What's New

Bug fixes and minor improvements

These are patch releases that include bug fixes and minor improvements.

Improved infrastructure flexibility

Now, the installation of the infrastructure responsible for running dev environments (a computing platform) has been fully decoupled from the main CodeCanvas installation.

• Jump servers can now be installed in any cluster, similar to Relay servers, enabling more flexible multi-region setups.

• The CodeCanvas operator has its own Helm chart, allowing independent deployment of dev environment clusters.

Learn how to deploy a computing platform on Amazon EKS, Azure AKS, and Google GKE.

AWS CloudFormation installation

You can now install CodeCanvas using AWS CloudFormation. This method lets you deploy CodeCanvas in minutes using a simple web-based wizard. It installs the application and all required dev environment infrastructure in a single Amazon EKS cluster — ideal for quick evaluations or small-team setups. Learn more

Free license

A free license for CodeCanvas is now available. Though the license supports all core features required for development, some enterprise-level features aren't available or limited. Learn more

Improved dev environment logs

Now, the dev environment's Timeline tab contains more detailed and informative messages about the environment lifecycle. Messages in the Logs tab are also more informative and are structured in several categories. Learn more

Usage monitoring

A new User Activity page is available in the Administration section. It lets you track daily CodeCanvas usage: the number of unique users who start dev environments and how many new environments are created. Learn more

Component status on Computing Platforms page

The Computing Platforms page now displays the health status of all key components: the operator, Relay server, and Jump server. This helps administrators quickly verify that platform infrastructure is running correctly.

Improved cron triggers in warm-up and standby pool

The cron triggers in warm-up and standby pool configurations now show the specified cron expression in the human-readable format. E.g., for 0 1 * * MON-FRI, the UI shows Scheduled at 01:00 every day between Monday and Friday. For warm-up, it also shows the next scheduled time. Learn more about warm-up and standby pool

JetBrains Toolbox as dev environment launcher (Beta)

JetBrains Toolbox can now be used as a launcher for connecting to dev environments, alongside JetBrains Gateway. Users can set their preferred launcher in personal settings, while administrators can configure an organization-wide default.

Improved GPU support

Now, there are more options to configure GPU support for dev environments: You can specify the number of GPUs, assign specific GPUs by their IDs, and more.

Integration with JetBrains Account

You can now buy and manage CodeCanvas licenses via JetBrains Account. Learn more

Restrict copy/paste (JetBrains IDEs only)

You can now restrict copy/paste operations in JetBrains IDEs running in dev environments. Learn more

Support for custom relay servers

You can now configure custom relay servers to relay WebSocket connections between JetBrains Gateway on user local machines and IDEs in dev environments. A relay server acts as an intermediary to enable secure communication when inbound connections to dev environments are restricted. Learn more

Auto-generate SSH keys for Git servers

When connecting a Git repository to CodeCanvas, you need to provide an SSH key pair. Now, CodeCanvas can generate these keys automatically. The private key is saved in the CodeCanvas internal storage. The public key is shown in the UI, so you can add it to your Git server. Learn more

Install IDE plugins from custom sources

You can now install IDE plugins in dev environments not only from the JetBrains Marketplace but also from custom sources. Learn more

Max session duration timeout

You can now set a maximum session duration timeout for dev environments. After this period, a dev environment is automatically stopped regardless of the user activity. By default, the session duration is 600 minutes (10 hours). Learn more

Auto-delete failed dev environments in standby pools

You can now configure CodeCanvas to automatically delete failed dev environments in standby pools. Learn more

Start run configuration on IDE startup

You can now configure dev environments to start a run configuration automatically each time the IDE starts. Learn more

Use default dev container image from previous versions

When you update CodeCanvas to a new major version, the default dev container image is also updated. If this causes issues, you can pin a specific version of the dev container image in the Helm chart values. Learn more

Troubleshooting improvements

Multiple improvements regarding logging, input validation, and error reporting that can help troubleshoot issues in templates and dev environments.

Various improvements

This release includes multiple bug fixes, performance improvements, and usability enhancements.

Multi-repository support

Now, you can specify multiple repositories for a dev environment template. Each repository is opened in a separate IDE tab on dev environment start. Learn more

Improved Visual Studio Code support

You can now use VS Code in dev environments with no additional configuration. Learn more

GPU support

You can now enable GPU support for dev environments. Learn more

Migrate users from external sources

You can now migrate and then synchronize users from external sources. To do this, use the /user-sync API endpoint. Learn more

Convert inactive volumes to snapshots

To avoid the costs of storing inactive dev environment volumes, you can convert them to snapshots stored in a cheaper object storage. Learn more

Migration from computing platform

You can now migrate instance types and templates from one computing platform (a Kubernetes cluster that runs dev environments) to another. Learn more

Improved IDE plugin installation

You can now pre-install IDE plugins to dev environments by specifying the plugin IDs in the dev environment template. Learn more

Recover dev environments

You can now recover failed dev environments. During recovery, CodeCanvas creates a new dev environment container and re-downloads the IDE. Learn more

Authenticate in Docker registries via credential helpers

If your dev environments use Docker images from private registries that require authentication, you can now authenticate in these registries via credential helpers. Currently, CodeCanvas supports credential helpers for registries hosted in AWS ECR (Amazon Elastic Container Registry) and GCR (Google Container Registry). Learn more

Run dev environments under non-root user

You can now run dev environments under a non-root user. This feature is available for dev environments that use custom Docker images. Learn more

Use warm-up snapshots built for another branch

If you create a dev environment for a custom branch that has no warm-up snapshot, CodeCanvas will now use a snapshot built for the branch specified in the dev environment template. Learn more

View template history of changes

You can now view the history of changes for a dev environment template. Learn more

Improved script support

Before: To run a warm-up or lifecycle script, you had to create a script file in the project repository and specify the script file path in the dev environment template.

Now: You can specify the script directly in the dev environment template. Learn more

Override worker pod template

You can now define a worker pod template for an instance type. This template overrides the default worker pod template set in the computing platform settings. Learn more

Multiple minor improvements

This release includes multiple bug fixes, performance improvements, and usability enhancements.

Initial release

This is the first release of the product.