Ensure labels are loaded on "show" methods of MR

app/controllers/projects/merge_requests_controller.rb

@@ -507,6 +507,7 @@ class Projects::MergeRequestsController < Projects::ApplicationController
       @merge_request.close
     end
 
+    labels
     define_pipelines_vars
   end
 

changelogs/unreleased/24397-load-labels-on-mr-tabs.yml

+---
+title: Fix issue causing Labels not to appear in sidebar on MR page
+merge_request: 7416
+author: Alex Sanford

spec/controllers/projects/merge_requests_controller_spec.rb

@@ -39,6 +39,17 @@ describe Projects::MergeRequestsController do
     end
   end
 
+  shared_examples "loads labels" do |action|
+    it "loads labels into the @labels variable" do
+      get action,
+          namespace_id: project.namespace.to_param,
+          project_id: project.to_param,
+          id: merge_request.iid,
+          format: 'html'
+      expect(assigns(:labels)).not_to be_nil
+    end
+  end
+
   describe "GET show" do
     shared_examples "export merge as" do |format|
       it "does generally work" do
@@ -51,6 +62,8 @@ describe Projects::MergeRequestsController do
         expect(response).to be_success
       end
 
+      it_behaves_like "loads labels", :show
+
       it "generates it" do
         expect_any_instance_of(MergeRequest).to receive(:"to_#{format}")
 
@@ -406,6 +419,8 @@ describe Projects::MergeRequestsController do
       get :diffs, params.merge(extra_params)
     end
 
+    it_behaves_like "loads labels", :diffs
+
     context 'with default params' do
       context 'as html' do
         before { go(format: 'html') }
@@ -612,6 +627,8 @@ describe Projects::MergeRequestsController do
           format: format
     end
 
+    it_behaves_like "loads labels", :commits
+
     context 'as html' do
       it 'renders the show template' do
         go
@@ -630,6 +647,14 @@ describe Projects::MergeRequestsController do
     end
   end
 
+  describe 'GET builds' do
+    it_behaves_like "loads labels", :builds
+  end
+
+  describe 'GET pipelines' do
+    it_behaves_like "loads labels", :pipelines
+  end
+
   describe 'GET conflicts' do
     let(:json_response) { JSON.parse(response.body) }