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What’s New in IntelliJ IDEA 2026.2

IntelliJ IDEA 2026.2 is here!

This version brings updates designed to streamline your workflows and help you confidently adopt the latest innovations across the Java ecosystem. 

You can download this latest release from our website or update to it directly from inside the IDE, via the free Toolbox App, or using snap packages for Ubuntu.

Explore the What’s New page for a complete overview of the key new features, including detailed explanations and demos.

Explore the What’s New page

In addition, our developer advocates have recorded a walkthrough video covering all the release highlights. Check it out!

IntelliJ IDEA 2026.2 adds day-one support for Java 27 and the latest Kotlin 2.4 language features, helping you stay up to date with the newest JVM technologies. This release also streamlines Spring development with improved database migration workflows and richer Spring Security insights, while making debugging more powerful with new logpoints and enhanced navigation from runtime output to source code.

Here are the key highlights of this release:

AI upgrades:

• Native GitHub Copilot integration
• Agent skills
• AI completion support for third-party providers

Productivity-enhancing features:

• Logpoints
• Dependency completion
• Early Gradle 10 support and migration assistance
• Streamlined Git conflict resolution flow
• Docker Compose improvements

Support for new technologies:

• Java 27
• Kotlin 2.4 Stable features
• Spring support improvements 
• Terraform testing framework 
• TypeScript 7.0 

Version 2026.2 also delivers numerous stability, performance, and usability improvements across the platform. These are described in a separate What’s Fixed blog post.

Let us know what you think about the new features in this release, as your feedback helps us shape the product so it works even better for you.

Update to IntelliJ IDEA 2026.2 now to try out these new features. Don’t forget to join us on X, Bluesky, or LinkedIn, and be sure to share your favorite updates.

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