IntelliJ IDEA: Releases, patches & end-of-life
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Lifecycle guide for IntelliJ IDEA from JetBrain

All releases, patches, maintenance and support periods at a glance

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📅 Last update on 2026-05-11

What is IntelliJ IDEA?

Automate product release and end-of-life managementIntelliJ IDEA is an integrated development environment (IDE) created by JetBrains primarily for Java development, although it also supports a wide range of programming languages, including Kotlin, Scala, JavaScript, TypeScript, PHP, Python, and more.
 

The entire lifecycle of IntelliJ IDEA

The following figure shows you the visualised product life cycle of IntelliJ IDEA. You can see all releases with the latest patch version, the long-term support characteristics (orange flag in the green circle, the periods for version provision, maintenance and support.
IntelliJ IDEA (JetBrain) release, version and end-of-life information
XIntelliJ IDEA (JetBrain) release, version and end-of-life information
Figure: Release, patch and end-of-life cycle of product IntelliJ IDEA (JetBrain)
 

What is the IntelliJ IDEA release strategy?

Regular support is available within 1 year since the product release date, but Jetbrains will try to help with the problems affecting even older product releases.

Facts and figures about IntelliJ IDEA

Product
IntelliJ IDEA
Vendor
JetBrain
Latest version
2026.1.1
Number of releases
40
Number of versions
272
Number of unstable versions
0
Number of versions affected by CVE
272
Licence
Commercial
 
 

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