diff --git a/ee/app/validators/json_schemas/workspaces_kubernetes.json b/ee/app/validators/json_schemas/workspaces_kubernetes.json
index c7732393179360ce2dca83f4983bca59d943ed84..47683746b34934bfba6abd7592500dc454a0fed7 100644
--- a/ee/app/validators/json_schemas/workspaces_kubernetes.json
+++ b/ee/app/validators/json_schemas/workspaces_kubernetes.json
@@ -1,131 +1,44 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
   "description": "This schema contains the objects created by devfile-gem in the order they are supposed to appear.",
-  "anyOf": [
-    {
-      "type": "array",
-      "unevaluatedItems": false,
-      "prefixItems": [
-        {
-          "$ref": "#/definitions/workspace_inventory_config_map"
-        },
-        {
-          "$ref": "#/definitions/deployment"
-        },
-        {
-          "$ref": "#/definitions/service"
-        },
-        {
-          "$ref": "#/definitions/persistent_volume_claim"
-        },
-        {
-          "$ref": "#/definitions/service_account"
-        },
-        {
-          "$ref": "#/definitions/network_policy"
-        },
-        {
-          "$ref": "#/definitions/scripts_config_map"
-        },
-        {
-          "$ref": "#/definitions/secrets_inventory_config_map"
-        },
-        {
-          "$ref": "#/definitions/resource_quota"
-        },
-        {
-          "$ref": "#/definitions/env_var_secret"
-        },
-        {
-          "$ref": "#/definitions/file_secret"
-        }
-      ]
-    },
-    {
-      "type": "array",
-      "unevaluatedItems": false,
-      "prefixItems": [
-        {
-          "$ref": "#/definitions/workspace_inventory_config_map"
-        },
-        {
-          "$ref": "#/definitions/deployment"
-        },
-        {
-          "$ref": "#/definitions/service"
-        },
-        {
-          "$ref": "#/definitions/persistent_volume_claim"
-        },
-        {
-          "$ref": "#/definitions/service_account"
-        },
-        {
-          "$ref": "#/definitions/network_policy"
-        },
-        {
-          "$ref": "#/definitions/scripts_config_map"
-        },
-        {
-          "$ref": "#/definitions/secrets_inventory_config_map"
-        },
-        {
-          "$ref": "#/definitions/env_var_secret"
-        },
-        {
-          "$ref": "#/definitions/file_secret"
-        }
-      ]
-    },
-    {
-      "type": "array",
-      "unevaluatedItems": false,
-      "prefixItems": [
-        {
-          "$ref": "#/definitions/workspace_inventory_config_map"
-        },
-        {
-          "$ref": "#/definitions/secrets_inventory_config_map"
-        }
-      ]
-    },
-    {
-      "type": "array",
-      "unevaluatedItems": false,
-      "prefixItems": [
-        {
-          "$ref": "#/definitions/workspace_inventory_config_map"
-        },
-        {
-          "$ref": "#/definitions/deployment"
-        },
-        {
-          "$ref": "#/definitions/service"
-        },
-        {
-          "$ref": "#/definitions/persistent_volume_claim"
-        },
-        {
-          "$ref": "#/definitions/service_account"
-        },
-        {
-          "$ref": "#/definitions/network_policy"
-        },
-        {
-          "$ref": "#/definitions/secrets_inventory_config_map"
-        },
-        {
-          "$ref": "#/definitions/resource_quota"
-        },
-        {
-          "$ref": "#/definitions/env_var_secret"
-        },
-        {
-          "$ref": "#/definitions/file_secret"
-        }
-      ]
-    }
-  ],
+  "type": "array",
+  "items": {
+    "anyOf": [
+      {
+        "$ref": "#/definitions/workspace_inventory_config_map"
+      },
+      {
+        "$ref": "#/definitions/deployment"
+      },
+      {
+        "$ref": "#/definitions/service"
+      },
+      {
+        "$ref": "#/definitions/persistent_volume_claim"
+      },
+      {
+        "$ref": "#/definitions/service_account"
+      },
+      {
+        "$ref": "#/definitions/network_policy"
+      },
+      {
+        "$ref": "#/definitions/scripts_config_map"
+      },
+      {
+        "$ref": "#/definitions/secrets_inventory_config_map"
+      },
+      {
+        "$ref": "#/definitions/resource_quota"
+      },
+      {
+        "$ref": "#/definitions/env_var_secret"
+      },
+      {
+        "$ref": "#/definitions/file_secret"
+      }
+    ]
+  },
   "additionalProperties": false,
   "definitions": {
     "workspace_inventory_config_map": {
diff --git a/ee/app/validators/remote_development/desired_config_array_validator.rb b/ee/app/validators/remote_development/desired_config_array_validator.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4a254251c2413352e3c812bec770cfd0388edb6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ee/app/validators/remote_development/desired_config_array_validator.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module RemoteDevelopment
+  class DesiredConfigArrayValidator < ActiveModel::EachValidator
+    EXPECTED_SEQUENCE = [
+      { kind: "ConfigMap", name_pattern: /workspace-inventory$/ },
+      { kind: "Deployment", name_pattern: /.*/ },
+      { kind: "Service", name_pattern: /.*/ },
+      { kind: "PersistentVolumeClaim", name_pattern: /.*/ },
+      { kind: "ServiceAccount", name_pattern: /.*/ },
+      { kind: "NetworkPolicy", name_pattern: /.*/ },
+      { kind: "ConfigMap", name_pattern: /scripts-configmap$/ },
+      { kind: "ConfigMap", name_pattern: /secrets-inventory$/ },
+      { kind: "ResourceQuota", name_pattern: /.*/ },
+      { kind: "Secret", name_pattern: /env-var$/ },
+      { kind: "Secret", name_pattern: /file$/ }
+    ].freeze
+
+    # @param [RemoteDevelopment::DesiredConfig] record
+    # @param [Symbol] attribute
+    # @param [Array] value
+    # @return [void] The result is stored in the errors param
+    def validate_each(record, attribute, value)
+      unless value.is_a?(Array)
+        record.errors.add(attribute, "must be an array")
+        return
+      end
+
+      if value.empty?
+        record.errors.add(attribute, "must not be empty")
+        return
+      end
+
+      value = value.map(&:deep_symbolize_keys)
+      normalized_expected_array = normalize_expected_order(value)
+      normalized_config_array = value.map do |item|
+        item => {
+          kind: String => item_kind,
+          metadata: {
+            name: String => item_name
+          },
+          **
+        }
+
+        "#{item_kind}/#{item_name}"
+      end
+
+      validate_order(normalized_config_array, normalized_expected_array, record.errors, attribute)
+    end
+
+    private
+
+    # @param [Array] normalized_config_array
+    # @param [Array] normalized_expected_array
+    # @param [ActiveModel::Errors] errors - stores the validation results
+    # @param [Symbol] attribute_symbol - symbol of the attribute associated with the error
+    # @return [Void]
+    def validate_order(normalized_config_array, normalized_expected_array, errors, attribute_symbol)
+      normalized_config_array.each_with_index do |item, index|
+        expected_index = normalized_expected_array.index(item)
+
+        if expected_index.nil?
+          errors.add(attribute_symbol, "item #{item} at index #{index} is unexpected")
+          next
+        end
+
+        next if expected_index == index
+
+        errors.add(attribute_symbol, "item #{item} at index #{index} must be at #{expected_index}")
+      end
+    end
+
+    # This method normalizes the expected order of items based on the config array
+    # It creates a mapping of expected positions for each kind/name combination
+    #
+    # @param [Array] config_array The array of configuration items to normalize
+    # @return [Array] An array with expected order of items
+    def normalize_expected_order(config_array)
+      expected_positions = []
+
+      EXPECTED_SEQUENCE.each_with_index do |expected, _|
+        config_array.each do |item|
+          item => {
+            kind: String => item_kind,
+            metadata: {
+              name: String => item_name
+            }
+          }
+
+          expected_positions << "#{item_kind}/#{item_name}" if matches?(item_kind, item_name, expected)
+        end
+      end
+
+      expected_positions
+    end
+
+    # Validates if the given configuration matches the expected value
+    #
+    # @param [String] kind The type of configuration to validate
+    # @param [String] name The name of the configuration item
+    # @param [Object] expected The expected value to match against. See {#EXPECTED_SEQUENCE} above.
+    # @return [Boolean] Returns true if the configuration matches the expected value, false otherwise
+    def matches?(kind, name, expected)
+      kind == expected[:kind] && expected[:name_pattern].match?(name)
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/ee/lib/remote_development/workspace_operations/desired_config.rb b/ee/lib/remote_development/workspace_operations/desired_config.rb
index cc3b15076599d0a0552afea5763769712be82e46..9bb737bb1daa7ea82b28dffc38c168f99bb132f5 100644
--- a/ee/lib/remote_development/workspace_operations/desired_config.rb
+++ b/ee/lib/remote_development/workspace_operations/desired_config.rb
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ class DesiredConfig
         detail_errors: true,
         size_limit: 64.kilobytes
       }
+      validates :desired_config_array, 'remote_development/desired_config_array': true
 
       # @param [DesiredConfig] other
       # @return [Boolean]
diff --git a/ee/spec/fixtures/remote_development/example.desired_config.json b/ee/spec/fixtures/remote_development/example.desired_config.json
index f6f91165c69a016189aa36e14cdff66d3bef8f2e..70cbf6f9b6d08747c7fd79bd9201ff1cd57fe9d0 100644
--- a/ee/spec/fixtures/remote_development/example.desired_config.json
+++ b/ee/spec/fixtures/remote_development/example.desired_config.json
@@ -332,6 +332,39 @@
     },
     "status": {}
   },
+  {
+    "apiVersion": "v1",
+    "kind": "PersistentVolumeClaim",
+    "metadata": {
+      "annotations": {
+        "environment": "production",
+        "team": "engineering",
+        "config.k8s.io/owning-inventory": "workspace-991-990-fedcba-workspace-inventory",
+        "workspaces.gitlab.com/host-template": "{{.port}}-workspace-991-990-fedcba.workspaces.dev.test",
+        "workspaces.gitlab.com/id": "993",
+        "workspaces.gitlab.com/max-resources-per-workspace-sha256": "24aefc317e11db538ede450d1773e273966b9801b988d49e1219f2a9bf8e7f66"
+      },
+      "creationTimestamp": null,
+      "labels": {
+        "app": "workspace",
+        "tier": "development",
+        "agent.gitlab.com/id": "991"
+      },
+      "name": "workspace-991-990-fedcba-gl-workspace-custom-pvc",
+      "namespace": "gl-rd-ns-991-990-fedcba"
+    },
+    "spec": {
+      "accessModes": [
+        "ReadWriteOnce"
+      ],
+      "resources": {
+        "requests": {
+          "storage": "50Gi"
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "status": {}
+  },
   {
     "apiVersion": "v1",
     "automountServiceAccountToken": false,
diff --git a/ee/spec/lib/remote_development/workspace_operations/desired_config_spec.rb b/ee/spec/lib/remote_development/workspace_operations/desired_config_spec.rb
index 5e1f90997a7f1ad2848f4892f4cfa149c4d0a457..e434cab9b2da4cd5e8fdc9408da524732cfaed7e 100644
--- a/ee/spec/lib/remote_development/workspace_operations/desired_config_spec.rb
+++ b/ee/spec/lib/remote_development/workspace_operations/desired_config_spec.rb
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
         end
       end
 
-      it 'fails' do
+      it 'fails', :unlimited_max_formatted_output_length do
         expect(desired_config).to be_invalid
 
         # This validation does not fail for other kinds except for ConfigMap
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@
         expect(desired_config.errors[:desired_config_array])
           .to include(
             "object property at `/0/invalid-field` is a disallowed additional property",
-            "object property at `/6/invalid-field` is a disallowed additional property",
-            "object property at `/7/invalid-field` is a disallowed additional property"
+            "object property at `/7/invalid-field` is a disallowed additional property",
+            "object property at `/8/invalid-field` is a disallowed additional property"
           )
       end
     end
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
       let(:expected_difference) do
         [
           [
-            "-", "[10]",
+            "-", "[11]",
             {
               apiVersion: "v1",
               data: {},
diff --git a/ee/spec/support/fast_spec/remote_development/fast_spec_helper_support.rb b/ee/spec/support/fast_spec/remote_development/fast_spec_helper_support.rb
index fdfe3933a4aa964105496e8ee80d305bd3c1a395..c37b5949901bd7e850145e9898907e2938c73342 100644
--- a/ee/spec/support/fast_spec/remote_development/fast_spec_helper_support.rb
+++ b/ee/spec/support/fast_spec/remote_development/fast_spec_helper_support.rb
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 require_relative '../../../../app/models/remote_development/enums/workspace_variable'
 require_relative '../../../../app/models/remote_development/workspace_state_helpers'
 require_relative '../../../../app/validators/ee/json_schema_validator'
+require_relative '../../../../app/validators/remote_development/desired_config_array_validator'
 require_relative '../../../../lib/remote_development/files'
 require_relative '../../../../lib/remote_development/remote_development_constants'
 require_relative '../../../../lib/remote_development/workspace_operations/create/create_constants'
diff --git a/ee/spec/validators/remote_development/desired_config_array_validator_spec.rb b/ee/spec/validators/remote_development/desired_config_array_validator_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a721c374420f6a23a11d3860fa1268b8ee9107e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ee/spec/validators/remote_development/desired_config_array_validator_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+RSpec.describe RemoteDevelopment::DesiredConfigArrayValidator, feature_category: :workspaces do
+  include_context "with remote development shared fixtures"
+  let(:model) do
+    Class.new do
+      # @return [String]
+      def self.name
+        "DesiredConfigArrayValidatorTest"
+      end
+
+      include ActiveModel::Model
+      include ActiveModel::Validations
+
+      attr_accessor :desired_config_array
+      alias_method :desired_config_before_type_cast, :desired_config_array
+
+      validates :desired_config_array, 'remote_development/desired_config_array': true
+    end.new
+  end
+
+  let(:desired_config_array_with_jumbled_items) do
+    items = create_desired_config_array
+    items[0], items[-1] = items[-1], items[0]
+    items[6], items[7] = items[7], items[6]
+    items
+  end
+
+  let(:desired_config_array_with_unexpected_items) do
+    items = create_desired_config_array
+    items << { kind: "UnexpectedKind", metadata: { name: "unexpected-item" } }
+    items
+  end
+
+  let(:desired_config_array_with_missing_items) { create_desired_config_array.tap { |items| items.delete_at(3) } }
+
+  using RSpec::Parameterized::TableSyntax
+
+  where(:desired_config_array, :validity, :errors) do
+    # rubocop:disable Layout/LineLength -- The RSpec table syntax often requires long lines for errors
+    # @formatter:off - Turn off RubyMine autoformatting
+    create_desired_config_array                      | true  | {}
+    ref(:desired_config_array_with_missing_items)    | true  | {}
+    ref(:desired_config_array_with_unexpected_items) | false | { desired_config_array: ["item UnexpectedKind/unexpected-item at index 12 is unexpected"] }
+    ref(:desired_config_array_with_jumbled_items)    | false | { desired_config_array: ["item Secret/workspace-991-990-fedcba-file at index 0 must be at 11", "item ConfigMap/workspace-991-990-fedcba-scripts-configmap at index 6 must be at 7", "item NetworkPolicy/workspace-991-990-fedcba at index 7 must be at 6", "item ConfigMap/workspace-991-990-fedcba-workspace-inventory at index 11 must be at 0"] }
+    nil                                              | false | { desired_config_array: ['must be an array'] }
+    {}                                               | false | { desired_config_array: ['must be an array'] }
+    []                                               | false | { desired_config_array: ['must not be empty'] }
+    # @formatter:on
+    # rubocop:enable Layout/LineLength
+  end
+
+  with_them do
+    before do
+      model.desired_config_array = desired_config_array
+      model.validate
+    end
+
+    it { expect(model.valid?).to eq(validity) }
+    it { expect(model.errors.messages).to eq(errors) }
+  end
+end