Sprint 227

[ibuziuk]

This issue collects work items of the Eclipse Che Team for Sprint 227 (November 2nd - November 22).
The previous sprint #21745

Sprint goals

• DWO 0.17.0 upstream release (identify minimal feature set for DWO 0.17.x for Dev Spaces 3.3)
• Offline VS Code Marketplace (airgap support for vscode as default editor) for 3.3
• Improving the support for building container images (first iteration disabled by default)

Sprint tasks

WTO

• Web Terminal Operator leaking user token into Audit logs
• Publish source images for the web-terminal-tooling container
• Update tooling image to install binaries from internal sources
• Improve and simplify the Web Terminal Operator release process
• Simplify implementation for exec component

DWO

• [airgap] "operator does not have permissions to get the 'container-build' SecurityContextConstraints" error when start Quarkus workspace using VS Code Editor https://issues.redhat.com/browse/CRW-3491
• Improving the support for building container images ⭐
  Specify the workspace Pods securityContext (SETGID and SETUID) when developers have container build capabilities #21770
  The SCC specified in a DevWorkspace attributes is not used (an SCC with higher priority is picked) devfile/devworkspace-operator#884
• Insufficient CPU and insufficent memory errors are not caught at workspaces startup ⭐
• Support "podman run" from within a workspace ⭐
• Support Devfile v2 components of type Kubernetes ⭐
• Annotate DWO-created PVC's devfile/devworkspace-operator#920
• Add testing framework for controller reconcile function devfile/devworkspace-operator#930

Dashboard

• Issues when a devfile is invalid and Che fails gracefully Issues when a devfile is invalid and Che fails gracefully #21793
• Unexpeted session expiration invalidation results in random logouts #21799
  • Error message when trying to delete multiple workspaces from the Dashboard #21532
  • Multiple error messages in Dashboard when auth session expired, before automatic redirection to OpenShift auth page https://issues.redhat.com/browse/CRW-3436
• Begin using DevWorkspace Operator container contributions functionality ⭐
  • [epic] Begin using DevWorkspace Operator container contributions functionality #21736
  • Dashboard should put plugins in DevWorkspace .spec.contributions instead of as plugin components in .spec.templates Dashboard should put plugins in DevWorkspace .spec.contributions instead of as plugin components in .spec.templates #21737
• Rework (potentially remove) "Account" page on the User Dashboard. Add login / logout buttons for GitHub / GitLab / BitBucket Add "Git Services" tab to the User Preferences #21595
• Support specifying the schedulerName of workspace pods ⭐
  • Allow specify workspace pods schedulerName via CheCluster spec #21803
  • Specify workspace pod schedulerName as an URL parameter Specify workspace pod schedulerName as an URL parameter #21420
• Automatic setup of git remotes when starting a workspace from GitHub ⭐

Operator

• Switching OpenShift IdP causes user to lose access to their workspaces ⭐
• Automate workspace startup verification against the airgap Openshift cluster #21445
• Failed to deploy Eclipse Che next version on OpenShift 4.12 #21774
• Allow to deploy DevSpaces from fast channel using dsc
• Workspace is not running' page appeared even when the workspace should be running

chectl

• Add flags to pass required parameters to deploy Eclipse Che on Kubernetes #21759
• chectl should not delete CheCluster namespace if it is openshift-operators #21802

Che Server

• Che ignores changes to devfile.yaml and che-editor.yaml after pushing to a git repository (because che-server URLFetcher sometimes caches its results) #21184 @vitaliy-guliy
• Increase k8s client timeouts and potentailly remove calls of the project API #21801

Git zero config

• Git zero config (always use OAuth flow to auth with Git providers, git push should work out of the box ):
  • Testing Git services

Technical Debt

• Tens of outdated configuration options in the documentation are confusing users ⭐
• Decommissioning PostgreSQL database

Editors

• [Unplanned] Che-Code automatic rebase against upstream VS Code is failed #21826
• [Unplanned] theia build failing with "429 Too Many Requests" when downloading vscode-builtin plugins
• [Unplanned] VS Code shows wrong commands and files (restored from a previous workspace) #21813 [(CRW-3421)](https://issues.redhat.com/browse/CRW-3421)
• [Unplanned] Che-Code shouldn't suggests updating the built-in extensions #21787 CRW-3475, CRW-3506
• [Unplanned] IntelliJ IDEA Welcome screen should not be displayed
• machine-exec component isn't running in IDEA-based DevWorkspace
• Auto-install VS Code extensions specified in .vscode/extensions.json #21701 CRW-3483
• Add the Happy Path PR check for Che-Code repository Add Che Smoke Test PR check for Che-Code repository #21789
• Handle idling in VS Code correctly instead of attempting to reconnect in x seconds

Plugins

• Create offline VS Code Marketplace (airgap support for vscode as default editor) ⭐
• Testing Git zero flow Testing Git zero-config flow as PR checks #21753
• Che ignores my devfile.yaml and che-editor.yaml updates (because che-server URLFetcher sometimes caches its results) Che ignores changes to devfile.yaml and che-editor.yaml after pushing to a git repository (because che-server URLFetcher sometimes caches its results) #21184
• Add vsix extensions that aren't published on openvsx.org into the local plugin registry
• Document how to add/remove extensions from the open-vsx registry (including those not in open-vsx.org) ⭐
• [airgap] Can't install Python vsix extension in VS Code Editor
• Support .NET LS and netcoredbg with VS Code and re-introduce the .NET sample
• Factory creation from pull request clones wrong branch CRW-3449
• Update VSCode OpenShift Connector plugin to latest 0.7 (or newer) to support odo 3.0 CRW-3344
• [Unplanned] Add vsix extensions that aren't published on openvsx.org into the local plugin registry Add vsix extensions that aren't published on openvsx.org into the local plugin registry #21818

Productization

Registry build/customize/doc:

• CRW-2275 Simplify registry customization process
• CRW-3472 Document how to add/remove extensions from the open-vsx registry (including those not in open-vsx.org)
• CRW-2459 Improve codeready-workspaces-images local build story

Build flow:

• CRW-3493 theia build failing with "429 Too Many Requests" when downloading vscode-builtin plugins
• CRW-3451 Fine-tune VSCode air-gap Marketplace (add more extensions)
• CRW-3344 Update VSCode OpenShift Connector plugin to latest OpenShift Toolkit 1.0 to support odo 3.0
• CRW-3429 add traefik and project-clone to plugin registry's external_images.txt (for use with imagepuller)
• CRW-3330 publish DWO 0.17 downstream images to quay, then include them in quay.io/devspaces/iib images

Che issues:

• Set up automation to comment on PRs w/ links to downstream jobs #21795
• Add badges that link to downstream DS 3.x jobs #21790
• add UDI dockerfiles to update-base-images GHA for weekly updates #21575
• Update GH actions to use Node 16 tasks #21763

Prod sec / RH internal process issues:

• CRW-3450 Migrate release engineering tasks using obsolete rcm-guest.app.eng.bos.redhat.com to new host [due Nov 15?]
• CRW-3080 Make Container Images Eligible for Source Containers
  • CRW-3138 operator :: migrate to fetch-artifacts (or commit files directly?) for sources

[l0rd]

@ibuziuk the issue list after this week prioritization call:

Already in progress issues (finishing those should the top priority):

• Create offline VS Code Marketplace (airgap support for vscode as default editor) ⭐
• Support specifyng the schedulerName of workspace pods ⭐
• Tens of outdated configuration options in documentation are confusing users ⭐
• Begin using DevWorkspace Operator container contributions functionality ⭐
• Improving the support for building container images ⭐
• Decommissioning PostgreSQL database
• Support "podman run" from within a workspace ⭐
• Support Devfile v2 components of type Kubernetes ⭐
• Git zero config (always use OAuth flow to auth with Git providers, git push should work out of the box ):
  • Testing Git services
• Improve Devfile editing UX

New issues in priority order (we don't have take all of them but we should start with the ones in higher position):

• Document how to add/remove extensions from the open-vsx registry (including those not in open-vsx.org) ⭐
• Insufficient CPU and insufficent memory errors are not caught at workspaces startup ⭐
• Dashboard IDE selection and devworkspace creation should not use the same displayName variable
• Automatically install extensions at VS Code startup ⭐
• Automatic setup of git remotes when starting a workspace from GitHub ⭐
• Add Che Smoke Test PR check for Che-Code repository #21789
• Handle idling in VS Code correctly instead of attempting to reconnect in x seconds
• Support .NET LS and netcoredbg with VS Code and re-introduce the .NET sample
• Support for JetBrains Gateway - Remote Development environment ⭐
• [Idling support for JetBrains IDEs]
• VS Code built-in extensions are outdated ⭐
• Use a pre-created ServiceAccount for workspace Pods ⭐
• Switching OpenShift IdP causes user to lose access to their workspaces ⭐

[nickboldt]

For prod team:

Registry build/customize/doc:

• CRW-2275 Simplify registry customization process
• CRW-3472 Document how to add/remove extensions from the open-vsx registry (including those not in open-vsx.org)
• CRW-2459 Improve codeready-workspaces-images local build story

Build flow:

• CRW-3493 theia build failing with "429 Too Many Requests" when downloading vscode-builtin plugins
• CRW-3451 Fine-tune VSCode air-gap Marketplace (add more extensions)
• CRW-3344 Update VSCode OpenShift Connector plugin to latest OpenShift Toolkit 1.0 to support odo 3.0
• CRW-3429 add traefik and project-clone to plugin registry's external_images.txt (for use with imagepuller)
• CRW-3492 Jenkins webhook smee service not set up for che-incubator repos
• CRW-3330 publish DWO 0.17 downstream images to quay, then include them in quay.io/devspaces/iib images

Che issues:

• Set up automation to comment on PRs w/ links to downstream jobs #21795
• Add badges that link to downstream DS 3.x jobs #21790
• add UDI dockerfiles to update-base-images GHA for weekly updates #21575
• Update GH actions to use Node 16 tasks #21763

Prod sec / RH internal process issues:

• CRW-3450 Migrate release engineering tasks using obsolete rcm-guest.app.eng.bos.redhat.com to new host [due Nov 15?]
• CRW-3080 Make Container Images Eligible for Source Containers
  • CRW-3138 operator :: migrate to fetch-artifacts (or commit files directly?) for sources