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Connor McDonald

Thanks for the question, Pamela.

Asked: October 22, 2025 - 12:43 pm UTC

Last updated: October 24, 2025 - 3:23 am UTC

Version: 23.1.1

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I am using version 23.1.1 and when I start up the application, it just hangs. I have no idea what to look at to even begin to diagnose the problem.

and Connor said...

My first recommendation would be to try the current version and see you have the same issue

https://download.oracle.com/otn_software/java/sqldeveloper/sqldeveloper-24.3.1.347.1826-x64.zip

Just unzip to a fresh folder and see how you go.

If that doesn't, ping back and we'll talk through some debug settings
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