Hi, I have some issue with handling project-level PersistentStateComponents in split mode. Currently, I have two modules for implementing the settings, settings-shared and settings-frontend with descriptors and classes like below. When I first open the plugin’s settings UI, the checkbox states ar…

Hi, MySettings look incomplete to me. Make sure your PersistentStateComponent implements getState and loadState correctly. Also, you can try moving the configurable to the backend module and see if it helps. This way the settings will be modified on the host first (where they are stored in the .id…

I was in contact with @patrick.scheibe who gave some hints how to debug this issue further. Here is what I found: Additional issues for starters I picked up this topic last week. Right at the start I was surprised that the project-level XML config didn’t get persisted in any case (not even with de…

@nikita.zaytsev You are right, MySettings in the original post is incomplete, but the code I actually tested includes getState and loadState too. I checked your idea of moving the configurable to the backend module, and indeed it does persist the changes in the .idea folder regardless of what stat…

Inconsistent XML persistence with project-level PersistentStateComponent in split mode

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picimako (Tamás Balog) August 21, 2026, 2:49pm 5

For the detailed explanation and solution see the Quick Tip: Project-Level Persistence in Split Mode announcement post.

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Inconsistent XML persistence with project-level PersistentStateComponent in split mode

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