[teams] strange behavior when changing the Gitpod GitHub app config
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component: dashboard
component: github-app
feature: teams and projects [DEPRECATED]
git provider: github
meta: never-stale
team: webapp
type: bug
- Dominant language
- TypeScript
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Description
Bug description
I just tried to change the watched repos of the Gitpod-Staging GitHub app, switching from all in the org to just specific ones.
- It brought up the "Install GitHub App page in Gitpod
2) Clicking on "Install App" resulted in a "Failed to Install" modal
In the end, the result was as expected, but the UI flow was more than confusing. I think the entire flow should not have popped up at all.
Steps to reproduce
- Open a repo with the Gitpod GitHub app installed on GitHub
- Go to Settings > Integrations
- Select the Gitpod app and change the active repos
-> the UI flow to install the app starts, even though it's already installed
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Expected behavior
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Example repository
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Anything else?
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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 in Settings > Integrations with a repository where the Gitpod GitHub app is already installed, then change the active repositories. Reproduce the flow and trace why the app-install screen and failure modal appear; done means changing repositories completes without prompting to install an already-installed app.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- github, typescript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100