Wait for build status after submitting Merge Request

When a new Merge Request is submitted, it goes to the Merge Request page. I'm using the GitLab Plugin in Jenkins to return the status of the build (pending, running, ...). Most of the time, it doesn't show the build status and I need to refresh the page. Can GitLab wait for the status before rendering the page?

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It doesn't seem like waiting for the build status would be optimal here. How about updating the build status in (near) realtime instead?

The build status is updated in realtime ("pending" changes to "running" without refreshing the page) so that's really nice.

However, after clicking the "Submit merge request" button, it goes directly on the Merge Request page but Jenkins probably don't always have time to send back fast enough the build status (matter of milliseconds I guess) so there's only a button "Accept Merge Request" without the build status.

Any news on this?

moved from gitlab-foss#20047 (moved)