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FAQ/Troubleshooting

How to get SonarLint for Eclipse logs?

  1. Open the Eclipse Console view

  2. Open the SonarLint Console

    Logs

  3. Enable Verbose output and Analysis logs

    Verbose Logs

  4. Reproduce the issue (e.g. reopen the offending file)

Sometimes errors are not in the SonarLint console, but could be directly in Eclipse error logs.

  1. Open Eclipse Error Log view

  2. Look for an error event related to SonarLint

  3. Open event details to get the stacktrace

    Error Logs

I have configured some SonarScanner properties. Are they applied to SonarLint?

No. Scanner properties you may have defined in sonar-project.properties, pom.xml, ... (like sonar.sources, sonar.projectBasedir, ...) only make sense in command line SonarScanner context. SonarLint tries to use IDE metadata to avoid other configuration. If you want to share some configuration between SonarScanners and SonarLint, like exclusions, or some analyzer properties, the best way is to use connected mode and to set the configuration in the SonarQube or SonarCloud UI.

How to ask for help?

There is a dedicated channel where you can get help for SonarLint: https://community.sonarsource.com/c/help/sl/

Before creating a new topic, please check if your question has already been answered.

When creating a new topic, please describe your issue with a maximum of details. Please provide if possible:

  • IDE version and OS
  • SonarLint version
  • Are you using connected mode?
  • If you are using connected mode, what is the SonarQube server version (or say if it is SonarCloud)
  • If you are using connected mode, what are the installed analyzers. You can easily get a list by opening https://<SQ server>/api/plugins/installed in a web browser.
  • The full stacktrace of the error. See previous section to enable verbose output
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