# Announcements

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## [Deactivate rules effortlessly in an inherited Quality Profile](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/deactivate-rules-effortlessly-in-an-inherited-quality-profile/104236)

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**Author:** [@Martin\_Bednorz](https://community.sonarsource.com/u/Martin_Bednorz)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 30, 2023, 9:12pm UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/deactivate-rules-effortlessly-in-an-inherited-quality-profile/104236 "2023-11-30T21:12:35Z")

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Hello SonarCloud :sonarcloud: users, We just added the ability to easily deactivate rules directly from an inherited quality profile. If a rule does not match your project’s quality requirements just yet, you can now s…

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## [Keyboard shortcuts update](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/keyboard-shortcuts-update/104903)

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**Author:** [@nour.zerhouni](https://community.sonarsource.com/u/nour.zerhouni)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2023, 10:53am UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/keyboard-shortcuts-update/104903 "2023-11-23T10:53:13Z")

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Hello SonarCloud :sonarcloud: users, In our continuous effort to improve your experience with SonarCloud, we updated the keyboard shortcuts to known standards. The new keyboard shortcuts list is accessible from anywh…

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## [Resolve issues detected by external rule engines in SonarCloud](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/resolve-issues-detected-by-external-rule-engines-in-sonarcloud/104887)

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**Author:** [@vivek.reghunath](https://community.sonarsource.com/u/vivek.reghunath)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2023, 7:22am UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/resolve-issues-detected-by-external-rule-engines-in-sonarcloud/104887 "2023-11-23T07:22:03Z")

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Hello SonarCloud :sonarcloud: users, It is now possible to resolve issues detected by external rule engines such as Roslyn within SonarCloud! Accepting or marking issues as false positives right inside SonarCloud user i…

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## [The SonarCloud Documentation has a new home!](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/the-sonarcloud-documentation-has-a-new-home/103861)

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**Author:** [@Christine\_Curry](https://community.sonarsource.com/u/Christine_Curry)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 6, 2023, 1:04pm UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/the-sonarcloud-documentation-has-a-new-home/103861 "2023-11-06T13:04:34Z")

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The new and improved SonarCloud documentation website is available! We’re pleased to announce that the SonarCloud Docs have joined the docs.sonarsource domain and all Sonar product documentation is now available in one,…

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## [Temporary duplication of some SonarCloud autoscan requests Monday morning](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/temporary-duplication-of-some-sonarcloud-autoscan-requests-monday-morning/102477)

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**Author:** [@Jonathan\_McGrath](https://community.sonarsource.com/u/Jonathan_McGrath)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2023, 6:12am UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/temporary-duplication-of-some-sonarcloud-autoscan-requests-monday-morning/102477 "2023-10-16T06:12:58Z")

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As part of our ongoing upgrades to the Sonarcloud platform, there will be a small period on Monday morning where some requests to autoscan may be duplicated. This duplication will only be visible on the Administration / …

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## [Syntax highlighting of code examples](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/syntax-highlighting-of-code-examples/98626)

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**Author:** [@john.clifton](https://community.sonarsource.com/u/john.clifton)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2023, 12:55pm UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/syntax-highlighting-of-code-examples/98626 "2023-10-07T12:55:53Z")

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Hello SonarCloud users! We are pleased to announce one more feature to help you get to Clean Code faster. Following the addition of ‘diff’ highlighting, we are adding syntax highlighting to noncompliant and compliant c…

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## [SonarCloud: Autoscan maintenance September 28th, 07:00 and 09:00 CET](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/sonarcloud-autoscan-maintenance-september-28th-07-00-and-09-00-cet/101442)

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**Author:** [@Silviu\_Asandei](https://community.sonarsource.com/u/Silviu_Asandei)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2023, 6:46am UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/sonarcloud-autoscan-maintenance-september-28th-07-00-and-09-00-cet/101442 "2023-09-28T06:46:13Z")

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Hi all, SonarCloud’s Autoscan (automatic analysis) will undergo maintenance for two hours on Thursday, September 28th. This service will not be available for all projects between 07:00 and 09:00 CET. For the jobs submi…

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## [Changes to the SonarCloud "measures" API](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/changes-to-the-sonarcloud-measures-api/101299)

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**Author:** [@Martin\_Bednorz](https://community.sonarsource.com/u/Martin_Bednorz)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 22, 2023, 11:45am UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/changes-to-the-sonarcloud-measures-api/101299 "2023-09-22T11:45:41Z")

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Hello SonarCloud :sonarcloud: users, In an effort to improve the overall performance of SonarCloud, we are dropping the support for the following metrics from the /api/measures endpoints on the 9th of October 2023: nc…

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## [Azure DevOps + Unbound repos PR decoration incident](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/azure-devops-unbound-repos-pr-decoration-incident/99527)

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**Author:** [@ganncamp](https://community.sonarsource.com/u/ganncamp)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2023, 3:24pm UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/azure-devops-unbound-repos-pr-decoration-incident/99527 "2023-09-21T15:24:45Z")

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Hi all, We are actively investigating an incident with PR decoration in Azure DevOps. We became aware of this incident in the wake of a problem yesterday with reporting Quality Gate status across all DevOps platforms. …

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## [Automatic analysis is now available for C and C++ projects](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/automatic-analysis-is-now-available-for-c-and-c-projects/97101)

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**Author:** [@Geoffray](https://community.sonarsource.com/u/Geoffray)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2023, 1:43pm UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/automatic-analysis-is-now-available-for-c-and-c-projects/97101 "2023-09-20T13:43:28Z")

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Hello everyone, Once deemed impossible to achieve, here it is. Automatic analysis for C and C++ is now available for all GitHub users on SonarCloud :sonarcloud:. Note that it is totally free for public projects. Chec…

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## [New Code Definition setup is now part of project onboarding](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/new-code-definition-setup-is-now-part-of-project-onboarding/96944)

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**Author:** [@vivek.reghunath](https://community.sonarsource.com/u/vivek.reghunath)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 4, 2023, 2:08pm UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/new-code-definition-setup-is-now-part-of-project-onboarding/96944 "2023-08-04T14:08:47Z")

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Hello SonarCloud :sonarcloud: users, New Code Definition(NCD) setup is now part of project onboarding. When you are adding a new project from the SonarCloud UI to analyze, you will now have the opportunity to select a s…

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## [Slowed automatic analysis of GitHub PRs](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/slowed-automatic-analysis-of-github-prs/95652)

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**Author:** [@ganncamp](https://community.sonarsource.com/u/ganncamp)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 13, 2023, 3:53pm UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/slowed-automatic-analysis-of-github-prs/95652 "2023-07-13T15:53:03Z")

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We’re aware of a slowdown in processing automatic analysis requests on GitHub PRs. Mitigations are underway

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## [Experience SonarCloud in Dark Mode](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/experience-sonarcloud-in-dark-mode/95135)

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**Author:** [@Martin\_Bednorz](https://community.sonarsource.com/u/Martin_Bednorz)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 11, 2023, 9:36am UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/experience-sonarcloud-in-dark-mode/95135 "2023-07-11T09:36:10Z")

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Hello SonarCloud users, We just released a dark theme for SonarCloud. You are now able to choose between the following three options: Sync with system Dark theme Light theme For new users, SonarCloud will synchronize…

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## [Synchronize your members with GitHub in your SonarCloud organization](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/synchronize-your-members-with-github-in-your-sonarcloud-organization/7756)

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**Author:** [@aurelie](https://community.sonarsource.com/u/aurelie)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 28, 2023, 8:31pm UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/synchronize-your-members-with-github-in-your-sonarcloud-organization/7756 "2023-06-28T20:31:16Z")

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Hi SonarCloud users, We just deployed a new feature to ease the members management for SonarCloud organisations bound to GitHub. This feature allows you to retrieve automatically all your members from your GitHub organ…

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## [SonarCloud: Autoscan maintenance 12 June, 12:00 and 13:00 CET](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/sonarcloud-autoscan-maintenance-12-june-12-00-and-13-00-cet/92289)

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**Author:** [@ganncamp](https://community.sonarsource.com/u/ganncamp)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 12, 2023, 8:12am UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/sonarcloud-autoscan-maintenance-12-june-12-00-and-13-00-cet/92289 "2023-06-12T08:12:51Z")

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Hi all, SonarCloud’s Autoscan (automatic analysis) will undergo maintenance for one hour on Monday, June 12th. This service will not be available for .NET projects between 8:30 and 9:30 CET 12:00 and 13:00 CET. For .N…

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## [SonarCloud can scan Java 20 projects](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/sonarcloud-can-scan-java-20-projects/90579)

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**Author:** [@Alexandre\_Gigleux](https://community.sonarsource.com/u/Alexandre_Gigleux)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2023, 1:08pm UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/sonarcloud-can-scan-java-20-projects/90579 "2023-05-09T13:08:45Z")

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Hello Java developers, Everything is in the title. SonarCloud knows how to scan Java 20 projects. In order to achieve that, we had to slightly change how we handle Java’s preview features. If you are using Java 19+ pr…

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## [SonarCloud can find hard-coded passwords on known APIs taking passwords as parameter](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/sonarcloud-can-find-hard-coded-passwords-on-known-apis-taking-passwords-as-parameter/90578)

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**Author:** [@Alexandre\_Gigleux](https://community.sonarsource.com/u/Alexandre_Gigleux)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2023, 12:59pm UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/sonarcloud-can-find-hard-coded-passwords-on-known-apis-taking-passwords-as-parameter/90578 "2023-05-09T12:59:05Z")

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Hello PHP developers, We’ve made an update to the PHP analyzer, enabling it to detect when a hard-coded string is passed as a parameter to a function that is specifically designed to receive passwords or tokens as input…

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## [SonarCloud integrates with Hashicorp Terraform Cloud](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/sonarcloud-integrates-with-hashicorp-terraform-cloud/90405)

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**Author:** [@Alexandre\_Gigleux](https://community.sonarsource.com/u/Alexandre_Gigleux)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 5, 2023, 8:46am UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/sonarcloud-integrates-with-hashicorp-terraform-cloud/90405 "2023-05-05T08:46:49Z")

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Hello Terraform developers, If you’re utilizing Terraform Cloud (TFC) as your CI tool for managing and overseeing the deployment of your infrastructure, you’ll be pleased to learn that Sonar has joined forces with Hashi…

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## [Rate limits changing for SonarCloud APIs](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/rate-limits-changing-for-sonarcloud-apis/89135)

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**Author:** [@ganncamp](https://community.sonarsource.com/u/ganncamp)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2023, 8:31pm UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/rate-limits-changing-for-sonarcloud-apis/89135 "2023-04-24T20:31:04Z")

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Hi all, On Monday, April 24th we’ll adjust rate limits on some SonarCloud APIs in order to ensure that we can continue to operate the service smoothly and with optimum performance. There should be no impact on routine …

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## [Automatic selection of solution that best fits your code framework](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/automatic-selection-of-solution-that-best-fits-your-code-framework/89760)

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**Author:** [@john.clifton](https://community.sonarsource.com/u/john.clifton)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2023, 10:18am UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/automatic-selection-of-solution-that-best-fits-your-code-framework/89760 "2023-04-24T10:18:04Z")

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Hello SonarCloud users! We are pleased to announce another capability to help you get to Clean Code faster. When you are looking at a finding, SonarCloud will automatically show the most relevant information and code e…

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## [SonarCloud has received a facelift for a more modern and consistent UI](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/sonarcloud-has-received-a-facelift-for-a-more-modern-and-consistent-ui/73578)

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**Author:** [@Thomas\_Olivier](https://community.sonarsource.com/u/Thomas_Olivier)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 23, 2023, 12:46pm UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/sonarcloud-has-received-a-facelift-for-a-more-modern-and-consistent-ui/73578 "2023-02-23T12:46:18Z")

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Hello SonarCloud users, We just released the first of a number of updates to the SonarCloud user interface. It’s a big step toward a more modern, consistent, and accessible UI. We tell you everything there is to kno…

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## [Faster C++ Pull Request and Branch analyses](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/faster-c-pull-request-and-branch-analyses/83587)

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**Author:** [@Alexandre\_Gigleux](https://community.sonarsource.com/u/Alexandre_Gigleux)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 10, 2023, 1:15pm UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/faster-c-pull-request-and-branch-analyses/83587 "2023-02-10T13:15:52Z")

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Hello C++, C, and Objective-C developers, We are happy to announce that we enabled by default, faster CFamily Pull Request and Branch analyses on SonarCloud :rocket: following the deployment of the server-side cache mec…

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## [Improved rules format in SonarCloud helps you eliminate issues faster with contextualized guidance](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/improved-rules-format-in-sonarcloud-helps-you-eliminate-issues-faster-with-contextualized-guidance/82057)

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**Author:** [@john.clifton](https://community.sonarsource.com/u/john.clifton)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2023, 3:11pm UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/improved-rules-format-in-sonarcloud-helps-you-eliminate-issues-faster-with-contextualized-guidance/82057 "2023-01-23T15:11:34Z")

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Hello SonarCloud users! Do you want to solve existing complex problems faster and dodge them completely in the future? We are happy to announce that we are starting to roll out our new rules format which helps you do ex…

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## [SonarCloud + GitLab = ❤️](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/sonarcloud-gitlab/17792)

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**Author:** [@Fabrice\_Bellingard](https://community.sonarsource.com/u/Fabrice_Bellingard)\
**Replies:** 22\
**Last updated:** [January 3, 2023, 11:25pm UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/sonarcloud-gitlab/17792 "2023-01-03T23:25:58Z")

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Hi dear :sonarcloud: community! We are happy to announce that we’ve deployed the first steps of the integration between SonarCloud and GitLab. Right on time for Christmas! :christmas\_tree: What you can expect starting …

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## [New housekeeping policy for public projects](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/new-housekeeping-policy-for-public-projects/79245)

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**Author:** [@Thomas\_Olivier](https://community.sonarsource.com/u/Thomas_Olivier)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 21, 2022, 3:09pm UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/new-housekeeping-policy-for-public-projects/79245 "2022-12-21T15:09:24Z")

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Dear SonarCloud users, Please note that we’re putting a new housekeeping policy into place for public projects. This policy affects all public projects that have not run an analysis for over a year, belonging to an org…

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## [SonarCloud Scan for C and C++](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/sonarcloud-scan-for-c-and-c/76496)

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**Author:** [@Geoffray](https://community.sonarsource.com/u/Geoffray)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2022, 8:43am UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/sonarcloud-scan-for-c-and-c/76496 "2022-11-23T08:43:27Z")

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Hello SonarCloud users! A new GitHub action is available to analyze your C, C++ and Objective-C code. With this new Action, you can analyze, your code by adding just a few lines to your pipeline instead of the previous…

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## [SonarCloud detects encryption problems in your Python+CDK code](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/sonarcloud-detects-encryption-problems-in-your-python-cdk-code/74208)

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**Author:** [@Alexandre\_Gigleux](https://community.sonarsource.com/u/Alexandre_Gigleux)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2022, 1:53pm UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/sonarcloud-detects-encryption-problems-in-your-python-cdk-code/74208 "2022-10-07T13:53:08Z")

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Hello, Some of you are moving away from pure CloudFormation / Terraform files, and rely on the AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK) to define cloud application resources using programming languages. If you are using Pyt…

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## [The Java analysis detects more precisely hard-coded passwords](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/the-java-analysis-detects-more-precisely-hard-coded-passwords/74111)

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**Author:** [@Alexandre\_Gigleux](https://community.sonarsource.com/u/Alexandre_Gigleux)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 10:19am UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/the-java-analysis-detects-more-precisely-hard-coded-passwords/74111 "2022-10-06T10:19:03Z")

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Hello Java developers, We enhanced the Java analysis engine so it detects the case where a hard-coded string is provided to a method that expects as a parameter a password, a secret, or a key. When such a situation is d…

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## [Faster JS/TS Pull Request Analysis](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/faster-js-ts-pull-request-analysis/73603)

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**Author:** [@Alexandre\_Gigleux](https://community.sonarsource.com/u/Alexandre_Gigleux)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 27, 2022, 7:07am UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/faster-js-ts-pull-request-analysis/73603 "2022-09-27T07:07:43Z")

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Hello JavaScript and TypeScript developers, We did significant changes in our JavaScript and TypeScript analysis so it runs faster on Pull Requests. Our tests across different PR sizes show a reduction of 40% of the exe…

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## [SonarCloud can scan your Kotlin 1.7 code](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/sonarcloud-can-scan-your-kotlin-1-7-code/68962)

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**Author:** [@Alexandre\_Gigleux](https://community.sonarsource.com/u/Alexandre_Gigleux)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 29, 2022, 2:49pm UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/sonarcloud-can-scan-your-kotlin-1-7-code/68962 "2022-07-29T14:49:35Z")

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Hello Kotlin developers, The SonarCloud’s Kotlin analysis knows how to scan your Kotlin 1.7 code. It also supports a new property so you can be precise about the version of Kotlin used in your project. The property is…

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