topic Questa License issue in Intel® Integrated Performance Primitives

Questa License issue

NateTheory — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 23:12:08 GMT

I am a student at Virginia Tech taking ECE 3544, which is Digital Design 1. For this class we are supposed to use Questa, but myself and many other students are having problems with the licenses being generated not allowing use of the software/being invalid. Is this something that is going to be fixed anytime soon? I am almost certain this is the wrong "location" for me to be posting this but I looked through all of them and have no idea what the right when is nor where else to ask for help.

Re: Questa License issue

thegoatler — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 16:00:32 GMT

I am having the same issue, I am also a student here but in 2544.

Re: Questa License issue

jgaucin — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 02:30:52 GMT

ModelSim (Updated to Questa* - Altera) doesn't require intel's license generation (SSLC) to operate. Move to version 20.1.1 for Quartus Prime Lite and ModelSim as it's the latest version without the renaming, version 21.1 is renamed to Questa* - FPGA Edition. I believe intel's backend service responsible for generating the no-cost licenses with the correct cryptographic information is corrupted or has some logical error causing to misread the dates and gives you the "300 Your license version is outside the range of the contract." error. If that's the error you're encountering.