Quality Gate Not Failing Even When Issues Exist in SonarQube

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I have configured a SonarQube Quality Gate in my project, setting the condition to fail if the issue count is greater than 0. However, despite having issues in the code, my GitLab CI/CD pipeline still passes instead of failing as expected.

Here’s my setup:

  • SonarQube Version: (mention your version, e.g., SonarQube Community v24.12.0)
  • Quality Gate Condition: Issue count > 0 → FAIL
  • GitLab CI/CD Integration: Using SonarQube scanner in the pipeline
  • Observed Issue: The pipeline completes successfully even when issues exist
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Can anyone help here?

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Hi,

Welcome to the community!

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Regarding your question, failing the pipeline for a failing Quality Gate doesn’t happen automatically; not everyone wants that.

The docs should help you get it set up.

 
HTH,
Ann