gitpod-io / gitpod-io/gitpod

Epic: Control internet egress per workspace hour

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Description

Summary

(To be defined) After a given upload limit, we want the workspace to either (1) have significantly reduced internet bandwidth, or (2) pay for the extra consumption.

Context

Currently, we don't control how much GBs a workspace can upload to the internet, which leads to abuse and high infrastructure costs.

Relates to https://github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/issues/10756 and https://github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/issues/10651.

Value
  • Protect Gitpod from extraordinarily high infrastructure costs
  • Reduce abuse opportunities
Acceptance Criteria
  • Workspace instances are unable to use more than an average of X GBs per hour
Measurement

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First steps

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  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by reading this epic alongside issues #10756 and #10651, then clarify the missing bandwidth threshold and implementation scope. Done would mean workspace instances cannot exceed an agreed average of X GB per hour, but X is not defined here.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Domain
cloud, infrastructure
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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