Summary

Hi Eclipse Che team,

I'm working with Che workspaces that reference a Git repository containing a .che/che-editor.yaml file to specify a custom editor (e.g., VS Code variant).

I noticed that when I:

• Commit and push changes to .che/che-editor.yaml (e.g., switching editor ID, reference URL),

• Restart the workspace from the Che dashboard,

…the changes in the editor configuration are not applied. The workspace continues using the previous editor (even though the DevWorkspace still pulls the latest code from Git). However, if I delete the workspace and recreate it, the new editor configuration from .che/che-editor.yaml is correctly applied.

❓ Question:
Is this expected behavior — that .che/che-editor.yaml is only respected at workspace creation time, and not on restart?

If so, is there any plan or mechanism to allow editor updates to be picked up on workspace restart (or via another lighter operation than full deletion/recreation) ?

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