# Golangci-lint issues import is not working as expected

**URL:** <https://community.sonarsource.com/t/golangci-lint-issues-import-is-not-working-as-expected/14437>\
**Category:** SonarQube Server / Community Build\
**Tags:** go\
**Created:** [September 18, 2019, 7:30am UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/golangci-lint-issues-import-is-not-working-as-expected/14437 "2019-09-18T07:30:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![marvinlchen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@marvinlchen](https://community.sonarsource.com/u/marvinlchen)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2019, 7:30am UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/golangci-lint-issues-import-is-not-working-as-expected/14437/1 "2019-09-18T07:30:48Z")

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Hi!  
I also encountered golangci-lint problem.  
After I tried:

1. golangci-lint run --out-format checkstyle \> report.xml
2. config: sonar.go.golangci-lint.reportPaths=report.xml
3. sonar-scanner

There is no more bugs revealed on the board

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**Author:** ![Nicolas\_Harraudeau](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/sonarsource/user_avatar/community.sonarsource.com/nicolas_harraudeau/32/255_2.png) [@Nicolas\_Harraudeau](https://community.sonarsource.com/u/Nicolas_Harraudeau)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2019, 8:51am UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/golangci-lint-issues-import-is-not-working-as-expected/14437/2 "2019-09-18T08:51:24Z")

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Hi @marvinlchen,

We prefer to have a separate thread for each bug report so I moved your post.

Regarding your problem, I know that it is an obvious question, but are there issues reported by golangci-lint in the report.xml file?  
Next you can check if the file paths in this file match the file paths in SonarQube/SonarCloud.

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**Author:** ![marvinlchen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@marvinlchen](https://community.sonarsource.com/u/marvinlchen)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2019, 10:38am UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/golangci-lint-issues-import-is-not-working-as-expected/14437/3 "2019-09-26T10:38:22Z")

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I suspect that my problem may be caused by Sonarqube version. I found the most recent version is **7.9.1 LTS** , which is released on July 2019. Is there any support for golangci-lint?  
I found that there is only a config for GoMetaLinter.

 ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/sonarsource/uploads/sonarcommunity/original/2X/8/887a05afca80f3b752f48cfbbaba8bedb26b886f.png)

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**Author:** ![Nicolas\_Harraudeau](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/sonarsource/user_avatar/community.sonarsource.com/nicolas_harraudeau/32/255_2.png) [@Nicolas\_Harraudeau](https://community.sonarsource.com/u/Nicolas_Harraudeau)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2019, 1:01pm UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/golangci-lint-issues-import-is-not-working-as-expected/14437/4 "2019-09-26T13:01:04Z")

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Hi Marvin,

SonarQube 7.9.1 comes with an older version of the Go analyzer. You need to update it to version 1.6. You can do it in _Administration_ =\> _Marketplace_.

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**Author:** ![marvinlchen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@marvinlchen](https://community.sonarsource.com/u/marvinlchen)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2019, 2:28am UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/golangci-lint-issues-import-is-not-working-as-expected/14437/5 "2019-09-27T02:28:05Z")

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It works! That was the problem.  
Thanks for help!

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**Author:** ![Nicolas\_Harraudeau](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/sonarsource/user_avatar/community.sonarsource.com/nicolas_harraudeau/32/255_2.png) [@Nicolas\_Harraudeau](https://community.sonarsource.com/u/Nicolas_Harraudeau)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2020, 3:16pm UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/golangci-lint-issues-import-is-not-working-as-expected/14437/6 "2020-06-19T15:16:20Z")

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3 posts were split to a new topic: [Golangci-lint issues are not visible after importing its report](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/golangci-lint-issues-are-not-visible-after-importing-its-report/26737)

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**Author:** ![ganncamp](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/sonarsource/user_avatar/community.sonarsource.com/ganncamp/32/1261_2.png) [@ganncamp](https://community.sonarsource.com/u/ganncamp)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2020, 3:23pm UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/golangci-lint-issues-import-is-not-working-as-expected/14437/7 "2020-06-19T15:23:07Z")

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