Jetbrains AI just stopped working and now I can't activate it again
The reason seems to be a 500 internal error:
2026-09-23 03:19:43,437 [ 27925] WARN - #c.i.m.l.a.s.i.j.JbaiAccessOptionsKt - Failed to fetch AI access options; HTTP status 500com.intellij.ml.llm.activation.data.model.result.HttpStatusException: HTTP status 500: Internal Server Error
at com.intellij.ml.llm.activation.ij.data.IjJcpUserManagementClient.fetchAiAccessOptions(IjJcpUserManagementRepository.kt:57)
at com.intellij.ml.llm.activation.ij.data.IjJcpUserManagementClient$fetchAiAccessOptions$1.invokeSuspend(IjJcpUserManagementRepository.kt)
at kotlin.coroutines.jvm.internal.BaseContinuationImpl.resumeWith(ContinuationImpl.kt:34)
at kotlinx.coroutines.DispatchedTask.run(DispatchedTask.kt:100)
at kotlinx.coroutines.scheduling.CoroutineScheduler.runSafely(CoroutineScheduler.kt:610)
at kotlinx.coroutines.scheduling.CoroutineScheduler$Worker.runDefaultDispatcherTask(CoroutineScheduler.kt:1194)
at kotlinx.coroutines.scheduling.CoroutineScheduler$Worker.executeTask(CoroutineScheduler.kt:906)
at kotlinx.coroutines.scheduling.CoroutineScheduler$Worker.runWorker(CoroutineScheduler.kt:775)
at kotlinx.coroutines.scheduling.CoroutineScheduler$Worker.run(CoroutineScheduler.kt:762)
2026-09-23 03:19:43,438 [ 27926] INFO - #c.i.m.l.a.s.i.AiaActivationManagerImplKt - JB AI activation: [access] {stalled}JbaiAccessStalled

It stopped working in all of the IDEs, not just IDEA. I don't think it is a networking issue on my side.
I can reach https://api.jetbrains.ai/ping
Am I the only one with this problem?
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It fixed itself overnight.