Start an ephemeral workspace fails

[l0rd]

Describe the bug

I have tried setting attribute at the root of the devfile as mentioned in the DevWorkspace documentation

attributes:
  controller.devfile.io/storage-type: ephemeral

I have also tried to set “Temporary storage” on from the Dashboard.

In both cases PVC are attached to the workspace pod:

Che version

next (development version)

Steps to reproduce

Try one of the badges in this repo README to start an ephemeral workspace on Che team dogfooding instance.

Expected behavior

When the workspace starts no PVC is attached to the workspace.

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Additional context

I am testing in Che team dogfooding instance

Release Notes Text

The fix allows to start workspaces in ephemeral mode, and therefore faster.

[l0rd]

cc @ibuziuk

[amisevsk]

For clarity, it appears that the issue is that the attributes field in the devfile is being dropped somewhere in the dashboard. I'm unable to add attributes to existing workspaces either.

[nickboldt]

this sounds like a temporary regression, fixed before anyone will encounter it in 3.0; not sure though, perhaps @l0rd has a different opinion on whether this merits inclusion in downstream N&N