add SyncState class fir further adoption

tests/ci/ci.py

@@ -913,7 +913,7 @@ def _set_pending_statuses(pr_info: PRInfo) -> None:
         commit.create_status(
             state=PENDING,
             target_url="",
-            description="",
+            description=CI.SyncState.PENDING,
             context=CI.StatusNames.SYNC,
         )
     except Exception as ex:

tests/ci/ci_config.py

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ class CI:
     from ci_definitions import StatusNames as StatusNames
     from ci_definitions import CHECK_DESCRIPTIONS as CHECK_DESCRIPTIONS
     from ci_definitions import REQUIRED_CHECKS as REQUIRED_CHECKS
+    from ci_definitions import SyncState as SyncState
     from ci_definitions import MQ_JOBS as MQ_JOBS
     from ci_definitions import WorkflowStages as WorkflowStages
     from ci_definitions import Runners as Runners

tests/ci/ci_definitions.py

@@ -212,6 +212,14 @@ class StatusNames(metaclass=WithIter):
     PR_CHECK = "PR Check"
 
 
+class SyncState(metaclass=WithIter):
+    PENDING = "awaiting merge"
+    MERGE_FAILED = "merge failed"
+    TESTING = "awaiting test results"
+    TESTS_FAILED = "tests failed"
+    COMPLETED = "completed"
+
+
 @dataclass
 class DigestConfig:
     # all files, dirs to include into digest, glob supported

tests/ci/test_ci_config.py

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from ci_utils import normalize_string
 
 _TEST_EVENT_JSON = {"dummy": "dummy"}
 
-# pylint:disable=protected-access
+# pylint:disable=protected-access,union-attr
 
 
 class TestCIConfig(unittest.TestCase):