IntelliJ Can't Save GitLab Token: GNOME Keyring Locked
IntelliJ was failing to save my GitLab API token. Every time I tried to add or update my GitLab account in Settings, the operation would silently fail or timeout. The IntelliJ logs showed repeated warnings: WARN - #c.i.c.RemoteCredentialStore - Timeout while waiting for credentials Root Cause On Fedora (and other Linux distributions with GNOME), IntelliJ stores credentials in the system’s native keyring via the freedesktop.org Secret Service API. The GNOME Keyring was locked, preventing any credential storage. ...