diff --git a/init.rb b/init.rb
index 06e496a2c61e28a4c5d53b5048d9c85f6633782c..fd20f54b433e8118c4515d47e27300603793784b 100644
--- a/init.rb
+++ b/init.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ require_relative 'lib/version'
 require_relative 'lib/monthly_issue'
 require_relative 'lib/patch_issue'
 require_relative 'lib/regression_issue'
+require_relative 'lib/merge_request'
 require_relative 'lib/security_patch_issue'
 require_relative 'lib/release/gitlab_ce_release'
 require_relative 'lib/release/gitlab_ee_release'
diff --git a/lib/base_issue.rb b/lib/base_issue.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 5c53b9f604dca7a38e8e28620dfa197579661f30..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/lib/base_issue.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-require 'erb'
-
-require_relative 'gitlab_client'
-
-class BaseIssue
-  def description
-    ERB.new(template).result(binding)
-  end
-
-  def create
-    GitlabClient.create_issue(self)
-  end
-
-  def exists?
-    !remote_issue.nil?
-  end
-
-  def remote_issue
-    GitlabClient.find_issue(self)
-  end
-
-  def url
-    if exists?
-      GitlabClient.issue_url(remote_issue)
-    else
-      ''
-    end
-  end
-
-  def confidential?
-    false
-  end
-
-  protected
-
-  def template
-    File.read(template_path)
-  end
-end
diff --git a/lib/gitlab_client.rb b/lib/gitlab_client.rb
index e999520bd18c8a5bad48184ef9624bf76892821a..4e05f9395819baf224b46613c0afaa718dbb4c64 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab_client.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab_client.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-require 'gitlab'
+require_relative 'project/gitlab_ce'
+require_relative 'project/gitlab_ee'
 
 class GitlabClient
   class MissingMilestone
@@ -7,66 +8,133 @@ class GitlabClient
     end
   end
 
-  # Hard-code IDs following the 'namespace/repo' pattern
-  CE_PROJECT_ID = 'gitlab-org/gitlab-ce'.freeze
-
   def self.current_user
     @current_user ||= Gitlab.user
   end
 
-  def self.ce_issues(options = {})
-    client.issues(CE_PROJECT_ID, options)
+  def self.issues(project = Project::GitlabCe, options = {})
+    client.issues(project.path, options)
+  end
+
+  def self.merge_requests(project = Project::GitlabCe, options = {})
+    client.merge_requests(project.path, options)
   end
 
-  def self.ce_milestones(options = {})
-    client.milestones(CE_PROJECT_ID, options)
+  def self.milestones(project = Project::GitlabCe, options = {})
+    client.milestones(project.path, options)
   end
 
-  def self.ce_milestone(title)
-    ce_milestones
+  def self.milestone(project = Project::GitlabCe, title:)
+    milestones(project.path)
       .detect { |m| m.title == title } || MissingMilestone.new
   end
 
   # Create an issue in the CE project based on the provided issue
   #
   # issue - An object that responds to the following messages:
-  #         :title       - Issue title String
-  #         :description - Issue description String
-  #         :labels      - Comma-separated String of label names
-  #         :version     - Version object
+  #   :title       - Issue title String
+  #   :description - Issue description String
+  #   :labels      - Comma-separated String of label names
+  #   :version     - Version object
+  # project - An object that responds to :path
   #
   # The issue is always assigned to the authenticated user.
   #
   # Returns a Gitlab::ObjectifiedHash object
-  def self.create_issue(issue)
-    milestone = ce_milestone(issue.version.milestone_name)
-
-    client.create_issue(
-      CE_PROJECT_ID,
-      issue.title,
-      description: issue.description,
-      assignee_id: current_user.id,
+  def self.create_issue(issue, project = Project::GitlabCe)
+    milestone = milestone(project, title: issue.version.milestone_name)
+
+    client.create_issue(project.path, issue.title,
+      description:  issue.description,
+      assignee_id:  current_user.id,
       milestone_id: milestone.id,
       labels: issue.labels,
-      confidential: issue.confidential?
-    )
+      confidential: issue.confidential?)
   end
 
-  # Find an issue in the CE project based on the provided issue
+  # Create a merge request in the given project based on the provided merge request
+  #
+  # merge_request - An object that responds to the following messages:
+  #   :title       - Merge request title String
+  #   :description - Merge request description String
+  #   :labels      - Comma-separated String of label names
+  #   :source_branch - The source branch
+  #   :target_branch - The target branch
+  # project - An object that responds to :path
+  #
+  # The merge request is always assigned to the authenticated user.
+  #
+  # Returns a Gitlab::ObjectifiedHash object
+  def self.create_merge_request(merge_request, project = Project::GitlabCe)
+    client.create_merge_request(
+      project.path,
+      merge_request.title,
+      description:   merge_request.description,
+      assignee_id:   current_user.id,
+      labels:        merge_request.labels,
+      source_branch: merge_request.source_branch,
+      target_branch: merge_request.target_branch || 'master')
+  end
+
+  # Find an issue in the given project based on the provided issue
   #
   # issue - An object that responds to the following messages:
-  #         :title  - Issue title String
-  #         :labels - Comma-separated String of label names
+  #   :title  - Issue title String
+  #   :labels - Comma-separated String of label names
+  # project - An object that responds to :path
+  #
+  # Returns a Gitlab::ObjectifiedHash object, or nil
+  def self.find_issue(issue, project = Project::GitlabCe)
+    opts = {
+      labels: issue.labels,
+      milestone: issue.version.milestone_name
+    }
+
+    issues(project, opts).detect { |i| i.title == issue.title }
+  end
+
+  # Find an open merge request in the given project based on the provided merge request
+  #
+  # merge_request - An object that responds to the following messages:
+  #   :title  - Merge request title String
+  #   :labels - Comma-separated String of label names
+  # project - An object that responds to :path
   #
   # Returns a Gitlab::ObjectifiedHash object, or nil
-  def self.find_issue(issue)
-    opts = { labels: issue.labels, milestone: issue.version.milestone_name }
+  def self.find_merge_request(merge_request, project = Project::GitlabCe)
+    opts = {
+      labels: merge_request.labels,
+      state: 'opened'
+    }
 
-    ce_issues(opts).detect { |i| i.title == issue.title }
+    merge_requests(project, opts)
+      .detect { |i| i.title == merge_request.title }
   end
 
-  def self.issue_url(issue)
-    "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/#{issue.iid}"
+  # Returns the URL of an issue in the given project based on the provided issue
+  #
+  # issue - An object that responds to the following messages:
+  #   :iid - Issue IID String
+  # project - An object that responds to :path
+  #
+  # Returns an URL
+  def self.issue_url(issue, project = Project::GitlabCe)
+    return '' if issue.iid.nil?
+
+    "https://gitlab.com/#{project.path}/issues/#{issue.iid}"
+  end
+
+  # Returns the URL of a merge request in the given project based on the provided merge request
+  #
+  # merge_request - An object that responds to the following messages:
+  #   :iid - Merge request IID String
+  # project - An object that responds to :path
+  #
+  # Returns an URL
+  def self.merge_request_url(merge_request, project = Project::GitlabCe)
+    return '' if merge_request.iid.nil?
+
+    "https://gitlab.com/#{project.path}/merge_requests/#{merge_request.iid}"
   end
 
   def self.client
diff --git a/lib/issuable.rb b/lib/issuable.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4835d84c2248cededab4c585cfd09c219105f98e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/issuable.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+require 'erb'
+require 'ostruct'
+
+class Issuable < OpenStruct
+  def initialize(*args)
+    super
+    yield self if block_given?
+  end
+
+  def description
+    ERB.new(template).result(binding)
+  end
+
+  def project
+    self[:project] || Project::GitlabCe
+  end
+
+  def iid
+    remote_issuable&.iid
+  end
+
+  def exists?
+    !remote_issuable.nil?
+  end
+
+  def create
+    raise NotImplementedError
+  end
+
+  def remote_issuable
+    raise NotImplementedError
+  end
+
+  def url
+    raise NotImplementedError
+  end
+
+  private
+
+  def template
+    File.read(template_path)
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/issue.rb b/lib/issue.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..500cda87fd903d6f76189f5d379bda8fcfae6e1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/issue.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+require_relative 'issuable'
+require_relative 'gitlab_client'
+
+class Issue < Issuable
+  def create
+    GitlabClient.create_issue(self, project)
+  end
+
+  def remote_issuable
+    return @remote_issuable if defined?(@remote_issuable)
+
+    @remote_issuable ||= GitlabClient.find_issue(self, project)
+  end
+
+  def url
+    GitlabClient.issue_url(self, project)
+  end
+
+  def confidential?
+    false
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/merge_request.rb b/lib/merge_request.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0700f57d7a9d900023b91e5fe34e53a958ce2c6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/merge_request.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+require_relative 'issuable'
+require_relative 'gitlab_client'
+
+class MergeRequest < Issuable
+  def create
+    GitlabClient.create_merge_request(self, project)
+  end
+
+  def remote_issuable
+    return @remote_issuable if defined?(@remote_issuable)
+
+    @remote_issuable ||= GitlabClient.find_merge_request(self, project)
+  end
+
+  def url
+    GitlabClient.merge_request_url(self, project)
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/monthly_issue.rb b/lib/monthly_issue.rb
index ac27ea4abee18758cb7ba5af4b7600ce2a5f22a2..e2bec51dd0f39a839c00632677b879afbc8e96f0 100644
--- a/lib/monthly_issue.rb
+++ b/lib/monthly_issue.rb
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ require 'active_support/core_ext/integer'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/numeric'
 require 'weekdays'
 
-require_relative 'base_issue'
+require_relative 'issue'
 require_relative 'release'
 
-class MonthlyIssue < BaseIssue
+class MonthlyIssue < Issue
   attr_reader :release_date, :version
 
   def initialize(version, release_date = Release.next_date)
diff --git a/lib/patch_issue.rb b/lib/patch_issue.rb
index 72564014fe05849eeb9e4dde55e388db19497a7e..bf0c2b8c4ae4ef7d1c9a3a109077be267fcd4bff 100644
--- a/lib/patch_issue.rb
+++ b/lib/patch_issue.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-require_relative 'base_issue'
+require_relative 'issue'
 require_relative 'regression_issue'
 require_relative 'omnibus_gitlab_version'
 
-class PatchIssue < BaseIssue
+class PatchIssue < Issue
   attr_reader :version, :omnibus_version
 
   def initialize(version)
diff --git a/lib/project/gitlab_ce.rb b/lib/project/gitlab_ce.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3aa6116a011ee50256da0b6a83ff9c3749d82cd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/project/gitlab_ce.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+module Project
+  class GitlabCe
+    def self.path
+      'gitlab-org/gitlab-ce'
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/project/gitlab_ee.rb b/lib/project/gitlab_ee.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..63efe4a7ad86ad709dd227b99d0d4b83c9a5b12f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/project/gitlab_ee.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+module Project
+  class GitlabEe
+    def self.path
+      'gitlab-org/gitlab-ee'
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/regression_issue.rb b/lib/regression_issue.rb
index 500bccceb044eee9b2126f60c7f1a782604a5e0b..06adf7fa3ea76c0eb1ffc8c939d1d73163fb8dd9 100644
--- a/lib/regression_issue.rb
+++ b/lib/regression_issue.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-require_relative 'base_issue'
+require_relative 'issue'
 
-class RegressionIssue < BaseIssue
+class RegressionIssue < Issue
   attr_reader :version
 
   def initialize(version)
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/merge_requests/fix-geo-middleware.yml b/spec/fixtures/merge_requests/fix-geo-middleware.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..edd318954ee8f27607106f518751263ed71bcb15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/fixtures/merge_requests/fix-geo-middleware.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+---
+http_interactions:
+- request:
+    method: get
+    uri: "[GITLAB_API_ENDPOINT]/projects/gitlab-org%2Fgitlab-ee/merge_requests?labels=geo&state=opened"
+    body:
+      encoding: US-ASCII
+      string: ''
+    headers:
+      Accept:
+      - application/json
+      Private-Token:
+      - "[GITLAB_API_PRIVATE_TOKEN]"
+  response:
+    status:
+      code: 200
+      message: OK
+    headers:
+      Server:
+      - nginx
+      Date:
+      - Mon, 26 Jun 2017 11:23:32 GMT
+      Content-Type:
+      - application/json
+      Content-Length:
+      - '12589'
+      Cache-Control:
+      - max-age=0, private, must-revalidate
+      Etag:
+      - W/"3b7e51dad8fba180356a3a64030ce6b5"
+      Link:
+      - <[GITLAB_API_ENDPOINT]/projects/gitlab-org%2Fgitlab-ee/merge_requests?id=gitlab-org%2Fgitlab-ee&labels=geo&order_by=created_at&page=1&per_page=20&sort=desc&state=opened>;
+        rel="first", <[GITLAB_API_ENDPOINT]/projects/gitlab-org%2Fgitlab-ee/merge_requests?id=gitlab-org%2Fgitlab-ee&labels=geo&order_by=created_at&page=1&per_page=20&sort=desc&state=opened>;
+        rel="last"
+      Vary:
+      - Origin
+      X-Frame-Options:
+      - SAMEORIGIN
+      X-Next-Page:
+      - ''
+      X-Page:
+      - '1'
+      X-Per-Page:
+      - '20'
+      X-Prev-Page:
+      - ''
+      X-Request-Id:
+      - 8a927938-ac62-4129-8784-dc7168b29432
+      X-Runtime:
+      - '4.386995'
+      X-Total:
+      - '7'
+      X-Total-Pages:
+      - '1'
+      Strict-Transport-Security:
+      - max-age=31536000
+    body:
+      encoding: UTF-8
+      string: '[{"id":3969539,"iid":2241,"project_id":278964,"title":"Geo: fix removal
+        of repositories from disk on secondary nodes (Backport to 9.2)","description":"##
+        What does this MR do?\n\nBackports gitlab-org/gitlab-ee!2210 to %9.2\n\n##
+        Are there points in the code the reviewer needs to double check?\n\n## Why
+        was this MR needed?\n\nThis is a critical fix for Geo, while we want people
+        to always use our latest versions, we understand that there are reasons why
+        people sometime keeps on the previous stable version for a while.\n\n## Does
+        this MR meet the acceptance criteria?\n\n- [ ] [Changelog entry](https://docs.gitlab.com/ce/development/changelog.html)
+        added, if necessary\n- [ ] [Documentation created/updated](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/blob/master/doc/development/doc_styleguide.md)\n-
+        [ ] API support added\n- Tests\n  - [ ] Added for this feature/bug\n  - [
+        ] All builds are passing\n- [ ] Conform by the [merge request performance
+        guides](http://docs.gitlab.com/ee/development/merge_request_performance_guidelines.html)\n-
+        [ ] Conform by the [style guides](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#style-guides)\n-
+        [ ] Branch has no merge conflicts with `master` (if it does - rebase it please)\n-
+        [ ] [Squashed related commits together](https://git-scm.com/book/en/Git-Tools-Rewriting-History#Squashing-Commits)\n\n##
+        What are the relevant issue numbers?\n\n* gitlab-org/gitlab-ee!2210\n* gitlab-org/gitlab-ee#2701","state":"opened","created_at":"2017-06-24T01:59:51.096Z","updated_at":"2017-06-24T20:35:22.782Z","target_branch":"9-2-stable-ee","source_branch":"backport-2210-to-9-2","upvotes":0,"downvotes":0,"author":{"name":"Gabriel
+        Mazetto","username":"brodock","id":2293,"state":"active","avatar_url":"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0194f7ce33ec23b1788ffe382d4a4f08?s=80\u0026d=identicon","web_url":"https://gitlab.com/brodock"},"assignee":{"name":"Douwe
+        Maan","username":"DouweM","id":87854,"state":"active","avatar_url":"https://gitlab.com/uploads/system/user/avatar/87854/avatar.png","web_url":"https://gitlab.com/DouweM"},"source_project_id":278964,"target_project_id":278964,"labels":["customer","geo","regression"],"work_in_progress":false,"milestone":{"id":269773,"iid":23,"project_id":278964,"title":"9.2","description":"","state":"active","created_at":"2017-02-20T13:55:42.958Z","updated_at":"2017-04-07T14:54:22.817Z","due_date":"2017-05-21","start_date":"2017-04-08"},"merge_when_pipeline_succeeds":false,"merge_status":"can_be_merged","sha":"2c15628547416cecd86cf4497ed61dd85d36e757","merge_commit_sha":null,"user_notes_count":1,"approvals_before_merge":null,"should_remove_source_branch":null,"force_remove_source_branch":true,"squash":false,"web_url":"https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/merge_requests/2241"},{"id":3967652,"iid":2238,"project_id":278964,"title":"WIP:
+        Add Geo repository renamed event log","description":"Closes #2641","state":"opened","created_at":"2017-06-23T20:47:12.832Z","updated_at":"2017-06-23T21:34:20.390Z","target_branch":"master","source_branch":"da-geo-log-namespace-project-rename-events","upvotes":0,"downvotes":0,"author":{"name":"Douglas
+        Barbosa Alexandre","username":"dbalexandre","id":283999,"state":"active","avatar_url":"https://gitlab.com/uploads/system/user/avatar/283999/douglas.png","web_url":"https://gitlab.com/dbalexandre"},"assignee":null,"source_project_id":278964,"target_project_id":278964,"labels":["geo"],"work_in_progress":true,"milestone":null,"merge_when_pipeline_succeeds":false,"merge_status":"unchecked","sha":"1d6eb05b07bc41873e3e34ca31a5db7342083e36","merge_commit_sha":null,"user_notes_count":0,"approvals_before_merge":null,"should_remove_source_branch":null,"force_remove_source_branch":true,"squash":false,"web_url":"https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/merge_requests/2238"},{"id":3844913,"iid":2130,"project_id":278964,"title":"WIP:
+        Perform Geo::RepositorySyncService for dirty projects","description":"Depends
+        on https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/merge_requests/1988","state":"opened","created_at":"2017-06-14T19:59:01.026Z","updated_at":"2017-06-26T00:07:50.621Z","target_branch":"2467-geo-implement-consumer-aka-geologcursor-for-event-log","source_branch":"2467-repository-sync-dirty-projects","upvotes":0,"downvotes":0,"author":{"name":"Douglas
+        Barbosa Alexandre","username":"dbalexandre","id":283999,"state":"active","avatar_url":"https://gitlab.com/uploads/system/user/avatar/283999/douglas.png","web_url":"https://gitlab.com/dbalexandre"},"assignee":{"name":"Robert
+        Speicher","username":"rspeicher","id":15139,"state":"active","avatar_url":"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/19c928bc60c7b0d10e708c429e389523?s=80\u0026d=identicon","web_url":"https://gitlab.com/rspeicher"},"source_project_id":278964,"target_project_id":278964,"labels":["geo"],"work_in_progress":true,"milestone":{"id":305235,"iid":26,"project_id":278964,"title":"9.4","description":"","state":"active","created_at":"2017-04-26T13:01:26.869Z","updated_at":"2017-06-07T16:59:43.882Z","due_date":"2017-07-22","start_date":"2017-06-08"},"merge_when_pipeline_succeeds":false,"merge_status":"cannot_be_merged","sha":"97cb7404e91517c7af2a8e2ee13f21ad2c07fa96","merge_commit_sha":null,"user_notes_count":15,"approvals_before_merge":null,"should_remove_source_branch":null,"force_remove_source_branch":null,"squash":false,"web_url":"https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/merge_requests/2130"},{"id":3834194,"iid":2126,"project_id":278964,"title":"Add
+        Geo delete event log","description":"","state":"opened","created_at":"2017-06-14T06:32:14.025Z","updated_at":"2017-06-24T21:42:39.360Z","target_branch":"master","source_branch":"sh-geo-add-project-deletion-events","upvotes":0,"downvotes":0,"author":{"name":"Stan
+        Hu","username":"stanhu","id":64248,"state":"active","avatar_url":"https://gitlab.com/uploads/system/user/avatar/64248/stanhu.jpg","web_url":"https://gitlab.com/stanhu"},"assignee":{"name":"Stan
+        Hu","username":"stanhu","id":64248,"state":"active","avatar_url":"https://gitlab.com/uploads/system/user/avatar/64248/stanhu.jpg","web_url":"https://gitlab.com/stanhu"},"source_project_id":278964,"target_project_id":278964,"labels":["geo"],"work_in_progress":false,"milestone":null,"merge_when_pipeline_succeeds":false,"merge_status":"unchecked","sha":"a07c013ecf8da1efd68847274c7f3f02ea3a2655","merge_commit_sha":null,"user_notes_count":12,"approvals_before_merge":null,"should_remove_source_branch":null,"force_remove_source_branch":true,"squash":false,"web_url":"https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/merge_requests/2126"},{"id":3615638,"iid":1988,"project_id":278964,"title":"Geo:
+        Implement GeoLogCursor for event log","description":"The GeoLogCursor is a
+        daemon that reads like a cursor through existing `geo_log_events` and process
+        each one of them.\n\nIn this first iteration we want to handle repository
+        and wiki update events. Whenever the cursor process an event, it checks the
+        metadata and mark the affected repository or wiki as requiring a resync.\n\n##
+        Are there points in the code the reviewer needs to double check?\n\nThis MR
+        is rebased on top of gitlab-org/gitlab-ee!1976, so most of the code in the
+        MR can be ignored as it''s duplicated from other. You can check the last commit
+        which includes the changes that are specific to this MR.\n\n## Why was this
+        MR needed?\n\n## Screenshots (if relevant)\n\n## Does this MR meet the acceptance
+        criteria?\n\n- [x] [Changelog entry](https://docs.gitlab.com/ce/development/changelog.html)
+        added, if necessary\n- [ ] [Documentation created/updated](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/blob/master/doc/development/doc_styleguide.md)\n-
+        [ ] API support added\n- Tests\n  - [x] Added for this feature/bug\n  - [x]
+        All builds are passing\n- [ ] Conform by the [merge request performance guides](http://docs.gitlab.com/ee/development/merge_request_performance_guidelines.html)\n-
+        [ ] Conform by the [style guides](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#style-guides)\n-
+        [ ] Branch has no merge conflicts with `master` (if it does - rebase it please)\n-
+        [ ] [Squashed related commits together](https://git-scm.com/book/en/Git-Tools-Rewriting-History#Squashing-Commits)\n\n##
+        What are the relevant issue numbers?\n\n\nCloses #2467","state":"opened","created_at":"2017-05-26T01:10:46.814Z","updated_at":"2017-06-26T05:38:46.861Z","target_branch":"master","source_branch":"2467-geo-implement-consumer-aka-geologcursor-for-event-log","upvotes":0,"downvotes":0,"author":{"name":"Gabriel
+        Mazetto","username":"brodock","id":2293,"state":"active","avatar_url":"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0194f7ce33ec23b1788ffe382d4a4f08?s=80\u0026d=identicon","web_url":"https://gitlab.com/brodock"},"assignee":{"name":"Douwe
+        Maan","username":"DouweM","id":87854,"state":"active","avatar_url":"https://gitlab.com/uploads/system/user/avatar/87854/avatar.png","web_url":"https://gitlab.com/DouweM"},"source_project_id":278964,"target_project_id":278964,"labels":["geo"],"work_in_progress":false,"milestone":{"id":305235,"iid":26,"project_id":278964,"title":"9.4","description":"","state":"active","created_at":"2017-04-26T13:01:26.869Z","updated_at":"2017-06-07T16:59:43.882Z","due_date":"2017-07-22","start_date":"2017-06-08"},"merge_when_pipeline_succeeds":false,"merge_status":"can_be_merged","sha":"160103f5d7658def6d69398efac10decd0666f9a","merge_commit_sha":null,"user_notes_count":58,"approvals_before_merge":null,"should_remove_source_branch":null,"force_remove_source_branch":null,"squash":false,"web_url":"https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/merge_requests/1988"},{"id":3172886,"iid":1679,"project_id":278964,"title":"Delete
+        primary Geo system hook","description":"When a primary Geo node is created,
+        tag push and push events are added to the system hook. With each push to primary,
+        the primary also receives an event, which causes unnecessary work.\r\n\r\nCloses
+        #1752","state":"reopened","created_at":"2017-04-19T20:43:06.288Z","updated_at":"2017-06-25T06:16:13.915Z","target_branch":"master","source_branch":"sh-disable-geo-primary-system-hook","upvotes":0,"downvotes":0,"author":{"name":"Stan
+        Hu","username":"stanhu","id":64248,"state":"active","avatar_url":"https://gitlab.com/uploads/system/user/avatar/64248/stanhu.jpg","web_url":"https://gitlab.com/stanhu"},"assignee":{"name":"Robert
+        Speicher","username":"rspeicher","id":15139,"state":"active","avatar_url":"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/19c928bc60c7b0d10e708c429e389523?s=80\u0026d=identicon","web_url":"https://gitlab.com/rspeicher"},"source_project_id":278964,"target_project_id":278964,"labels":["geo"],"work_in_progress":false,"milestone":null,"merge_when_pipeline_succeeds":false,"merge_status":"can_be_merged","sha":"7e5cbcd438e7a2d4162a2431729769da15b329ab","merge_commit_sha":null,"user_notes_count":19,"approvals_before_merge":null,"should_remove_source_branch":null,"force_remove_source_branch":true,"squash":false,"web_url":"https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/merge_requests/1679"},{"id":3068870,"iid":1610,"project_id":278964,"title":"Add
+        a health check for the state of Geo replication lag in secondary","description":"If
+        streaming replication is not working, this MR will report that the secondary
+        node is not working. Also move the check for the tracking DB last so that
+        we can report basic Geo failures first.\r\n\r\nPartial fix to #1929","state":"opened","created_at":"2017-04-08T05:53:47.935Z","updated_at":"2017-06-01T00:53:57.492Z","target_branch":"master","source_branch":"sh-check-replication-secondary","upvotes":0,"downvotes":0,"author":{"name":"Stan
+        Hu","username":"stanhu","id":64248,"state":"active","avatar_url":"https://gitlab.com/uploads/system/user/avatar/64248/stanhu.jpg","web_url":"https://gitlab.com/stanhu"},"assignee":{"name":"Stan
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+    http_version: 
+  recorded_at: Mon, 26 Jun 2017 11:23:32 GMT
+recorded_with: VCR 2.9.3
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/merge_requests/foo.yml b/spec/fixtures/merge_requests/foo.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5fe24a12d6e639de969d38b71423d32a15862b58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/fixtures/merge_requests/foo.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+---
+http_interactions:
+- request:
+    method: get
+    uri: "[GITLAB_API_ENDPOINT]/projects/gitlab-org%2Fgitlab-ee/merge_requests?labels=Release&state=opened"
+    body:
+      encoding: US-ASCII
+      string: ''
+    headers:
+      Accept:
+      - application/json
+      Private-Token:
+      - "[GITLAB_API_PRIVATE_TOKEN]"
+  response:
+    status:
+      code: 200
+      message: OK
+    headers:
+      Server:
+      - nginx
+      Date:
+      - Mon, 26 Jun 2017 11:23:27 GMT
+      Content-Type:
+      - application/json
+      Content-Length:
+      - '2'
+      Cache-Control:
+      - max-age=0, private, must-revalidate
+      Etag:
+      - W/"d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce"
+      Link:
+      - <[GITLAB_API_ENDPOINT]/projects/gitlab-org%2Fgitlab-ee/merge_requests?id=gitlab-org%2Fgitlab-ee&labels=Release&order_by=created_at&page=1&per_page=20&sort=desc&state=opened>;
+        rel="first", <[GITLAB_API_ENDPOINT]/projects/gitlab-org%2Fgitlab-ee/merge_requests?id=gitlab-org%2Fgitlab-ee&labels=Release&order_by=created_at&page=0&per_page=20&sort=desc&state=opened>;
+        rel="last"
+      Vary:
+      - Origin
+      X-Frame-Options:
+      - SAMEORIGIN
+      X-Next-Page:
+      - ''
+      X-Page:
+      - '1'
+      X-Per-Page:
+      - '20'
+      X-Prev-Page:
+      - ''
+      X-Request-Id:
+      - 96c285ec-6e7e-458a-af76-810b0ac56cc9
+      X-Runtime:
+      - '1.573066'
+      X-Total:
+      - '0'
+      X-Total-Pages:
+      - '0'
+      Strict-Transport-Security:
+      - max-age=31536000
+    body:
+      encoding: UTF-8
+      string: "[]"
+    http_version: 
+  recorded_at: Mon, 26 Jun 2017 11:23:27 GMT
+recorded_with: VCR 2.9.3
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/merge_requests/related-issues-ux-improvments.yml b/spec/fixtures/merge_requests/related-issues-ux-improvments.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7bac53224c04398d92f65aff6ffdd43287bbd6f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/fixtures/merge_requests/related-issues-ux-improvments.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+---
+http_interactions:
+- request:
+    method: get
+    uri: "[GITLAB_API_ENDPOINT]/projects/gitlab-org%2Fgitlab-ee/merge_requests?labels=Discussion&state=opened"
+    body:
+      encoding: US-ASCII
+      string: ''
+    headers:
+      Accept:
+      - application/json
+      Private-Token:
+      - "[GITLAB_API_PRIVATE_TOKEN]"
+  response:
+    status:
+      code: 200
+      message: OK
+    headers:
+      Server:
+      - nginx
+      Date:
+      - Mon, 26 Jun 2017 11:23:36 GMT
+      Content-Type:
+      - application/json
+      Content-Length:
+      - '4318'
+      Cache-Control:
+      - max-age=0, private, must-revalidate
+      Etag:
+      - W/"86d6a91e0269bb7d3503573f2ab2d93b"
+      Link:
+      - <[GITLAB_API_ENDPOINT]/projects/gitlab-org%2Fgitlab-ee/merge_requests?id=gitlab-org%2Fgitlab-ee&labels=Discussion&order_by=created_at&page=1&per_page=20&sort=desc&state=opened>;
+        rel="first", <[GITLAB_API_ENDPOINT]/projects/gitlab-org%2Fgitlab-ee/merge_requests?id=gitlab-org%2Fgitlab-ee&labels=Discussion&order_by=created_at&page=1&per_page=20&sort=desc&state=opened>;
+        rel="last"
+      Vary:
+      - Origin
+      X-Frame-Options:
+      - SAMEORIGIN
+      X-Next-Page:
+      - ''
+      X-Page:
+      - '1'
+      X-Per-Page:
+      - '20'
+      X-Prev-Page:
+      - ''
+      X-Request-Id:
+      - ed712f39-ec2d-43ac-b6a1-e83303fa56e4
+      X-Runtime:
+      - '3.078313'
+      X-Total:
+      - '2'
+      X-Total-Pages:
+      - '1'
+      Strict-Transport-Security:
+      - max-age=31536000
+    body:
+      encoding: UTF-8
+      string: '[{"id":3976656,"iid":2246,"project_id":278964,"title":"Related Issues
+        UX improvements - loading","description":"## What does this MR do?\n\n - Move
+        the loading icon into the panel body\n - Add transition when the panel body
+        collapses away after fetching and the loading icon goes away\n - Add loading
+        icon to the submit button\n - Server-side render basic panel heading for Related
+        Issues as a placeholder until the JS kicks-in\n\n![](http://imgur.com/tlFbcFr.gif)\n\n![](http://imgur.com/I7UE3zU.gif)\n\n![](http://imgur.com/V0zjc41.gif)\n\n\n##
+        Are there points in the code the reviewer needs to double check?\n\n - Do
+        we want the loading spinner to be centered?\n    - The `loadingIcon` Vue component
+        has `text-center` in it\n\n\n## Why was this MR needed?\n\nFollow-up feedback
+        to address, https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/33533\n\n\n## Does
+        this MR meet the acceptance criteria?\n\n- [ ] [Documentation created/updated](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/blob/master/doc/development/doc_styleguide.md)\n-
+        Tests\n  - [x] Added for this feature/bug\n  - [ ] All builds are passing\n-
+        [x] Conform by the [merge request performance guides](http://docs.gitlab.com/ee/development/merge_request_performance_guidelines.html)\n-
+        [x] Conform by the [style guides](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#style-guides)\n-
+        [x] Branch has no merge conflicts with `master` (if it does - rebase it please)\n-
+        [x] [Squashed related commits together](https://git-scm.com/book/en/Git-Tools-Rewriting-History#Squashing-Commits)\n\n##
+        What are the relevant issue numbers?\n\n\nCloses #33533","state":"opened","created_at":"2017-06-26T06:14:43.005Z","updated_at":"2017-06-26T07:24:16.423Z","target_branch":"master","source_branch":"33533-related-issues-ux-improvements","upvotes":0,"downvotes":0,"author":{"name":"Eric
+        Eastwood","username":"MadLittleMods","id":892863,"state":"active","avatar_url":"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4d634a2b818e2265fa2924b5f4c2da71?s=80\u0026d=identicon","web_url":"https://gitlab.com/MadLittleMods"},"assignee":null,"source_project_id":278964,"target_project_id":278964,"labels":["Discussion","UI
+        polish","frontend","issues"],"work_in_progress":false,"milestone":{"id":305235,"iid":26,"project_id":278964,"title":"9.4","description":"","state":"active","created_at":"2017-04-26T13:01:26.869Z","updated_at":"2017-06-07T16:59:43.882Z","due_date":"2017-07-22","start_date":"2017-06-08"},"merge_when_pipeline_succeeds":false,"merge_status":"unchecked","sha":"29da5584e2f7a2cef38ce31adc6b65b68c8fe586","merge_commit_sha":null,"user_notes_count":0,"approvals_before_merge":null,"should_remove_source_branch":null,"force_remove_source_branch":true,"squash":false,"web_url":"https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/merge_requests/2246"},{"id":696921,"iid":620,"project_id":278964,"title":"Filter
+        merge requests by approver","description":"## What does this MR do?\r\n\r\nAdd
+        a filter to the merge request lists to enable the user to filter by approver.\r\n\r\n##
+        Why was this MR needed?\r\n\r\nWhen there are many merge requests, it is very
+        inconvenient to browse through all the merge requests to view the approvers.
+        A common use case is to view all the merge requests the current user needs
+        to review/approve. \r\n\r\n## What are the relevant issue numbers?\r\n* Closes
+        #52\r\n* Partially addresses https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/issues/769","state":"opened","created_at":"2016-08-04T10:44:05.281Z","updated_at":"2017-06-12T09:44:14.392Z","target_branch":"master","source_branch":"52-filter-by-approver","upvotes":15,"downvotes":0,"author":{"name":"Jan
+        Heijmans","username":"heijmans","id":647088,"state":"active","avatar_url":"https://gitlab.com/uploads/system/user/avatar/647088/avatar.png","web_url":"https://gitlab.com/heijmans"},"assignee":null,"source_project_id":1475723,"target_project_id":278964,"labels":["Discussion","approvals","coach
+        will finish"],"work_in_progress":false,"milestone":null,"merge_when_pipeline_succeeds":false,"merge_status":"unchecked","sha":"aa9f8e6df142411310322c9030e5637b3d9f40cb","merge_commit_sha":null,"user_notes_count":35,"approvals_before_merge":null,"should_remove_source_branch":null,"force_remove_source_branch":null,"squash":false,"web_url":"https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/merge_requests/620"}]'
+    http_version: 
+  recorded_at: Mon, 26 Jun 2017 11:23:36 GMT
+recorded_with: VCR 2.9.3
diff --git a/spec/lib/base_issue_spec.rb b/spec/lib/base_issue_spec.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index c592697c842e9639c9b59726dbeffa2f79221f18..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/spec/lib/base_issue_spec.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,81 +0,0 @@
-require 'spec_helper'
-
-require 'base_issue'
-require 'gitlab_client'
-
-class TestIssue < BaseIssue
-  protected
-
-  def template
-    "<%= RUBY_VERSION %>"
-  end
-end
-
-describe BaseIssue do
-  describe '#description' do
-    it "renders ERB using the defined template" do
-      issue = TestIssue.new
-
-      expect(issue.description).to eq RUBY_VERSION
-    end
-  end
-
-  describe '#create' do
-    it 'calls GitlabClient.create_issue' do
-      issue = TestIssue.new
-
-      expect(GitlabClient).to receive(:create_issue).with(issue)
-
-      issue.create
-    end
-  end
-
-  describe '#exists?' do
-    it 'is true when issue exists' do
-      issue = TestIssue.new
-
-      allow(issue).to receive(:remote_issue).and_return(double)
-
-      expect(issue.exists?).to be_truthy
-    end
-
-    it 'is false when issue is missing' do
-      issue = TestIssue.new
-
-      allow(issue).to receive(:remote_issue).and_return(nil)
-
-      expect(issue.exists?).to be_falsey
-    end
-  end
-
-  describe '#remote_issue' do
-    it 'delegates to GitlabClient' do
-      issue = TestIssue.new
-
-      expect(GitlabClient).to receive(:find_issue).with(issue)
-
-      issue.remote_issue
-    end
-  end
-
-  describe '#url' do
-    it 'returns a blank string when remote issue does not exist' do
-      issue = TestIssue.new
-
-      allow(issue).to receive(:remote_issue).and_return(nil)
-
-      expect(GitlabClient).not_to receive(:issue_url)
-      expect(issue.url).to eq ''
-    end
-
-    it 'returns the remote_issue url' do
-      remote = double
-      issue = TestIssue.new
-
-      allow(issue).to receive(:remote_issue).and_return(remote)
-
-      expect(GitlabClient).to receive(:issue_url).with(remote).and_return('https://example.com/')
-      expect(issue.url).to eq 'https://example.com/'
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/spec/lib/gitlab_client_spec.rb b/spec/lib/gitlab_client_spec.rb
index c7ecd03875157519b792336ea9dce78bca5e37b2..398971052b47ef0082c2b90ea1c513ee7e982646 100644
--- a/spec/lib/gitlab_client_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/gitlab_client_spec.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,35 @@ require 'spec_helper'
 require 'gitlab_client'
 
 describe GitlabClient do
+  describe '.create_merge_request' do
+    context 'when issue is open' do
+      it 'finds issues by title', vcr: { cassette_name: 'issues/release-8-7' } do
+        version = double(milestone_name: '8.7')
+        issue = double(title: 'Release 8.7', labels: 'Release', version: version)
+
+        expect(described_class.find_issue(issue)).not_to be_nil
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'when issue is closed' do
+      it 'finds issues by title', vcr: { cassette_name: 'issues/regressions-8-5' } do
+        version = double(milestone_name: '8.5')
+        issue = double(title: '8.5 Regressions', labels: 'Release', state_filter: nil, version: version)
+
+        expect(described_class.find_issue(issue)).not_to be_nil
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'when issue cannot be found' do
+      it 'does not find non-matching issues', vcr: { cassette_name: 'issues/release-7-14' } do
+        version = double(milestone_name: '7.14')
+        issue = double(title: 'Release 7.14', labels: 'Release', version: version)
+
+        expect(described_class.find_issue(issue)).to be_nil
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
   describe '.find_issue' do
     context 'when issue is open' do
       it 'finds issues by title', vcr: { cassette_name: 'issues/release-8-7' } do
@@ -32,12 +61,67 @@ describe GitlabClient do
     end
   end
 
+  describe '.find_merge_request' do
+    context 'when merge request is open' do
+      it 'finds merge requests by title', vcr: { cassette_name: 'merge_requests/related-issues-ux-improvments' } do
+        merge_request = double(title: 'Related Issues UX improvements - loading', labels: 'Discussion')
+
+        expect(described_class.find_merge_request(merge_request, Project::GitlabEe)).not_to be_nil
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'when merge request is merged' do
+      it 'does not find merged merge requests', vcr: { cassette_name: 'merge_requests/fix-geo-middleware' } do
+        merge_request = double(title: 'Fix Geo middleware to work properly with multiple requests', labels: 'geo')
+
+        expect(described_class.find_merge_request(merge_request, Project::GitlabEe)).to be_nil
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'when merge request cannot be found' do
+      it 'does not find non-matching merge requests', vcr: { cassette_name: 'merge_requests/foo' } do
+        merge_request = double(title: 'Foo', labels: 'Release')
+
+        expect(described_class.find_merge_request(merge_request, Project::GitlabEe)).to be_nil
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
   describe '.issue_url' do
-    it 'returns the full URL to the issue' do
-      issue = double(iid: 1234)
+    context 'when iid is nil' do
+      it 'returns an empty string' do
+        issue = double('Issue', iid: nil)
 
-      expect(described_class.issue_url(issue))
-        .to eq "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/1234"
+        expect(described_class.issue_url(issue)).to eq ''
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'when iid is not nil' do
+      it 'returns the full URL to the issue' do
+        issue = double('Issue', iid: 1234)
+
+        expect(described_class.issue_url(issue))
+          .to eq "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/1234"
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe '.merge_request_url' do
+    context 'when iid is nil' do
+      it 'returns an empty string' do
+        merge_request = double('MergeRequest', iid: nil)
+
+        expect(described_class.merge_request_url(merge_request)).to eq ''
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'when iid is not nil' do
+      it 'returns the full URL to the merge request' do
+        merge_request = double('MergeRequest', iid: 1234)
+
+        expect(described_class.merge_request_url(merge_request))
+          .to eq "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/1234"
+      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/lib/issuable_spec.rb b/spec/lib/issuable_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e0ee84797d1056f29dfdc2a7f7b1b5fad5224065
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/lib/issuable_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+require 'issuable'
+require 'gitlab_client'
+
+class TestIssuable < Issuable
+  protected
+
+  def template
+    "<%= RUBY_VERSION %>"
+  end
+end
+
+describe Issuable do
+  subject { TestIssuable.new }
+
+  describe '#initialize' do
+    it 'accepts arbitrary attributes as arguments' do
+      issuable = TestIssuable.new(foo: 'bar')
+
+      expect(issuable.foo).to eq('bar')
+    end
+
+    it 'accepts a block' do
+      issuable = TestIssuable.new do |new_issuable|
+        new_issuable.foo = 'bar'
+      end
+
+      expect(issuable.foo).to eq('bar')
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe '#description' do
+    it { expect(subject.description).to eq RUBY_VERSION }
+  end
+
+  describe '#project' do
+    it 'returns Project::GitlabCe by default' do
+      expect(subject.project).to eq(Project::GitlabCe)
+    end
+
+    context 'when a project is set' do
+      subject { described_class.new(project: Project::GitlabEe) }
+
+      it 'returns the given project' do
+        expect(subject.project).to eq(Project::GitlabEe)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe '#iid' do
+    it 'delegates to remote_issuable' do
+      remote_issuable = double(iid: 1234)
+      allow(subject).to receive(:remote_issuable).and_return(remote_issuable)
+
+      expect(subject.iid).to eq(1234)
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe '#exists?' do
+    context 'when remote subject does not exist' do
+      before do
+        allow(subject).to receive(:remote_issuable).and_return(nil)
+      end
+
+      it { is_expected.not_to be_exists }
+    end
+
+    context 'when remote subject exists' do
+      before do
+        allow(subject).to receive(:remote_issuable).and_return(double)
+      end
+
+      it { is_expected.to be_exists }
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe '#create' do
+    it { expect { subject.create }.to raise_error(NotImplementedError) }
+  end
+
+  describe '#remote_issuable' do
+    it { expect { subject.remote_issuable }.to raise_error(NotImplementedError) }
+  end
+
+  describe '#url' do
+    it { expect { subject.url }.to raise_error(NotImplementedError) }
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/lib/issue_spec.rb b/spec/lib/issue_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a07a03f6a015872c4cee9379f348bbdb2edd3a3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/lib/issue_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+require 'issue'
+
+describe Issue do
+  it_behaves_like 'issuable #create', :create_issue
+  it_behaves_like 'issuable #remote_issuable', :find_issue
+  it_behaves_like 'issuable #url', :issue_url
+
+  describe '#confidential?' do
+    it { expect(subject).not_to be_confidential }
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/lib/merge_request_spec.rb b/spec/lib/merge_request_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..27fcbe9667ffc537da95cd374d7710f383ebd5ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/lib/merge_request_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+require 'merge_request'
+
+describe MergeRequest do
+  it_behaves_like 'issuable #create', :create_merge_request
+  it_behaves_like 'issuable #remote_issuable', :find_merge_request
+  it_behaves_like 'issuable #url', :merge_request_url
+end
diff --git a/spec/support/shared_examples/issuable_shared_examples.rb b/spec/support/shared_examples/issuable_shared_examples.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a3b9accf3ddea2f2dfb627b839a1b019e53e92e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/support/shared_examples/issuable_shared_examples.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+RSpec.shared_examples 'issuable #create' do |create_issuable_method|
+  it 'calls GitlabClient.create_issue' do
+    expect(GitlabClient).to receive(create_issuable_method).with(subject, Project::GitlabCe)
+
+    subject.create
+  end
+end
+
+RSpec.shared_examples 'issuable #remote_issuable' do |find_issuable_method|
+  it 'delegates to GitlabClient' do
+    expect(GitlabClient).to receive(find_issuable_method).with(subject, Project::GitlabCe)
+
+    subject.remote_issuable
+  end
+
+  context 'when remote issuable does not exist' do
+    it 'memoizes the remote issuable' do
+      expect(GitlabClient).to receive(find_issuable_method).once
+        .with(subject, Project::GitlabCe).and_return(nil)
+
+      2.times { subject.remote_issuable }
+    end
+  end
+
+  context 'when remote issuable exists' do
+    it 'memoizes the remote issuable' do
+      expect(GitlabClient).to receive(find_issuable_method).once
+        .with(subject, Project::GitlabCe).and_return(double)
+
+      2.times { subject.remote_issuable }
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+RSpec.shared_examples 'issuable #url' do |issuable_url_method|
+  it 'returns the remote_issuable url' do
+    expect(GitlabClient).to receive(issuable_url_method).with(subject, Project::GitlabCe).and_return('https://example.com/')
+    expect(subject.url).to eq 'https://example.com/'
+  end
+end