Forced User Agreement on Jetbrains IntelliJ software

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Forced User Agreement on Jetbrains IntelliJ software

Basic Information
Release Year	2024
Product Type	Software
In Production	Yes
Official Website	https://www.jetbrains.com/

Forced User Agreement on Jetbrains IntelliJ software is an attempt to alter past fallback licenses. In 2025 company is trying to enforce new terms on software bought in 2024 or prior.

What is the perpetual fallback license? The perpetual fallback license is a part of JetBrains' subscription system. It allows you to use a particular software version indefinitely, even if your active subscription ends. However, to upgrade to a newer version, you’ll need to buy or renew your subscription.

Incidents

This is a list of all consumer protection incidents related to this product line. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the Forced User Agreement on Jetbrains IntelliJ software category.

Users who bought Jetbrains software prior to 2025 and decided to discontinue subscription are getting popups with "Jetbrains User Agreement 2.0". You can only accept of exit the software. The workaround it to remove `~/.local/share/JetBrains` which gives few days of rest. A more permanent workaround may be to make the directory inaccessible to the Jetbrains processes (e.g. using chmod and chown).

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In year 2025 WebStorm 2024.1.7 is connecting to Jetbrains servers and showing new terms. Jetbrains does not allow you to say no and stay under old terms.