Illuminated Cloud Announcements

  2.2.0.0 JetBrains 2021.3 update status  - JetBrains has not yet released 2021.3.1, but it looks like the workaround included in 2.1.9.9 seems to be holding up nicely. As before, feel free to move up to 2021.3 if you haven't already and desire to do so, and if you do see issues with 2021.3 when used with IC2 2.1.9.9 or higher, please let me know about them. log4j vulnerability statement  - As you are likely already aware, a significant security vulnerability was found in the open source Java logging library  log4j . I've already  published a statement  about Illuminated Cloud 2 with regard to this vulnerability. The short version is that as long as you're on a 2021.1 or higher version of the host JetBrains IDE, this vulnerability is addressed. I have also verified that the hosted self-service features for offline license (de)activation, license activation management, etc., are not susceptible. Issue 2006  - Fixed a number of issues with Apex extract/i...

Last week, a quite worrisome security vulnerability was reported in a widely used open source Java logging library, log4j . Given that both Illuminated Cloud 2 and its supported host JetBrains IDEs are executed in a Java Runtime Environment, I wanted to provide information about Illuminated Cloud 2 with regard to this specific vulnerability. Illuminated Cloud 2 uses its host JetBrains IDE for all logging, and JetBrains has already released their own statement  about their products. The short version is that as long as you're using a 2021.1 or higher version of the host JetBrains IDE—and the latest published versions of Illuminated Cloud 2 only support those versions anyway—this vulnerability is not present . If you are not on 2021.1 or higher, please update immediately to the latest versions of both the host JetBrains IDE and the Illuminated Cloud 2 plugin. Illuminated Cloud 2 also provides a small set of external services, e.g., self-service license key activation management, ...