Intellij in WSl cannot download sources

Hi, I am using IntelliJ with WSL, I am able to build the entire project with no problems. All dependencies are downloaded and the jars are built without an issue.

When I click on download sources Intellij tries to download the sources but always fails.

Here is the stack trace related to this: ( I found it in the idea.log file ).

2025-11-14 15:14:03,869 [180401388]   INFO - STDERR - Exception in thread "DefaultDispatcher-worker-87" java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unable to download artifact.

2025-11-14 15:14:03,869 [180401388]   INFO - STDERR -       at org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.util.GradleArtifactDownloader.downloadArtifactImpl(GradleArtifactDownloader.kt:94)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,870 [180401389]   INFO - STDERR -       at org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.util.GradleArtifactDownloader.access$downloadArtifactImpl(GradleArtifactDownloader.kt:30)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,870 [180401389]   INFO - STDERR -       at org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.util.GradleArtifactDownloader$downloadArtifactImpl$1.invokeSuspend(GradleArtifactDownloader.kt)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,870 [180401389]   INFO - STDERR -       at kotlin.coroutines.jvm.internal.BaseContinuationImpl.resumeWith(ContinuationImpl.kt:33)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,870 [180401389]   INFO - STDERR -       at kotlinx.coroutines.UndispatchedCoroutine.afterResume(CoroutineContext.kt:277)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,870 [180401389]   INFO - STDERR -       at kotlinx.coroutines.AbstractCoroutine.resumeWith(AbstractCoroutine.kt:101)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,870 [180401389]   INFO - STDERR -       at kotlin.coroutines.jvm.internal.BaseContinuationImpl.resumeWith(ContinuationImpl.kt:46)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,870 [180401389]   INFO - STDERR -       at kotlinx.coroutines.DispatchedTask.run(DispatchedTask.kt:98)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,870 [180401389]   INFO - STDERR -       at kotlinx.coroutines.scheduling.CoroutineScheduler.runSafely(CoroutineScheduler.kt:613)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,870 [180401389]   INFO - STDERR -       at kotlinx.coroutines.scheduling.CoroutineScheduler$Worker.executeTask(CoroutineScheduler.kt:1189)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,870 [180401389]   INFO - STDERR -       at kotlinx.coroutines.scheduling.CoroutineScheduler$Worker.runWorker(CoroutineScheduler.kt:778)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,870 [180401389]   INFO - STDERR -       at kotlinx.coroutines.scheduling.CoroutineScheduler$Worker.run(CoroutineScheduler.kt:765)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,870 [180401389]   INFO - STDERR -       Suppressed: kotlinx.coroutines.internal.DiagnosticCoroutineContextException: [Kernel@uovdohlmbpk0f6h7n8hr, Rete(abortOnError=false, commands=capacity=2147483647,data=[], reteState=kotlinx.coroutines.flow.StateFlowImpl@1786dec2, dbSource=ReteDbSource(reteState=kotlinx.coroutines.flow.StateFlowImpl@1786dec2)), DbSourceContextElement(kernel Kernel@uovdohlmbpk0f6h7n8hr), ComponentManager(ProjectImpl@2004570777), ClientId(value=Host), CoroutineName(org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.service.editor.GradleDownloadSourceEditorListener), StandaloneCoroutine{Cancelling}@454e480a, Dispatchers.Default]

2025-11-14 15:14:03,871 [180401390]   INFO - STDERR - Caused by: com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.model.ExternalSystemException: Could not execute build using connection to Gradle distribution 'https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.10.2-bin.zip'.

2025-11-14 15:14:03,871 [180401390]   INFO - STDERR -       at org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.service.execution.GradleExecutionErrorHandler.createUserFriendlyError(GradleExecutionErrorHandler.java:177)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,871 [180401390]   INFO - STDERR -       at org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.service.project.AbstractProjectImportErrorHandler.createUserFriendlyError(AbstractProjectImportErrorHandler.java:30)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,871 [180401390]   INFO - STDERR -       at org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.service.project.BaseProjectImportErrorHandler.doGetUserFriendlyError(BaseProjectImportErrorHandler.java:178)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,871 [180401390]   INFO - STDERR -       at org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.service.project.BaseProjectImportErrorHandler.getUserFriendlyError(BaseProjectImportErrorHandler.java:48)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,872 [180401391]   INFO - STDERR -       at org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.service.project.BaseProjectImportErrorHandler.checkErrorsWithoutQuickFixes(BaseProjectImportErrorHandler.java:62)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,872 [180401391]   INFO - STDERR -       at org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.service.project.GradleProjectResolver$1.getUserFriendlyError(GradleProjectResolver.java:948)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,872 [180401391]   INFO - STDERR -       at org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.service.execution.GradleExecutionHelper.lambda$execute$4(GradleExecutionHelper.java:236)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,872 [180401391]   INFO - STDERR -       at org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.service.execution.GradleExecutionHelper.lambda$execute$2(GradleExecutionHelper.java:203)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,872 [180401391]   INFO - STDERR -       at org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.service.execution.SystemPropertiesAdjuster$Companion.executeAdjusted(SystemPropertiesAdjuster.kt:51)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,872 [180401391]   INFO - STDERR -       at org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.service.execution.SystemPropertiesAdjuster.executeAdjusted(SystemPropertiesAdjuster.kt)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,872 [180401391]   INFO - STDERR -       at org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.service.execution.GradleExecutionHelper.lambda$execute$3(GradleExecutionHelper.java:203)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,872 [180401391]   INFO - STDERR -       at org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.connection.GradleConnectorServiceImpl.withGradleConnection(GradleConnectorServiceImpl.kt:193)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,872 [180401391]   INFO - STDERR -       at org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.service.execution.GradleExecutionHelper.execute(GradleExecutionHelper.java:201)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,872 [180401391]   INFO - STDERR -       at org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.service.execution.GradleExecutionHelper.execute(GradleExecutionHelper.java:222)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,872 [180401391]   INFO - STDERR -       at org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.service.task.GradleTaskManager.executeTasks(GradleTaskManager.java:117)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,872 [180401391]   INFO - STDERR -       at org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.service.task.GradleTaskManager.executeTasks(GradleTaskManager.java:62)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,872 [180401391]   INFO - STDERR -       at com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.service.remote.RemoteExternalSystemTaskManagerImpl.lambda$executeTasks$0(RemoteExternalSystemTaskManagerImpl.java:28)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,872 [180401391]   INFO - STDERR -       at com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.service.remote.AbstractRemoteExternalSystemService.execute(AbstractRemoteExternalSystemService.java:42)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,872 [180401391]   INFO - STDERR -       at com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.service.remote.RemoteExternalSystemTaskManagerImpl.executeTasks(RemoteExternalSystemTaskManagerImpl.java:27)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,872 [180401391]   INFO - STDERR -       at com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.service.internal.ExternalSystemExecuteTaskTask.executeTasks(ExternalSystemExecuteTaskTask.java:114)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,872 [180401391]   INFO - STDERR -       at com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.service.internal.ExternalSystemExecuteTaskTask.doExecute(ExternalSystemExecuteTaskTask.java:98)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,872 [180401391]   INFO - STDERR -       at com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.service.internal.AbstractExternalSystemTask.lambda$execute$0(AbstractExternalSystemTask.java:137)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,872 [180401391]   INFO - STDERR -       at com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.service.internal.AbstractExternalSystemTask.withExecutionState(AbstractExternalSystemTask.java:265)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,872 [180401391]   INFO - STDERR -       at com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.service.internal.AbstractExternalSystemTask.lambda$execute$1(AbstractExternalSystemTask.java:136)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,872 [180401391]   INFO - STDERR -       at com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.service.internal.AbstractExternalSystemTask.withExecutionProgressManager(AbstractExternalSystemTask.java:222)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,872 [180401391]   INFO - STDERR -       at com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.service.internal.AbstractExternalSystemTask.lambda$execute$2(AbstractExternalSystemTask.java:135)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,873 [180401392]   INFO - STDERR -       at com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.service.internal.AbstractExternalSystemTask.withProcessingManager(AbstractExternalSystemTask.java:208)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,873 [180401392]   INFO - STDERR -       at com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.service.internal.AbstractExternalSystemTask.execute(AbstractExternalSystemTask.java:134)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,873 [180401392]   INFO - STDERR -       at com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.service.internal.AbstractExternalSystemTask.execute(AbstractExternalSystemTask.java:117)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,875 [180401394]   INFO - STDERR -       at com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.service.execution.ExternalSystemRunnableState.executeTask(ExternalSystemRunnableState.java:394)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,875 [180401394]   INFO - STDERR -       at com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.service.execution.ExternalSystemRunnableState.lambda$execute$1(ExternalSystemRunnableState.java:241)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,875 [180401394]   INFO - STDERR -       at com.intellij.openapi.progress.util.BackgroundTaskUtil.lambda$submitTask$8(BackgroundTaskUtil.java:266)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,875 [180401394]   INFO - STDERR -       at com.intellij.openapi.progress.util.BackgroundTaskUtil.lambda$createBackgroundTask$10(BackgroundTaskUtil.java:302)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,875 [180401394]   INFO - STDERR -       at com.intellij.openapi.progress.ProgressManager.lambda$runProcess$0(ProgressManager.java:98)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,875 [180401394]   INFO - STDERR -       at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.CoreProgressManager.lambda$runProcess$1(CoreProgressManager.java:229)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,875 [180401394]   INFO - STDERR -       at com.intellij.platform.diagnostic.telemetry.helpers.TraceKt.use(trace.kt:44)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,875 [180401394]   INFO - STDERR -       at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.CoreProgressManager.lambda$runProcess$2(CoreProgressManager.java:228)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,875 [180401394]   INFO - STDERR -       at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.CoreProgressManager.lambda$executeProcessUnderProgress$14(CoreProgressManager.java:681)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,875 [180401394]   INFO - STDERR -       at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.CoreProgressManager.registerIndicatorAndRun(CoreProgressManager.java:756)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,875 [180401394]   INFO - STDERR -       at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.CoreProgressManager.computeUnderProgress(CoreProgressManager.java:712)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,875 [180401394]   INFO - STDERR -       at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.CoreProgressManager.executeProcessUnderProgress(CoreProgressManager.java:680)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,875 [180401394]   INFO - STDERR -       at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.ProgressManagerImpl.executeProcessUnderProgress(ProgressManagerImpl.java:78)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,875 [180401394]   INFO - STDERR -       at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.CoreProgressManager.runProcess(CoreProgressManager.java:209)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,875 [180401394]   INFO - STDERR -       at com.intellij.openapi.progress.ProgressManager.runProcess(ProgressManager.java:98)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,875 [180401394]   INFO - STDERR -       at com.intellij.openapi.progress.util.BackgroundTaskUtil.lambda$createBackgroundTask$11(BackgroundTaskUtil.java:297)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,875 [180401394]   INFO - STDERR -       at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture$AsyncSupply.run(CompletableFuture.java:1768)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,875 [180401394]   INFO - STDERR -       at com.intellij.util.concurrency.ChildContext$runInChildContext$1.invoke(propagation.kt:167)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,875 [180401394]   INFO - STDERR -       at com.intellij.util.concurrency.ChildContext$runInChildContext$1.invoke(propagation.kt:167)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,875 [180401394]   INFO - STDERR -       at com.intellij.util.concurrency.ChildContext.runInChildContext(propagation.kt:173)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,875 [180401394]   INFO - STDERR -       at com.intellij.util.concurrency.ChildContext.runInChildContext(propagation.kt:167)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,875 [180401394]   INFO - STDERR -       at com.intellij.util.concurrency.ContextRunnable.run(ContextRunnable.java:27)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,875 [180401394]   INFO - STDERR -       at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1144)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,875 [180401394]   INFO - STDERR -       at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:642)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,875 [180401394]   INFO - STDERR -       at java.base/java.util.concurrent.Executors$PrivilegedThreadFactory$1$1.run(Executors.java:735)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,875 [180401394]   INFO - STDERR -       at java.base/java.util.concurrent.Executors$PrivilegedThreadFactory$1$1.run(Executors.java:732)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,875 [180401394]   INFO - STDERR -       at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:400)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,875 [180401394]   INFO - STDERR -       at java.base/java.util.concurrent.Executors$PrivilegedThreadFactory$1.run(Executors.java:732)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,875 [180401394]   INFO - STDERR -       at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1583)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,877 [180401396]   INFO - STDERR - Caused by: org.gradle.tooling.GradleConnectionException: Could not execute build using connection to Gradle distribution 'https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.10.2-bin.zip'.

2025-11-14 15:14:03,877 [180401396]   INFO - STDERR -       at org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.execution.target.GradleServerRunner$GradleServerEventsListener.doRun(GradleServerRunner.kt:205)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,877 [180401396]   INFO - STDERR -       at org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.execution.target.GradleServerRunner$GradleServerEventsListener.start$lambda$1(GradleServerRunner.kt:172)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,877 [180401396]   INFO - STDERR -       at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.ApplicationImpl$4.run(ApplicationImpl.java:326)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,877 [180401396]   INFO - STDERR -       at java.base/java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:572)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,877 [180401396]   INFO - STDERR -       at com.intellij.util.concurrency.ContextCallable.lambda$call$1(ContextCallable.java:86)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,877 [180401396]   INFO - STDERR -       at com.intellij.util.concurrency.ContextCallable.call(ContextCallable.java:95)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,877 [180401396]   INFO - STDERR -       at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:317)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,877 [180401396]   INFO - STDERR -       at com.intellij.util.concurrency.ChildContext$runInChildContext$1.invoke(propagation.kt:167)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,877 [180401396]   INFO - STDERR -       at com.intellij.util.concurrency.ChildContext$runInChildContext$1.invoke(propagation.kt:167)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,877 [180401396]   INFO - STDERR -       at com.intellij.util.concurrency.ChildContext.runInChildContext(propagation.kt:173)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,877 [180401396]   INFO - STDERR -       at com.intellij.util.concurrency.ChildContext.runInChildContext(propagation.kt:167)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,877 [180401396]   INFO - STDERR -       at com.intellij.util.concurrency.ContextRunnable.run(ContextRunnable.java:27)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,877 [180401396]   INFO - STDERR -       at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1144)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,877 [180401396]   INFO - STDERR -       at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:642)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,877 [180401396]   INFO - STDERR -       at java.base/java.util.concurrent.Executors$PrivilegedThreadFactory$1$1.run(Executors.java:735)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,877 [180401396]   INFO - STDERR -       at java.base/java.util.concurrent.Executors$PrivilegedThreadFactory$1$1.run(Executors.java:732)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,877 [180401396]   INFO - STDERR -       at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:400)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,877 [180401396]   INFO - STDERR -       at java.base/java.util.concurrent.Executors$PrivilegedThreadFactory$1.run(Executors.java:732)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,877 [180401396]   INFO - STDERR -       at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1583)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,877 [180401396]   INFO - STDERR -       at org.gradle.tooling.internal.consumer.BlockingResultHandler.getResult(BlockingResultHandler.java:46)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,877 [180401396]   INFO - STDERR -       at org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.execution.target.AbstractTargetBuildOperation.runAndGetResult(AbstractTargetBuildOperation.kt:43)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,877 [180401396]   INFO - STDERR -       at org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.execution.target.TargetBuildLauncher.run(TargetBuildLauncher.kt:20)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,877 [180401396]   INFO - STDERR -       at org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.service.task.GradleTaskManager.executeTasks(GradleTaskManager.java:162)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,877 [180401396]   INFO - STDERR -       at org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.service.task.GradleTaskManager.lambda$executeTasks$0(GradleTaskManager.java:119)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,877 [180401396]   INFO - STDERR -       at org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.service.execution.GradleExecutionHelper.lambda$execute$4(GradleExecutionHelper.java:229)

2025-11-14 15:14:03,877 [180401396]   INFO - STDERR -       ... 51 more