Resolve "Add tooltip to improve clarity of "detached" label/state in the merge request pipeline"

app/assets/javascripts/pipelines/components/pipeline_url.vue

@@ -102,7 +102,11 @@ export default {
       <span
         v-if="pipeline.flags.detached_merge_request_pipeline"
         v-gl-tooltip
-        :title="__('This pipeline is run on the source branch')"
+        :title="
+          __(
+            'The code of a detached pipeline is tested against the source branch instead of merged results',
+          )
+        "
         class="js-pipeline-url-detached badge badge-info"
       >
         {{ __('detached') }}

app/views/projects/pipelines/_info.html.haml

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
       } }
         Auto DevOps
     - if @pipeline.detached_merge_request_pipeline?
-      %span.js-pipeline-url-mergerequest.badge.badge-info.has-tooltip{ title: "This pipeline is run on the source branch" }
+      %span.js-pipeline-url-mergerequest.badge.badge-info.has-tooltip{ title: "The code of a detached pipeline is tested against the source branch instead of merged results" }
         detached
     - if @pipeline.stuck?
       %span.js-pipeline-url-stuck.badge.badge-warning

changelogs/unreleased/62137-add-tooltip-to-improve-clarity-of-detached-label-state-in-the-merge-request-pipeline.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Updated the detached pipeline badge tooltip text to offer a better explanation
+merge_request: 31626
+author:
+type: other

locale/gitlab.pot

@@ -10888,6 +10888,9 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "The character highlighter helps you keep the subject line to %{titleLength} characters and wrap the body at %{bodyLength} so they are readable in git."
 msgstr ""
 
+msgid "The code of a detached pipeline is tested against the source branch instead of merged results"
+msgstr ""
+
 msgid "The coding stage shows the time from the first commit to creating the merge request. The data will automatically be added here once you create your first merge request."
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -11383,9 +11386,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "This page will be removed in a future release."
 msgstr ""
 
-msgid "This pipeline is run on the source branch"
-msgstr ""
-
 msgid "This pipeline makes use of a predefined CI/CD configuration enabled by %{strongStart}Auto DevOps.%{strongEnd}"
 msgstr ""