Cannot delete a workspace in PREPARING phase

[gtsiolis]

Bug description

Users cannot delete workspaces in PREPARING phase.

Steps to reproduce

1. Go to workspaces list (/workspaces)
2. Create one or two workspaces. Using the example projects also works.
3. Go back to the dashboard while workspaces are being created.
4. Try to click more actions (···) and then Delete while a workspace is still in PREPARING phase.
5. Confirm deletion in the confirmation modal.

Expected behavior

Workspace should be deleted.

According a reference to the comment in #4173 (comment).

We could either a) disable the workspace delete dropdown option or b) remove the entry from the user interface and handle all the background tasks needed to gracefully delete a workspace.

Example repository

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Anything else?

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[apolopena]

I have observed this issue as well.

[csweichel]

Deleting workspaces in any phase but RUNNING or STOPPED is very difficult. I reckon we should rather disable the "Delete" item in the menu if the workspace is neither running nor stopped.

[gtsiolis]

I reckon we should rather disable the "Delete" item in the menu if the workspace is neither running nor stopped.

Thanks @csweichel for the insight! Agree, adding the following to the issue description. Let me know if the second option below sounds inefficient. 🏓

We could either a) disable the workspace delete dropdown option or b) remove the entry from the user interface and handle all the background tasks needed to gracefully delete a workspace.

[apolopena]

Previously a workspace could be deleted in any state, what changed? I assumed that (previously) the workspace was removed from the list until all the background tasks for deleting the workspace had been completed. I use to rely on this functionality, it was useful.

[csweichel]

/schedule

[csweichel]

Previously a workspace could be deleted in any state, what changed? I assumed that (previously) the workspace was removed from the list until all the background tasks for deleting the workspace had been completed. I use to rely on this functionality, it was useful.

Thank you for pointing this out. Except for "in preparation" workspaces in other phases can be stopped (which is what we're doing, actually). It would seem that the deletion doesn't happen reliably afterwards though, i.e. the workspace is stopped but not necessarily deleted).

[corneliusludmann]

This seems to be related: https://community.gitpod.io/t/unable-to-delete-workspace/4956

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