WebStorm IDE Constantly Freezing (cannot get any work done :( )
I've been using WebStorm, trouble free, for years and love it! I recently installed the latest version of WebStorm (2018.2.4) and my IDE constantly freezes up when I do a variety of tasks. I'll be typing some code and it will lock up. I'll be selecting an area to copy and it will freeze up. I will try to copy and paste and it won't. In addition to installing the latest version of WebStorm, I'm also working on a 'new' (not new new, but new to me) project - which could somehow also be the cause.
I've scoured the web and can find no solution that works for me. I tried excluding the ng-modules directories in my project, thinking that perhaps indexing was causing the problem. That seemed to work at first, but that is a bit problematic as I missed out on things like type ahead. I've tried Power Save mode, and that too seemed to help a bit, but that too has its issues.
Is there some simple solution to my problem? Please Help. As it stands, I'm going to have to move to a different IDE.
Environment: Mac, macOS Mojave 10.14
Project specifics: Angular 6, Yarn
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Unfortunately not that simple for my coworkers, they would get freeze soon after install and gave up after a few days.
I have started getting the same issues recently. I have excluded everything except the "src" folder, and "node_modules", but I still get regular freezes. Sometimes I have to kill it from the command line. I have an i7 MacBook Pro with 16GB RAM, so it really shouldn't be a performance issue.
@Bouwerp Please file a ticket to youtrack, https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issues/WEB, attaching your log folder zipped (Help | Collect Logs and Diagnostic Data)
After updating webstorm to WebStorm 2021.1, IDE freezes occasionally.
Version info
Build #WS-211.6693.108, built on April 5, 2021
Licensed to CPSI / Murugavel Sakthivel
Subscription is active until March 31, 2022.
Runtime version: 11.0.10+9-b1341.35 amd64
VM: Dynamic Code Evolution 64-Bit Server VM by JetBrains s.r.o.
Windows 10 10.0
GC: ParNew, ConcurrentMarkSweep
Memory: 1979M
Cores: 12
Registry: ide.windowSystem.autoShowProcessPopup=true, search.everywhere.settings=true
Non-Bundled Plugins: com.berzanmikaili.intellij.monokai_pro (2.0.2c), com.vermouthx.idea (1.11.3)
Murugavel Sakthivel please see https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/360001211059/comments/360001731820 above
For me, the December 2024 versions were very slow, and every save made the IDE unresponsive — on macOS with the M1 Pro Chip.
I tried every solution mentioned in other threads, but it seems not to work.
I decided to downgrade to the version that seemed to work fine with my project before, and it began working well for me.
Specifically, the versions
2024.3.1,2024.2.1, and2024.1.7were laggy.Reverting to
2024.3.8was a safe ground.Would it be possible to collect the log files from 2024.3.1 as the initial troubleshooting step and share them within a support ticket? These can be collected with the Help > Collect Logs and Diagnostic Data menu action.