Webstorm constantly freezes on certain auto-completion actions or imports garbage

I’m very sorry to hear about your bad experience with the IDE.

Could you please share a project where we could reproduce the issues?

I can give one developer access to all my repositories on github. It takes some time to get it installed, since it is composed of a few sub-modules. There is a manual on how to get it to run.

I just tried to create a new project and recreate the issue, but it works fine, so must have something to do with my setup. Please contact me with a github handle.

My github id is lena-spb.

Thank you!

I invited you to all repros. The main one is called “axis” and has a readme.

Thank you!

Unfortunately I'm not sure how to proceed. The very first step (git clone --recurse-submodules) fails with

Cloning into 'axis'...     
remote: Invalid username or password.                                                                                                                           
fatal: Authentication failed for 'https://github.com/andremichelle/axis/'                                                                                                                                                                  

You have to provide your own credentials. Either by using a SSH key or HTTPS + personal-access-token. I double-checked: you have full access to all related repros on my github account.

It was a problem with my access token, it has expired :)

I have successfully cloned the repo, thank you. What steps should I try now to reproduce the issue?

Can you reproduce the steps in the video (WebStorm.freeze.mp4)?

No, unfortunately I failed to reproduce it using similar steps.

The ‘garbage’ imports from the wrong folder do indeed appear. I was able to fix it by un-excluding the dist folders. dist and build folders are auto-excluded as a result of changes introduced in WEB-68312. To get them un-excluded, you can press double Shift, type registry, and open the Registry... window. In this window, disable the exclude.generated.files.in.javascript.package.roots  key, then re-start the IDE.

Unfortunately that does not change it for me. It still auto-imports a lot of garbage.

“exclude.generated.files.in.javascript.package.roots” is still disabled after restarting the IDE.

Also, it still freezes when I create a getter/setter in one go with any private property of the class BlockRenderer.

I've reproduced the ‘garbage imports’ issue. It looks very similar to WEB-65889. Please follow it for the updates.

As for the freezing issue, would it be possible to collect and share log files as the initial troubleshooting step?
These can be collected with the Help > Collect Logs and Diagnostic Data menu action.

Sure: http://www.andremichelle.io/files/webstorm-logs-20250503-17143810722686821904040632.zip

Thank you. It's a thread starvation problem. We have added some fixes in 2025.1.1 update, could you check if it works any better for you after updating?

If it doesn't help, please try the following:

• Add more memory with Help | Change Memory Settings. This doesn't add threads but may cause the IDE to quicker complete the tasks.
• Disable some IDE services which you may tolerate. For example, inspections, inlay hints, gutter icons. This reduces the resource consumption causing having fewer tasks.
• Try toggling Settings | Languages and Frameworks | TypeScript | Enable service-powered type engine. This changes the load balance between IDE and node.

WebStorm 2025.1
Build #WS-251.23774.424, built on April 14, 2025

How do I get 2025.1.1?

Btw: Disabling Enable service-powered type engine seems to fix the freezing issue.

2025.1.1 is not yet published. You can download the preview build here: https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/articles/WEB-A-11/WebStorm-EAP#The-Early-Access-Program-for-the-latest-stable-version-is-currently-closed-Please-check-back-later