Error in SonarLint for IntelliJ - nau

Environment:

  • Java: JetBrains s.r.o. 17.0.8
  • OS: Windows 10 amd64
  • IDE: IntelliJ IDEA 2023.2.2
  • SonarLint: 10.0.1.77000
```java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "o.sl.ij.config.global.GlobalExclusionsPanel.isModified(o.sl.ij.config.global.SonarLintGlobalSettings)" because "this.exclusions" is null
	at o.sl.ij.config.global.SonarLintGlobalConfigurable.apply(SonarLintGlobalConfigurable.java:82)
	at c.ij.oa.options.ex.ConfigurableWrapper.apply(ConfigurableWrapper.java:191)
	at c.ij.oa.options.newEditor.ConfigurableEditor.apply(ConfigurableEditor.java:322)
	at c.ij.oa.options.newEditor.SettingsEditor$5.apply(SettingsEditor.java:206)
	at c.ij.oa.options.newEditor.ConfigurableEditor$2.actionPerformed(ConfigurableEditor.java:65)
	at java.desktop/javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:1972)
	at c.ij.oa.ui.DialogWrapper$3.fireActionPerformed(DialogWrapper.java:785)
	at java.desktop/javax.swing.AbstractButton$Handler.actionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:2313)
	at java.desktop/javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(DefaultButtonModel.java:405)
	at java.desktop/javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(DefaultButtonModel.java:262)
	at java.desktop/javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicButtonListener.mouseReleased(BasicButtonListener.java:279)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Component.java:6657)
	at java.desktop/javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(JComponent.java:3385)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.Component.processEvent(Component.java:6422)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.Container.processEvent(Container.java:2266)```

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Hi @naudeon-dev, thank you for your report.

Could you please provide some context on how this issue happened? Are there any particular actions you were doing, or did you notice anything suspicious? Were you modifying the file exclusion settings?