I get a "Handle the following exception that could be thrown by ..." false positive

[atokle (Atle Tokle)]

I do get “Handle the following exception that could be thrown by …” false positive on several Servlets.

The exception extends a custom exception that extends Exception. And the code that throws the exception is surrounded by try/catch that catches both the exception reported and Exception that it extends.

I’m using SonarQube Developer Edition - Version 9.9 (build 65466). The application is running java 17

[Colin]

I’ve moved your post to the Report a False-Positive section.

Please look at this post:

How to Report a False-positive / False-negative

Hey SonarSource Community! False-positives happen, as do false-negatives, and we’re eager to fix them. We are thrilled when our users report problems, so we can make our products better. What is a false-positive (FP)? A false-positive is when an issue is raised unexpectedly on code that should not trigger an issue, or where the suggested action doesn’t make any sense for the code. What is a false-negative (FN)? A false-negative is when an issue should be raised on a piece of code, but isn’t…

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