# SonarLint for Eclipse 7.8 - Easy authentication to SonarQube, more Java quick fixes

**URL:** <https://community.sonarsource.com/t/sonarlint-for-eclipse-7-8-easy-authentication-to-sonarqube-more-java-quick-fixes/84842>\
**Category:** Releases\
**Tags:** eclipse, java\
**Created:** [February 27, 2023, 4:13pm UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/sonarlint-for-eclipse-7-8-easy-authentication-to-sonarqube-more-java-quick-fixes/84842 "2023-02-27T16:13:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Marco\_Comi](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/sonarsource/user_avatar/community.sonarsource.com/marco_comi/32/14877_2.png) [@Marco\_Comi](https://community.sonarsource.com/u/Marco_Comi)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2023, 4:13pm UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/sonarlint-for-eclipse-7-8-easy-authentication-to-sonarqube-more-java-quick-fixes/84842/1 "2023-02-27T16:13:27Z")

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Hello Eclipse users,  
the version of SonarLint we’ve just released simplifies the **authentication** process to **SonarQube**. Instead of manually generating an authentication token in SonarQube and providing it to SonarLint, you’ll simply need to click on _“Generate token”_ in the wizard, and a token will be generated by SonarQube and automatically transfered to SonarLint:  
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In order to benefit from this improvement, you need to update SonarLint to version 7.8 and use at least the 9.7 version of SonarQube.

This version also adds **quick fixes** to 11 **Java** rules - SonarLint now provides quick fixes for 54 Java rules overall; you can discover them [here](https://rules.sonarsource.com/java/quickfix).

Finally, if you use Eclipse CDT for your C and C++ projects you may like to have a look at our latest improvements:

- we recently added [13 new rules](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/13-new-rules-to-help-you-make-the-best-of-c-20s-std-format-feature/80675) to help you make the best of C++20 ’s **std::format** feature.
- we’ve added support for `clang-cl` and Microchip [compilers](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/support-for-new-compilers-and-false-positive-reduction-for-bug-detection/83196).

Here are the [release notes](https://sonarsource.atlassian.net/browse/SLE-555?jql=project%20%3D%2010119%20AND%20fixVersion%20%3D%2014027%20ORDER%20BY%20priority%20DESC%2C%20key%20ASC) of SonarLint for Eclipse v7.8.

Marco