Architecture Analysis failing with NullPointerException

mathias_vetsch · September 12, 2025, 11:18am

Hey, I wanted to add the architecture analysis feature to our CI pipeline based on this article: Configuring the architecture analysis | SonarQube Cloud | Sonar Documentation
Once added, the pipeline fails with a NullPointerException and no error message that would help me to fix this problem.

Setup

Bitbucket Cloud
Azure DevOps
C# code base

Error observed

In the SonarCloudAnalyze@3 step, I get the following error after adding adding the architecture.json file to the repository

2025-09-12T10:45:03.2315808Z INFO: Importing results from 8 proto files in 'D:\a\1\.sonarqube\out\64\output-cs'
2025-09-12T10:45:03.2625693Z INFO: Importing results from 8 proto files in 'D:\a\1\.sonarqube\out\55\output-cs'
2025-09-12T10:45:03.2777490Z INFO: Importing results from 8 proto files in 'D:\a\1\.sonarqube\out\51\output-cs'
2025-09-12T10:45:03.7404648Z INFO: Importing 92 Roslyn reports
2025-09-12T10:45:04.2329560Z INFO: Found 92 MSBuild C# projects: 34 MAIN projects. 15 TEST projects. 43 with no MAIN nor TEST files.
2025-09-12T10:45:04.2533987Z INFO: Sensor C# [csharpenterprise] (done) | time=6046ms
2025-09-12T10:45:04.5057279Z INFO: Sensor Analysis Warnings import [csharpenterprise]
2025-09-12T10:45:04.5057987Z INFO: Sensor Analysis Warnings import [csharpenterprise] (done) | time=2ms
2025-09-12T10:45:04.5302708Z INFO: Sensor C# File Caching Sensor [csharpenterprise]
2025-09-12T10:45:04.7430995Z INFO: Sensor C# File Caching Sensor [csharpenterprise] (done) | time=190ms
2025-09-12T10:45:04.9374496Z INFO: Sensor C# Tests Coverage Report Import [csharpenterprise]
2025-09-12T10:45:05.1491431Z INFO: Parsing the Visual Studio coverage XML report D:\a\_temp\TestResults\33f95145-7b3e-4d50-add2-799f45f4bde2\VssAdministrator_runnervmshoy1_2025-09-12.10_40_47.coveragexml
2025-09-12T10:45:05.2979744Z INFO: Adding this code coverage report to the cache for later reuse: D:\a\_temp\TestResults\33f95145-7b3e-4d50-add2-799f45f4bde2\VssAdministrator_runnervmshoy1_2025-09-12.10_40_47.coveragexml
2025-09-12T10:45:05.5578091Z INFO: Coverage Report Statistics: 923 files, 725 main files, 725 main files with coverage, 198 test files, 0 project excluded files, 0 other language files.
2025-09-12T10:45:05.5591039Z INFO: Sensor C# Tests Coverage Report Import [csharpenterprise] (done) | time=1095ms
2025-09-12T10:45:05.5595565Z INFO: Sensor JsSecuritySensorV2 [jasmin]
2025-09-12T10:45:05.5596366Z INFO: 6 additional JS/TS file(s) from other modules detected but not analyzed. Set 'sonar.jasmin.modules.all' to true to include them in the taint analysis.
2025-09-12T10:45:05.5596998Z INFO: No relevant JS/TS files found. Skipping taint analysis.
2025-09-12T10:45:05.5597511Z INFO: Sensor JsSecuritySensorV2 [jasmin] (done) | time=1ms
2025-09-12T10:45:05.5654316Z INFO: Sensor JsArchitectureSensor [architecture]
2025-09-12T10:45:05.5699097Z INFO: * Protobuf reading starting | memory total=570 | free=250 | used=319 (MB)
2025-09-12T10:45:05.5826875Z INFO: * Reading SonarArchitecture IR data from directory "D:\a\1\.sonarqube\out\.sonar\architecture\js"
2025-09-12T10:45:05.6130457Z INFO: * Protobuf reading complete | memory total=570 | free=250 | used=319 (MB)
2025-09-12T10:45:05.6402093Z INFO: * Build architecture.graph.js.file_graph.default_perspective hierarchy graph complete (filtered=true) | memory total=570 | free=250 | used=319 (MB)
2025-09-12T10:45:05.6431727Z INFO: * Slicing complete | memory total=570 | free=249 | used=320 (MB)
2025-09-12T10:45:05.7793087Z INFO: * Writing to "D:\a\1\.sonarqube\out\.sonar\architecture\exports\js\js-default-perspective-by-file.json"
2025-09-12T10:45:05.8439186Z INFO: * Build architecture.graph.js.file_graph.default_perspective hierarchy graph complete (filtered=false) | memory total=570 | free=234 | used=335 (MB)
2025-09-12T10:45:06.1419277Z INFO: ------------------------------------------------------------------------
2025-09-12T10:45:06.1422503Z INFO: EXECUTION FAILURE
2025-09-12T10:45:06.1423143Z INFO: ------------------------------------------------------------------------
2025-09-12T10:45:06.1426983Z INFO: Total time: 1:14.398s
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2800245Z INFO: Final Memory: 98M/330M
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2801033Z INFO: ------------------------------------------------------------------------
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2874500Z ##[error]ERROR: Error during SonarScanner execution
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2876493Z ERROR: Error during SonarScanner execution
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2877776Z ##[error]java.lang.NullPointerException
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2894059Z java.lang.NullPointerException
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2899076Z ##[error]at java.base/java.util.Objects.requireNonNull(Unknown Source)
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2900253Z 	at java.base/java.util.Objects.requireNonNull(Unknown Source)
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2902378Z ##[error]at com.sonarsource.architecture.config.model.Perspective.getLanguage(na:2758)
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2903215Z 	at com.sonarsource.architecture.config.model.Perspective.getLanguage(na:2758)
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2905470Z ##[error]at com.sonarsource.architecture.Z.E.B(na:898)
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2906113Z 	at com.sonarsource.architecture.Z.E.B(na:898)
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2906879Z ##[error]at com.sonarsource.architecture.Z.E.B(na:2878)
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2907498Z 	at com.sonarsource.architecture.Z.E.B(na:2878)
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2908321Z ##[error]at java.base/java.util.Map.computeIfAbsent(Unknown Source)
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2908983Z 	at java.base/java.util.Map.computeIfAbsent(Unknown Source)
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2909832Z ##[error]at com.sonarsource.architecture.Z.E.C(na:754)
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2910525Z 	at com.sonarsource.architecture.Z.E.C(na:754)
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2911353Z ##[error]at com.sonarsource.architecture.Z.E.A(na:3307)
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2912125Z 	at com.sonarsource.architecture.Z.E.A(na:3307)
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2912958Z ##[error]at com.sonarsource.architecture.U.A.A(na:288)
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2913968Z 	at com.sonarsource.architecture.U.A.A(na:288)
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2917123Z ##[error]at java.base/java.util.ArrayList.forEach(Unknown Source)
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2917785Z 	at java.base/java.util.ArrayList.forEach(Unknown Source)
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2918539Z ##[error]at com.sonarsource.architecture.U.A.A(na:2094)
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2919154Z 	at com.sonarsource.architecture.U.A.A(na:2094)
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2919934Z ##[error]at com.sonarsource.architecture.U.A.A(na:3419)
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2920584Z 	at com.sonarsource.architecture.U.A.A(na:3419)
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2921376Z ##[error]at java.base/java.util.Map.computeIfAbsent(Unknown Source)
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2922158Z 	at java.base/java.util.Map.computeIfAbsent(Unknown Source)
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2926025Z ##[error]at com.sonarsource.architecture.U.A.A(na:3419)
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2926665Z 	at com.sonarsource.architecture.U.A.A(na:3419)
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2927427Z ##[error]at com.sonarsource.architecture.U.F$_A.A(na:3336)
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2928006Z 	at com.sonarsource.architecture.U.F$_A.A(na:3336)
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2928747Z ##[error]at com.sonarsource.architecture.U.F.B(na:469)
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2929307Z 	at com.sonarsource.architecture.U.F.B(na:469)
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2930197Z ##[error]at com.sonarsource.architecture.A.A(na:475)
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2930755Z 	at com.sonarsource.architecture.A.A(na:475)
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2931816Z ##[error]at com.sonarsource.architecture.A.execute(na:831)
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2932421Z 	at com.sonarsource.architecture.A.execute(na:831)
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2933309Z ##[error]at org.sonar.scanner.sensor.AbstractSensorWrapper.analyse(AbstractSensorWrapper.java:68)
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2934009Z 	at org.sonar.scanner.sensor.AbstractSensorWrapper.analyse(AbstractSensorWrapper.java:68)
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2934937Z ##[error]at org.sonar.scanner.sensor.ProjectSensorsExecutor.execute(ProjectSensorsExecutor.java:40)
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2935643Z 	at org.sonar.scanner.sensor.ProjectSensorsExecutor.execute(ProjectSensorsExecutor.java:40)
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2936573Z ##[error]at org.sonar.scanner.scan.ProjectScanContainer.doAfterStart(ProjectScanContainer.java:173)
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2937288Z 	at org.sonar.scanner.scan.ProjectScanContainer.doAfterStart(ProjectScanContainer.java:173)
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2938227Z ##[error]at org.sonar.core.platform.ComponentContainer.startComponents(ComponentContainer.java:123)
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2938922Z 	at org.sonar.core.platform.ComponentContainer.startComponents(ComponentContainer.java:123)
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2939834Z ##[error]at org.sonar.core.platform.ComponentContainer.execute(ComponentContainer.java:109)
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2940503Z 	at org.sonar.core.platform.ComponentContainer.execute(ComponentContainer.java:109)
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2941669Z ##[error]at org.sonar.scanner.bootstrap.ScannerContainer.doAfterStart(ScannerContainer.java:462)
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2942385Z 	at org.sonar.scanner.bootstrap.ScannerContainer.doAfterStart(ScannerContainer.java:462)
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2943330Z ##[error]at org.sonar.core.platform.ComponentContainer.startComponents(ComponentContainer.java:123)
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2944139Z 	at org.sonar.core.platform.ComponentContainer.startComponents(ComponentContainer.java:123)
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2945054Z ##[error]at org.sonar.core.platform.ComponentContainer.execute(ComponentContainer.java:109)
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2945736Z 	at org.sonar.core.platform.ComponentContainer.execute(ComponentContainer.java:109)
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2946653Z ##[error]at org.sonar.scanner.bootstrap.GlobalContainer.doAfterStart(GlobalContainer.java:128)
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2947332Z 	at org.sonar.scanner.bootstrap.GlobalContainer.doAfterStart(GlobalContainer.java:128)
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2951413Z ##[error]at org.sonar.core.platform.ComponentContainer.startComponents(ComponentContainer.java:123)
	at org.sonar.core.platform.ComponentContainer.execute(ComponentContainer.java:109)
	at org.sonar.batch.bootstrapper.Batch.doExecute(Batch.java:58)
	at org.sonar.batch.bootstrapper.Batch.execute(Batch.java:52)
	at org.sonarsource.scanner.api.internal.batch.BatchIsolatedLauncher.execute(BatchIsolatedLauncher.java:46)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at org.sonarsource.scanner.api.internal.IsolatedLauncherProxy.invoke(IsolatedLauncherProxy.java:60)
	at jdk.proxy1/jdk.proxy1.$Proxy0.execute(Unknown Source)
	at org.sonarsource.scanner.api.EmbeddedScanner.doExecute(EmbeddedScanner.java:189)
	at org.sonarsource.scanner.api.EmbeddedScanner.execute(EmbeddedScanner.java:138)
	at org.sonarsource.scanner.cli.Main.execute(Main.java:123)
	at org.sonarsource.scanner.cli.Main.execute(Main.java:78)
	at org.sonarsource.scanner.cli.Main.main(Main.java:59)
ERROR:
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2954460Z 	at org.sonar.core.platform.ComponentContainer.startComponents(ComponentContainer.java:123)
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2954889Z 	at org.sonar.core.platform.ComponentContainer.execute(ComponentContainer.java:109)
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2955239Z 	at org.sonar.batch.bootstrapper.Batch.doExecute(Batch.java:58)
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2955684Z 	at org.sonar.batch.bootstrapper.Batch.execute(Batch.java:52)
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2956052Z 	at org.sonarsource.scanner.api.internal.batch.BatchIsolatedLauncher.execute(BatchIsolatedLauncher.java:46)
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2956446Z 	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2956764Z 	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2957095Z 	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2957427Z 	at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2957804Z 	at org.sonarsource.scanner.api.internal.IsolatedLauncherProxy.invoke(IsolatedLauncherProxy.java:60)
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2958208Z 	at jdk.proxy1/jdk.proxy1.$Proxy0.execute(Unknown Source)
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2958564Z 	at org.sonarsource.scanner.api.EmbeddedScanner.doExecute(EmbeddedScanner.java:189)
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2958987Z 	at org.sonarsource.scanner.api.EmbeddedScanner.execute(EmbeddedScanner.java:138)
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2959367Z 	at org.sonarsource.scanner.cli.Main.execute(Main.java:123)
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2959710Z 	at org.sonarsource.scanner.cli.Main.execute(Main.java:78)
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2960067Z 	at org.sonarsource.scanner.cli.Main.main(Main.java:59)
2025-09-12T10:45:06.2960343Z ERROR: 
2025-09-12T10:45:06.7046578Z ##[error]The SonarScanner did not complete successfully
2025-09-12T10:45:06.7049531Z The SonarScanner did not complete successfully
2025-09-12T10:45:06.7052651Z ##[error]10:45:06.7  Post-processing failed. Exit code: 1
2025-09-12T10:45:06.7055817Z 10:45:06.7  Post-processing failed. Exit code: 1
2025-09-12T10:45:06.7115869Z 
2025-09-12T10:45:06.7186032Z ##[error][ERROR] SonarQube Cloud: Error while executing task Analyze: The process 'D:\a\_tasks\SonarCloudPrepare_14d9cde6-c1da-4d55-aa01-2965cd301255\3.4.1\classic-sonar-scanner-msbuild\SonarScanner.MSBuild.exe' failed with exit code 1
2025-09-12T10:45:06.7188060Z ##[error]The process 'D:\a\_tasks\SonarCloudPrepare_14d9cde6-c1da-4d55-aa01-2965cd301255\3.4.1\classic-sonar-scanner-msbuild\SonarScanner.MSBuild.exe' failed with exit code 1
2025-09-12T10:45:06.7277020Z ##[section]Finishing: Run SonarCloud

The pipeline steps I am using:

- task: SonarCloudPrepare@3
  displayName: 'Prepare analysis on SonarCloud'
  inputs:
    SonarCloud: '[REMOVED]'
    organization: '[REMOVED]'
    scannerMode: 'dotnet'
    projectKey: '[REMOVED]'
    projectName: '[REMOVED]'
    extraProperties: |
      sonar.c.file.suffixes=-
      sonar.cpp.file.suffixes=-
      sonar.objc.file.suffixes=-
      sonar.verbose=true
      sonar.architecture.configpath=architecture.json

- task: MSBuild@1
  displayName: 'Build Solution'
  inputs:
    solution: '$(Solution)'
    platform: '$(BuildPlatform)'
    configuration: '$(BuildConfiguration)'
    msbuildArguments: '/m /p:RuntimeIdentifier="$(RuntimeIdentifier)" /restore /t:Rebuild'

- task: VSTest@3
  displayName: 'Run Unit Tests'
  inputs:
    testSelector: 'testAssemblies'
    testAssemblyVer2: |
      **\*UnitTests.dll
      **\*IntegrationTests.dll
      !**\obj\**
      !**\bin\**\ref\**
    codeCoverageEnabled: true

- task: SonarCloudAnalyze@3
  displayName: 'Run SonarCloud'

With the following architecture.json file.

{
  "perspectives": [
    {
      "label": "Clean Architecutre",
      "description": "",
      "groups": [
        {
          "label": "Entities",
          "patterns": [
            "[REMOVED].Domain/**",
            "[REMOVED].API/**"
          ]
        },
        {
          "label": "Use Cases",
          "patterns": [
            "[REMOVED].Interactcors/**",
            "[REMOVED].Workflow"
          ]
        },
        {
          "label": "Interface and Adapters",
          "patterns": [
            "[REMOVED].Presenters/**",
            "[REMOVED].Commands/**",
            "[REMOVED].ViewModels/**"
          ]
        },
        {
          "label": "Frameworks and Drivers",
          "patterns": [
            "[REMOVED].App/**",
            "[REMOVED]UI.**",
            "[REMOVED].Persistence/**",
            "[REMOVED].Cloud/**",
            "[REMOVED].Help/**"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "constraints": [
        {
          "message": "lets provoke an error!",
          "from": [ "Use Cases" ],
          "to": [ "Entities" ],
          "relation": "deny"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Steps to reproduce

Added a architecture.json file to the repository.
Run the CI pieline
The SonarCloudAnalyze@3 step fails with the reported exception

paul.oreilly · September 12, 2025, 12:13pm

Hi mathias vetsch,

Many thanks for the detailed report, it was very helpful. We have been working on a fix this week and plan to make a release early next week that will address this issue. Hope this suffices.

Best for now,

Paul.

mathias_vetsch · September 12, 2025, 12:14pm

Yey thanks! I am happy to test it next week

paul.oreilly · September 18, 2025, 7:24am

Hi mathias vetsch,

Release 2.3 (build 6597) of the architecture plugin has now been deployed. Please feel free to retry your tests at your convenience.

Best regards,

Paul.

mathias_vetsch · September 18, 2025, 8:15am

Great! My pipeline runs through, but architecture analysis is not active for some reason.

The architecture.json defined in sonar.architecture.configpath exists. As far as I understand https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-cloud/design-and-architecture/configuring-the-architecture-analysis/ - that should be enough to activate the analysis feature. Am I missing something?

Logs:

[...]
sonar.organization=[REMOVED]
sonar.host.url=https://sonarcloud.io
sonar.projectKey=[REMOVED]
sonar.projectName=[REMOVED]
sonar.projectVersion=1.0
sonar.branch.name=experimental/sonar-architecture-features
sonar.scanner.metadataFilePath=D:\\a\\_temp\\sonar\\47267\\ee911b36-ada3-a586-1349-dbfe233fa9f3\\report-task.txt
sonar.c.file.suffixes=-
sonar.cpp.file.suffixes=-
sonar.objc.file.suffixes=-
sonar.architecture.configpath=D:\\a\\1\\s\\architecture.json
sonar.visualstudio.enable=false
[...]
08:06:22.163 DEBUG:   * Architecture Analysis 2.3.0.6597 (architecture)
[...]
08:07:30.157 DEBUG: Architecture analysis is disabled
[...]
`

paul.oreilly · September 18, 2025, 8:20am

This is curious!

Can you add the flag sonar.architecture.enable=true and retry?

My understanding was this would be enabled by default.

Thanks for the prompt tests.

mathias_vetsch · September 18, 2025, 9:18am

I’ve set that flag explicitly :

sonar.architecture.enable=true
sonar.architecture.configpath=D:\\a\\1\\s\\architecture.json

But I still get

08:47:24.287 DEBUG: Architecture analysis is disabled

Is there any documentation available for that flag?

paul.oreilly · September 18, 2025, 10:25am

Hi Mathias,

Just checking the documentation, I see Design and Architecture is available in the SonarCloud Team and Enterprise plans. It is currently supported on Java, JavaScript, and TypeScript. And I see you are trying to add constraints on a C# codebase.

Apologies, I had not connected this support limitation before. Hence, the constraints are not supported for C# as of today. I suspect the stack-trace came as a result of the JS sensor (I see this in a previous log), as this language is supported. So, it’s good to see the plugin is no longer raising an exception for supported languages at least!

As regards the new parameter, the Design and Architecture plugin is currently undergoing a major review and revision, and as such upgraded features and docs will be made available in the future. At the moment, it is planned that support for C# will be included as part of that review. And I will pass on your interest in constraints (rules) support for C# to the team.

Again, apologies I did not connect with the current C# support limitation sooner. But your feedback has still helped us greatly in improving the stability of the plugin and is much appreciated.

If you were interested in testing constraints on any of the currently supported languages, we’d be happy to help.

Paul.

mathias_vetsch · September 18, 2025, 10:40am

Good Lord, why would you hide the most important information in the very first sentence?

Anyways thanks a lot for the help and I am looking forward to when it is available for C# as well!

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Architecture Analysis failing with NullPointerException

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