Help! IntelliJ lost history
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I have a real problem here. IntelliJ seems to have lost my local history.
Initially my problem was that although the various versions of the file in the "differences" window (Version Control > Local History > Show History) were showing in the bottom pane, both left and right versions of the file were shown as "File content is not available (read-only)".
Quitting and relaunching IntelliJ seems to have made the history work again...but only from that point on! i.e. I seem to have lost the history for my entire project.
Is there any way I can get my history back?
This has suddenly happened in the past few days, and I have not changed anything in my project setup since the last time it worked.
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Most likely it's not possible to get the history back. Note that the local history is not a replacement for a proper VCS system, and we don't make any guarantees regarding how long the data in the local history is stored.
Thanks Dmitry. Somewhat disappointing that such an important feature is not more reliable. Yes, I have VCS; but I'm not interested in using it to replace local history! Is there some way that users could back up the local history? Then at least we would only lose a certain amount of it...
Hi there,
You can try searching for LocalHistory folder and back it up when required, but I just do not think that it will work on it's own (I mean -- I think it's linked to other indexes/caches as well, so preserving (by backing up) local history only quite likely will not help if other indexes are damaged/invalidated).
Check this document for possible locations where local history is stored: IDEA files locations
For example, on Windows 7 it should be C:\Users\USERNAME\.IntelliJIdea11\system\LocalHistory
Hmmm, OK well it was worth a try. Thanks anyway
IntelliJ IDEA no longer stores local history information in a separate folder; it's now stored together with our filesystem cache.
Maybe the latest IJ version 'does not store ANY history anymore' ?
I just had a blue screen of death, while having worked for hours on some code and IJ open.
After reboot I found my file back in time several hours.
I went to Local History and see 'no history'!!!
Jetbrains: is my IJ no longer protecting my work when my laptop crashes...? What happened to Local History and auto save?
I'm totally in despair about this, please respond
link https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/docs/DOC-181 cannot be found anymore, I know it's an old thread but a very current problem
Local history could be lost on IDE caches corruption/invalidation. It is not guaranteed that time interval always be several days.
If you can provide the log file at the moment issue happened I'll check if there are any errors.
I created https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/requests/1955199 and attached the logs, your help will be appreciated.
I enabled 15 second file save on idle option, that seemed not to be one (not a default?)
Is there no way to reliable journal and fsync user file-edits and to recover open files on crash like e.g. Microsoft word seems to do quite well in the comparable situation?
Or at least preserve the Local History after such crash (recover its indexes, make sure it regularily syncs to disk)
When possible the local history is always preserved for the period of retention (which is 5 days by default).
Then why is all history empty after a laptop crash/reboot...?
In log on the next after the crash IDE session there is a record that IDE had to rebuild it's virtual file system (due to it's corruption: 2019-01-23 18:11:30,888 [ 5968] INFO - ellij.vfs.persistent.FSRecords - Filesystem storage is corrupted or does not exist. [Re]Building. Reason: FS repository version mismatch) and so the local history had to be rebuilt also: 2019-01-23 18:11:32,312 [ 7392] INFO - .history.utils.LocalHistoryLog - FS has been rebuild, rebuilding local history...
Such things could happen unfortunately this is why the Local History should be not considered as 100% replacement of VCS or other means for saving your. I'm sorry for the issue.
I have this issue every single time I upgrade on a new WebStorm version. All my local history gone in all my projects. This is so annoying that it's forcing me to consider leave WebStorm. Guys - really? This kind of stuff in paid product not fixed for years? Maybe You should consider to remove "Local history" functionality if it's reliability is this terrible - what's the point to have this history if it's broken randomly and there is literally no guarantee to work?
Hello @...
Please see the ticket and vote:
https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-61385
Ruslan Kuleshov, this TICKET has been created 11 YEARS AGO !!!! WHY IN HELL DO WE HAVE TO VOTE FOR YOUR INCOMPETENCE !?!?!?! WHY IN HELL DO WE PAY SO MUCH MONEY FOR THE PRODUCT WHEN THE MOST IMPORTANT FEATURE IS NOT EVEN WORKING ?!?!?!?!?!
Trust me EVERYONE uses ANY of your products because they are FAST and they have this feature.
Everyone is so freaking polite about something that has been in DEVELOPMENT for 11 YEARS !!! I would've understand if it was 11 MONTHS, but the issue had to be fixed AND NOT VOTED FOR the last DECADE !!!!
I am appalled this issue doesn't have more votes; maybe it is tracked elsewhere? It is now 4/5/2024 and this is still happening. My Ultimate IntelliJ IDEA was just automatically updated in the back end in Ubuntu and all prior history is now gone after restart.
I JUST LOST ALL MY HISTORY IN ONE PROJECT.
COME ON GUYS - PLEASE FIX IT.
HOW DO I BACK IT UP MYSELF?