Gitlab 8.7.0 - GitLab API access: FAILED: Failed to connect to internal API

Hi there, any luck in getting to the bottom of your issue? I’m experiencing similar issues with a freshly installed 8.7.3 instance on Ubuntu 16.04. However, I only intermittently get this problem (~ 30% of the time). Just now I ran:

sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:check

first time success, second time failure. I’d rather it never worked or, of course always worked! It’s certainly enough to cause my Jenkins to develop a major hate for me. I really don’t want to go back to gitolite, but may be forced to soon.