Update .gitlab-ci.yml file

.gitlab-ci.yml

@@ -29,6 +29,14 @@ run_full_automation:
     - apk add --no-cache curl docker-compose bash jq
     - until docker info > /dev/null 2>&1; do echo "Waiting for Docker daemon..."; sleep 3; done
 
+    # --- THIS IS THE FIX ---
+    # 1. Explicitly create the named volume so we know it exists.
+    - docker volume create cota-infra_dta_tests_data
+    # 2. Run a temporary container that mounts this volume and changes the ownership
+    #    of the directory to user 137, which is the 'appuser' inside the backend container.
+    - echo "Setting permissions on dta_tests_data volume..."
+    - docker run --rm -v cota-infra_dta_tests_data:/data alpine chown 137:137 /data
+    
   script:
     # --- THIS IS THE FIX ---
     # Create a .env file on the fly. Docker Compose will automatically read this