Updating inherited ruleset causes scanner failures

Tony.Noble · June 9, 2021, 11:55am

Versions used (SonarQube, Scanner, Plugin, and any relevant extension)
Version info:

"System": {
    "Server ID": "****",
    "Version": "8.9.0.43852",
    "Docker": false,
    "External User Authentication": "LDAP",
    "Accepted external identity providers": "********",
    "External identity providers whose users are allowed to sign themselves up": "********",
    "High Availability": false,
    "Official Distribution": true,
    "Force authentication": true,
    "Home Dir": "****",
    "Data Dir": "****",
    "Temp Dir": "****",
    "Processors": 6
  }

OS: RHEL7

Error observed (wrap logs/code around triple quote ``` for proper formatting)

Error from scanner in jenkins job:

ERROR: Error during SonarScanner execution
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unable to load component class org.sonar.scanner.report.ActiveRulesPublisher
	at org.sonar.core.platform.ComponentContainer$ExtendedDefaultPicoContainer.getComponent(ComponentContainer.java:66)
	at org.picocontainer.DefaultPicoContainer.getComponent(DefaultPicoContainer.java:621)
	at org.picocontainer.parameters.CollectionComponentParameter.getArrayInstance(CollectionComponentParameter.java:334)
	at org.picocontainer.parameters.CollectionComponentParameter.access$100(CollectionComponentParameter.java:49)
	at org.picocontainer.parameters.CollectionComponentParameter$1.resolveInstance(CollectionComponentParameter.java:139)
	at org.picocontainer.parameters.ComponentParameter$1.resolveInstance(ComponentParameter.java:141)
	at org.picocontainer.injectors.SingleMemberInjector.getParameter(SingleMemberInjector.java:78)
	at org.picocontainer.injectors.ConstructorInjector$CtorAndAdapters.getParameterArguments(ConstructorInjector.java:309)
	at org.picocontainer.injectors.ConstructorInjector$1.run(ConstructorInjector.java:335)
	at org.picocontainer.injectors.AbstractInjector$ThreadLocalCyclicDependencyGuard.observe(AbstractInjector.java:270)
	at org.picocontainer.injectors.ConstructorInjector.getComponentInstance(ConstructorInjector.java:364)
	at org.picocontainer.injectors.AbstractInjectionFactory$LifecycleAdapter.getComponentInstance(AbstractInjectionFactory.java:56)
	at org.picocontainer.behaviors.AbstractBehavior.getComponentInstance(AbstractBehavior.java:64)
	at org.picocontainer.behaviors.Stored.getComponentInstance(Stored.java:91)
	at org.picocontainer.DefaultPicoContainer.instantiateComponentAsIsStartable(DefaultPicoContainer.java:1034)
	at org.picocontainer.DefaultPicoContainer.addAdapterIfStartable(DefaultPicoContainer.java:1026)
	at org.picocontainer.DefaultPicoContainer.startAdapters(DefaultPicoContainer.java:1003)
	at org.picocontainer.DefaultPicoContainer.start(DefaultPicoContainer.java:767)
	at org.sonar.core.platform.ComponentContainer.startComponents(ComponentContainer.java:136)
	at org.sonar.core.platform.ComponentContainer.execute(ComponentContainer.java:123)
	at org.sonar.scanner.bootstrap.GlobalContainer.doAfterStart(GlobalContainer.java:150)
	at org.sonar.core.platform.ComponentContainer.startComponents(ComponentContainer.java:137)
	at org.sonar.core.platform.ComponentContainer.execute(ComponentContainer.java:123)
	at org.sonar.batch.bootstrapper.Batch.doExecute(Batch.java:72)
	at org.sonar.batch.bootstrapper.Batch.execute(Batch.java:66)
	at org.sonarsource.scanner.api.internal.batch.BatchIsolatedLauncher.execute(BatchIsolatedLauncher.java:46)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
	at org.sonarsource.scanner.api.internal.IsolatedLauncherProxy.invoke(IsolatedLauncherProxy.java:60)
	at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy0.execute(Unknown Source)
	at org.sonarsource.scanner.api.EmbeddedScanner.doExecute(EmbeddedScanner.java:189)
	at org.sonarsource.scanner.api.EmbeddedScanner.execute(EmbeddedScanner.java:138)
	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)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unable to load component class org.sonar.api.batch.rule.internal.DefaultActiveRules
	at org.sonar.core.platform.ComponentContainer$ExtendedDefaultPicoContainer.getComponent(ComponentContainer.java:66)
	at org.picocontainer.DefaultPicoContainer.getComponent(DefaultPicoContainer.java:632)
	at org.picocontainer.parameters.BasicComponentParameter$1.resolveInstance(BasicComponentParameter.java:118)
	at org.picocontainer.parameters.ComponentParameter$1.resolveInstance(ComponentParameter.java:136)
	at org.picocontainer.injectors.SingleMemberInjector.getParameter(SingleMemberInjector.java:78)
	at org.picocontainer.injectors.ConstructorInjector$CtorAndAdapters.getParameterArguments(ConstructorInjector.java:309)
	at org.picocontainer.injectors.ConstructorInjector$1.run(ConstructorInjector.java:335)
	at org.picocontainer.injectors.AbstractInjector$ThreadLocalCyclicDependencyGuard.observe(AbstractInjector.java:270)
	at org.picocontainer.injectors.ConstructorInjector.getComponentInstance(ConstructorInjector.java:364)
	at org.picocontainer.injectors.AbstractInjectionFactory$LifecycleAdapter.getComponentInstance(AbstractInjectionFactory.java:56)
	at org.picocontainer.behaviors.AbstractBehavior.getComponentInstance(AbstractBehavior.java:64)
	at org.picocontainer.behaviors.Stored.getComponentInstance(Stored.java:91)
	at org.picocontainer.DefaultPicoContainer.getInstance(DefaultPicoContainer.java:699)
	at org.picocontainer.DefaultPicoContainer.getComponent(DefaultPicoContainer.java:647)
	at org.sonar.core.platform.ComponentContainer$ExtendedDefaultPicoContainer.getComponent(ComponentContainer.java:64)
	... 36 more
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
	at org.sonar.scanner.rule.DefaultActiveRulesLoader.readPage(DefaultActiveRulesLoader.java:103)
	at org.sonar.scanner.rule.DefaultActiveRulesLoader.load(DefaultActiveRulesLoader.java:63)
	at org.sonar.scanner.rule.ActiveRulesProvider.load(ActiveRulesProvider.java:100)
	at org.sonar.scanner.rule.ActiveRulesProvider.load(ActiveRulesProvider.java:63)
	at org.sonar.scanner.rule.ActiveRulesProvider.provide(ActiveRulesProvider.java:50)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
	at org.picocontainer.injectors.MethodInjector.invokeMethod(MethodInjector.java:129)
	at org.picocontainer.injectors.MethodInjector.access$000(MethodInjector.java:39)
	at org.picocontainer.injectors.MethodInjector$2.run(MethodInjector.java:113)
	at org.picocontainer.injectors.AbstractInjector$ThreadLocalCyclicDependencyGuard.observe(AbstractInjector.java:270)
	at org.picocontainer.injectors.MethodInjector.decorateComponentInstance(MethodInjector.java:120)
	at org.picocontainer.injectors.CompositeInjector.decorateComponentInstance(CompositeInjector.java:58)
	at org.picocontainer.injectors.Reinjector.reinject(Reinjector.java:142)
	at org.picocontainer.injectors.ProviderAdapter.getComponentInstance(ProviderAdapter.java:96)
	at org.picocontainer.DefaultPicoContainer.getInstance(DefaultPicoContainer.java:699)
	at org.picocontainer.DefaultPicoContainer.getComponent(DefaultPicoContainer.java:647)
	at org.sonar.core.platform.ComponentContainer$ExtendedDefaultPicoContainer.getComponent(ComponentContainer.java:64)
	... 50 more

Steps to reproduce
– Extend “Sonar Way” profile as “Sonar Way Extended” and add new rules
– Run analysis of project against extended profile
– Create copy of “Sonar Way” profile as “Sonar Way Custom” and remove one rule
– Change parent ruleset of “Sonar Way Extended” to be “Sonar Way Custom”
– Run new analysis of project
Potential workaround
– None found. Profile changes must be reverted for analysis to succeed again.
Scanner command used when applicable (private details masked)

<jenkins_path>/tools/hudson.plugins.sonar.SonarRunnerInstallation/SonarQube_Scanner/bin/sonar-scanner -Dsonar.pullrequest.key=XXX -Dsonar.pullrequest.branch=bugfixes/XXXXX -Dsonar.pullrequest.base=develop -Dsonar.projectVersion=X.Y.ZZZ

In case of SonarCloud:
- ALM used (GitHub, Bitbucket Cloud, Azure DevOps)
- CI system used (Bitbucket Cloud, Azure DevOps, Travis CI, Circle CI, Jenkins, other)

Sylvain_Combe · August 6, 2021, 7:06am

Hello @Tony.Noble
sorry about this very late reply.

I followed your instructions but was unable to reproduce using SonarQube 8.9.1 (nothing related to quality profiles handling changed compared to your 8.9.0) and the scanner in versions 4.0, 4.6.0 and 4.6.2.
To make sure I also tested a recent maven scanner (3.9.0), for the same result: all went well for my project analysis.

Can you tell me more about your setup and project:

Did you make sure to use an updated scanner version](SonarScanner | SonarQube Docs) with your SonarQube 8.9? What is the version you have with your Jenkins setup?
do you also have an updated SonarQube Jenkins plugin?
were you able to reproduce outside of Jenkins (with the scanner command launched from command line)?
if you were not on updated version of the scanner or the jenkins plugin, you should make sure to reproduce with the updated versions before going further.
did you target a specific language with your QP? and what rule(s) did you add/remove exactly?
was the main language of the project you detected this error for the same?

At some point, we might need some additional logs, but let’s explore a bit further before that.

Best regards
Sylvain