SonarQube for IDE creates .sonar/spring-context-model.json in every analyzed module in Eclipse

SonarQube for IDE Eclipse
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  • Operating system: Windows 10 Pro (10.0.19045)
  • IDE name and version: Eclipse IDE 2026-06
  • SonarQube for Eclipse plugin version: 13.2.0.84960
  • Programming language you’re coding in: Java (multi-module Maven project, Spring Boot)
  • Is connected mode used: Yes
  • SonarQube Cloud, SonarQube Server, or SonarQube Community Build? (if one of the latter two, which version?): SonarQube Cloud (EU)

Since around 2026-10-23, a new folder appears in each module of our working copy as soon as a file in it is analyzed:

<module>/.sonar/spring-context-model.json

Our repositories have never needed an ignore rule for .sonar, so these show up as many new untracked files that every developer has to clean up or ignore. Deleting them does not help, they come back with the next analysis.

We could not find any mention of these files in the SonarQube for IDE documentation, the analyzer documentation or the release notes.

Questions:

1. Is creating this folder in the project directories intended?

2. If so, could it be documented, ideally with a recommended ignore rule, or written outside the project directories (for example into the IDE’s own storage)?

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Same problem in IntelliJ

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Hello, thanks for raising the issue!

This is an unwanted change from our Sonar Java analyzer, recently shipped on SonarQube Cloud. We are working on a fix and will let you know ASAP!

For now, you can either ignore this file/folder, or avoid using connected mode with SonarQube Cloud.