IntelliJ IDEA 2017.1.2 EAP (build 171.4249.4) with wrong expiration date?

Minor EAP updates require the normal active subscription or trial license.

When 2017.2 EAP starts, it will be limited for 30 days as normal EAP builds.

You can tell that by the availability of Help | Register option.

I've just downloaded and installed the latest EAP build and it only allows me to enter a key or upgrade online.

No "normal 30 days" available.

I've been using EAP builds for the past year and that's the first time this happens to me, hence my suggestion that it might be a bug or something.

It's a common practice for the EAP builds.

All minor EAP releases require the subscription/license (2017.1.x), when the EAP for the next major version is started (2017.2, 2017.3, 2018.1, etc), registration option is removed and the product runs for 30 days since the build date. Starting from RC builds registration option is returned back until EAP for the next MAJOR version is started.

It has been so for decades, nothing has changed in our policy.

OK, great, so no policy change.

How about an issue with the windows build?

Any chance it might be bundled with a wrong end date?

What license do you use?

None, I always use the Evaluate for free option.

Either your trial is over or you have removed IDE folders (https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/articles/206544519) which has triggered the license protection and has disabled your trial.

Well then, once again, I believe there's something messed up with the windows installer, because I followed standard uninstall/install options, just like I've done in previous builds.

Your About screen shows that the trial license you had has expired yesterday. New build doesn't start the new trial period.

The whole idea behind EAP is for developers to try and use the software without using a license, hence the "Licensed EAP Member" instead of my own account.

I didn't log in with my account, nor assigned it to any other license other than what is expected to happen in an EAP software. So why would I use a trial license in an EAP software?

Thanks for pointing it out, but I had already noticed that the expiration date was off and that's why I created the post, because I believe that might be something wrong with the way this new build is handling the EAP "active period".

I apologize if you're giving me the proper answer and I'm being too stupid to understand it, but so far I have no clue on what to do to get the IntelliJ EAP working again.

Thanks for your time, Serge.

There have been always periods when there was no active EAP license available and it was not possible to use IntelliJ IDEA with the EAP license until the next major EAP version is released.

Right now it's exactly the time when there is no option to run EAP without a paid license if your trial license has already expired.

Previously such periods between the EAPs could last for months, now they are much shorter (after moving to the subscription model and 3 releases per year).

EAP for 2017.2 will start very soon and you'll be able to use it again.

Got it, I guess it hadn't happened to me before.

Thanks again, Serge.

I get a similar issue. I believe the 2 dates in the screen shot will explain everything. (Expiration + Build date.)

This is a regular occurance based on how often I use the IDE.

It's not an issue, but the expected behavior. Minor EAP builds do not start the new 30 day trial, this build uses the regular license (or a previously started trial license that is expiring in your case).