SonarQube error - Internal error: Backend service not initialized in time

Please provide

  • Operating system: Windows 11 Enterprise

  • SonarQube for VS Code plugin version: 4.28.0

  • Programming language you’re coding in: Java

  • Is connected mode used:

    • SonarQube Cloud, SonarQube Server, or SonarQube Community Build? (if one of the latter two, which version?): Yes. SonarQube Cloud

    And a thorough description of the problem / question :Not able to setup connection. No organization in dropdown after pasting user token. Error logs -

2025-08-09 04:24:53.194 [info] [Error - 04:24:53.193] [org.eclipse.lsp4j.jsonrpc.RemoteEndpoint : SonarQube for VS Code LSP message processor] Internal error: Backend service not initialized in time
2025-08-09 04:24:53.194 [info] [Error - 04:24:53.194] [org.eclipse.lsp4j.jsonrpc.RemoteEndpoint : SonarQube for VS Code LSP message processor] java.lang.IllegalStateException: Backend service not initialized in time
	at org.sonarsource.sonarlint.ls.backend.BackendServiceFacade.getBackendService(BackendServiceFacade.java:120)
	at org.sonarsource.sonarlint.ls.SonarLintLanguageServer.listUserOrganizations(SonarLintLanguageServer.java:841)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DirectMethodHandleAccessor.invoke(DirectMethodHandleAccessor.java:103)
	at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:580)
	at org.eclipse.lsp4j.jsonrpc.services.GenericEndpoint.lambda$recursiveFindRpcMethods$0(GenericEndpoint.java:65)
	at org.eclipse.lsp4j.jsonrpc.services.GenericEndpoint.request(GenericEndpoint.java:128)
	at org.eclipse.lsp4j.jsonrpc.RemoteEndpoint.handleRequest(RemoteEndpoint.java:271)
	at org.eclipse.lsp4j.jsonrpc.RemoteEndpoint.consume(RemoteEndpoint.java:201)
	at org.eclipse.lsp4j.jsonrpc.json.StreamMessageProducer.handleMessage(StreamMessageProducer.java:185)
	at org.eclipse.lsp4j.jsonrpc.json.StreamMessageProducer.listen(StreamMessageProducer.java:97)
	at org.eclipse.lsp4j.jsonrpc.json.ConcurrentMessageProcessor.run(ConcurrentMessageProcessor.java:114)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:572)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:317)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1144)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:642)
	at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1583)

Hey there.

Thanks a lot for the report. Could you please turn on verbose logs and share them here the next time you get this error?