Cannot rename project after creation

SonarQube Server / Community Build
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We are running Enterprise Edition v2025.3.1 (109879) in Azure K8S.

Scanning is done via Azure Pipelines using SonarQube task v7.

          - task: SonarQubePrepare@7
            inputs:
              SonarQube: sc-sonarqube-${{parameters.sonarqubeServer}}
              scannerMode: cli
              configMode: file

Python project set using the sonar-project.properties file:

#Project details
sonar.projectName=Old project name
sonar.projectKey=the.project.key

..

I’m trying to rename the project (change the project friendly / display name) and this is not working.

(I’m not trying to change the projectKey).

I have reviewed and attempted found articles on this community with no luck.

What have I done so far:

  • Changed the sonar.projectName in the properties file, pushed, build - the name remain the same.

  • Merged to master (default branch) - no change

  • Added following snippet to the pipeline - no change

    extraProperties: |
   sonar.projectName=New name

  • Deleted the project entirely - pushed and the new projectName was used

  • Reviewed the REST API - seems it’s possible to set the name only at project creation time. After creation it’s only possible to update the projectKey.

So, how can I change the project display name, without project re-creation and loss of the history?

2

Hi,

Did you do this on master? It only works there. But this is how you do it.

 
HTH,
Ann

3

Hello Ann,

Thanks for rapid feedback.

I can confirm that once the analysis is done from the master branch, projectName field is taken into account, resulting in the project rename.

KR, Alex

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