[server] allow configure timeouts via featureflag (#20035)

Author: svenefftinge

components/server/src/billing/entitlement-service.ts

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import { inject, injectable } from "inversify";
 import { BillingModes } from "./billing-mode";
 import { EntitlementServiceUBP } from "./entitlement-service-ubp";
 import { log } from "@gitpod/gitpod-protocol/lib/util/logging";
+import { getExperimentsClientForBackend } from "@gitpod/gitpod-protocol/lib/experiments/configcat-server";
 
 export interface MayStartWorkspaceResult {
     hitParallelWorkspaceLimit?: HitParallelWorkspaceLimit;
@@ -124,8 +125,14 @@ export class EntitlementServiceImpl implements EntitlementService {
             const billingMode = await this.billingModes.getBillingMode(userId, organizationId);
             switch (billingMode.mode) {
                 case "none":
-                    // when payment is disabled users can do everything
-                    return true;
+                    const disable_set_timeout = await getExperimentsClientForBackend().getValueAsync(
+                        "disable_set_timeout",
+                        false,
+                        {
+                            gitpodHost: process.env.GITPOD_HOST,
+                        },
+                    );
+                    return !disable_set_timeout;
                 case "usage-based":
                     return this.ubp.maySetTimeout(userId, organizationId);
             }