Deleting a MR you are assigned to should decrements counter

app/models/user.rb

@@ -1046,11 +1046,6 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
     end
   end
 
-  def update_cache_counts
-    assigned_open_merge_requests_count(force: true)
-    assigned_open_issues_count(force: true)
-  end
-
   def update_todos_count_cache
     todos_done_count(force: true)
     todos_pending_count(force: true)

app/services/issuable/destroy_service.rb

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ module Issuable
       TodoService.new.destroy_target(issuable) do |issuable|
         if issuable.destroy
           issuable.update_project_counter_caches
+          issuable.assignees.each(&:invalidate_cache_counts)
         end
       end
     end

changelogs/unreleased/ui-mr-counter-cache.yml

+---
+title: Deleting a MR you are assigned to should decrements counter
+merge_request: 17951
+author: m b
+type: fixed

spec/services/issuable/destroy_service_spec.rb

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ describe Issuable::DestroyService do
 
   describe '#execute' do
     context 'when issuable is an issue' do
-      let!(:issue) { create(:issue, project: project, author: user) }
+      let!(:issue) { create(:issue, project: project, author: user, assignees: [user]) }
 
       it 'destroys the issue' do
         expect { service.execute(issue) }.to change { project.issues.count }.by(-1)
@@ -26,10 +26,15 @@ describe Issuable::DestroyService do
         expect { service.execute(issue) }
           .to change { user.todos_pending_count }.from(1).to(0)
       end
+
+      it 'invalidates the issues count cache for the assignees' do
+        expect_any_instance_of(User).to receive(:invalidate_cache_counts).once
+        service.execute(issue)
+      end
     end
 
     context 'when issuable is a merge request' do
-      let!(:merge_request) { create(:merge_request, target_project: project, source_project: project, author: user) }
+      let!(:merge_request) { create(:merge_request, target_project: project, source_project: project, author: user, assignee: user) }
 
       it 'destroys the merge request' do
         expect { service.execute(merge_request) }.to change { project.merge_requests.count }.by(-1)
@@ -41,6 +46,11 @@ describe Issuable::DestroyService do
         service.execute(merge_request)
       end
 
+      it 'invalidates the merge request caches for the MR assignee' do
+        expect_any_instance_of(User).to receive(:invalidate_cache_counts).once
+        service.execute(merge_request)
+      end
+
       it 'updates the todo caches for users with todos on the merge request' do
         create(:todo, target: merge_request, user: user, author: user, project: project)