SonarQube Community Build 25.1.0.102122 released

SonarQube Server / Community Build Releases
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Hi @desertrat,

Let me try to answer your questions below:

  1. SonarQube Community Edition will no longer exists and starting as of 12/2024 has become SonarQube Community Build with monthly releases with version format “YY.M.0.BUilDNumber”. Currently that latest one as of this posting is 25.1.0.102122

This is correct. Community Edition has been renamed Community Build and now has a new version scheme and release cadence that are different from those of the commercial editions.

  1. Additionally there is no longer a “LTA” version at all? Currently as best I can tell the latest LTA version is/was “9.9.8.100.196”. Will this be the last “LTA” versions? Are the monthly Community Build versions replacing what were the “LTA” versions?

As mentioned in this community post referenced by @lva-itscope, there will no longer be an LTA equivalent for the Community Build. The LTA concept remains available for the commercial editions of SonarQuber Server. We’ve just announced some updates regarding it here.

  1. How does SonarQube Community Build relate to SonarQube server? Is it essentially the same thing but just the free and open source version?

The Community build provides a basic set of features to start with when you’re discovering SonarQube. It is free and continues to be open-source.
SonarQube Server editions bring many additional important features, such as support for branches and PRs, AI features (AI CodeFix, AI Code Assurance, autodetection of AI-generated code), the detection of injection vulnerabilities and advanced bugs, and much more. A good recap of the difference can be found here.

So are the versions “24.12.0.100186”, “24.12.0.100206”, and “25.1.0.102122” both SonarQube Community and SonarQube Server? Is the version “25.1.0.102122” the version of the “2025.1 LTA” docs listed under “SonarQube | Server”?

In short:

  • SonarQube Community, an open-source distribution, is released on a monthly basis. It has no LTA equivalent and now has a version with the following scheme: YY.M.0.BUILDNumber, eg. 25.1.0.5234234
  • SonarQube Server, our commercial product, is released approximately every two months. As just announced here, the version scheme of SonarQube Server becomes YYYY Release RELEASENumber, e.g. 2025 Release 1 (abbreviated as 2025.1). SonarQube Server LTA will be the Release 1, launched every 12 months.

Also when trying to see what are the database requirements using the “Database requirements” link found within the document page contents found at this path “SonarQube | Server” - “Docs 2025.1 LTA” - “Server installation and setup” - “Installation requirements” - “Overview” resutls in a 404. Here is the full URL to the page with the link - Installation requirements overview | SonarQube Server Documentation. Here is the URL that the link wants to navigate to but gets a 404 - “https://docs.sonarsource.com/latest/”

Thanks for reporting it. This is now fixed.