# Sonar lint plugin issue - STS **URL:** \ **Category:** Eclipse\ **Tags:** sonarqube, sonarqube-ide, java\ **Created:** [December 2, 2022, 12:02pm UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/sonar-lint-plugin-issue-sts/78295 "2022-12-02T12:02:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sagar.makwana.test](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sagar.makwana.test](https://community.sonarsource.com/u/sagar.makwana.test)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 12:02pm UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/sonar-lint-plugin-issue-sts/78295/1 "2022-12-02T12:02:48Z")
- Operating system: Windows 10 - SonarLint plugin version: SonarLint for Eclipse 7.5.0.54140 - Programming language you’re coding in JAVA - Is connected mode used: NO - STS: Spring Tool Suite 4 - Version: 4.13.0.RELEASE - Build Id: 202112031748 Facing an issue while analyzing the java file below is the error. Starting SonarLint for Eclipse 7.5.0.54140 Started security hotspot handler on port 64120 SonarLint processing file: Starting standalone SonarLint engine 7.5.0.54140… Found 2 issue(s) Error during execution of SonarLint analysis java.lang.IllegalStateException: Failed to read local issue store index at org.sonarlint.eclipse.core.internal.tracking.StringStoreIndex.load(StringStoreIndex.java:53) at org.sonarlint.eclipse.core.internal.tracking.StringStoreIndex.keys(StringStoreIndex.java:43) at org.sonarlint.eclipse.core.internal.tracking.IndexedObjectStore.deleteInvalid(IndexedObjectStore.java:75) at org.sonarlint.eclipse.core.internal.tracking.IssueStore.(IssueStore.java:61) at org.sonarlint.eclipse.core.internal.SonarLintCorePlugin.lambda$0(SonarLintCorePlugin.java:124) at org.sonarlint.eclipse.core.internal.tracking.IssueTrackerRegistry.newTracker(IssueTrackerRegistry.java:54) at org.sonarlint.eclipse.core.internal.tracking.IssueTrackerRegistry.getOrCreate(IssueTrackerRegistry.java:43) at org.sonarlint.eclipse.core.internal.SonarLintCorePlugin.getOrCreateIssueTracker(SonarLintCorePlugin.java:204) at org.sonarlint.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.AbstractAnalyzeProjectJob.trackIssues(AbstractAnalyzeProjectJob.java:308) at org.sonarlint.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.AbstractAnalyzeProjectJob.lambda$19(AbstractAnalyzeProjectJob.java:296) at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.Workspace.run(Workspace.java:2313) at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.Workspace.run(Workspace.java:2333) at org.sonarlint.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.AbstractAnalyzeProjectJob.updateMarkers(AbstractAnalyzeProjectJob.java:296) at org.sonarlint.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.AbstractAnalyzeProjectJob.runAnalysisAndUpdateMarkers(AbstractAnalyzeProjectJob.java:203) at org.sonarlint.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.AbstractAnalyzeProjectJob.doRun(AbstractAnalyzeProjectJob.java:157) at org.sonarlint.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.AbstractSonarProjectJob.run(AbstractSonarProjectJob.java:45) at org.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.Worker.run(Worker.java:63) Caused by: com.google.protobuf.InvalidProtocolBufferException: Protocol message contained an invalid tag (zero). at com.google.protobuf.InvalidProtocolBufferException.invalidTag(InvalidProtocolBufferException.java:133) at com.google.protobuf.CodedInputStream$StreamDecoder.readTag(CodedInputStream.java:2116) at org.sonarlint.eclipse.core.internal.proto.Sonarlint$StorageIndex.(Sonarlint.java:2656) at org.sonarlint.eclipse.core.internal.proto.Sonarlint$StorageIndex$1.parsePartialFrom(Sonarlint.java:3300) at org.sonarlint.eclipse.core.internal.proto.Sonarlint$StorageIndex$1.parsePartialFrom(Sonarlint.java:1) at com.google.protobuf.AbstractParser.parsePartialFrom(AbstractParser.java:215) at com.google.protobuf.AbstractParser.parseFrom(AbstractParser.java:232) at com.google.protobuf.AbstractParser.parseFrom(AbstractParser.java:237) at com.google.protobuf.AbstractParser.parseFrom(AbstractParser.java:48) at com.google.protobuf.GeneratedMessageV3.parseWithIOException(GeneratedMessageV3.java:339) at org.sonarlint.eclipse.core.internal.proto.Sonarlint$StorageIndex.parseFrom(Sonarlint.java:2912) at org.sonarlint.eclipse.core.internal.tracking.StringStoreIndex.load(StringStoreIndex.java:51) … 16 more Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Julien\_HENRY](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/sonarsource/user_avatar/community.sonarsource.com/julien_henry/32/61_2.png) [@Julien\_HENRY](https://community.sonarsource.com/u/Julien_HENRY)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 12:49pm UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/sonar-lint-plugin-issue-sts/78295/2 "2022-12-02T12:49:04Z")
Hi, It seems that SonarLint local issue cache somehow got corrupted. You can fix the issue by manually deleting the cache. It is located in `/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.core.resources/.projects//org.sonarlint.eclipse.core/issues/` You can simply remove the entire folder, and the error should go away. The consequence is that you’ll lose the “history” of your issues (when was the issue first discovered), so in the UI, all issues will have a fresh date. ---
**Author:** ![sagar.makwana.test](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sagar.makwana.test](https://community.sonarsource.com/u/sagar.makwana.test)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 4:53am UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/sonar-lint-plugin-issue-sts/78295/3 "2022-12-05T04:53:54Z")
Hi, the issue is fixed thank you so much… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/sonarsource/user_avatar/community.sonarsource.com/system/32/31083_2.png) [@system](https://community.sonarsource.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 4:53am UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/sonar-lint-plugin-issue-sts/78295/4 "2022-12-12T04:53:58Z")
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