V2.2.0-beta.8

We are pleased to announce a beta version of the SonarQube C++ Community Plugin version 2.2.0.
See lists below for features added and bugs fixed in this release.

The main purpose of this beta version is to be able to use the cxx plugin with SonarQube 10.x.

SonarQube compability

• tested and released for SonarQube 10.7 with Java 17 (other versions are not tested)
  • see also SonarQube compatibility matrix
• tested and released for SonarQube 9.9 LTS with Java 17 (other versions are not supported)
  • see also SonarQube compatibility matrix

• The plugin requires Java 17 on server and scanner side: install a Java version (e.g http://jdk.java.net/archive/) and update JAVA_HOME to point to the installation directory.

• make sure to read the Upgrade Instructions before you get started
• Installation Instructions
• Upgrade Instructions

Functionality

• #2616 provides SonarQube 10 compatibility
• #2633 update cxx plugin version number to 2.2.0
• merge branch SQ-10 into master #2754
• tested with SonarQube 10.7 #2773
• tested with SonarQube 9.9 LTS #2773
• tested with latest SonarScanner 6.x #2718 #2773
• aligned with v2.1.3 #2751
  • features same as V2.1.3 + Enhancements

Enhancements

• C++23 support #2536
• LLVM 19.1.0 support #2782
• Clang-Tidy: handle clang warnings in the report file (-W) #2803
• New feature to report unknown rules / warnings (Wiki: CXX Unknown Rule) #2806

Known Issues

• SonarQube 10.x is significantly slower than SonarQube 9.9 LTS (Slow analysis after SonarQube upgrade)

Thanks ....

Thanks to @cmorve-te @opajonk @agebert @smileQiny @Patschkowski @Nekto89 @kragens @baemhai for their input and support.