The Early Access Program (EAP) for IntelliJ IDEA 2026.2 is now ongoing. The first EAP builds are already available in the Toolbox App, on the website, and as a snap for Ubuntu. As always, EAP builds a

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JetBrains has opened the Early Access Program for IntelliJ IDEA 2026.2. The release focuses on balancing AI-assisted and classic development workflows. AI features include a skill repository for agents, full method generation, improved next-edit suggestions, MCP-exposed debugging capabilities (including logpoints), and better CLI agent support in the terminal. For classic workflows, revamped dependency completion in build scripts and integrated Flyway/Liquibase migration support are coming. Debugging improvements include an enhanced Spring Debugger with security indicators, a new Hibernate Debugger showing SQL/HQL queries with source tracing, and AI-placed logpoints. Early support for Java 27, Kotlin 2.4.x, and Gradle 10 is also planned.

IntelliJ IDEA 2026.2 EAP Is Open