Busy Plugin Developers Newsletter – Q2 2026 - The JetBrains Blog

JetBrains' Q2 2026 newsletter for plugin developers offers a comprehensive update on IntelliJ Platform Marketplace, highlighting new features and improvements aimed at enhancing plugin stability and development efficiency. Key updates include automatic notifications for plugin authors using internal APIs, a default-enabled Exceptions tab for tracking production issues, and enhancements in plugin development tooling such as the IntelliJ Platform Plugin Template, Plugin Verifier, and Gradle Plugin. The newsletter also provides practical tips for optimizing plugin distribution size and promotes resources for adapting plugins to remote development environments, improving UI responsiveness, and enhancing accessibility in JetBrains IDEs. Additionally, it introduces the open-sourcing of the LSP Client API for IntelliJ IDEA 2026.2, offering developers broader access to a battle-tested API across various JetBrains products. The community spotlight section showcases practical demonstrations on building modular plugins and implementing secure authentication flows for JetBrains IDE plugins.

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