VCS Combined Status Check is set to Pending twice when Pre-Workflow Hooks are Configured

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Overview of the Issue

When pre-workflow hooks are configured, any plan or apply workflow will cause the VCS combined status check to be set to pending twice; once within the RunPreHooks function, and then again within the plan/apply Run function.

Using GitLab, this will cause the following Atlantis warning to be logged:

unable to update commit status: Cannot transition status via :run from :running

Logs

Logs

{"level":"info","ts":"2024-11-19T20:03:39.485Z","caller":"scheduled/executor_service.go:51","msg":"Scheduled Executor Service started","json":{}}
{"level":"info","ts":"2024-11-19T20:04:00.028Z","caller":"events/events_controller.go:685","msg":"Handling 'plan' comment","json":{"repo":"sheather/test","pull":31}}
{"level":"info","ts":"2024-11-19T20:04:00.880Z","caller":"events/events_controller.go:729","msg":"Running comment command 'plan' for user 'sheather'.","json":{"repo":"sheather/test","pull":31}}
{"level":"info","ts":"2024-11-19T20:04:01.616Z","caller":"events/pre_workflow_hooks_command_runner.go:53","msg":"Pre-workflow hooks configured, running...","json":{"repo":"sheather/test","pull":"31"}}
{"level":"info","ts":"2024-11-19T20:04:01.626Z","caller":"vcs/gitlab_client.go:408","msg":"Updating GitLab commit status for 'atlantis/plan' to 'running'","json":{"repo":"sheather/test","pull":"31"}}
{"level":"info","ts":"2024-11-19T20:04:01.854Z","caller":"vcs/gitlab_client.go:433","msg":"Pipeline found for commit a1e2908f540bd9e0b9beb57ace6ebbdecf57bc9b, setting pipeline ID to 100","json":{"repo":"sheather/test","pull":"31"}}
{"level":"info","ts":"2024-11-19T20:04:02.161Z","caller":"vcs/gitlab_client.go:408","msg":"Updating GitLab commit status for 'atlantis/pre_workflow_hook: Atlantis Setup' to 'running'","json":{"repo":"sheather/test","pull":"31"}}
{"level":"info","ts":"2024-11-19T20:04:02.565Z","caller":"vcs/gitlab_client.go:433","msg":"Pipeline found for commit a1e2908f540bd9e0b9beb57ace6ebbdecf57bc9b, setting pipeline ID to 100","json":{"repo":"sheather/test","pull":"31"}}
{"level":"info","ts":"2024-11-19T20:04:33.197Z","caller":"runtime/pre_workflow_hook_runner.go:80","msg":"Successfully ran 'bash -ce echo \"Terraform Version: $ATLANTIS_TERRAFORM_VERSION\"\nsleep 30\n' in '/root/.atlantis/repos/sheather/test/31/default'","json":{"repo":"sheather/test","pull":"31"}}
{"level":"info","ts":"2024-11-19T20:04:33.198Z","caller":"vcs/gitlab_client.go:408","msg":"Updating GitLab commit status for 'atlantis/pre_workflow_hook: Atlantis Setup' to 'success'","json":{"repo":"sheather/test","pull":"31"}}
{"level":"info","ts":"2024-11-19T20:04:33.295Z","caller":"vcs/gitlab_client.go:433","msg":"Pipeline found for commit a1e2908f540bd9e0b9beb57ace6ebbdecf57bc9b, setting pipeline ID to 100","json":{"repo":"sheather/test","pull":"31"}}
{"level":"info","ts":"2024-11-19T20:04:33.467Z","caller":"events/pre_workflow_hooks_command_runner.go:103","msg":"Pre-workflow hooks completed successfully","json":{"repo":"sheather/test","pull":"31"}}
{"level":"info","ts":"2024-11-19T20:04:34.488Z","caller":"vcs/gitlab_client.go:408","msg":"Updating GitLab commit status for 'atlantis/plan' to 'running'","json":{"repo":"sheather/test","pull":"31"}}
{"level":"info","ts":"2024-11-19T20:04:34.583Z","caller":"vcs/gitlab_client.go:433","msg":"Pipeline found for commit a1e2908f540bd9e0b9beb57ace6ebbdecf57bc9b, setting pipeline ID to 100","json":{"repo":"sheather/test","pull":"31"}}
{"level":"warn","ts":"2024-11-19T20:04:34.702Z","caller":"events/plan_command_runner.go:192","msg":"unable to update commit status: POST https://gitlab.lan/api/v4/projects/sheather/test/statuses/a1e2908f540bd9e0b9beb57ace6ebbdecf57bc9b: 400 {message: Cannot transition status via :run from :running (Reason(s): Status cannot transition via \"run\")}","json":{"repo":"sheather/test","pull":"31"},"stacktrace":"github.com/runatlantis/atlantis/server/events.(*PlanCommandRunner).run\n\t/mnt/c/Users/Simon/Documents/GitHub/X-Guardian/atlantis/server/events/plan_command_runner.go:192\ngithub.com/runatlantis/atlantis/server/events.(*PlanCommandRunner).Run\n\t/mnt/c/Users/Simon/Documents/GitHub/X-Guardian/atlantis/server/events/plan_command_runner.go:307\ngithub.com/runatlantis/atlantis/server/events.(*DefaultCommandRunner).RunCommentCommand\n\t/mnt/c/Users/Simon/Documents/GitHub/X-Guardian/atlantis/server/events/command_runner.go:383"}

Environment details

• Atlantis version: dev-debian-e468a23

Additional Context

The CommitStatusUpdater.UpdateCombined function calls need moving out of the RunPreHooks and plan/apply Run functions and adding to the upstream RunAutoplanCommand, RunCommentCommand , ApiPlan and ApiApply functions.