Interact with VSCode instantly, without waiting for full workspace to load
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Description
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe
It can take over a minute for a workspace with a large custom image or heavy prebuild artifacts to load. During that time, all you can do is watch a Gitpod logo jump.
Describe the behaviour you'd like
Gitpod should display VSCode right away, without waiting for the workspace to fully load, allowing the user to interact with VSCode, similar to Github's experience when pressing . and getting VSCode displayed right away.
A workspace loading status should be displayed in a dedicated status panel, and perhaps certain panels should be restricted (i.e. Terminal) until the full workspace has loaded.
Describe alternatives you've considered
Additional context
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
No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by tracing the workspace-loading flow and how VSCode is displayed, then determine where loading status and panel restrictions belong. Done means VSCode is interactive before the workspace finishes loading, with a dedicated status panel and appropriate restrictions such as a disabled Terminal.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript, vscode
- Domain
- cloud, developer-experience
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100