IntelliJ Stuck On "Saving '[project name]' settings" when exiting

Question

Lately when I exit IntelliJ (in Ubuntu, Java 21 installed), a dialog box pops up stating "Saving '[project name]' settings" and it never goes away. This used to not happen.

Anyone know how I can figure out what's going on? I am a bit nervous ever time I end the task that things are going to get corrupted.

Thanks!

I just click the 'X' to exit.

Expected settings to save very quickly and the application to exit.

Answer 1

Workaround:

1. Click IDE main menu Help | Edit Custom Properties,
2. add ide.ui.new.file.chooser=true in a new line.
3. Use File | Invalidate Caches
4. enable the "Clear file system cache and Local History" option
5. Invalidate and Restart to clear the file access cache.

https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IJPL-74471/UI-freeze-on-IDE-start-in-2023.2-PerModulePackageCacheService

Answer 2

Except the answer above(which didn't help in my case), I've deleted .idea folder in the project.

My environment: MacOS Editor: IntelliJ.

Hope this helps.