Cannot resolve plugin 'com.intellij.modules.vcs' in dependencies

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I’ve recently encountered multiple unresolved reference errors after updating my plugin to target platform version 2025.1.1, including:

  • Unresolved reference: IdeaTextPatchBuilder
  • Unresolved reference: UnifiedDiffWriter
  • Unresolved reference: ApplyPatchStatus
  • Unresolved reference: PatchReader
  • Unresolved reference: apply for com.intellij.openapi.diff.impl.patch.apply.GenericPatchApplier
  • …and others

I’ve confirmed that all of these classes still exist in the latest IntelliJ Community codebase.

The required dependencies are declared in both plugin.xml and build.gradle.kts.

plugin.xml:

<dependencies>
        <plugin id="com.intellij.modules.platform"/>
        <plugin id="com.jetbrains.php"/>
        ...
        <plugin id="com.intellij.modules.vcs"/>
        ...
        <plugin id="JavaScript"/>
        <module name="intellij.platform.lvcs.impl"/>
    </dependencies>

build.gradle.kts:

dependencies {
    intellijPlatform {
        create(IntelliJPlatformType.PhpStorm, properties("platformVersion"))

        bundledModule("intellij.platform.lvcs.impl") // HERE

        plugin("com.jetbrains.hackathon.indices.viewer", "1.29")
        plugin("com.intellij.lang.jsgraphql", "251.23774.318")
        bundledPlugins(properties("bundledPlugins").split(',').map { it.trim() }) // com.jetbrains.php, com.intellij.copyright, org.jetbrains.plugins.yaml, JavaScript, com.intellij.css, org.jetbrains.plugins.less, com.intellij.database, com.intellij.platform.images, com.intellij.modules.json, com.intellij.diagram

        pluginVerifier()
        testFramework(TestFrameworkType.Platform)
        testFramework(TestFrameworkType.Plugin.Java)
    }
    implementation(libs.kotlinx.serialization.json)

    testImplementation(embeddedKotlin("test"))
    testImplementation(embeddedKotlin("test-junit"))
    testImplementation("org.opentest4j:opentest4j:1.3.0")
}

Interestingly, an older version of the plugin still runs successfully on PhpStorm 2025.1.1, which suggests the issue is likely related to how dependencies are defined in the build.gradle.kts.

Has anyone faced similar issues or can suggest how to properly resolve these references in 2025.1.1? I’d really appreciate any help.

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this appears to be a jetbrains issue

see:
related jetbrains issue

related redhat github issue