Deactivated rules in child quality profiles are not ignored

[Sryj (Sryj B)]

• versions used:
  SonarQube server 9.3.0
  SonarScanner 4.6.2.2472

• error observed:
  Deactivated parent rules in custom extended child language quality profiles are still created as issues

• steps to reproduce:

• Extend a language quality profile and mark it as the default
• Bulk deactivate all code smells rules
• Scan the project and you will find all code smells issues still reported

PS: Just to make sure I checked Under “Project Information” / “Quality Profiles used” it shows that the custom extended profiles marked as default is being used to scan the project

[Colin]

Hey there.

It’s not possible to deactivate rules that are present in the parent profile – probably you saw this message when bulk deactivating rules.

This means there were no changes done in your Quality Profile.

Checkout this feature request:

Deactivate on Extended Profiles

I want to be able to extend existing profiles on SonarCloud and deactivate specific rules. According to the tooltip on a built-in profile: “Rules in built-in Quality Profiles can’t be deactivated. You can create a customizable Quality Profile based on a built-in one by Copying or Extending it in the Quality Profiles list.” However, when I extend a profile and try to deactivate a rule, the tooltip reads “This rule is inherited and cannot be deactivated.” The only way to deactivate a rule is by…

[Sryj (Sryj B)]

Oh OK, I hope that gets “Fixed” there must be a way to simply ignore specific rules scanning without crafting a new custom profile for every update

Thanks