What is your suggestion?

If I set up JetBrains Gateway with SSH and try to launch in a Linux VM, it fails saying HOME is not set.

Why do you want this feature?

Reduction friction of developers using v2 and JetBrains Gateway

Are there any workarounds to get this functionality today?

Set the HOME in a .profile and source it, then retry the Gateway startup, and it works.

Are you interested in submitting a PR for this?

No