gitpod-io / gitpod-io/gitpod

Show prebuild failure error message in UI

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component: dashboard meta: never-stale size/S team: webapp type: improvement
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Description

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe

When a prebuild fails, the user does not have any visual feedback on why it failed.

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Describe the behaviour you'd like

  • User can gain further information about why the prebuild failed.

Additional context

The prebuild model already exposes an error property, we can expose it as a tooltip on the prebuild row, or as a first class field in the row itself.

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Research direction

Start by locating the prebuild row and the prebuild model's existing error property. Determine how to expose that error in the row, either as a tooltip or a first-class field, and consider the work done when users can see why a prebuild failed.

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Assessment

Tech stack
typescript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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