We don't have to touch it because builds would touch pipeline anyway

app/services/ci/create_pipeline_service.rb

@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ module Ci
       end
 
       pipeline.save!
-      pipeline.touch
 
       unless pipeline.create_builds(current_user)
         pipeline.errors.add(:base, 'No builds for this pipeline.')

app/services/create_commit_builds_service.rb

@@ -53,17 +53,7 @@ class CreateCommitBuildsService
       return false
     end
 
-    save_pipeline!
-  end
-
-  private
-
-  ##
-  # Create a new pipeline and touch object to calculate status
-  #
-  def save_pipeline!
     @pipeline.save!
-    @pipeline.touch
     @pipeline
   end
 end