Plugin cannot be installed in "client" in Clion 2025.2 EAP 252.21735.27: 'Bazel for Clion' requires 'com.intellij.modules.clion' to be installed

[vbaderks]

Description of the bug:

I have the following configuration:
Windows 11 with Clion 2025.2 EAP 252.21735.27
WSL 2.5.9.0 running Ubuntu 24.04 and Bazel 8.2.1

The lastest version of CLion 2025.2 EAP has a new plugin API version (version 252). As the released versions of the Bazel plugin for Clion does't support this API version I have cloned the latest version from github and performed a local build of the plugin, commit ID = e3fab02 (2025-6-16) with the cmd":

bazel build //clwb:clwb_bazel_zip --define=ij_product=clion-oss-latest-stable

I can install the plugin without problems in Clion running on Windows, using the option "Install plugin from Disk" When I start a Remote Development project I am also able to install the plugin without problem in the "Host".
Clion reports however a problem for the Plugin running in the "Client":

'Bazel for Clion' requires 'com.intellij.modules.clion' to be installed

The "Host" side of the plugin works ok: my .bazelproject is parsed and the project is synced. As the "Client" side is not loaded I am missing the bazel-plugin button that I normally use to re-sync the project.

Which category does this issue belong to?

CLion

What's the simplest, easiest way to reproduce this bug? Please provide a minimal example if possible.

1. Build the latest plugin from master for Clion
2. Install the latest EAP Clion 2025.2 version on Windows
3. Use Clion to connect to a WSL or SSH remote development location
4. Install the plugin from disk in the "Host".

Which Intellij IDE are you using? Please provide the specific version.

Clion 2025.2 EAP 252.21735.27 (Windows + Remote Development)

What programming languages and tools are you using? Please provide specific versions.

C++ +

What Bazel plugin version are you using?

master branch, commit ID = e3fab02 (2025-6-16)

Have you found anything relevant by searching the web?

No response

Any other information, logs, or outputs that you want to share?

Note 1: I tried to update the depends tag in clwb.xml from com.intellij.modules.clion to com.intellij.clion as descibed in the page:
https://plugins.jetbrains.com/docs/intellij/clion.html#pluginxml. In this case Clion would complain that the dependency com.intellij.clion could not be found.

Note 2: This issue could also be a problem introduced in Clion EAP itself. I have not reported the problem to Jetbrains at the moment.

[vbaderks]

Additional info:
Updated Clion to latest EAP: Clion 2025.2 EAP 252.23309.24. Problem still exists.

[LeFrosch]

Hi, thanks for reporting this issue. After looking into it I can confirm that there is a weird regression that causes the plugin to be installed in the client even if it is not compatible.

However, as far as I can tell it should be enough to install the Bazel plugin only on the host. In my setups all UI elements were visible and usable with the plugin only installed on the host.

Could you maybe provide some further information. Are you connecting to a linux machine over SSH or are you connecting to WSL linux VM from your Windows machine? Also could you please try to only install the plugin on the host from the market place. Currently the plugin for 252 is only available from the beta repository. You can find further information how to setup the beta repository in the README.

[vbaderks]

Hi @LeFrosch
I am using Clion to build projects on Windows and I connect to a linux VM running on WSL 2. I do this in 2 ways; from the same machine (WSL option) and from my laptop using SSH (my Linux runs an openssh server).

I can confirm that the functionality of the Bazel plugin works ok. I will add some more info when I have installed the latest version from the beta repository.

[vbaderks]

I have installed the latest CLion 2025.2 EAP (252.23892.173) and the Bazel for Clion (2025.07.08.1-api-version-252).
The problem seems to be solved. There is no warning message at startup and when connection Clion to a SSH connection the plugin is only listed for the "Host".