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What does this PR do?

Adds a procedure page documenting how to change the IDE on a stopped workspace from the Overview tab, and adds it to the end-user-guide navigation under "IDEs in workspaces".

The page follows the same structure as the existing "Change the AI tool on a workspace" procedure: prerequisites, step-by-step instructions including the version picker, and links to related editor documentation. The procedure clarifies that editors are selected by identifier from the available editors list, not by custom container image.

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What issues does this PR fix or reference?

fixes https://redhat.atlassian.net/browse/CRW-10647

Dashboard PR: eclipse-che/che-dashboard#1663

Is it tested? How?

  • Verified the new page renders correctly in the Antora nav tree under User Guide → IDEs in workspaces → Changing the editor on a workspace.
  • Verified all xref links resolve: ides-in-workspaces.adoc, defining-a-common-ide.adoc.
  • No existing pages modified beyond the nav entry.

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Added documentation for changing the IDE on a stopped workspace from the dashboard Overview tab.

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  • Documentation
    • Added a guide explaining how to change the editor on a stopped workspace, including selecting an available editor and version.
    • Added the guide to the “IDEs in workspaces” section.

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gtrivedi88 added a commit that referenced this pull request Sep 23, 2026
The dawidd6/action-download-artifact step in this workflow only
specified 'workflow', not 'run_id'. Without run_id, the action
searches for the most recent successful 'doc-content' artifact for
that workflow name across the entire repository instead of the
specific run that triggered this workflow_run event.

allow_forks defaults to false, which additionally causes the search
to skip fork-originated PR runs (every JTBD PR is opened from a
fork). The net effect: preview links for fork PRs get attributed to
whatever non-fork branch happens to have the most recent successful
build, instead of the PR that actually triggered the workflow.

Observed on PR #3143: multiple concurrently-building fork PRs
(#3143, #3151, #3153, #3155) never received their own preview link;
the '"Navigate the preview"' comment kept landing on PR #3192
(a same-repo branch push) instead, whose sticky comment was
repeatedly overwritten with unrelated deploy links throughout the
day (createdAt stayed 2026-09-09 while the body kept changing).

Fix: pin run_id to github.event.workflow_run.id so the artifact
download always resolves to the exact run that completed, and set
allow_forks: true since this workflow already executes in the base
repo's trusted context via workflow_run.

Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
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Signed-off-by: Oleksii Orel <oorel@redhat.com>
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The documentation adds a procedure for changing the editor on a stopped workspace and links to it from the IDE navigation.

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Workspace editor change guide

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Document and link the editor change procedure
modules/develop/pages/changing-the-editor-on-a-workspace.adoc, modules/develop/nav.adoc
The guide describes how to select an available editor for a stopped workspace and, when offered, select a version. It notes that the dialog does not support custom editor images. Navigation links to the guide.

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Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~5 minutes

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Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to def5f

The guide omits a supported editor-change path for eligible failed workspaces, which may lead users to think they must stop the workspace first. Correct both statements; the risk is limited to documentation.

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  • observed — Modified behavior in modules/develop/nav.adoc: Added a child navigation entry for changing-the-editor-on-a-workspace.adoc under “IDEs in workspaces.”
  • observed — Modified behavior in modules/develop/pages/changing-the-editor-on-a-workspace.adoc: Added a guide describing prerequisites and steps to change a stopped workspace’s editor, including optional version selection when multiple versions are offered. The target must be in the instance’s available editors list; the dialog does not support custom editor images.
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- Around line 13-16: Update the prerequisites and stopped-only note in the
editor-change documentation to state that eligible workspaces may be stopped or
in the FAILED state, provided they are not deprecated or terminating. Preserve
the available-editors restriction and clarify that changes remain subject to
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Comment on lines +13 to +16
.Prerequisites

* The workspace is stopped.
* The target editor is listed in the available editors on your {prod-short} instance. See xref:ides-in-workspaces.adoc[] for supported editors.

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

🔎 Supported by static analysis

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from pathlib import Path
p = Path("modules/develop/pages/changing-the-editor-on-a-workspace.adoc")
for n, line in enumerate(p.read_text().splitlines(), 1):
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Update both stopped-only statements to include eligible FAILED workspaces.

The Overview tab allows editor changes for non-deprecated, non-terminating workspaces in FAILED state, and Save can persist the change when normal authorization and update validation pass. The note still says the editor can only be changed while stopped. That instruction may lead users to stop a workspace unnecessarily.

Suggested fix
-* The workspace is stopped.
+* The workspace is not deprecated or terminating, and is stopped or in the `FAILED` state.
...
-NOTE: The editor can only be changed while the workspace is stopped. Only editors from the available editors list can be selected; specifying a custom editor image is not supported through this dialog.
+NOTE: For a non-deprecated, non-terminating workspace, you can change the editor while it is stopped or in the `FAILED` state, subject to normal authorization and update validation. Only editors from the available editors list can be selected; specifying a custom editor image is not supported through this dialog.
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Review comment at @modules/develop/pages/changing-the-editor-on-a-workspace.adoc
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Update the prerequisites and stopped-only note in the editor-change
documentation to state that eligible workspaces may be stopped or in the FAILED
state, provided they are not deprecated or terminating. Preserve the
available-editors restriction and clarify that changes remain subject to normal
authorization and update validation.

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.. Optional: If the editor offers multiple versions, click the ellipsis menu (⋮) next to the editor name and select the version you want.
. Click *Save*.

NOTE: The editor can only be changed while the workspace is stopped. Only editors from the available editors list can be selected; specifying a custom editor image is not supported through this dialog.

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Inline NOTE: prefix — style guide requires block-delimited admonitions:

[NOTE]
====
The editor can only be changed while the workspace is stopped. Only editors from the available editors list can be selected; specifying a custom editor image is not supported through this dialog.
====

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