diff --git a/app/views/projects/mirrors/_mirror_repos.html.haml b/app/views/projects/mirrors/_mirror_repos.html.haml
index 104c68919f0..80d2d2afada 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/mirrors/_mirror_repos.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/mirrors/_mirror_repos.html.haml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 - expanded = expanded_by_default?
 - protocols = Gitlab::UrlSanitizer::ALLOWED_SCHEMES.join('|')
 
-%section.settings.project-mirror-settings.js-mirror-settings.no-animate.qa-mirroring-repositories-settings#js-push-remote-settings{ class: ('expanded' if expanded) }
+%section.settings.project-mirror-settings.js-mirror-settings.no-animate#js-push-remote-settings{ class: ('expanded' if expanded), data: { qa_selector: 'mirroring_repositories_settings_section' } }
   .settings-header
     %h4= _('Mirroring repositories')
     %button.btn.js-settings-toggle
@@ -59,10 +59,10 @@
                   - if mirror.disabled?
                     = render 'projects/mirrors/disabled_mirror_badge'
                   - if mirror.last_error.present?
-                    .badge.mirror-error-badge{ data: { toggle: 'tooltip', html: 'true' }, title: html_escape(mirror.last_error.try(:strip)) }= _('Error')
+                    .badge.mirror-error-badge{ data: { toggle: 'tooltip', html: 'true', qa_selector: 'mirror_error_badge' }, title: html_escape(mirror.last_error.try(:strip)) }= _('Error')
                 %td
                   .btn-group.mirror-actions-group.pull-right{ role: 'group' }
                     - if mirror.ssh_key_auth?
-                      = clipboard_button(text: mirror.ssh_public_key, class: 'btn btn-default', title: _('Copy SSH public key'))
+                      = clipboard_button(text: mirror.ssh_public_key, class: 'btn btn-default', title: _('Copy SSH public key'), qa_selector: 'copy_public_key_button')
                     = render 'shared/remote_mirror_update_button', remote_mirror: mirror
                     %button.js-delete-mirror.qa-delete-mirror.rspec-delete-mirror.btn.btn-danger{ type: 'button', data: { mirror_id: mirror.id, toggle: 'tooltip', container: 'body' }, title: _('Remove') }= icon('trash-o')
diff --git a/app/views/projects/mirrors/_ssh_host_keys.html.haml b/app/views/projects/mirrors/_ssh_host_keys.html.haml
index 7762fb4b844..3279d3eb251 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/mirrors/_ssh_host_keys.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/mirrors/_ssh_host_keys.html.haml
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
 - verified_at = mirror.ssh_known_hosts_verified_at
 
 .form-group.js-ssh-host-keys-section{ class: ('collapse' unless mirror.ssh_mirror_url?) }
-  %button.btn.btn-inverted.btn-secondary.inline.js-detect-host-keys.append-right-10{ type: 'button' }
+  %button.btn.btn-inverted.btn-secondary.inline.js-detect-host-keys.append-right-10{ type: 'button', data: { qa_selector: 'detect_host_keys' } }
     = icon('spinner spin', class: 'js-spinner d-none')
     = _('Detect host keys')
   .fingerprint-ssh-info.js-fingerprint-ssh-info.prepend-top-10.append-bottom-10{ class: ('collapse' unless mirror.ssh_mirror_url?) }
     %label.label-bold
       = _('Fingerprints')
-    .fingerprints-list.js-fingerprints-list
+    .fingerprints-list.js-fingerprints-list{ data: { qa_selector: 'fingerprints_list' } }
       - mirror.ssh_known_hosts_fingerprints.each do |fp|
         %code= fp.fingerprint
     - if verified_at
diff --git a/app/views/shared/_remote_mirror_update_button.html.haml b/app/views/shared/_remote_mirror_update_button.html.haml
index 4b39c8b06e9..54bd4ba04a0 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/_remote_mirror_update_button.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/_remote_mirror_update_button.html.haml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 - if remote_mirror.update_in_progress?
-  %button.btn.disabled{ type: 'button', data: { toggle: 'tooltip', container: 'body' }, title: _('Updating') }
+  %button.btn.disabled{ type: 'button', data: { toggle: 'tooltip', container: 'body', qa_selector: 'updating_button' }, title: _('Updating') }
     = icon("refresh spin")
 - elsif remote_mirror.enabled?
   = link_to update_now_project_mirror_path(@project, sync_remote: true), method: :post, class: "btn qa-update-now-button rspec-update-now-button", data: { toggle: 'tooltip', container: 'body' }, title: _('Update now') do
diff --git a/qa/qa/page/base.rb b/qa/qa/page/base.rb
index 45496c6b245..42fe431bfbd 100644
--- a/qa/qa/page/base.rb
+++ b/qa/qa/page/base.rb
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ module QA
 
       def_delegators :evaluator, :view, :views
 
+      def assert_no_element(name)
+        assert_no_selector(element_selector_css(name))
+      end
+
       def refresh
         page.refresh
       end
@@ -102,9 +106,9 @@ module QA
       def select_element(name, value)
         element = find_element(name)
 
-        return if element.text.downcase.to_s == value.to_s
+        return if element.text == value
 
-        element.select value.to_s.capitalize
+        element.select value
       end
 
       def has_element?(name, text: nil, wait: Capybara.default_max_wait_time)
diff --git a/qa/qa/page/project/settings/mirroring_repositories.rb b/qa/qa/page/project/settings/mirroring_repositories.rb
index 441235afca8..4afe042d9fb 100644
--- a/qa/qa/page/project/settings/mirroring_repositories.rb
+++ b/qa/qa/page/project/settings/mirroring_repositories.rb
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ module QA
             element :mirror_repository_button
             element :mirror_repository_url_cell
             element :mirror_last_update_at_cell
+            element :mirror_error_badge
             element :mirrored_repository_row
+            element :copy_public_key_button
           end
 
           view 'app/views/projects/mirrors/_mirror_repos_form.html.haml' do
@@ -24,6 +26,17 @@ module QA
 
           view 'app/views/shared/_remote_mirror_update_button.html.haml' do
             element :update_now_button
+            element :updating_button
+          end
+
+          view 'app/views/projects/mirrors/_ssh_host_keys.html.haml' do
+            element :detect_host_keys
+            element :fingerprints_list
+          end
+
+          view 'app/views/projects/mirrors/_authentication_method.html.haml' do
+            element :authentication_method
+            element :password
           end
 
           def repository_url=(value)
@@ -35,17 +48,40 @@ module QA
           end
 
           def mirror_direction=(value)
-            raise ArgumentError, "Mirror direction must be :push or :pull" unless [:push, :pull].include? value
+            raise ArgumentError, "Mirror direction must be 'Push' or 'Pull'" unless %w(Push Pull).include? value
 
             select_element(:mirror_direction, value)
+
+            # Changing the mirror direction causes the fields below to change,
+            # and that change is animated, so we need to wait for the animation
+            # to complete otherwise changes to those fields could fail
+            wait_for_animated_element :authentication_method
           end
 
           def authentication_method=(value)
-            raise ArgumentError, "Authentication method must be :password or :none" unless [:password, :none].include? value
+            raise ArgumentError, "Authentication method must be 'SSH public key', 'Password', or 'None'" unless %w(Password None SSH\ public\ key).include? value
 
             select_element(:authentication_method, value)
           end
 
+          def public_key(url)
+            row_index = find_repository_row_index url
+
+            within_element_by_index(:mirrored_repository_row, row_index) do
+              find_element(:copy_public_key_button)['data-clipboard-text']
+            end
+          end
+
+          def detect_host_keys
+            click_element :detect_host_keys
+
+            # The host key detection process is interrupted if we navigate away
+            # from the page before the fingerprint appears.
+            wait(max: 5) do
+              find_element(:fingerprints_list).has_text? /.*/
+            end
+          end
+
           def mirror_repository
             click_element :mirror_repository_button
           end
@@ -54,7 +90,9 @@ module QA
             row_index = find_repository_row_index url
 
             within_element_by_index(:mirrored_repository_row, row_index) do
-              click_element :update_now_button
+              # When a repository is first mirrored, the update process might
+              # already be started, so the button is already "clicked"
+              click_element :update_now_button unless has_element? :updating_button
             end
 
             # Wait a few seconds for the sync to occur and then refresh the page
@@ -72,16 +110,19 @@ module QA
             # Fail early if the page still shows that there has been no update
             within_element_by_index(:mirrored_repository_row, row_index) do
               find_element(:mirror_last_update_at_cell, wait: 0).assert_no_text('Never')
+              assert_no_element(:mirror_error_badge)
             end
           end
 
           private
 
           def find_repository_row_index(target_url)
-            all_elements(:mirror_repository_url_cell).index do |url|
-              # The url might be a sanitized url but the target_url won't be so
-              # we compare just the paths instead of the full url
-              URI.parse(url.text).path == target_url.path
+            wait(max: 5, reload: false) do
+              all_elements(:mirror_repository_url_cell).index do |url|
+                # The url might be a sanitized url but the target_url won't be so
+                # we compare just the paths instead of the full url
+                URI.parse(url.text).path == target_url.path
+              end
             end
           end
         end
diff --git a/qa/qa/page/project/settings/repository.rb b/qa/qa/page/project/settings/repository.rb
index 506e70a180c..58ed37870b7 100644
--- a/qa/qa/page/project/settings/repository.rb
+++ b/qa/qa/page/project/settings/repository.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ module QA
           end
 
           view 'app/views/projects/mirrors/_mirror_repos.html.haml' do
-            element :mirroring_repositories_settings
+            element :mirroring_repositories_settings_section
           end
 
           def expand_deploy_keys(&block)
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ module QA
           end
 
           def expand_mirroring_repositories(&block)
-            expand_section(:mirroring_repositories_settings) do
+            expand_section(:mirroring_repositories_settings_section) do
               MirroringRepositories.perform(&block)
             end
           end
diff --git a/qa/qa/specs/features/browser_ui/3_create/repository/push_mirroring_over_http_spec.rb b/qa/qa/specs/features/browser_ui/3_create/repository/push_mirroring_over_http_spec.rb
index 448d4980727..059362704b4 100644
--- a/qa/qa/specs/features/browser_ui/3_create/repository/push_mirroring_over_http_spec.rb
+++ b/qa/qa/specs/features/browser_ui/3_create/repository/push_mirroring_over_http_spec.rb
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ module QA
           settings.expand_mirroring_repositories do |mirror_settings|
             # Configure the source project to push to the target project
             mirror_settings.repository_url = target_project_uri
-            mirror_settings.mirror_direction = :push
-            mirror_settings.authentication_method = :password
+            mirror_settings.mirror_direction = 'Push'
+            mirror_settings.authentication_method = 'Password'
             mirror_settings.password = Runtime::User.password
             mirror_settings.mirror_repository
             mirror_settings.update target_project_uri
diff --git a/qa/qa/support/page/logging.rb b/qa/qa/support/page/logging.rb
index 93d8fa99c0a..606e8d7be93 100644
--- a/qa/qa/support/page/logging.rb
+++ b/qa/qa/support/page/logging.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ module QA
   module Support
     module Page
       module Logging
+        def assert_no_element(name)
+          log("asserting no element :#{name}")
+
+          super
+        end
+
         def refresh
           log("refreshing #{current_url}")