# The field 'format' does not exist or is not annotated with @RuleProperty **URL:** \ **Category:** SonarQube Server / Community Build\ **Tags:** flex, sonarqube\ **Created:** [August 17, 2020, 6:27am UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/the-field-format-does-not-exist-or-is-not-annotated-with-ruleproperty/29633 "2020-08-17T06:27:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nagaarjun\_Nagarajan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/sonarsource/user_avatar/community.sonarsource.com/nagaarjun_nagarajan/32/2999_2.png) [@Nagaarjun\_Nagarajan](https://community.sonarsource.com/u/Nagaarjun_Nagarajan)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 6:27am UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/the-field-format-does-not-exist-or-is-not-annotated-with-ruleproperty/29633/1 "2020-08-17T06:27:57Z")
Hi Team, We recently upgraded our testing instance from v6.7.7 to v7.9.4 . During the analysis/build we receiving the below error. [All plugins updated to latest version] Error: ```auto 08:09:56.127 INFO: Load metrics repository (done) | time=46ms 08:09:56.569 INFO: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 08:09:56.569 INFO: EXECUTION FAILURE 08:09:56.569 INFO: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 08:09:56.569 INFO: Total time: 24.183s 08:09:56.604 INFO: Final Memory: 13M/54M 08:09:56.604 INFO: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 08:09:56.604 ERROR: Error during SonarQube Scanner execution java.lang.IllegalStateException: The field 'format' does not exist or is not annotated with @RuleProperty in the class org.sonar.flex.checks.UnusedFunctionParametersCheck at org.sonar.api.batch.rule.Checks.configureFields(Checks.java:178) at org.sonar.api.batch.rule.Checks.instantiate(Checks.java:162) at org.sonar.api.batch.rule.Checks.addAnnotatedChecks(Checks.java:136) at org.sonar.plugins.flex.FlexSquidSensor.(FlexSquidSensor.java:71) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45) at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstanceWithCaller(Constructor.java:500) at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:481) at org.picocontainer.injectors.AbstractInjector.newInstance(AbstractInjector.java:145) at org.picocontainer.injectors.ConstructorInjector$1.run(ConstructorInjector.java:342) at org.picocontainer.injectors.AbstractInjector$ThreadLocalCyclicDependencyGuard.observe(AbstractInjector.java:270) at org.picocontainer.injectors.ConstructorInjector.getComponentInstance(ConstructorInjector.java:364) at org.picocontainer.injectors.AbstractInjectionFactory$LifecycleAdapter.getComponentInstance(AbstractInjectionFactory.java:56) at org.picocontainer.behaviors.AbstractBehavior.getComponentInstance(AbstractBehavior.java:64) at org.picocontainer.behaviors.Stored.getComponentInstance(Stored.java:91) at org.picocontainer.DefaultPicoContainer.getLocalInstance(DefaultPicoContainer.java:606) at org.picocontainer.DefaultPicoContainer.getComponents(DefaultPicoContainer.java:587) at org.sonar.core.platform.ComponentContainer.getComponentsByType(ComponentContainer.java:290) at org.sonar.scanner.bootstrap.AbstractExtensionDictionnary.completeScannerExtensions(AbstractExtensionDictionnary.java:82) at org.sonar.scanner.bootstrap.AbstractExtensionDictionnary.getExtensions(AbstractExtensionDictionnary.java:77) at org.sonar.scanner.bootstrap.AbstractExtensionDictionnary.getFilteredExtensions(AbstractExtensionDictionnary.java:67) at org.sonar.scanner.sensor.ModuleSensorExtensionDictionnary.selectSensors(ModuleSensorExtensionDictionnary.java:40) at org.sonar.scanner.sensor.ModuleSensorsExecutor.lambda$execute$0(ModuleSensorsExecutor.java:52) at org.sonar.scanner.sensor.ModuleSensorsExecutor.withModuleStrategy(ModuleSensorsExecutor.java:77) at org.sonar.scanner.sensor.ModuleSensorsExecutor.execute(ModuleSensorsExecutor.java:52) at org.sonar.scanner.scan.ModuleScanContainer.doAfterStart(ModuleScanContainer.java:82) at org.sonar.core.platform.ComponentContainer.startComponents(ComponentContainer.java:136) at org.sonar.core.platform.ComponentContainer.execute(ComponentContainer.java:122) at org.sonar.scanner.scan.ProjectScanContainer.scan(ProjectScanContainer.java:400) at org.sonar.scanner.scan.ProjectScanContainer.scanRecursively(ProjectScanContainer.java:395) at org.sonar.scanner.scan.ProjectScanContainer.scanRecursively(ProjectScanContainer.java:392) at org.sonar.scanner.scan.ProjectScanContainer.doAfterStart(ProjectScanContainer.java:358) at org.sonar.core.platform.ComponentContainer.startComponents(ComponentContainer.java:136) at org.sonar.core.platform.ComponentContainer.execute(ComponentContainer.java:122) at org.sonar.scanner.bootstrap.GlobalContainer.doAfterStart(GlobalContainer.java:141) at org.sonar.core.platform.ComponentContainer.startComponents(ComponentContainer.java:136) at org.sonar.core.platform.ComponentContainer.execute(ComponentContainer.java:122) at org.sonar.batch.bootstrapper.Batch.doExecute(Batch.java:73) at org.sonar.batch.bootstrapper.Batch.execute(Batch.java:67) at org.sonarsource.scanner.api.internal.batch.BatchIsolatedLauncher.execute(BatchIsolatedLauncher.java:46) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:567) at org.sonarsource.scanner.api.internal.IsolatedLauncherProxy.invoke(IsolatedLauncherProxy.java:60) at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy0.execute(Unknown Source) at org.sonarsource.scanner.api.EmbeddedScanner.doExecute(EmbeddedScanner.java:185) at org.sonarsource.scanner.api.EmbeddedScanner.execute(EmbeddedScanner.java:137) at org.sonarsource.scanner.cli.Main.execute(Main.java:112) at org.sonarsource.scanner.cli.Main.execute(Main.java:75) at org.sonarsource.scanner.cli.Main.main(Main.java:61) Process returned exit code 1 The SonarQube Scanner did not complete successfully 08:09:56.972 Post-processing failed. Exit code: 1 WARN: Unable to locate 'report-task.txt' in the workspace. Did the SonarScanner succeeded? WARN: Unable to locate 'report-task.txt' in the workspace. Did the SonarScanner succeeded? ERROR: Execution of SonarScanner for MSBuild failed (exit code 1) Finished: FAILURE ``` ---
**Author:** ![Nagaarjun\_Nagarajan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/sonarsource/user_avatar/community.sonarsource.com/nagaarjun_nagarajan/32/2999_2.png) [@Nagaarjun\_Nagarajan](https://community.sonarsource.com/u/Nagaarjun_Nagarajan)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2020, 3:06pm UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/the-field-format-does-not-exist-or-is-not-annotated-with-ruleproperty/29633/2 "2020-08-19T15:06:26Z")
Anyone faced this kind of issue? ---
**Author:** ![UNagaTh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/a88e57/32.png) [@UNagaTh](https://community.sonarsource.com/u/UNagaTh)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2020, 3:18pm UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/the-field-format-does-not-exist-or-is-not-annotated-with-ruleproperty/29633/3 "2020-08-19T15:18:37Z")
Hi All, I am also facing this issue. Can someone assist on this? ---
**Author:** ![Lena](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/sonarsource/user_avatar/community.sonarsource.com/lena/32/66719_2.png) [@Lena](https://community.sonarsource.com/u/Lena)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2022, 8:46am UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/the-field-format-does-not-exist-or-is-not-annotated-with-ruleproperty/29633/5 "2022-01-28T08:46:06Z")
Unfortunately we failed to find the cause for this failure. Since no one commented here since a while I close the thread. Please open a new one if you face the same problem. ---
**Author:** ![Lena](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/sonarsource/user_avatar/community.sonarsource.com/lena/32/66719_2.png) [@Lena](https://community.sonarsource.com/u/Lena)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2022, 8:46am UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/the-field-format-does-not-exist-or-is-not-annotated-with-ruleproperty/29633/6 "2022-01-28T08:46:08Z")