The user guide jumped straight into integration details without explaining
what dev containers are. Now it opens with a brief orientation linking to
the spec, then explains this guide covers the Docker-based approach.
Converted several NOTE callouts to prose where they were just cross-references
or stacked unnecessarily. The Envbuilder index note was reframed to lead with
its strengths rather than "we recommend the other thing."
Also updates platform support to Linux only per current status.
Refs #21157
Dev container admin docs were scattered across two locations: the Docker-based
integration under extending-templates/ and Envbuilder under managing-templates/.
There was no landing page explaining that two approaches exist or helping admins
choose between them.
This moves everything under admin/integrations/devcontainers/ with a decision
guide at the top. Dev containers are an integration with the dev container
specification, so integrations/ is a natural fit alongside JFrog, Vault, etc.
Stub pages remain at the original locations for discoverability.
New structure:
admin/integrations/devcontainers/
├── index.md # Landing page + decision guide
├── integration.md # Docker-based dev containers
└── envbuilder/
├── index.md
├── add-envbuilder.md
├── envbuilder-security-caching.md
└── envbuilder-releases-known-issues.md
Refs #21080
docs: rewrite dev containers documentation for GA
Corrects inaccuracies in SSH examples (deprecated `--container` flag),
port forwarding (native sub-agent forwarding is primary), and
prerequisites (dev containers are on by default). Fixes template
descriptions: docker-devcontainer uses native Dev Containers while
AWS/Kubernetes templates use Envbuilder.
Renames admin docs folder from `devcontainers/` to `envbuilder/` to
reflect actual content. Adds customization guide documenting agent
naming, display apps, custom apps, and variable interpolation. Documents
multi-repo workspace support and adds note about Terraform module
limitations with sub-agents. Fixes module registry URLs.
Refs #18907
Removes references to adding database replicas from the scaling docs, as Coder only allows a single connection URL. These passages where added in error.
Previously AI Bridge retention was only documented in the auto-generated
CLI reference, making it difficult for administrators to discover and
understand how to configure data retention for compliance requirements.
This adds retention configuration to the AI Bridge setup guide with
examples, documents the REST API and CLI export options in the monitoring
guide, and cross-references AI Bridge from the central data retention
page for discoverability.
Closes#21038
Replace hardcoded 7-day retention for workspace agent logs with
configurable retention from deployment settings. Defaults to 7d to
preserve existing behavior.
Depends on #21038
Updates #20743
Document configurable retention policies for Audit Logs, Connection Logs,
and API keys. Add new data-retention.md page and update existing docs to
reference it.
Depends on #21021
Updates #20743
## Problem
Tasks currently only expose a machine-friendly name field (e.g.
`task-python-debug-a1b2`), but this value is primarily an identifier
rather than a clean, descriptive label. We need a separate
display-friendly name for use in the UI.
This PR introduces a new `display_name` field and updates the task-name
generation flow. The Claude system prompt was updated to return valid
JSON with both `name` and `display_name`. The name generation logic
follows a fallback chain (Anthropic > prompt sanitization > random
fallback). To make task names more closely resemble their display names,
the legacy `task-` prefix has been removed. For context, PR
https://github.com/coder/coder/pull/20834 introduced a small Task icon
to the workspace list to help identify workspaces associated to tasks.
## Changes
- Database migration: Added `display_name` column to tasks table
- Updated system prompt to generate both task name and display name as
valid JSON
- Task name generation now follows a fallback chain: Anthropic > prompt
sanitization > random fallback
- Removed `task-` prefix from task names to allow more descriptive names
- Note: PR https://github.com/coder/coder/pull/20834 adds a Task icon to
workspaces in the workspace list to distinguish task-created workspaces
**Note:** UI changes will be addressed in a follow-up PR
Related to: https://github.com/coder/coder/issues/20801
Updates the dev containers documentation to accurately reflect that the
feature is generally available and document all configuration options.
Closes https://github.com/coder/internal/issues/1138
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🤖 PR was written by Claude Sonnet 4.5 Thinking using [Coder
Mux](https://github.com/coder/cmux) and reviewed by a human 👩
## Description
Adds a brief section to the API & Session Tokens documentation
explaining API key scopes.
## Changes
- Added "API Key Scopes" section to
`docs/admin/users/sessions-tokens.md`
- Includes overview of scope functionality and security benefits
- Documents scope format (`resource:action`) and wildcard usage
- Provides CLI examples for creating scoped tokens
- Lists common scope examples with descriptions
## Motivation
Users need documentation on how to create and use scoped API tokens for
improved security by limiting token permissions to only necessary
operations.
## Testing
- Reviewed documentation formatting
- Verified markdown structure
- Confirmed examples are accurate
For experimental and dogfood purposes, this adds the ability to opt in a single template.
Leaving the rest of the templates as is.
For GA, this setting might be removed or changed.
Propose Microsoft Entra ID OIDC Directions for Admin Documentation based
on my personal experience / setup.
Propose information on changing access URL in Tutorials -> FAQs
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## Add Dynamic Parameters test procedure to 10k users validated architecture
This PR adds a new test procedure for Dynamic Parameters to the 10k users validated architecture documentation. No changes to the recommended hardware specs as this test case succeeded with no issues.
Adds a new document for our ongoing efforts achieving 10k user scale. The content is caveated as work in progress, but represents what we have tested so far.
closes: https://github.com/coder/internal/issues/1025
## Description
Add missing provisionerd metrics to Prometheus documentation:
* `coderd_provisionerd_num_daemons`: The number of provisioner daemons.
* `coderd_provisionerd_workspace_build_timings_seconds`: The time taken
for a workspace to build.
Related to internal thread:
https://codercom.slack.com/archives/C07GRNNRW03/p1760642020583019
## Description
Follow-up from: https://github.com/coder/coder/pull/20305 to include a
note about `coder_workspace_tags` being cumulative and a new step to
validate the status of the prebuild provisioners.
Fix steps formatting.
## Description
Update the Prebuilds troubleshooting page to include a new section,
“Preventing prebuild queue contention (recommended)”, outlining a
best-practice configuration to prevent prebuild jobs from overwhelming
the provisioner queue.
This setup introduces a dedicated prebuild provisioner pool and has been
successfully tested internally in dogfood:
https://github.com/coder/dogfood/pull/201
Closes: https://github.com/coder/coder/issues/20241
This PR adds troubleshooting steps to guide Coder operators when they
suspect that prebuilds might have overwhelmed their deployments.
Closes https://github.com/coder/coder/issues/19490
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Audit Log entries can be deleted safely (with appropriate caveats), but
we don't specifically call this out in the docs.
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Signed-off-by: Danny Kopping <danny@coder.com>
Solves #15575
Adds OAuth access token revocation when unlinking external auth
provider. Due to revocation not being consistently implemented by
providers this is only best effort attempt. Unsuccessful revocation
won't influence link removal.
Dynamic parameters are now GA as of v2.25.0, so this PR updates the
troubleshooting section to remove outdated beta references and clarify
current support.
**Changes:**
- Updated "Template variables not showing up" section to remove beta
references
- Clarified that template variables are fully supported in GA version
- Simplified troubleshooting guidance
Fixes the outdated documentation mentioned in the Slack thread.
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## Description
Adds support for sending an ad‑hoc custom notification to the
authenticated user via API and CLI. This is useful for surfacing the
result of scripts or long‑running tasks. Notifications are delivered
through the configured method and the dashboard Inbox, respecting
existing preferences and delivery settings.
## Changes
* New notification template: “Custom Notification” with a label for a
custom title and a custom message.
* New API endpoint: `POST /api/v2/notifications/custom` to send a custom
notification to the requesting user.
* New API endpoint: `GET /notifications/templates/custom` to get custom
notification template.
* New CLI subcommand: `coder notifications custom <title> <message>` to
send a custom notification to the requesting user.
* Documentation updates: Add a “Custom notifications” section under
Administration > Monitoring > Notifications, including instructions on
sending custom notifications and examples of when to use them.
Closes: https://github.com/coder/coder/issues/19611
I noticed that our docs mention the possibility of using the
Tailscale-managed DERP server fleet.
https://github.com/coder/coder/pull/15901 changed the phrasing from
> However, Tailscale has graciously allowed us to use
to
> However, our Wireguard integration through Tailscale has graciously
allowed us to use
This change alters the original meaning of the sentence. AFAIK, the
original meant that we contacted Tailscale directly and asked if it
would be ok for our customers to use the Tailscale-managed DERP server
fleet, and Tailscale graciously agreed. The new phrasing conveys
something different. This PR reverts the phrasing to the original.
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## Description
This PR introduces one counter and two histograms related to workspace
creation and claiming. The goal is to provide clearer observability into
how workspaces are created (regular vs prebuild) and the time cost of
those operations.
### `coderd_workspace_creation_total`
* Metric type: Counter
* Name: `coderd_workspace_creation_total`
* Labels: `organization_name`, `template_name`, `preset_name`
This counter tracks whether a regular workspace (not created from a
prebuild pool) was created using a preset or not.
Currently, we already expose `coderd_prebuilt_workspaces_claimed_total`
for claimed prebuilt workspaces, but we lack a comparable metric for
regular workspace creations. This metric fills that gap, making it
possible to compare regular creations against claims.
Implementation notes:
* Exposed as a `coderd_` metric, consistent with other workspace-related
metrics (e.g. `coderd_api_workspace_latest_build`:
https://github.com/coder/coder/blob/main/coderd/prometheusmetrics/prometheusmetrics.go#L149).
* Every `defaultRefreshRate` (1 minute ), DB query
`GetRegularWorkspaceCreateMetrics` is executed to fetch all regular
workspaces (not created from a prebuild pool).
* The counter is updated with the total from all time (not just since
metric introduction). This differs from the histograms below, which only
accumulate from their introduction forward.
### `coderd_workspace_creation_duration_seconds` &
`coderd_prebuilt_workspace_claim_duration_seconds`
* Metric types: Histogram
* Names:
* `coderd_workspace_creation_duration_seconds`
* Labels: `organization_name`, `template_name`, `preset_name`, `type`
(`regular`, `prebuild`)
* `coderd_prebuilt_workspace_claim_duration_seconds`
* Labels: `organization_name`, `template_name`, `preset_name`
We already have `coderd_provisionerd_workspace_build_timings_seconds`,
which tracks build run times for all workspace builds handled by the
provisioner daemon.
However, in the context of this issue, we are only interested in
creation and claim build times, not all transitions; additionally, this
metric does not include `preset_name`, and adding it there would
significantly increase cardinality. Therefore, separate more focused
metrics are introduced here:
* `coderd_workspace_creation_duration_seconds`: Build time to create a
workspace (either a regular workspace or the build into a prebuild pool,
for prebuild initial provisioning build).
* `coderd_prebuilt_workspace_claim_duration_seconds`: Time to claim a
prebuilt workspace from the pool.
The reason for two separate histograms is that:
* Creation (regular or prebuild): provisioning builds with similar time
magnitude, generally expected to take longer than a claim operation.
* Claim: expected to be a much faster provisioning build.
#### Native histogram usage
Provisioning times vary widely between projects. Using static buckets
risks unbalanced or poorly informative histograms.
To address this, these metrics use [Prometheus native
histograms](https://prometheus.io/docs/specs/native_histograms/):
* First introduced in Prometheus v2.40.0
* Recommended stable usage from v2.45+
* Requires Go client `prometheus/client_golang` v1.15.0+
* Experimental and must be explicitly enabled on the server
(`--enable-feature=native-histograms`)
For compatibility, we also retain a classic bucket definition (aligned
with the existing provisioner metric:
https://github.com/coder/coder/blob/main/provisionerd/provisionerd.go#L182-L189).
* If native histograms are enabled, Prometheus ingests the
high-resolution histogram.
* If not, it falls back to the predefined buckets.
Implementation notes:
* Unlike the counter, these histograms are updated in real-time at
workspace build job completion.
* They reflect data only from the point of introduction forward (no
historical backfill).
## Relates to
Closes: https://github.com/coder/coder/issues/19528
Native histograms tested in observability stack:
https://github.com/coder/observability/pull/50
We've successfully migrated the latest iteration of our scaletest
infrastructure (`scaletest/terraform/action`) to
https://github.com/coder/scaletest (private repo). This PR removes the
older iterations, and the scriptsfor spinning up & running the load
generators against that infrastructure (`scaletest.sh`). The tooling for
generating load against a Coder deployment remains untouched, as does
the public documentation for that tooling (i.e. `coder exp scaletest`).
If we ever need that old scaletest Terraform code, it's always in the
git history!
closes https://github.com/coder/coder/issues/18274
This pull request makes system users visible in various group related
queries so that they can be added to and removed from groups. This
allows system user quotas to be configured. System users are still
ignored in certain queries, such as when license seat consumption is
determined.
This pull request further ensures the existence of a
"coder_prebuilt_workspaces" group in any organization that needs
prebuilt workspaces
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closes#18806
- [x] scheduling limitation
- [x] dev containers limitation
- [x] edit intro
[preview](https://coder.com/docs/@18806-prebuilds-known-limits/admin/templates/extending-templates/prebuilt-workspaces)
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## Summary by CodeRabbit
* **Documentation**
* Clarified the introduction and administrator responsibilities for
prebuilt workspaces.
* Integrated compatibility information about DevContainers and workspace
scheduling more contextually.
* Added explicit notes on limitations with dev containers integration
and workspace autostart/autostop features.
* Improved configuration examples and clarified scheduling instructions.
* Enhanced explanations of scheduling behavior and lifecycle steps for
better understanding.
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Co-authored-by: Sas Swart <sas.swart.cdk@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Susana Ferreira <susana@coder.com>
Closes https://github.com/coder/coder/issues/18356.
This change finds and selects a matching preset if one was not chosen
during workspace creation. This solidifies the relationship between
presets and parameters.
When a workspace is created without in explicitly chosen preset, it will
now still be eligible to claim a prebuilt workspace if one is available.
This pull request introduces support for external workspace management, allowing users to register and manage workspaces that are provisioned and managed outside of the Coder.
* Added has_external_agent field to workspace builds and template versions
Mathias Fredriksson