JetBrains Gateway x Intellij Idea: File size exceeds configured limit
When there's a really large code file in the project and JetBrains' IDE may complains at the top of editor:
File size exceeds configured limit (2560000). Code insight features not available.
Follow the steps below to solve the issue.
- Edit custom properties on the remote machine (instead of your local client): Help -> Edit Custom Properties... (On Host)

- Add the following lines to the properties:
# Maximum file size (kilobytes) IDE should provide code assistance for.
idea.max.intellisense.filesize=60000
# Maximum file size (kilobytes) IDE is able to open.
idea.max.content.load.filesize=60000
- The configuration in the cache still needs to be modified to take effect.
Find
idea.properties
in the cache folder. On my machine, the location of the cached file is$HOME/.cache/JetBrains/RemoteDev/dist/951f5b99b8987_ideaIU-2024.2.5/bin/idea.properties
. - Edit
idea.max.intellisense.filesize
andidea.max.content.load.filesize
to let it finally work.
#---------------------------------------------------------------------
# Maximum file size (in KiB) IDE should provide code assistance for.
# The larger file is the slower its editor works and higher overall system memory requirements are
# if code assistance is enabled. Remove this property or set to very large number if you need
# code assistance for any files available regardless of their size.
#---------------------------------------------------------------------
idea.max.intellisense.filesize=60000
#---------------------------------------------------------------------
# Maximum file size (in KiB) the IDE is able to open.
#---------------------------------------------------------------------
idea.max.content.load.filesize=60000
- Restart IDE.