IDE crashes on MacOS 10.15 Catalina

Symptoms

• MacOS 10.15 Catalina is installed.

• PhpStorm or any other IDE crashes with the following error in java_error_in_<product>_<PID>.log:

  # Problematic frame:
  # C  [CoreGraphics+0x195930]  
  ERROR_CGDataProviderCreateWithData_BufferIsNotReadable+0x10
  

Cause

HarfBuzz library is used by JDK in text layout. The library is interacting with Cocoa API in a way which is causing the crash on MacOS 10.15 Catalina.

Workaround

Replace JBR with the patched one using the switcher:

• Patched JBR 8 version.

• Patched JBR 11 version.

If the IDE could not be started use the following method to change JBR (this example is for IntelliJ IDEA):

sudo tar -C /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/ -xvf jbrsdk-8u212-osx-x64-b1596.tar.gzecho /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk > ~/Library/Preferences/IntelliJIdea2019.1/idea.jdk

Selecting the JDK version the IDE will run under for more details about overriding the default runtime via the ".jdk" file.

Examples for PyCharm, RubyMine, PhpStorm and WebStorm products (2019.1.x version):

echo /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk > ~/Library/Preferences/PyCharm2019.1/pycharm.jdkecho /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk > ~/Library/Preferences/RubyMine2019.1/rubymine.jdkecho /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk > ~/Library/Preferences/PhpStorm2019.1/phpstorm.jdkecho /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk > ~/Library/Preferences/WebStorm2019.1/webstorm.jdk

Additional details regarding the problem are described in the scope of this YouTrack ticket.