IntelliJ can't connect to its own Scala compile server

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mdm picture mdm · Apr 29, 2016 · Viewed 9.2k times · Source

I am using latest IntelliJ IDEA (2016.1.1) - but I have seen this behaviour in previous versions too - developing in Scala with latest Scala plugin (3.0.3).

When I try to Run/Debug a test or code, IDEA will start Making the project, but will then stay there several seconds while the "Make" progress bar doesn't progress at all.

After 20-30 seconds of this, the following message appear in the Messages tab:

Warning:scala: Cannot connect to compile server at localhost/127.0.0.1:59656 Trying to compile without it

The port shown there, 59656, is a port I hard-coded myself in %USER_PROFILE%\.IntelliJIdea2016.1\config\options\scala.xml, after I noticed this problem the first time on the default port, so changing the port did not help...

At this point, the bar will read "Reading compilation settings..." for several more tens of seconds before the code actually runs. It is terribly bothering and I can't seem to be able to fix it definitively. This can easily take up to 3 minutes to run a single test. Very disrupting. I noticed this problem happening intermittently on my work machine (Win7).

Anyone has any idea how to debug/fix this issue?

Thanks

Answer

Robert Gabriel picture Robert Gabriel · Jan 15, 2018

I had the same issue. I'm using IntelliJ 2017.3. Play framework 2.6. Stb 0.13.15. Solved with adding -server -Xss1m in the scala compile server JVM parameters: enter image description here

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