SonarLint installation error Eclipse 2025_06

[michaelbsb (Michael)]

Please provide

• Operating system: Windows 11
• IDE name and version: Eclipse 2025_06
• SonarQube for Eclipse plugin version: unknown
• Programming language you’re coding in: Java

The problem:
The installation routine of SonarLint in Eclipse 2025_06 is broken, because of some certification issues. See the screenshot for details.
Please fix or provide some other installation way.

The error:
Unable to read repository at https://eclipse-uc.sonarlint.org/compositeContent.xml.

Unable to read repository at https://eclipse-uc.sonarlint.org/compositeContent.xml.

PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target

[michaelbsb (Michael)]

Hello Sonar Community,

Is there any information about support for the Eclipse plugin? Has Eclipse support been discontinued?

Best regards,
Michael

[EclipseWizard (A Mysterious Eclipse Wizard)]

I got the Same error. It seems to be an issue with the certificate of the Website.

[EclipseWizard (A Mysterious Eclipse Wizard)]

Hey @michaelbsb,

Instead of the Update Site you used, can you try to use:

https://binaries.sonarsource.com/SonarLint-for-Eclipse/releases/

This page is the one that the other one is pointing to. This page cannot be browsed, so don’t get confused if you open it in the browser, it works well when used in the IDE.

Cheers

[michaelbsb (Michael)]

Hi EclipseWizard,
Thank you for your feedback. Unfortunately, this URL doesn’t work in Eclipse 2025_06 either. This appears to be a certification issue with Eclipse 2025_06.

Both URLs work in Eclipse 2023-09, for example.

Cheers!

Error:

Unable to read repository at https://binaries.sonarsource.com/SonarLint-for-Eclipse/releases/compositeContent.xml.

Unable to read repository at https://binaries.sonarsource.com/SonarLint-for-Eclipse/releases/compositeContent.xml.

PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target

[EclipseWizard (A Mysterious Eclipse Wizard)]

Hi @michaelbsb,

testing once again with a fresh Eclipse JEE 2025-06 installation on Windows, I see no issues with the Update Site I provided (see the screenshots below).

Before that, I tested with an Eclipse installation that I automatically updated from 2025-03 to 2025-06.

A good approach would be to compare the old installation you have with the new one. Maybe you added certificates to the old installations JRE it is running with?
Otherwise the logs inside the installation (in the configuration folder) might yield more information on what might be broken with the Eclipse installation you have.

Cheers

[michaelbsb (Michael)]

Hello again,

Does anyone know why Eclipse 2025_06 uses the following two lines in eclipse.ini?
What is the purpose of the reference to the Windows certificate store?

-Djavax.net.ssl.trustStoreType=Windows-ROOT
-Djavax.net.ssl.trustStore=NONE

In my case, removing these two SSL configuration lines solved the problem. After removing these two lines from the Eclipse.ini file, the SonarQube plugin can be installed via the regular Sonar update page in Eclipse.

Bye, Michael

[nicolas.quinquenel]

Thank you, @michaelbs, for sharing the solution!