The 2026.1 release replaced the plugin's use of internal JetBrains editor APIs with its own gutter rendering system. This fixed several issues where the plugin interfered with standard IDE functionality, but it also meant the editor decorations (gutter markers, hover popups, diff overlays) are no longer handled natively by the platform — and therefore no longer automatically proxied to the frontend in remote development scenarios.
The 2026.2 release will add full remote development support by restructuring the plugin into the modular frontend/backend architecture introduced by JetBrains for split mode. All VCS and Git logic runs on the backend, while gutter rendering runs on the frontend, with the two sides communicating via the platform's RPC topic system. This new architecture can work transparently in both monolithic and split mode IDEs.
This also means 2026.2 raises the minimum IDE version to 2025.3, where the modular plugin APIs are somewhat stabilized.
The 2026.1 release replaced the plugin's use of internal JetBrains editor APIs with its own gutter rendering system. This fixed several issues where the plugin interfered with standard IDE functionality, but it also meant the editor decorations (gutter markers, hover popups, diff overlays) are no longer handled natively by the platform — and therefore no longer automatically proxied to the frontend in remote development scenarios.
The 2026.2 release will add full remote development support by restructuring the plugin into the modular frontend/backend architecture introduced by JetBrains for split mode. All VCS and Git logic runs on the backend, while gutter rendering runs on the frontend, with the two sides communicating via the platform's RPC topic system. This new architecture can work transparently in both monolithic and split mode IDEs.
This also means 2026.2 raises the minimum IDE version to 2025.3, where the modular plugin APIs are somewhat stabilized.