Error while adding Gitpod layer.

[Alaboudi1]

Describe the bug
I have been trying to use Gitpod for projects that I have on my dashboards but got this error message no matter what the project is. I really like Gitpod and would like to see it works very reliably.

[AlexTugarev]

Hi @Alaboudi1, thanks for reporting! Could you please share your docker file with us? I'd like to understand what the actual error is.

[Alaboudi1]

I am not sure what you mean by sharing my docker file. I am not very familiar with Gitpod, so I may just misuse it :). Here is my use case: I heard about Gitpod 3 months ago. So I went and cloned random GitHub repositories just to try it. It worked great at that time. Fast forward today, I went back to my dashboard and decided to start one of these projects that I cloned months ago, and I got this error.

Is there something wrong with the way I used Gitpod? If so, what is the typical workflow for it?

[AlexTugarev]

@Alaboudi1, I assumed you'd had a custom docker image for your workspace. But in your case it might be a braking change with the Gitpod Layer introduced a while ago. We'll try to investigate this.

Please feel free to start over and create a new workspace for rust-lang/rust-by-example

[Alaboudi1]

Cool, thanks for replying. It would be nice to have Gitpod recovering from this error by offering an option to construct a new workspace for me. But for now, I am happy to do it manually :).

[geropl]

@Alaboudi1 Just to let you know, we're working on two things here:

1. Resolve the root cause (a stupid apt-get thing)
2. improve the UX to allow to recover from a failed build

[Sashenka]

I still have the Gitpod Layer problem, failing on step 5/14. I had it last week, it was resolved friday, I had a new loading 'experience' with a more verbose log. Now I'm back to have it fail again like last week. I'm in no hurry, just saying it still happens to me :)

[svenefftinge]

@Sashenka can you share your repo or a equivalent for reproduction?

[Sashenka]

@svenefftinge Sure thing!
My workspace ID is d81306eb-db25-4031-8041-fc35dc4e3dc2, repo https://github.com/Sashenka/node-steamapi-es2017. Creating a new Workspace from the repo works but I had uncommited changes left when I left in a hurry Friday and forgot to commit. It's nothing vital, just something I use to learn and mess around but if it is recoverable it would be nice. Thanks.

EDIT: Start link just in case: https://gitpod.io/start/#d81306eb-db25-4031-8041-fc35dc4e3dc2

[geropl]

@Sashenka We are working on a fix. Sorry for the inconvenience.

[meysholdt]

hey @Sashenka! thank you for the details and I'm sorry for the trouble. I'll contact you via email to help recover your workspace.

[RobertWalter83]

Hi all, the same error happens for me when I try to do the Xtext/Theia/Sprotty tutorial, using the "open in Gitpod" buttons provided in the Readme file, maybe it's a useful additional piece of information: https://github.com/TypeFox/theia-xtext-sprotty-example

[svenefftinge]

Hey Robert, I couldn't reproduce any issues. I tried:
https://gitpod.io/#https://github.com/TypeFox/theia-xtext-sprotty-example

Could you elaborate on what you see?

[RobertWalter83]

Hi Sven,
you are right, adding the prefix to the github repository address works for me as well.
My issue, however, is with opening the tutorial's snapshots provided as "open in gitpod"-buttons within the README: