gitpod-io / gitpod-io/gitpod

[server] Monitor and optimize Workspace Start

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aspect: performance component: server meta: never-stale operations: observability team: webapp type: improvement
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Description

This ticket is about running an optimization cycle (harvesting the top 3 performance improvements) for the workspace startup times between user sends request with context URL and ws-manager receives workspace spec.

Ideally, we introduce some observability metrics for this as well, so we can continuously monitor this.
Could be even a great long-standing success-criteria.

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Research direction

Trace the server-side path from a user request containing a context URL to ws-manager receiving the workspace spec. Profile workspace startup, identify the top three performance improvements, and define observability metrics that continuously measure this interval.

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Assessment

Tech stack
typescript
Domain
backend, observability, performance
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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