Sonar-Scanner return codes

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  • which versions are you using: sonar-scanner 5.0.1
  • what are you trying to achieve:
    I want to be able to make decisions based on the return code of a sonar-scanner execution, and I was not able to find any documentation on what exactly a return code meant. could you please provide a link or atlease an overview of what exactly each return code of sonar-scanner means. Thank you.
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Hey there.

0 = success
non-zero = failure. Either the scanner itself failed, or you specified sonar.qualitygate.wait and polled for the Quality Gate status which ultimately was failing.

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Hi Colin, thanks for your response. So this means that there is no way to distinguish between the scanner failure and quality gate failure. Because i am getting a rc=2 for a quality gate failure, i was looking for a way to distinguish them,

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You’re correct – there’s no way to distinguish based on the exit code.