
         Service::Runner.new(name).tap do |runner|
-          Page::Project::Settings::CICD.perform do |settings|
-            settings.expand_runners_settings do |runners|
-              runner.pull
-              runner.token = runners.registration_token
-              runner.address = runners.coordinator_address
-              runner.tags = tags
-              runner.image = image
-              runner.register!
-            end
-          end
+          runner.pull
+          runner.token = project.runners_token
+          runner.address = Runtime::Scenario.gitlab_address
+          runner.tags = tags
+          runner.image = image
+          runner.config = config if config
+          runner.run_untagged = true
+          runner.register!
         end
       end
+
+      def api_get_path
+      end
+
+      def api_post_path
+      end
+
+      def api_post_body
+      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/qa/qa/service/runner.rb b/qa/qa/service/runner.rb
index 03b234f7a56..6fc5984b12a 100644
--- a/qa/qa/service/runner.rb
+++ b/qa/qa/service/runner.rb
@@ -7,13 +7,25 @@ module QA
     class Runner
       include Service::Shellout
 
-      attr_accessor :token, :address, :tags, :image
+      attr_accessor :token, :address, :tags, :image, :run_untagged
+      attr_writer :config
 
       def initialize(name)
         @image = 'gitlab/gitlab-runner:alpine'
         @name = name || "qa-runner-#{SecureRandom.hex(4)}"
         @network = Runtime::Scenario.attributes[:network] || 'test'
         @tags = %w[qa test]
+        @run_untagged = false
+      end
+
+      def config
+        @config ||= <<~END
+          concurrent = 1
+          check_interval = 0
+
+          [session_server]
+            session_timeout = 1800
+        END
       end
 
       def network
@@ -32,19 +44,30 @@ module QA
         shell <<~CMD.tr("\n", ' ')
           docker run -d --rm --entrypoint=/bin/sh
           --network #{network} --name #{@name}
+          -p 8093:8093
           -e CI_SERVER_URL=#{@address}
           -e REGISTER_NON_INTERACTIVE=true
           -e REGISTRATION_TOKEN=#{@token}
           -e RUNNER_EXECUTOR=shell
           -e RUNNER_TAG_LIST=#{@tags.join(',')}
           -e RUNNER_NAME=#{@name}
-          #{@image} -c 'gitlab-runner register && gitlab-runner run'
+          #{@image} -c "#{register_command}"
         CMD
       end
 
       def remove!
         shell "docker rm -f #{@name}"
       end
+
+      private
+
+      def register_command
+        <<~CMD
+          printf '#{config.chomp.gsub(/\n/, "\\n").gsub('"', '\"')}' > /etc/gitlab-runner/config.toml &&
+          gitlab-runner register --run-untagged=#{@run_untagged} &&
+          gitlab-runner run
+        CMD
+      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/qa/qa/specs/features/browser_ui/4_verify/runner/register_runner_spec.rb b/qa/qa/specs/features/browser_ui/4_verify/runner/register_runner_spec.rb
index 33744236dd4..900ddcb7f59 100644
--- a/qa/qa/specs/features/browser_ui/4_verify/runner/register_runner_spec.rb
+++ b/qa/qa/specs/features/browser_ui/4_verify/runner/register_runner_spec.rb
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ module QA
 
         Resource::Runner.fabricate! do |runner|
           runner.name = executor
-        end
+        end.project.visit!
 
+        Page::Project::Menu.perform(&:go_to_ci_cd_settings)
         Page::Project::Settings::CICD.perform do |settings|
           sleep 5 # Runner should register within 5 seconds
-          settings.refresh
 
           settings.expand_runners_settings do |page|
             expect(page).to have_content(executor)
diff --git a/qa/qa/specs/features/browser_ui/6_release/deploy_key/clone_using_deploy_key_spec.rb b/qa/qa/specs/features/browser_ui/6_release/deploy_key/clone_using_deploy_key_spec.rb
index f6411d8c5ad..141166f6971 100644
--- a/qa/qa/specs/features/browser_ui/6_release/deploy_key/clone_using_deploy_key_spec.rb
+++ b/qa/qa/specs/features/browser_ui/6_release/deploy_key/clone_using_deploy_key_spec.rb
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ module QA
 
         @repository_location = @project.repository_ssh_location
 
-        Resource::Runner.fabricate_via_browser_ui! do |resource|
+        Resource::Runner.fabricate_via_api! do |resource|
           resource.project = @project
           resource.name = @runner_name
           resource.tags = %w[qa docker]