Inform users when a workspace is starting using the last successful prebuild from a previous commit
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Description
Problem to solve
Following up from 🅰️ the changes in https://github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/issues/13944 which now allows users to skip prebuild by using the last successful prebuild, and 🅱️ the upcoming changes in https://github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/pull/14303 which will add a project setting for always skipping prebuild in progress, users could benefit from a subtle hint on the workspace start page that informs them that a workspace is starting by using a prebuild from a previous commit.
This could be closely related to the context which is also missing on the workspace start page:
Proposal
TBD (To be discussed)
Potentially using a label or plan muted text could suffice.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing issues 13944 and 13712 and pull request 14303 to understand the existing prebuild and workspace-start behavior. The proposal is still TBD; the work is done when the team agrees on the hint's design and users can tell that startup is using a successful prebuild from a previous commit.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- developer-experience, frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100