## Description
Follow-up from: https://github.com/coder/coder/pull/20305 to include a
note about `coder_workspace_tags` being cumulative and a new step to
validate the status of the prebuild provisioners.
Fix steps formatting.
## Description
Update the Prebuilds troubleshooting page to include a new section,
“Preventing prebuild queue contention (recommended)”, outlining a
best-practice configuration to prevent prebuild jobs from overwhelming
the provisioner queue.
This setup introduces a dedicated prebuild provisioner pool and has been
successfully tested internally in dogfood:
https://github.com/coder/dogfood/pull/201
Closes: https://github.com/coder/coder/issues/20241
This PR adds troubleshooting steps to guide Coder operators when they
suspect that prebuilds might have overwhelmed their deployments.
Closes https://github.com/coder/coder/issues/19490
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Dynamic parameters are now GA as of v2.25.0, so this PR updates the
troubleshooting section to remove outdated beta references and clarify
current support.
**Changes:**
- Updated "Template variables not showing up" section to remove beta
references
- Clarified that template variables are fully supported in GA version
- Simplified troubleshooting guidance
Fixes the outdated documentation mentioned in the Slack thread.
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## Description
This PR introduces one counter and two histograms related to workspace
creation and claiming. The goal is to provide clearer observability into
how workspaces are created (regular vs prebuild) and the time cost of
those operations.
### `coderd_workspace_creation_total`
* Metric type: Counter
* Name: `coderd_workspace_creation_total`
* Labels: `organization_name`, `template_name`, `preset_name`
This counter tracks whether a regular workspace (not created from a
prebuild pool) was created using a preset or not.
Currently, we already expose `coderd_prebuilt_workspaces_claimed_total`
for claimed prebuilt workspaces, but we lack a comparable metric for
regular workspace creations. This metric fills that gap, making it
possible to compare regular creations against claims.
Implementation notes:
* Exposed as a `coderd_` metric, consistent with other workspace-related
metrics (e.g. `coderd_api_workspace_latest_build`:
https://github.com/coder/coder/blob/main/coderd/prometheusmetrics/prometheusmetrics.go#L149).
* Every `defaultRefreshRate` (1 minute ), DB query
`GetRegularWorkspaceCreateMetrics` is executed to fetch all regular
workspaces (not created from a prebuild pool).
* The counter is updated with the total from all time (not just since
metric introduction). This differs from the histograms below, which only
accumulate from their introduction forward.
### `coderd_workspace_creation_duration_seconds` &
`coderd_prebuilt_workspace_claim_duration_seconds`
* Metric types: Histogram
* Names:
* `coderd_workspace_creation_duration_seconds`
* Labels: `organization_name`, `template_name`, `preset_name`, `type`
(`regular`, `prebuild`)
* `coderd_prebuilt_workspace_claim_duration_seconds`
* Labels: `organization_name`, `template_name`, `preset_name`
We already have `coderd_provisionerd_workspace_build_timings_seconds`,
which tracks build run times for all workspace builds handled by the
provisioner daemon.
However, in the context of this issue, we are only interested in
creation and claim build times, not all transitions; additionally, this
metric does not include `preset_name`, and adding it there would
significantly increase cardinality. Therefore, separate more focused
metrics are introduced here:
* `coderd_workspace_creation_duration_seconds`: Build time to create a
workspace (either a regular workspace or the build into a prebuild pool,
for prebuild initial provisioning build).
* `coderd_prebuilt_workspace_claim_duration_seconds`: Time to claim a
prebuilt workspace from the pool.
The reason for two separate histograms is that:
* Creation (regular or prebuild): provisioning builds with similar time
magnitude, generally expected to take longer than a claim operation.
* Claim: expected to be a much faster provisioning build.
#### Native histogram usage
Provisioning times vary widely between projects. Using static buckets
risks unbalanced or poorly informative histograms.
To address this, these metrics use [Prometheus native
histograms](https://prometheus.io/docs/specs/native_histograms/):
* First introduced in Prometheus v2.40.0
* Recommended stable usage from v2.45+
* Requires Go client `prometheus/client_golang` v1.15.0+
* Experimental and must be explicitly enabled on the server
(`--enable-feature=native-histograms`)
For compatibility, we also retain a classic bucket definition (aligned
with the existing provisioner metric:
https://github.com/coder/coder/blob/main/provisionerd/provisionerd.go#L182-L189).
* If native histograms are enabled, Prometheus ingests the
high-resolution histogram.
* If not, it falls back to the predefined buckets.
Implementation notes:
* Unlike the counter, these histograms are updated in real-time at
workspace build job completion.
* They reflect data only from the point of introduction forward (no
historical backfill).
## Relates to
Closes: https://github.com/coder/coder/issues/19528
Native histograms tested in observability stack:
https://github.com/coder/observability/pull/50
closes https://github.com/coder/coder/issues/18274
This pull request makes system users visible in various group related
queries so that they can be added to and removed from groups. This
allows system user quotas to be configured. System users are still
ignored in certain queries, such as when license seat consumption is
determined.
This pull request further ensures the existence of a
"coder_prebuilt_workspaces" group in any organization that needs
prebuilt workspaces
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closes#18806
- [x] scheduling limitation
- [x] dev containers limitation
- [x] edit intro
[preview](https://coder.com/docs/@18806-prebuilds-known-limits/admin/templates/extending-templates/prebuilt-workspaces)
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## Summary by CodeRabbit
* **Documentation**
* Clarified the introduction and administrator responsibilities for
prebuilt workspaces.
* Integrated compatibility information about DevContainers and workspace
scheduling more contextually.
* Added explicit notes on limitations with dev containers integration
and workspace autostart/autostop features.
* Improved configuration examples and clarified scheduling instructions.
* Enhanced explanations of scheduling behavior and lifecycle steps for
better understanding.
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Co-authored-by: Sas Swart <sas.swart.cdk@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Susana Ferreira <susana@coder.com>
Closes https://github.com/coder/coder/issues/18356.
This change finds and selects a matching preset if one was not chosen
during workspace creation. This solidifies the relationship between
presets and parameters.
When a workspace is created without in explicitly chosen preset, it will
now still be eligible to claim a prebuilt workspace if one is available.
closes https://github.com/coder/coder/issues/18274
This pull request makes system users visible in various group related
queries so that they can be added to and removed from groups. This
allows system user quotas to be configured. System users are still
ignored in certain queries, such as when license seat consumption is
determined.
This pull request further ensures the existence of a
"coder_prebuilt_workspaces" group in any organization that needs
prebuilt workspaces
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## Summary by CodeRabbit
* **New Features**
* Organization and group member listings now include system users.
* **Bug Fixes**
* Updated tests to reflect the inclusion of system users in member and
group queries.
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## Summary
- Updated documentation references to use the correct registry path
structure
- Changed URLs from incorrect paths to the correct format:
- Modules main page: registry.coder.com/modules
- Specific modules: registry.coder.com/modules/coder/{module-name}
## Test plan
- Verify that all documentation links to modules point to the correct
URL structure
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## Description
This PR updates the lifecycle executor to explicitly exclude prebuilt
workspaces from being considered for lifecycle operations such as
`autostart`, `autostop`, `dormancy`, `default TTL` and `failure TTL`.
Prebuilt workspaces (i.e., those owned by the prebuild system user) are
handled separately by the prebuild reconciliation loop. Including them
in the lifecycle executor could lead to unintended behavior such as
incorrect scheduling or state transitions.
## Changes
* Updated the lifecycle executor query
`GetWorkspacesEligibleForTransition` to exclude workspaces with
`owner_id = 'c42fdf75-3097-471c-8c33-fb52454d81c0'` (prebuilds).
* Added tests to verify prebuilt workspaces are not considered in:
* Autostop
* Autostart
* Default TTL
* Dormancy
* Failure TTL
Fixes: https://github.com/coder/coder/issues/18740
Related to: https://github.com/coder/coder/issues/18658
## Description
This PR adds a warning to the prebuilds documentation about
incompatibility with Workspace schedule (autostart/autostop), dormancy,
and DevContainers. These configurations can interfere with prebuild
behavior and should be avoided for now.
Preview:
As part of an information architecture overhaul, this PR reorganizes the
About section and adds a Support section (but not content to it yet)
[preview](https://coder.com/docs/@docs-ia-about/about)
this PR is intentionally limited in scope so that we can ship meaningful
changes faster and followup PRs should include:
- [ ] edit + overhaul the About page
- [ ] decide on the `start` directory
- [ ] ~screenshots page updates~ (this should happen July or later)
redirects PR: https://github.com/coder/coder.com/pull/944
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## Summary
This PR introduces support for expiration policies in prebuilds. The TTL
(time-to-live) is retrieved from the Terraform configuration
([terraform-provider-coder
PR](https://github.com/coder/terraform-provider-coder/pull/404)):
```
prebuilds = {
instances = 2
expiration_policy {
ttl = 86400
}
}
```
**Note**: Since there is no need for precise TTL enforcement down to the
second, in this implementation expired prebuilds are handled in a single
reconciliation cycle: they are deleted, and new instances are created
only if needed to match the desired count.
## Changes
* The outcome of a reconciliation cycle is now expressed as a slice of
reconciliation actions, instead of a single aggregated action.
* Adjusted reconciliation logic to delete expired prebuilds and
guarantee that the number of desired instances is correct.
* Updated relevant data structures and methods to support expiration
policies parameters.
* Added documentation to `Prebuilt workspaces` page
* Update `terraform-provider-coder` to version 2.5.0:
https://github.com/coder/terraform-provider-coder/releases/tag/v2.5.0
Depends on: https://github.com/coder/terraform-provider-coder/pull/404
Fixes: https://github.com/coder/coder/issues/17916
We probably shouldn't be suggesting `ignore_changes = all`. Only the
attributes which cause drift in prebuilds should be ignored; everything
else can behave as normal.
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These items came up in an internal "bug bash" session yesterday.
@EdwardAngert note: I've reverted to the "transparent" phrasing; the
current docs confused a couple folks yesterday, and I feel that
"transparent" is clearly understood in this context.
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Closes https://github.com/coder/internal/issues/369
We can't know whether a replacement (i.e. drift of terraform state
leading to a resource needing to be deleted/recreated) will take place
apriori; we can only detect it at `plan` time, because the provider
decides whether a resource must be replaced and it cannot be inferred
through static analysis of the template.
**This is likely to be the most common gotcha with using prebuilds,
since it requires a slight template modification to use prebuilds
effectively**, so let's head this off before it's an issue for
customers.
Drift details will now be logged in the workspace build logs:
Plus a notification will be sent to template admins when this situation
arises:
A new metric - `coderd_prebuilt_workspaces_resource_replacements_total`
- will also increment each time a workspace encounters replacements.
We only track _that_ a resource replacement occurred, not how many. Just
one is enough to ruin a prebuild, but we can't know apriori which
replacement would cause this.
For example, say we have 2 replacements: a `docker_container` and a
`null_resource`; we don't know which one might
cause an issue (or indeed if either would), so we just track the
replacement.
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closes#17706
Clarify that:
1. URL query parameters work without experiment flag
2. The 'populate recently used parameters' feature still requires the
auto-fill-parameters experiment flag
Co-authored-by: EdwardAngert <17991901+EdwardAngert@users.noreply.github.com>
This change documents the early access dev containers integration and
how to enable it, what features are available and what limitations exist
at the time of writing.
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Cian Johnston