Chapter 2. New features and enhancements

With this release, the Choose an Editor view on the user dashboard is improved. Editors are now neatly grouped and sorted to provide better usability and a more organized selection process.

This update ensures that you can quickly find and select your preferred development environment from the available grouped options.

With this release, you can set maximum resource limits and requests for workspace containers by using the spec.DevWorkspace.containerResourceCaps field in the CheCluster custom resource (CR). This update ensures that you do not create workspaces with excessive CPU or memory requirements at the devfile level.

With this release, you can rename your workspaces directly from the Overview tab in the dashboard. This update introduces a consistent user experience by using a new reusable copy-to-clipboard component.

You can edit a workspace name when the workspace is in the Stopped or Failed state. The dashboard validates new names for length, naming patterns, and duplicates to ensure accuracy before you save your changes.

With this release, per-user storage error handling is improved through new persistent volume claim (PVC) error detection and guided recovery steps. If a workspace fails to start because the PVC storage is full, you see a clear error message that identifies the workspace name and the root cause.

The guided recovery provides a direct link to the OpenShift Console PVC management view and a YAML snippet to help you expand the PVC manually. These steps ensure that you can resolve storage issues quickly to restart your workspace.

The che-code editor, which is based on Visual Studio Code - Open Source (Code - OSS), is now updated to version 1.104.3.

For more infomation, see link"https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_104[VS Code release notes].

With this release, the landing page for connecting to a workspace by using VS Code (SSHD) is improved. The update enhances the presentation with better styling and adds copy-to-clipboard functionality for commands and configuration snippets.

The landing page now includes direct links for required tools and authentication. Additionally, the instructions provide guidance for Windows users where applicable, ensuring a smoother connection process across different operating systems.

The DevWorkspace Operator component is updated to version 0.39.0. This version provides important fixes and enhancements to Dev Spaces.

For more information, see the DevWorkspace Operator changelog.

With this release, the Downloading IDE binaries…​ (it can take a few minutes) message is displayed only when it is relevant.

This message no longer appears on the Starting workspace page for the default VS Code editor. This update ensures that you receive accurate information about the workspace startup process and avoids unnecessary confusion.