diff --git a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/codeInsight/daemon/impl/TrafficLightTest.kt b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/codeInsight/daemon/impl/TrafficLightTest.kt
index fab89dd4cf34..4492c03d9626 100644
--- a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/codeInsight/daemon/impl/TrafficLightTest.kt
+++ b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/codeInsight/daemon/impl/TrafficLightTest.kt
@@ -1,11 +1,19 @@
-// Copyright 2000-2025 JetBrains s.r.o. and contributors. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license.
+// Copyright 2000-2026 JetBrains s.r.o. and contributors. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license.
 package com.intellij.codeInsight.daemon.impl
 
 import com.intellij.codeInsight.daemon.DaemonAnalyzerTestCase
 import com.intellij.ide.highlighter.JavaFileType
+import com.intellij.ide.plugins.PluginManagerCore
+import com.intellij.lang.LanguageAnnotators
+import com.intellij.lang.LanguageExtensionPoint
+import com.intellij.lang.annotation.AnnotationHolder
+import com.intellij.lang.annotation.Annotator
 import com.intellij.lang.annotation.HighlightSeverity
 import com.intellij.openapi.application.readAction
 import com.intellij.openapi.editor.ex.EditorMarkupModel
+import com.intellij.psi.PsiElement
+import com.intellij.psi.PsiFile
+import com.intellij.util.application
 import kotlinx.coroutines.runBlocking
 import org.intellij.lang.annotations.Language
 
@@ -41,11 +49,42 @@ class TrafficLightTest : DaemonAnalyzerTestCase() {
     )
   }
 
+  fun `test error counter after adding and removing file level annotation`() {
+    class AnnotatorRegisteringFileLevelErrorIfEmptyFile : Annotator {
+      override fun annotate(element: PsiElement, holder: AnnotationHolder) {
+        if (element is PsiFile && element.textLength == 0) {
+          holder.newAnnotation(HighlightSeverity.ERROR, "Empty file").fileLevel().create()
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    val annotator = AnnotatorRegisteringFileLevelErrorIfEmptyFile()
+    val keyedLazyInstance = LanguageExtensionPoint<Annotator>("JAVA", annotator.javaClass.name, PluginManagerCore.getPlugin(PluginManagerCore.CORE_ID)!!)
+    LanguageAnnotators.EP_NAME.point.registerExtension(keyedLazyInstance, testRootDisposable)
+
+    doTrafficRendererTest(
+      listOf(
+        "class Main {}", // no error
+        "",              // file level error is added by AnnotatorRegisteringFileLevelErrorIfEmptyFile
+        "class Main {}"  // no error again
+        ),
+      listOf(HighlightSeverity.ERROR to 0),
+    )
+  }
+
   private fun doTrafficRendererTest(
     @Language("JAVA") text: String,
     vararg expectedSeverities: SeverityValue,
   ) {
-    configureByText(JavaFileType.INSTANCE, text)
+    doTrafficRendererTest(listOf(text), listOf(*expectedSeverities))
+  }
+
+  private fun doTrafficRendererTest(
+    fileTextSnapshots: List<String>,
+    expectedSeverities: List<SeverityValue>,
+  ) {
+    require(fileTextSnapshots.isNotEmpty())
+
+    configureByText(JavaFileType.INSTANCE, fileTextSnapshots.first())
 
     val editorMarkupModel = editor.markupModel as EditorMarkupModel
 
@@ -53,6 +92,13 @@ class TrafficLightTest : DaemonAnalyzerTestCase() {
 
     doHighlighting()
 
+    fileTextSnapshots.drop(1).forEach {
+      application.runWriteAction {
+        editor.document.setText(it)
+      }
+      doHighlighting()
+    }
+
     val trafficLightRenderer = editorMarkupModel.errorStripeRenderer as TrafficLightRenderer
     val status = runBlocking {
       readAction {
diff --git a/platform/analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/daemon/impl/HighlightInfoUpdaterImpl.java b/platform/analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/daemon/impl/HighlightInfoUpdaterImpl.java
index 8d1a08f59db2..42963132f016 100644
--- a/platform/analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/daemon/impl/HighlightInfoUpdaterImpl.java
+++ b/platform/analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/daemon/impl/HighlightInfoUpdaterImpl.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2000-2025 JetBrains s.r.o. and contributors. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license.
+// Copyright 2000-2026 JetBrains s.r.o. and contributors. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license.
 package com.intellij.codeInsight.daemon.impl;
 
 import com.intellij.codeInsight.multiverse.CodeInsightContext;
@@ -1516,11 +1516,13 @@ public final class HighlightInfoUpdaterImpl extends HighlightInfoUpdater impleme
     if (toReuse != null && toReuse.isValid()) {
       highlighter = toReuse;
       BackgroundUpdateHighlightersUtil.associateInfoAndHighlighter(info, highlighter);
+      CodeInsightContextHighlightingUtil.installCodeInsightContext(highlighter, project, context);
     }
     else {
       highlighter = markupModel.addRangeHighlighterAndChangeAttributes(null, 0, document.getTextLength(), FILE_LEVEL_FAKE_LAYER,
                                                                        HighlighterTargetArea.EXACT_RANGE, false, ex -> {
           BackgroundUpdateHighlightersUtil.associateInfoAndHighlighter(info, ex);
+          CodeInsightContextHighlightingUtil.installCodeInsightContext(ex, project, context);
         });
     }
     highlighter.setGreedyToLeft(true);
@@ -1529,9 +1531,6 @@ public final class HighlightInfoUpdaterImpl extends HighlightInfoUpdater impleme
     // create a fake whole-file highlighter which will track the document size changes
     // and which will make possible to calculate correct `info.getActualEndOffset()`
     info.setGroup(group);
-    if (context != null) {
-      CodeInsightContextHighlightingUtil.installCodeInsightContext(highlighter, project, context);
-    }
     return highlighter;
   }
 }
diff --git a/platform/analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/multiverse/CodeInsightContextHighlightingUtil.kt b/platform/analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/multiverse/CodeInsightContextHighlightingUtil.kt
index 06f8d391503d..d472b754fa40 100644
--- a/platform/analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/multiverse/CodeInsightContextHighlightingUtil.kt
+++ b/platform/analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/multiverse/CodeInsightContextHighlightingUtil.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2000-2025 JetBrains s.r.o. and contributors. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license.
+// Copyright 2000-2026 JetBrains s.r.o. and contributors. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license.
 @file:ApiStatus.Experimental
 @file:JvmName("CodeInsightContextHighlightingUtil")
 
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.util.Key
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.ApiStatus
 
 @ApiStatus.Experimental
-fun RangeHighlighter.installCodeInsightContext(project: Project, context: CodeInsightContext) {
+fun RangeHighlighter.installCodeInsightContext(project: Project, context: CodeInsightContext?) {
   if (isSharedSourceSupportEnabled(project)) {
     putUserData(highlighterContextKey, context)
   }