IntelliJ Kotlin build does nothing

Question

I have seen the following issue repeatedly while building multiple Kotlin projects using IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate Build #IU-222.3739.54 (August 2022) and Kotlin plugin 222-1.7.10-release-334-IJ3739.54 :

After making a change to existing sources and attempting to run a functional test I get an error such as:

Kotlin: Cannot find a parameter with this name: plan_type

The change I just made was adding the said enumeration to an existing enum class. Checking the logs I see mention of the alleged compilation error that gets displayed in the IDE:

2022-09-06 18:03:51,521 [1573161]   INFO - #c.i.c.ComponentStoreImpl - Saving appEditorSettings took 15 ms, FileTypeManager took 14 ms
2022-09-06 18:04:14,831 [1596471]   INFO - #c.i.c.i.CompileDriver - COMPILATION STARTED (BUILD PROCESS)
2022-09-06 18:04:15,975 [1597615]   INFO - #c.i.c.s.BuildManager - Using preloaded build process to compile /Users/lexluthor/Workspaces/billing-service
2022-09-06 18:04:15,994 [1597634]   INFO - #o.j.k.i.s.r.KotlinCompilerReferenceIndexStorage - KCRI storage is closed
2022-09-06 18:04:16,013 [1597653]   INFO - #c.i.c.b.CompilerReferenceServiceBase - backward reference index reader is closed
2022-09-06 18:05:33,532 [1675172]   INFO - #o.j.k.i.s.r.KotlinCompilerReferenceIndexStorage - KCRI storage is opened: took 50 ms for 1 storages (filling map: 47 ms, flush to storage: 3 ms)
2022-09-06 18:05:33,551 [1675191]   INFO - #c.i.c.b.CompilerReferenceServiceBase - backward reference index reader is opened
2022-09-06 18:05:33,886 [1675526]   INFO - #c.i.c.i.CompilerUtil -      COMPILATION FINISHED (BUILD PROCESS); Errors: 1; warnings: 0 took 79046 ms: 1 min 19sec
2022-09-06 18:05:34,264 [1675904]   INFO - #c.i.c.s.BuildManager - BUILDER_PROCESS [stdout]: Build process started. Classpath: /Users/lexluthor/Library/Application Support/JetBrains/Toolbox/apps/IDEA-U/ch-0/222.3739.54/IntelliJ IDEA.app/Contents/plugins/java/lib/jps-launcher.jar
2022-09-06 18:05:46,991 [1688631]   INFO - #c.i.c.ComponentStoreImpl - Saving Project(name=billing-service, containerState=COMPONENT_CREATED, componentStore=/Users/lexluthor/Workspaces/billing-service)RunManager took 18 ms

COMPILATION FINISHED (BUILD PROCESS); Errors: 1

There doesn't appear to be any mention of the said error anywhere else in the log output. Here's some additional observations I have made:

• The issue only occurs when building a Kotlin project using Gradle and the language version is 1.7.0 or 1.7.10 . The issue does not occur if I set the language version to either 1.6.21 or 1.7.20-Beta .
• The issue only occurs when using the IntelliJ IDEA builder under Gradle Settings : Preferences | Build, Execution, Deployment | Build Tools | Gradle | Gradle Projects | Build and run | Build and run using Preferences | Build, Execution, Deployment | Build Tools | Gradle | Gradle Projects | Build and run | Build and run using Preferences | Build, Execution, Deployment | Build Tools | Gradle | Gradle Projects | Build and run | Build and run using . Switching to the Gradle builder in the aforementioned settings allows me to build the project without any errors . Subsequently switching back to the IntelliJ IDEA builder after a successful Gradle build appears to fix the issue in the IDE.
• The issue cannot be easily reproduced on a trivial project. I have not been able to reproduce the issue using a demo project generated using Spring Initilzr but I experience this issue frequently while making trivial changes to existing, medium-size, Kotlin projects and the previous two conditions are met.

I have searched the issue in JetBrains YouTrack without success..

Answer 1

I received an answer to this question from JetBrains technical support that I thought of sharing here for the benefit of anyone else who has come across this issue:

From my checking, your issue looks the same as the https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-53168/ There is a bug in the incremental compilation which is fixed in the 1.7.20-Beta.

You could use the 1.7.20-Beta for it currently or use other workarounds (like Gradle builder)