Rules and Languages

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Topic	Replies	Views	Activity
About the Rules and Languages category Rules and Languages	0	137	January 29, 2025
Possible false positive with SuperBuilder and java:S3252 Report False-positive / False-negative... java	0	9	April 17, 2026
Sonar coding_rules Rule ID java:S881 - Mentioning C/C++ resources, do they contribute or not Rules and Languages java , sonarqube	2	25	April 17, 2026
FP C++ / S6018: static local variable & inline Report False-positive / False-negative...	0	7	April 17, 2026
FP C++ / S2807: free operators/ hidden friend Report False-positive / False-negative... cfamily , sonarqube-ide	0	11	April 17, 2026
False positive for rule java:S2755 Report False-positive / False-negative... java	0	14	April 16, 2026
FP/FN 1764: Impure methods are not guarenteed to return the same value twice Report False-positive / False-negative... csharp , dotnet	3	40	April 16, 2026
S1186 running on Test scope generates almost only false-positives in GoLang Report False-positive / False-negative... go , sonarqube , sonarqube-cloud	2	30	April 15, 2026
Path.Combine Vulnerabillity not detected Report False-positive / False-negative... csharp , sonarqube	3	203	April 15, 2026
csharpsquid:S6965 false positive - "REST API actions should be annotated with an HTTP verb attribute Report False-positive / False-negative... csharp	1	21	April 15, 2026
S125 False positive when comment ends with a ; Report False-positive / False-negative...	10	134	April 14, 2026
S1172 Fails to detect conditional usage in inline method Report False-positive / False-negative... csharp , dotnet , bump	4	69	April 14, 2026
S1172 Gives false positives when parameter is used in switch or switch expressio in a local function Report False-positive / False-negative... csharp , me-too	4	95	April 14, 2026
False postives on S3267: These loops can not be simplified using LINQ Report False-positive / False-negative... dotnet	6	242	April 14, 2026
S5944 warning implicit return value when using as a delegate Report False-positive / False-negative... vbnet	2	68	April 14, 2026
False-positive cpp:S5417 ("std::move" and "std::forward" should not be confused) in concepts Report False-positive / False-negative... sonarqube , cfamily	1	20	April 14, 2026
cpp:S1854 Value stored during its initialization is never read (in inline function) Report False-positive / False-negative... cfamily	9	48	April 14, 2026
S1144/S4487 results in AD0001 Rules and Languages csharp , dotnet , bump	3	24	April 14, 2026
Swift Protocol Analysis Report False-positive / False-negative... swift , sales_team_notified	6	162	April 14, 2026
Swift False Positive for S1481 and S1172 Report False-positive / False-negative... swift , me-too	3	64	April 14, 2026
Rule S117: False positives on PHP 8 constructor property promotion New rules / language support false-positive , php8	5	50	April 13, 2026
FP S1210: Implementing comparable operators for file types Report False-positive / False-negative... csharp , dotnet	0	16	April 11, 2026
Spring Rules for Kotlin Rules and Languages	0	9	April 10, 2026
FP: S2333 reports on not redundent partial keyword Report False-positive / False-negative... dotnet	8	110	April 10, 2026
False Positive on S2629 using log4net Report False-positive / False-negative... dotnet	5	117	April 10, 2026
Running JsSecuritySensorV2 on inline javascript Rules and Languages html , scanner	0	15	April 9, 2026
Rule S6957 crashes on pnpm catalog: version specifiers - TypeError: Invalid comparator: catalog: Rules and Languages	1	22	April 8, 2026
Original exception should be preserved when rethrowing a new exception New rules / language support java	6	38	April 8, 2026
New Rule: Prefer usage of System.Threading.Lock over object for lock statements Rules and Languages dotnet	3	74	April 7, 2026
FP S6966: Do not suggest async methods for SqlDataReader.IsDBNull/GetFieldValue Report False-positive / False-negative... csharp	1	29	April 7, 2026