IntelliJ IDEA UI Language Stuck in Korean When Using Codespace with JetBrains Gateway

[ericpaulsen]

I am encountering an issue where, when I use Codespace with JetBrains Gateway, IntelliJ IDEA opens with the UI language set to Korean. The problem is that I cannot change the language back to English. This issue significantly impacts my productivity as I am not proficient in Korean.

I have explored the settings extensively, but there appears to be no option available to switch the language back to English. This seems to be a bug or an unintended configuration issue.

Steps to Reproduce:

• Use JetBrains Gateway to connect to a Codespace.
• IntelliJ IDEA opens with the UI language set to Korean.
• Attempt to change the language to English via the settings, but no option is available.

Expected Behavior: The UI language should be set to English by default, or there should be an accessible option in the settings to change the language from Korean to English.

Actual Behavior: The UI remains in Korean, with no apparent way to switch to English.

IntelliJ IDEA version: 2024.2
OS: macOS Sonoma 14.6.1
Setup: Codespace with JetBrains Gateway

linked JetBrains issue: https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/GTW-9470/IntelliJ-IDEA-UI-Language-Stuck-in-Korean-When-Using-Codespace-with-JetBrains-Gateway#focus=Comments-27-10629413.0-0

[matifali]

As per the upstream issue comment, this has been fixed already in 2024.2+ versions. Need to disconnect and reconnect and make sure the remote side of the IDE backend is updated too.