Why Gerrit is unable to create branch by itself?

[Jeffery777]

Following this answer and my own question, I have a simple (hope so) question.

If I'm pushing a particular branch, with all required refs properly set:

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git checkout 82-blah-blah
git push origin HEAD:refs/for/82-blah-blah
Why do I always get:

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! [remote rejected] HEAD -> refs/for/82-blah-blah (branch 82-blah-blah not found)
and I always have to go to Gerrit's UI and create that branch manually?

Isn't that an obvious step, that Gerrit could simply automate? Or am I missing something?