Kojira does not create the repo sometimes and we have no idea how to find that out. With koji.newRepo, we have task_id to track and we also know when the repo is regenerated.
Metadata Update from @jkaluza: - Issue close_status updated to: Fixed - Issue status updated to: Closed (was: Open)
This issue has been migrated to Fedora Forge: https://forge.fedoraproject.org/koji/mbs/issues/487
Please continue any further discussion there.