magento2: Can not change product status which product created with productRepository

Why is it still not fixed. It was reported on 16 July 2016. It is really serious issue @magento-engcom-team

@denisrpriebe There is still no solution, so I did the following work-around. It is not pretty but it works.

public function __construct(
\Magento\Framework\App\ResourceConnection $resourceConnection
){
    $this->resourceConnection = $resourceConnection;
}

    /**
     * Changes product status
     *
     * This function changes the status of given product.
     *
     * @param \Magento\Catalog\Api\Data\ProductInterface $product
     * @param int $status
     */
    protected function changeStatus(\Magento\Catalog\Api\Data\ProductInterface $product, $status)
    {
        $resourceConnection = $this->resourceConnection;
        $connection = $resourceConnection->getConnection();

        $tableEavAttribute = $resourceConnection->getTableName('eav_attribute');
        $tableProductEntityInt = $resourceConnection->getTableName('catalog_product_entity_int');
        $tableEavEntityType = $resourceConnection->getTableName('eav_entity_type');

        $entityTypeIdProduct = $connection->fetchOne("SELECT `entity_type_id` FROM `{$tableEavEntityType}` WHERE `entity_type_code` = 'catalog_product' LIMIT 0,1;");
        $attributeIdStatus = $connection->fetchOne("SELECT `attribute_id` FROM `{$tableEavAttribute}` WHERE `attribute_code` = 'status' AND `entity_type_id` = {$entityTypeIdProduct}");
        $connection->update($tableProductEntityInt, ['value' => $status], "`attribute_id` = {$attributeIdStatus} AND `row_id` = {$product->getRowId()}");
    }

The same issue occurs when you insert a product with API.

I am having the same problem on 2.1.3

Easier solution would be to login the user… then you can use the the normal way to change status

    /**
     * Dirty Fix to login customer due to Magento 2 Bug
     * https://github.com/magento/magento2/issues/5664
     *
     * @return $this
     */
    public function loginAdminUser()
    {
        $model = $this->userFactory->create()->loadByUsername('USERNAME');

        $this->state->emulateAreaCode('adminhtml', function ($model) {
            $session = \Magento\Framework\App\ObjectManager::getInstance()->get('Magento\Backend\Model\Auth\Session');
            $session->start();
            $session->setUser($model);
            $session->processLogin();
        }, array($model));

        return $this;
    }

An addition; If I change status via products grid (check checkbox of item, select ‘Change Status’->‘Enabled’ action) it is working fine