jupyter / jupyter/notebook

Feature request: open a notebook without running kernel

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Jupyter Notebook
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Description

We are working with notebooks which use PySpark kernel. Very often we need just to look inside the notebook, but we don't need to run it. But if I click on the notebook, it starts a kernel as well, but PySpark kernel is very heavy and it consumes resources: after waiting for several minutes until the notebook starts, I am doing "shutdown kernel".

It would be very fine if there was a button in the notebook list "View without running kernel".

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Research direction

Start with the notebook list and the notebook-opening flow described in the issue. Determine how opening a notebook currently starts its kernel and where a view-only choice could be exposed. Done means users can inspect a notebook without starting the PySpark kernel, while normal notebook execution remains available.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
jupyter-notebook, spark
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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