Leak Period : How does it work when you scan the project for the very first time and subsequent scans

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  • which versions are you using (SonarQube, Scanner, Plugin, and any relevant extension)
    6.7.3
  • what are you trying to achieve
    Trying to understand how leak period works : What happens when you run the scan for the very first time and run the scan again in next day or so. Yellow section shows some stats and what does those means ( Leak Period : Since previous version : Started (Some time frame?) What is that)
  • what have you tried so far to achieve this : Creating a new leak period /quality gate and only focus on the new bugs. How to use the Leak Period parameters (Previous version, Baseline, Number of days, Date) and are there any best practices around that.