diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/boards/components/board_content_sidebar.vue b/app/assets/javascripts/boards/components/board_content_sidebar.vue
index 16a8a9d253fd7870db499474ccad933baa0c701c..35e308cfe757427627a4fbdc923a51a7716cfd04 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/boards/components/board_content_sidebar.vue
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/boards/components/board_content_sidebar.vue
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ export default {
             :issuable-type="issuableType"
             class="gl-mt-5"
             data-testid="iteration-edit"
-            data-qa-selector="iteration_container"
           />
         </template>
         <template v-else>
@@ -129,7 +128,6 @@ export default {
             :issuable-type="issuableType"
             class="gl-mt-5"
             data-testid="iteration-edit"
-            data-qa-selector="iteration_container"
           />
         </template>
       </div>
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/sidebar/components/sidebar_dropdown_widget.vue b/app/assets/javascripts/sidebar/components/sidebar_dropdown_widget.vue
index c80ccc928b3c17fd915ca8c269e963369c5bec9e..719ea6cd2ac393d3b84f7a9ee624677f42b86f68 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/sidebar/components/sidebar_dropdown_widget.vue
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/sidebar/components/sidebar_dropdown_widget.vue
@@ -300,7 +300,11 @@ export default {
           :attributeUrl="attributeUrl"
           :currentAttribute="currentAttribute"
         >
-          <gl-link class="gl-text-gray-900! gl-font-weight-bold" :href="attributeUrl">
+          <gl-link
+            class="gl-text-gray-900! gl-font-weight-bold"
+            :href="attributeUrl"
+            :data-qa-selector="`${issuableAttribute}_link`"
+          >
             {{ attributeTitle }}
           </gl-link>
         </slot>
diff --git a/app/views/shared/issuable/_sidebar.html.haml b/app/views/shared/issuable/_sidebar.html.haml
index 416c788603a1f3d3b647ca41e7240cc496132b78..2395daf276d76429713afe14416bd50b3ebe4f92 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/issuable/_sidebar.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/issuable/_sidebar.html.haml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
             = dropdown_tag('Milestone', options: { title: _('Assign milestone'), toggle_class: 'js-milestone-select js-extra-options', filter: true, dropdown_class: 'dropdown-menu-selectable', placeholder: _('Search milestones'), data: { show_no: true, field_name: "#{issuable_type}[milestone_id]", project_id: issuable_sidebar[:project_id], issuable_id: issuable_sidebar[:id], ability_name: issuable_type, issue_update: issuable_sidebar[:issuable_json_path], use_id: true, default_no: true, selected: milestone[:title], null_default: true, display: 'static' }})
 
       - if @project.group.present? && issuable_sidebar[:supports_iterations]
-        .block{ class: 'gl-pt-0!' }
+        .block{ class: 'gl-pt-0!', data: { qa_selector: 'iteration_container' } }
           = render_if_exists 'shared/issuable/iteration_select', can_edit: can_edit_issuable.to_s, group_path: @project.group.full_path, project_path: issuable_sidebar[:project_full_path], issue_iid: issuable_sidebar[:iid], issuable_type: issuable_type
 
       - if issuable_sidebar[:supports_time_tracking]
diff --git a/ee/app/assets/javascripts/sidebar/components/iteration_dropdown.vue b/ee/app/assets/javascripts/sidebar/components/iteration_dropdown.vue
index 95c2a77c4f3cf7f1800fb3a90599160bed74d43b..2f40f453429b7c27659258e94c74c7caffb2ee1b 100644
--- a/ee/app/assets/javascripts/sidebar/components/iteration_dropdown.vue
+++ b/ee/app/assets/javascripts/sidebar/components/iteration_dropdown.vue
@@ -108,24 +108,38 @@ export default {
 </script>
 
 <template>
-  <div data-qa-selector="iteration_container">
-    <gl-dropdown :text="title" class="gl-w-full" @show="onDropdownShow">
-      <gl-dropdown-section-header class="gl-display-flex! gl-justify-content-center">{{
-        __('Assign Iteration')
-      }}</gl-dropdown-section-header>
-      <gl-search-box-by-type v-model="searchTerm" />
+  <gl-dropdown :text="title" class="gl-w-full" @show="onDropdownShow">
+    <gl-dropdown-section-header class="gl-display-flex! gl-justify-content-center">{{
+      __('Assign Iteration')
+    }}</gl-dropdown-section-header>
+    <gl-search-box-by-type v-model="searchTerm" />
+    <gl-dropdown-item
+      :is-check-item="true"
+      :is-checked="isIterationChecked($options.noIteration.id)"
+      @click="onClick($options.noIteration)"
+    >
+      {{ $options.noIteration.title }}
+    </gl-dropdown-item>
+    <gl-dropdown-divider />
+    <gl-loading-icon v-if="$apollo.queries.iterations.loading" />
+    <template v-else-if="!glFeatures.iterationCadences">
       <gl-dropdown-item
+        v-for="iterationItem in iterations"
+        :key="iterationItem.id"
         :is-check-item="true"
-        :is-checked="isIterationChecked($options.noIteration.id)"
-        @click="onClick($options.noIteration)"
+        :is-checked="isIterationChecked(iterationItem.id)"
+        @click="onClick(iterationItem)"
+        >{{ iterationItem.title }}</gl-dropdown-item
       >
-        {{ $options.noIteration.title }}
-      </gl-dropdown-item>
-      <gl-dropdown-divider />
-      <gl-loading-icon v-if="$apollo.queries.iterations.loading" />
-      <template v-else-if="!glFeatures.iterationCadences">
+    </template>
+    <template v-else>
+      <template v-for="(cadence, index) in iterationCadences">
+        <gl-dropdown-divider v-if="index !== 0" :key="index" />
+        <gl-dropdown-section-header :key="cadence.title">
+          {{ cadence.title }}
+        </gl-dropdown-section-header>
         <gl-dropdown-item
-          v-for="iterationItem in iterations"
+          v-for="iterationItem in cadence.iterations"
           :key="iterationItem.id"
           :is-check-item="true"
           :is-checked="isIterationChecked(iterationItem.id)"
@@ -133,22 +147,6 @@ export default {
           >{{ iterationItem.title }}</gl-dropdown-item
         >
       </template>
-      <template v-else>
-        <template v-for="(cadence, index) in iterationCadences">
-          <gl-dropdown-divider v-if="index !== 0" :key="index" />
-          <gl-dropdown-section-header :key="cadence.title">
-            {{ cadence.title }}
-          </gl-dropdown-section-header>
-          <gl-dropdown-item
-            v-for="iterationItem in cadence.iterations"
-            :key="iterationItem.id"
-            :is-check-item="true"
-            :is-checked="isIterationChecked(iterationItem.id)"
-            @click="onClick(iterationItem)"
-            >{{ iterationItem.title }}</gl-dropdown-item
-          >
-        </template>
-      </template>
-    </gl-dropdown>
-  </div>
+    </template>
+  </gl-dropdown>
 </template>
diff --git a/ee/spec/frontend/boards/components/__snapshots__/board_content_sidebar_spec.js.snap b/ee/spec/frontend/boards/components/__snapshots__/board_content_sidebar_spec.js.snap
index cac138dccc74acff19e98525dcb94c18b65f2525..5068714ba43a12f0b6f49f46669b1a4a77efea29 100644
--- a/ee/spec/frontend/boards/components/__snapshots__/board_content_sidebar_spec.js.snap
+++ b/ee/spec/frontend/boards/components/__snapshots__/board_content_sidebar_spec.js.snap
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ exports[`ee/BoardContentSidebar matches the snapshot 1`] = `
     <sidebardropdownwidget-stub
       attrworkspacepath="gitlab-org"
       class="gl-mt-5"
-      data-qa-selector="iteration_container"
       data-testid="iteration-edit"
       iid="27"
       issuableattribute="iteration"
diff --git a/ee/spec/frontend/sidebar/components/__snapshots__/iteration_dropdown_spec.js.snap b/ee/spec/frontend/sidebar/components/__snapshots__/iteration_dropdown_spec.js.snap
index 24b3d16f542713bb7451b1b618005954f2f044e2..e493847c5881f09cb377af2ecaf8b3d704f5bdc1 100644
--- a/ee/spec/frontend/sidebar/components/__snapshots__/iteration_dropdown_spec.js.snap
+++ b/ee/spec/frontend/sidebar/components/__snapshots__/iteration_dropdown_spec.js.snap
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ exports[`IterationDropdown default shows gl-dropdown 1`] = `
     secondarytext=""
   >
     
-      No iteration
-    
+    No iteration
+  
   </gl-dropdown-item-stub>
    
   <gl-dropdown-divider-stub />
diff --git a/qa/qa/ee/page/project/issue/show.rb b/qa/qa/ee/page/project/issue/show.rb
index 03b51c6176d8dca4a1d3bdca712e62e9c8cedb80..78bfba83a2d8134a8262ef681f2e76947db8778e 100644
--- a/qa/qa/ee/page/project/issue/show.rb
+++ b/qa/qa/ee/page/project/issue/show.rb
@@ -16,6 +16,14 @@ def self.prepended(base)
                   element :edit_link
                 end
 
+                view 'app/assets/javascripts/sidebar/components/sidebar_dropdown_widget.vue' do
+                  element :iteration_link, "`${issuableAttribute}_link`" # rubocop:disable QA/ElementWithPattern
+                end
+
+                view 'app/views/shared/issuable/_sidebar.html.haml' do
+                  element :iteration_container
+                end
+
                 view 'ee/app/assets/javascripts/sidebar/components/weight/weight.vue' do
                   element :edit_weight_link
                   element :remove_weight_link
diff --git a/qa/qa/specs/features/ee/browser_ui/2_plan/iterations/assign_group_iteration_spec.rb b/qa/qa/specs/features/ee/browser_ui/2_plan/iterations/assign_group_iteration_spec.rb
index 39d114d5ea6b7fdc42612ade9c310d783ca534de..90cda5a3aed8d2c22dacff6925e558c392b8213a 100644
--- a/qa/qa/specs/features/ee/browser_ui/2_plan/iterations/assign_group_iteration_spec.rb
+++ b/qa/qa/specs/features/ee/browser_ui/2_plan/iterations/assign_group_iteration_spec.rb
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ module QA
         Flow::Login.sign_in
       end
 
-      it 'assigns a group iteration to an existing issue', testcase: 'https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/quality/testcases/-/issues/1173', quarantine: { issue: 'https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/332484', type: :stale } do
+      it 'assigns a group iteration to an existing issue', testcase: 'https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/quality/testcases/-/issues/1173' do
         issue.visit!
 
         Page::Project::Issue::Show.perform do |issue|