Rules and Languages

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Topic	Replies	Views	Activity
About the Rules and Languages category Rules and Languages	0	121	January 29, 2025
cpp:S3432 should ignore static_assert/noexcept "calls" Rules and Languages cfamily	0	3	February 14, 2026
typescript:S7718 Unused Error parameters in catch clauses Rules and Languages typescript	3	4	February 13, 2026
C# Implementation of interface is a treated as code duplicate Report False-positive / False-negative... csharp , duplications	5	2304	February 13, 2026
False negative: csharpsquid:S2325 - tiny exception Report False-positive / False-negative... csharp , dotnet	4	11	February 13, 2026
Request: Update rule java:S1166 (either log or rethrow) for cases using unnamed varliables Rules and Languages java , bump	6	55	February 13, 2026
java:S1124 doesn't take sealed and non-sealed into account Rules and Languages	1	11	February 12, 2026
Online reference rules.sonarsource.com is gone Rules and Languages	8	57	February 12, 2026
Add exception / false-positive for javascript:S1656 when using location.href=location.href Report False-positive / False-negative...	2	20	February 11, 2026
Security hotspot detection for java:S2077 produces Review Work for perectly safe code Report False-positive / False-negative... security-hotspot	2	20	February 11, 2026
RPG: Parser fails on enums Rules and Languages rpg , parse-error	5	29	February 11, 2026
False positive on shuffle Rules and Languages cfamily	8	43	February 11, 2026
WordPress sonarqube analysis New rules / language support php	10	7389	February 10, 2026
[PHP S930] False positive for html_entity_decode with 3 arguments Report False-positive / False-negative... php , sonarqube-server	2	15	February 10, 2026
FP - S1144 - Unused private types or members should be removed - Extension Syntax Report False-positive / False-negative... csharp , visualstudio , dotnet , sonarqube-ide	6	129	February 10, 2026
Define custom rules for Node.js build tools Rules and Languages	7	84	February 9, 2026
[Java] False Negative: Rule S2259 misses null dereference when using instanceof Report False-positive / False-negative... java , sonarqube , npe	1	6	February 9, 2026
S2004 (`sonarjs/no-nested-functions`) triggers in describe()/it() test files Report False-positive / False-negative... javascript	6	771	February 9, 2026
False Positive S6207 on overridden getter of record Report False-positive / False-negative... java , false-positive , server	4	24	February 9, 2026
java:S2187 false positive for @Nested tests Rules and Languages	9	200	February 9, 2026
Java record with a validating constructor Report False-positive / False-negative...	2	44	February 9, 2026
S125 False positive when comment ends with a ; Report False-positive / False-negative...	8	69	February 9, 2026
S2930: Not detecting Dispose() call when object is explicitly cast to IDisposable Report False-positive / False-negative... csharp	0	5	February 6, 2026
Rspec github repository is gone/private? Rules and Languages github , sonarsource	2	95	February 6, 2026
Https://rules.sonarsource.com down Rules and Languages rules	3	156	February 6, 2026
Tailwind CSS v4 upgrade S4662 false positive on [at]theme Report False-positive / False-negative...	5	1510	February 5, 2026
PHP #[SuppressWarnings()] attribute not working Rules and Languages sonarqube , bug	3	19	February 4, 2026
False positive cpp:S1000 in source files Report False-positive / False-negative... sonarqube , scanner , cfamily , bump , sonarqube-ide	3	14	February 4, 2026
FP: S6819 - The ARIA "img" role should be allowed on SVG images Report False-positive / False-negative... javascript , html , web , sonarqube-ide , sonarqube-cloud	9	1493	February 3, 2026
Possible false positive with c# list .FirstOrDefault where default value given New rules / language support sonarqube	5	14	February 2, 2026