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Managing Your Workspaces

A workspace is your isolated “build room” inside AutoRABIT (ARM). Whenever you run an operation that needs local disk—such as EZ-Commit, a merge or a CI job—ARM spins up (or re-uses) a workspace linked to the repo/branch in question. That keeps files, temporary build artifacts, and logs separated per operation, so one task never overwrites another.


What Is a Workspace?

Think of a workspace as a containerized file system:

  • It’s created (or re-attached) automatically when you start a commit, merge, or CI task.

  • Multiple workspaces can exist side-by-side—one per concurrent job.

  • If a matching workspace already exists, the new job re-uses it to save spin-up time.


Workspace Storage

  • Every tenant receives 500 GB of workspace capacity.

  • ARM emails admins when usage approaches the limit.

  • Once the cap is hit, no new jobs can start until you increase the limit or delete idle workspaces.


Managing a Workspace

Only Org Administrators can view, reset, or delete workspaces.

Viewing the Workspace List

  1. Log in to ARM.

  2. Go to Settings › Workspaces.

  3. The list shows every workspace ever created:

Field
Description

Label

Workspace name (auto-generated)

Created On

Timestamp of first creation

Author

User who owns the workspace

Repo / Branch

Git location tied to the workspace

Status

Running or Idle

Module

ARM feature that created it (EZ-Commit, CI Job, etc.)

Last Used / Size

Date of last activity and storage consumed


Resetting a Workspace

Reset wipes the folder contents but keeps the workspace record.

  1. Find the workspace and click Reset.

  2. Confirm to restore default state.


Deleting a Workspace

Delete removes the workspace permanently (repositories remain intact).

  1. Click the trash-can icon next to the workspace.

  2. Confirm twice—you cannot undo this.

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If the Delete button is missing, your role lacks the required permission.


Bulk-Deleting Inactive Workspaces

Free up space by purging all workspaces idle since a given date.

  1. Click Settings.

    Workspace Settings gear icon
  2. Choose the cutoff date and confirm.

    Delete inactive workspaces dialog

Workspace Configurations

Need more space? An Org Admin can request an increase.

  • Super Admin logs in and opens Workspace Mgmt.

  • Raise the tenant limit—maximum 1 TB (1000 GB)—based on subscription.

Super Admin screen showing workspace size adjustment

Once approved, the new cap takes effect instantly and users can resume jobs without deleting old workspaces.


Best Practices

  • Clean up idle workspaces weekly to avoid hitting the limit.

  • Reset instead of Delete if you just want a fresh working directory.

  • Monitor the Last Used / Size column to spot abandoned, space-hogging workspaces early.

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