SonarQube reports java:S1161 issue as "New Code" in an old file last modified 5 years ago

[ganncamp (G Ann Campbell)]

Hi,

Congratulations on your upgrade(s)!

And thanks for the screenshot. That may be a new issue, but I don’t see anything marked as new code.

Thus, I think this guide may be helpful:

Understanding new issues on old code

It’s entirely possible for legitimately new issues to be raised in old code. For instance, let’s say you update methodA, which couldn’t previously return null, so that it can now return null . Old calls to methodA must now null-check return values before dereferencing. If they don’t, new null pointer issues will legitimately be raised on those old calls. Another case where new issues can show up on old code is when your analysis configuration changes. Let’s say your analysis configuration chang…

 
HTH,
Ann