S6964 ignores [Required] attributes

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  • Summary

Rule csharpsquid:S6964 says to use attributes, but does not recognise the attribute from the (Microsoft) documentation that it links to.

  • What language is this for?

C#

  • Which rule?

csharpsquid:S6964

  • Why do you believe it’s a false-positive/false-negative?

“Property should be annotated .. to avoid under-posting” - gives some suggestions of which annotations, such as [JsonProperty] but does not consider the [Required] attribute.

The [more info] tab for the rule

https://sonarqube.bu-uk.co.uk/coding_rules?open=csharpsquid%3AS6964&rule_key=csharpsquid%3AS6964

links to “Model Validation in ASP.Net 4.x” which explains how to use the [Required] attribute to stop under-posting.

  • Are you using
    • SonarQube Server / Community Build - which version?

Probably 2025.4 but can’t see a definitive version page. Got this by linking via the [i] to documentation.

  • How can we reproduce the problem? Give us a self-contained snippet of code (formatted text, no screenshots)

Example code, c# .net 8:

public class MyRequest
{
    [Required]
    public int MyId { get; set; }