We are in the early stages of our work with the Gitpod codebase. The current status is:
- Memory Bank: Initial setup complete with core files and component documentation
- Codebase Understanding: Basic overview obtained, with detailed understanding of key components
- Component Documentation: Documentation created for 33 key components
- Development Environment: Not yet configured
- Task Identification: Not yet started
Our current contributions:
- Memory bank structure established
- Component documentation for:
- blobserve
- content-service
- dashboard
- ws-manager-mk2
- supervisor
- ws-daemon
- ide-service
- registry-facade
- image-builder-mk3
- server
- proxy
- ws-proxy
- gitpod-cli
- gitpod-db
- gitpod-protocol
- ide
- ide-proxy
- ws-manager-bridge
- ide-metrics
- local-app
- public-api-server
- usage
- common-go
- workspacekit
- spicedb
- scrubber
- service-waiter
- docker-up
- image-builder-bob
- node-labeler
- openvsx-proxy
- scheduler-extender
- ipfs
The existing functionality of the Gitpod platform:
- Workspace creation from Git repositories
- IDE integration (VS Code, JetBrains)
- Prebuild system for faster startup
- Git platform integrations (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps)
- Containerized workspaces with Docker support
- Collaborative features
- Leeway build system for component management
- Kubernetes-based deployment
- Microservices architecture
- Testing frameworks
- Explore component interactions
- Set up local development environment
- Explore build system approaches (in-tree and Leeway)
- Test component builds for different component types
- Identify specific components for deeper exploration
- Establish testing methodology
- Create initial contribution plan
This section will be populated as we identify specific improvements or features to implement.
As we begin working with the codebase, we have not yet identified specific issues. This section will be updated as issues are discovered during development and testing.
- Component coupling and dependencies
- Build system complexity
- Testing coverage
- Documentation completeness
- Memory bank initialization
- Component documentation structure
- Documentation of first set of key components (blobserve, content-service, dashboard, ws-manager-mk2)
- Documentation of second set of key components (supervisor, ws-daemon)
- Documentation of third set of key components (ide-service, registry-facade, image-builder-mk3)
- Documentation of fourth set of key components (server, proxy, ws-proxy)
- Documentation of fifth set of key components (gitpod-cli, gitpod-db)
- Documentation of sixth set of key components (gitpod-protocol)
- Documentation of seventh set of key components (ide, ide-proxy, ws-manager-bridge)
- Documentation of eighth set of key components (ide-metrics, local-app)
- Documentation of ninth set of key components (public-api-server, usage)
- Documentation of tenth set of key components (common-go, workspacekit)
- Documentation of eleventh set of key components (spicedb, scrubber, service-waiter)
- Documentation of twelfth set of key components (docker-up, image-builder-bob, node-labeler)
- Documentation of thirteenth set of key components (openvsx-proxy, scheduler-extender, ipfs)
- Documentation of first set of API components (content-service-api, ide-metrics-api, ide-service-api)
- Documentation of second set of API components (image-builder-api, local-app-api, registry-facade-api)
- Documentation of third set of API components (supervisor-api, usage-api, ws-daemon-api)
- Documentation of fourth set of API components (ws-manager-api, ws-manager-bridge-api)
- Development environment setup
- First component deep dive
- Initial contribution
- First feature implementation
As we progress, we'll track various metrics to gauge our progress and effectiveness:
- Code Understanding: Percentage of components with detailed documentation
- Test Coverage: Percentage of code covered by tests
- Issue Resolution: Number of issues identified and resolved
- Feature Implementation: Number of features successfully implemented
- Documentation Quality: Completeness and accuracy of memory bank
No specific blockers or dependencies have been identified yet. This section will be updated as we encounter any obstacles that impede progress.
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2/26/2025:
- Memory bank initialized with core documentation files
- Created components subdirectory in memory bank
- Documented blobserve component
- Documented content-service component
- Documented dashboard component
- Documented ws-manager-mk2 component
- Documented supervisor component
- Documented ws-daemon component
- Documented ide-service component
- Documented registry-facade component
- Documented image-builder-mk3 component
- Documented server component
- Documented proxy component
- Documented ws-proxy component
- Documented gitpod-cli component
- Documented gitpod-db component
- Documented gitpod-protocol component
- Documented ide component
- Documented ide-proxy component
- Documented ws-manager-bridge component
- Documented ide-metrics component
- Documented local-app component
- Documented public-api-server component
- Documented usage component
- Documented common-go component
- Documented workspacekit component
- Documented spicedb component
- Documented scrubber component
- Documented service-waiter component
- Documented docker-up component
- Documented image-builder-bob component
- Documented node-labeler component
- Documented openvsx-proxy component
- Documented scheduler-extender component
- Documented ipfs component
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2/27/2025:
- Documented build system approaches:
- In-tree builds using language-specific tools (yarn, go)
- Out-of-tree builds using Leeway
- Updated techContext.md with detailed build process information
- Updated .clinerules with build patterns and commands
- Added build information tracking to memory bank maintenance procedures
- Updated documentation approach to include API components:
- Removed exclusion of "*-api" components from documentation
- Identified 11 API components that need documentation
- Updated .clinerules to reflect new documentation approach
- Updated activeContext.md and progress.md with new documentation tasks
- Documented first set of API components:
- content-service-api: Interfaces for managing workspace content, blobs, logs, and IDE plugins
- ide-metrics-api: Interfaces for collecting metrics and error reports from IDE components
- ide-service-api: Interfaces for managing IDE configurations and resolving workspace IDE requirements
- Enhanced API component documentation with code generation information:
- Added details on how to regenerate code from protobuf definitions
- Documented the implementation details of the generation process
- Included instructions for building components after code regeneration
- Updated .clinerules to standardize API documentation with code generation sections
- Documented second set of API components:
- image-builder-api: Interfaces for building Docker images for workspaces
- local-app-api: Interfaces for communication between local machines and remote workspaces
- registry-facade-api: Interfaces for dynamically assembling workspace container images
- Documented third set of API components:
- supervisor-api: Interfaces for workspace management, terminal handling, and port forwarding
- usage-api: Interfaces for tracking, calculating, and managing workspace usage and billing
- ws-daemon-api: Interfaces for workspace content management and container operations
- Documented fourth set of API components:
- ws-manager-api: Interfaces for managing the lifecycle of workspaces in Kubernetes clusters
- ws-manager-bridge-api: Interfaces for dynamic management of workspace clusters
- Documented build system approaches:
The next evaluation of progress will occur after:
- Setting up the development environment
- Completing the first deep dive into a specific component
- Identifying initial tasks for contribution
At that point, this document will be updated to reflect new findings and progress.