Remove unused chectl flag

[dkwon17]

What does this PR do?

Removes the --workspace-engine=dev-workspace flag in the ci job

What issues does this PR fix or reference?

Should fix this error in the ci check:

+ chectl server:deploy -p openshift --batch --telemetry=off --installer=operator --workspace-engine=dev-workspace
Error: Nonexistent flag: --workspace-engine=dev-workspace
See more help with --help
    at validateArgs (/usr/local/lib/chectl/node_modules/@oclif/core/lib/parser/validate.js:10:19)
    at validate (/usr/local/lib/chectl/node_modules/@oclif/core/lib/parser/validate.js:173:5)
    at Object.parse (/usr/local/lib/chectl/node_modules/@oclif/core/lib/parser/index.js:19:35)
    at async Deploy.parse (/usr/local/lib/chectl/node_modules/@oclif/core/lib/command.js:246:25)>

Example failure: https://prow.ci.openshift.org/view/gs/test-platform-results/pr-logs/pull/devfile_devworkspace-operator/1461/pull-ci-devfile-devworkspace-operator-main-v14-che-happy-path/1949933534399434752

Is it tested? How?

PR Checklist

• E2E tests pass (when PR is ready, comment /test v8-devworkspace-operator-e2e, v8-che-happy-path to trigger)
  • v8-devworkspace-operator-e2e: DevWorkspace e2e test
  • v8-che-happy-path: Happy path for verification integration with Che

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[rohanKanojia]

/retest

[rohanKanojia]

It's quite strange, even after defining a long timeout it's failing

[06:23:49] → ERR_TIMEOUT: Timeout set to pod ready timeout 240000
[06:23:49] Install Dev Workspace operator [failed]
[06:23:49] → ERR_TIMEOUT: Timeout set to pod ready timeout 240000
[06:23:49] Deploy Eclipse Che [failed]
[06:23:49] → ERR_TIMEOUT: Timeout set to pod ready timeout 240000
Error: Command server:deploy failed with the error: ERR_TIMEOUT: Timeout set to pod ready timeout 240000 See details: /alabama/.cache/chectl/error.log. Eclipse Che logs: /tmp/chectl-logs/1753856327424.
    at newError (/usr/local/lib/chectl/lib/utils/utls.js:39:19)
    at wrapCommandError (/usr/local/lib/chectl/lib/utils/command-utils.js:54:32)
    at Deploy.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/chectl/lib/commands/server/deploy.js:82:65)
    at Generator.throw (<anonymous>)
    at rejected (/usr/local/lib/chectl/node_modules/tslib/tslib.js:167:69)
Cause: Error: ERR_TIMEOUT: Timeout set to pod ready timeout [240](https://prow.ci.openshift.org/view/gs/test-platform-results/pr-logs/pull/devfile_devworkspace-operator/1474/pull-ci-devfile-devworkspace-operator-main-v14-che-happy-path/1950426868318474240#1:build-log.txt%3A240)000
    at KubeClient.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/chectl/lib/api/kube-client.js:828:19)
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    at fulfilled (/usr/local/lib/chectl/node_modules/tslib/tslib.js:166:62)

[rohanKanojia]

I see that in che-operator we're using slightly longer timeout --k8spodreadytimeout=6000000

https://github.com/eclipse-che/che-operator/blob/d4a50d89668f6c08f56d9db627f996fd733971a5/build/scripts/minikube-tests/test-operator.sh#L36

[dkwon17]

I see, I will update the PR

[dkwon17]

I realized it's timing out because chectl is waiting for the DWO operands to be ready in the openshift-operators namespace, when the operands are already running in the devworkspace-controller namespace.

The DWO operands in openshift-operators never get into the running state because of:

2025-07-30T22:33:27.986739680Z {"level":"error","ts":"2025-07-30T22:33:27Z","logger":"setup","msg":"failed to setup webhooks","error":"conflicting webhook definition found on cluster, webhook mutate.devworkspace-controller.svc clientConfig points at namespace devworkspace-controller","stacktrace":"main.main\n\t/devworkspace-operator/main.go:202\nruntime.main\n\t/usr/lib/golang/src/runtime/proc.go:272"}

since the operands in devworkspace-controller are running first.

My commit: b6c668e should fix the problem

[dkwon17]

There is a new error:

Launching DevWorkspace Happy path from /tmp/che-devworkspace-happy-path
[INFO] Testing if Che User exists.
Login failed (401 Unauthorized)
Verify you have provided the correct credentials.
[INFO] Che User does not exist. Setting up htpasswd oauth for it.
Error from server (NotFound): secrets "dev-htpasswd-secret" not found
secret/dev-htpasswd-secret created
/tmp/che-devworkspace-happy-path/che-main/tests/devworkspace-happy-path/provision-openshift-oauth-user.sh: line 44: jq: command not found
/tmp/che-devworkspace-happy-path/che-main/tests/devworkspace-happy-path/provision-openshift-oauth-user.sh: line 48: jq: command not found

[rohanKanojia]

/retest

[dkwon17]

/retest

[dkwon17]

/retest

[rohanKanojia]

With these changes, I can see that chectl is correctly installing che instance onto CI. However, che-happy-path test is failing, in logs I see this error:

ls: cannot access 'specs/devfiles': No such file or directory

Do you have any idea about this?

[dkwon17]

I think I figured out the issue, specs/devfile does not exist and was moved to specs/dashboard-samples:
eclipse-che/che@6e179e6#diff-d09ed96d02e67f5e9756aec75f875cfa33ec6b906b76ee3b0abae86854c55152

I will create a new issue

[dkwon17]

/retest

[dkwon17]

Merging, happy path tests now passed!