Phpstorm freezing non stop

Same here! Got the “PhpStorm 2025.3” today and now the IDE is hanging every 2 minutes!!! I get a small popup at the bottom that IDE is not responding. Please fix this!

PHPStorm 2025.3 absolutely not usefull, I get “PHPStorm ist not responding” popup and can't complete any task. Need to downgrade. 

Hello Alexander Keil80,

Since the issue reported by Vladan has already been addressed, could you please share the logs from your installation to assist with further investigation? You can upload them here, and let me know the upload ID, or submit a new request to support via Help > Contact Support.

PhpStorm is freezing on me as well: Upload id: 2025_12_09_CmpoAZqw1WmE6khhKcPn3c (file: idea.log).

Hello Joshua, 

Please reinstall the AI Assistant plugin and restart the IDE.
If the issue persists after that, share the full set of logs from Help | Collect Logs and Diagnostic Data.

Attempted the reinstall, it's still crashing: 2025_12_09_2ABmcCXUe3YFGpkgAWBgDK 

Same here began yesterday. Upload id: 2025_12_10_Juc3cFt9jdnZwMXqGMaNue (file: phpstorm-logs-20251210-0900071147611928844701077.zip)

Happens also with deinstalled AI Assistant and deinstalled Junie Plugin. Logs after deinstallation of modules and invalidate caches and restart:
Upload id: 2025_12_10_PEwgsGtcPQpqa9GHJVcaAG (file: phpstorm-logs-20251210-09130314566607288129670246.zip)

Approve.
On a feeling level, then it tries to interact with a file system or only GIT interactions:
- on checkout to a new branch
- open git compare results
- few time generic “git loading window”

PhpStorm 2025.3
Build #PS-253.28294.345, built on December 8, 2025
Source revision: d3d8f1cb6210a
 

Please try the workaround from IJPL-219220.

Anastasiia Zyrianova sorry, error 401 Unauthorized
 

Please try the following: press Shift key two times (opens Search Everywhere) > search for Registry... > find the key: git.use.eel.for.non.local.projects and disable it > Close > Restart IDE.

Anastasiia Zyrianova In my case that helped!

I guess, this setting disables "Electric Eel" version of Android Studio's internal Git infrastructure, which is working remotely with my “remote” WSL filesystem.

Thanks

Anastasiia Zyrianova don't forget about me :)

Sure Joshua :) However, your case seems to be a bit trickier.

Please disable all custom plugins (I noticed Claude Code is still enabled). Once that's done, collect a CPU Snapshot by navigating to Help | Diagnostic Tools | Start CPU Usage Profiling while the issue is occurring. Make sure to let it run for at least a minute before stopping it through the same menu. And upload it to https://uploads.jetbrains.com/.

Here's the profiled data: 2025_12_10_267aFvgqBfiQPGTedeb21n

Hey Joshua,

Please perform the following:
1. Disable Settings | Editor | Inspections > expand the PHP section > Control Flow.
2. In Help > Find Action > Registry… search for ts.highlightCodeInErrorTooltips.enabled and uncheck it.
3. Restart the IDE.

Also, try switching from the Islands theme in Settings | Appearance & Behavior | Appearance to, for example, Dark.

Could you also confirm if the issue occurs under the following circumstances:

• When opening package.json or composer.json;
• While having the Structure tool window open;
• With all directories expanded in the Project Tool Window.

Still freezing. It ramps up in memory. It goes up to 9600M in usage and freezes. I have it set to 8048M. Previous verison never used that much memory.

Could you please specify what exact steps have been applied and whether freezes occur under the circumstances I mentioned above?

In addition, it is expected that the IDE can consume more than the defined Xmx size. Please check: https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/articles/360018776919-IntelliJ-IDE-uses-more-memory-than-maximum-heap-size-Xmx.

I would recommend returning it to 4096 MB max.

I performed the steps you requested and restarted the IDE. I didn't touch it, I watched it climb to 9600M in usage. I'll try setting to 4096M.

Try disabling the Package Checker plugin and restarting. I had it on 2025.3 especially while refactoring or composer.json. CPU continuously high, memory spikes to 11GB, beach ball, and frozen IDE. Disabling the plugin helped as it seemed stuck in an infinite loop.

Also see https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/WI-83373 (hidden for now for some reason).

Disabling the Package Checker plugin was the solution for me.Without it works fine.

Hey Folks,

> Also see https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/WI-83373 (hidden for now for some reason).

This ticket has been moved to the Package Checker plugin team and since this is a security tool, all tickets in that part of YouTrack are closed for the public. Thanks for all the previous communication on this report!

 > Disabling the Package Checker plugin was the solution for me.Without it works fine.

Did you notice if freezes were happening after you open `composer.json` or `package.json` files?

Thank you Kaestner. That was the trick. I disabled the package checking plugin and no more freezes. Memory usage is back to normal, it spikes when indexing and then falls back to a reasonable level and stays there.

Thank you, everyone!

Let me summarize the key points from this thread, as two separate issues were discussed:

1. Slow Git operations on WSL
If you're experiencing slow Git performance on WSL, please upvote and follow IJPL-219220. 
As a workaround, disable the git.use.eel.for.non.local.projects key in Help > Find Action > Registry….

2. Freezes after opening package.json or composer.json files
In this case, the issue is highly likely caused by the Package Checker plugin. As a workaround, disable it in Settings | Plugins.

I am experiencing the same with MacOS 26.1. Started to disable plugins one-by-one. At least now when it starts the memleak and take full CPU load, it can go back to normal within 30 seconds. The problem seems to happen more after launching the application. Completely disabled all Git related plugins. It did the trick. But the memleak, meaning it eats up memory until you get the popup about “Low memory” is still present, but at least the application is usable. 

I can confirm that disabling Package Checker plugin worked!

I can confirm that disabling Package Checker plugin worked for me!

I am having the Slow Git operations on WSL issue but I can't find git.use.eel.for.non.local.projects in the registry. I also disabled Package Checker plugin just to be sure but it also didn't help…

I am on PhpStorm 2025.3.1.1 Build #PS-253.29346.257, built on January 8, 2026

Every time I merge, push, commit or checkout PHPStorm freezes for a solid 15 seconds which makes it impossible to work. I'll probably downgrade for now

Hi Kevin Breit,

The issue with the Package Checker plugin has already been addressed, and disabling this plugin is no longer required.
The issue with slow Git operations will be fixed in 2025.3.2 - check this comment for details. The preview version is already available.

Feel free to submit a separate request to support via Help > Contact Support if the issue persists.