What does this symbol mean in IntelliJ? (red circle on bottom-left corner of file name, with 'J' in it)

Question

Under the target folder in IntelliJ for a Java project I created, I have a few java source files in the package. Beside each file the \'J\' icon has a red circle with a lin

Answer 1

It means your Java source files aren't part of the project.

If the suggestions mentioned here don't resolve the issue, you may have hit a rare bug like I did. Researching the exceptions found in the log helped me. In my case, disabling the "Plugin DevKit", deleting the .idea directory, and reimporting the project worked.