Issue Summary

While importing the same repository twice in the project the import hangs and does not warn the project already has the repository.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Navigate to a project
2. Click Import repository
3. Select Git and import the repository
4. Repeat the steps above to import the same repository again

Expected Results

Bitbucket cancels the second import and shows the following message:

Actual Results

Bitbucket tries to import the same repository again and the import process hangs

The following message is found in the atlassian-bitbucket.log:

2026-02-23 04:28:09,341 DEBUG [http-nio-7990-exec-7] user @HRK9BDx268x136x0 elk6h4 172.199.99.99 "POST /rest/importer/latest/projects/BIT/import/repos HTTP/1.1" c.a.s.i.r.DefaultRepositoryService Could not create repository Dg-test/DG-hello-world
jakarta.validation.ConstraintViolationException: name: This repository URL is already taken.    
at com.atlassian.bitbucket.util.ValidationUtils.validate(ValidationUtils.java:33)    at com.atlassian.stash.internal.repository.DefaultRepositoryService.createRepositoryInDatabase(DefaultRepositoryService.java:990) 

Workaround

Refresh the page. This goes back to the project page without importing the duplicate repository.