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<p>Bug fixes:</p>
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False-positive in Indentation check with yield switch statements.
Author: Brijeshthummar02
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/19709" class="externalLink">#19709</a>
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Add checks for OpenJDK Style §4.3 - Method Names.
Author: Anushree Bondia
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/19755" class="externalLink">#19755</a>
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False positive: EmptyLineSeparator reports violation on method call.
Author: Praveen Kumar
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18438" class="externalLink">#18438</a>
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Vulnerability in org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-utils.
Author: Mike Weber
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/19772" class="externalLink">#19772</a>
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Move violation comments out of Javadoc for all input files.
Author: Omkar Birajdar, lithops-zty
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/19764" class="externalLink">#19764</a>
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OpenJDK style table: make Section 2 check listing consistent with Section 3.7
formatting.
Author: Anushree Bondia
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/19729" class="externalLink">#19729</a>
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activete no-error/no-exception jobs that were disabled due to some problems of past.
Author: Brijeshthummar02
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/12843" class="externalLink">#12843</a>
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Find a way to make example message be fully shown without usage of regexp.
Author: smita_1078
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/13740" class="externalLink">#13740</a>
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Violate all inlined violations that are placed not outside javadoc.
Author: lithops-zty
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/19756" class="externalLink">#19756</a>
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Activate Kafka no-error validation after fix for UnusedImport.
Author: atharv
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/19718" class="externalLink">#19718</a>
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guide on how to specify violations in the input files.
Author: lithops-zty
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/16578" class="externalLink">#16578</a>
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<h1>Release 13.4.1</h1>
<div class="releaseDate">27.04.2026</div>
<p>Bug fixes:</p>
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ImportOrder: option=under; doesn't allow empty line between 'import' and
'import static'.
Author: vivek-0509
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/5460" class="externalLink">#5460</a>
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Add checks for OpenJDK Style §3.10 - Variable Declarations.
Author: lithops-zty
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/19641" class="externalLink">#19641</a>
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Add checks for OpenJDK Style §3.14 - Literals.
Author: Aman Baliyan
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/19620" class="externalLink">#19620</a>
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Add checks for OpenJDK Style §3.7 - Indentation.
Author: Anushree Bondia
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/19619" class="externalLink">#19619</a>
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Add checks for OpenJDK Style §2 - Java Source Files.
Author: Anushree Bondia
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/19617" class="externalLink">#19617</a>
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Add checks for OpenJDK Style §3.12 - Lambda Expressions.
Author: Eric Tao
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/19662" class="externalLink">#19662</a>
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AnnotationLocation allows same-line parameterless annotation on class declarations
(violates Google Style §4.8.5.2).
Author: vivek-0509
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/19559" class="externalLink">#19559</a>
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False negative: VariableDeclarationUsageDistance does not flag variable usage inside
try blocks.
Author: vivek-0509
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/19608" class="externalLink">#19608</a>
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Add RECORD_DEF and COMPACT_CTOR_DEF to AtclauseOrder target in google_checks.xml.
Author: vivek-0509
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/19682" class="externalLink">#19682</a>
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<p>Notes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Conver test from XpathFilterElementTest to SuppressionXpathSingleFilterTest to use
inlined config in Input files.
Author: Carbon14-48
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/11440" class="externalLink">#11440</a>
</li>
<li>
Remove '//ok' comments from it Input files.
Author: ayushactiveat, Brijeshthummar02
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/19739" class="externalLink">#19739</a>
</li>
<li>
Updating properties in Input files to mention all default properties.
Author: ayushactiveat, jeonyunhwan, achyuth8055, developer4949-code, lithops-zty
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/16807" class="externalLink">#16807</a>
</li>
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Enforce file size on Java inputs.
Author: achyuth8055, developer4949-code, lithops-zty
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/11163" class="externalLink">#11163</a>
</li>
<li>
Update documentation for new abstract methods in AbstractCheck.
Author: Vishnu
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4939" class="externalLink">#4939</a>
</li>
<li>
Input files under `it` are not tested against `config/checkstyle-input-checks.xml`.
Author: lithops-zty
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/19737" class="externalLink">#19737</a>
</li>
<li>
SarifLoggerTest.java to use verifyWithInlineConfigParserAndLogger.
Author: Carbon14-48
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/16361" class="externalLink">#16361</a>
</li>
<li>
Resolve CheckerFramework violations.
Author: Carbon14-48
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/14084" class="externalLink">#14084</a>
</li>
<li>
No documentation on how to write TreeWalkerFilter.
Author: ayushactiveat
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/6197" class="externalLink">#6197</a>
</li>
<li>
update tables in option page to have link to exact line of table.
Author: ayushactiveat
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/9070" class="externalLink">#9070</a>
</li>
<li>
Semaphore failure.
Author: Brijeshthummar02, Roman Ivanov
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/19601" class="externalLink">#19601</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix PMD 7.1.0 Violations.
Author: Carbon14-48
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/14870" class="externalLink">#14870</a>
</li>
<li>
convert all wget to curls.
Author: Carbon14-48
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/13040" class="externalLink">#13040</a>
</li>
<li>
job no-error-pmd is failing with likely memory problem.
Author: achyuth8055
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/19394" class="externalLink">#19394</a>
</li>
<li>
Resolve Suppressed SpotBugs False Positives.
Author: Carbon14-48
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/16979" class="externalLink">#16979</a>
</li>
<li>
Migrate Codenarc from currently compatible version v2.2.0 to latest release.
Author: ayushactiveat
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/14680" class="externalLink">#14680</a>
</li>
<li>
doc: wrap long lines in release notes.
Author: Arpit Tripathi
</li>
<li>
Remove from whitelist file odd words that came from test imput files.
Author: achyuth8055
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/5741" class="externalLink">#5741</a>
</li>
<li>
Define violation messages for all violations.
Author: achyuth8055, developer4949-code, MiriyalaJayanth-19, HamzehAdawi
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/15456" class="externalLink">#15456</a>
</li>
<li>
Move Intputs to non-compiled folders to let Idea to run test without compilation error.
Author: ayushactiveat
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/19188" class="externalLink">#19188</a>
</li>
<li>
Enable IntellijIdea inspection: 'throw' inside 'finally' block.
Author: Zaheer Ahmad
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3301" class="externalLink">#3301</a>
</li>
<li>
Improve examples of IndentationCheck.
Author: developer4949-code, achyuth8055
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/19411" class="externalLink">#19411</a>
</li>
<li>
validation.sh versions "xmlstarlet: command not found".
Author: ayushactiveat
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/19515" class="externalLink">#19515</a>
</li>
<li>
fix pitest in SuppressionsLoader.
Author: Carbon14-48
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/19525" class="externalLink">#19525</a>
</li>
<li>
Upgrade all scripts to groovy 3.0.17 or 5.x.
Author: Amit Kumar Deohoria, Roman Ivanov
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/17269" class="externalLink">#17269</a>
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section><a id="Release_13.4.0"></a>
<h1>Release 13.4.0</h1>
<div class="releaseDate">29.03.2026</div>
<p>Breaking backward compatibility:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Improve violation message of ImportOrder.
Author: gianmarco
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/8315" class="externalLink">#8315</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>New:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Line break must be present after `{` of non-empty block in switch rule.
Author: Monu Chaudhary
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/17565" class="externalLink">#17565</a>
</li>
<li>
New Check: IllegalSymbol to forbit emoj in code.
Author: smita_1078
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18065" class="externalLink">#18065</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Bug fixes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
False-positive: Suppress indentation check when quotes start at the left margin.
Author: Mohit-Sharma
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18228" class="externalLink">#18228</a>
</li>
<li>
UnnecessaryNullCheckWithInstanceOf ignores redundant null check for complex cases.
Author: MonuChaudhary14
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/17137" class="externalLink">#17137</a>
</li>
<li>
False-negative: Member names with underscores.
Author: vivek-0509
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/17842" class="externalLink">#17842</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Notes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Define violation messages for all violations.
Author: surajgojanur, Zaheer Ahmad, achyuth8055, lithops-zty
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/15456" class="externalLink">#15456</a>
</li>
<li>
Enforce file size on Java inputs.
Author: lithops-zty, avadhutmali, AsthaDhapodkar, Brijeshthummar02,
HamzehAdawi, Carbon14-48
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/11163" class="externalLink">#11163</a>
</li>
<li>
SarifLoggerTest.java to use verifyWithInlineConfigParserAndLogger.
Author: kairav mittal, Tasneemmhammed0, surajgojanur, avadhutmali,
Krish-876, Adam Gamil, Carbon14-48
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/16361" class="externalLink">#16361</a>
</li>
<li>
Use buildkite CI.
Author: Ayush Singh
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/12721" class="externalLink">#12721</a>
</li>
<li>
Updating properties in Input files to mention all default properties.
Author: surajgojanur, Zaheer Ahmad, achyuth8055, Abdo Soliman,
developer4949-code, gianmarco, avadhutmali, Eric Tao, HamzehAdawi,
Carbon14-48, Newjin
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/16807" class="externalLink">#16807</a>
</li>
<li>
validation of versions is not working as expected anymore.
Author: ayushactiveat
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/12711" class="externalLink">#12711</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix xdocs Examples AST Consistency Test (Reduce suppressions list).
Author: Adam Mohamed Gamil, surajgojanur, Zaheer Ahmad
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18435" class="externalLink">#18435</a>
</li>
<li>
XpathRegressionXxxxxxXxxxxxTest should have 3 test methods.
Author: Adam Mohamed Gamil, Tasneemmhammed0, Aman Baliyan, achyuth8055,
lithops-zty, MiriyalaJayanth-19, daksh, Krish-876, Eric Tao,
Carbon14-48, ayushactiveat, surajgojanur, Zaheer Ahmad, Parthib Basu,
Akshat Gupta, pirzada-ahmadfaraz
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/19064" class="externalLink">#19064</a>
</li>
<li>
Enable IDEA inspection JavadocBlankLines inspector.
Author: SteLeo1602
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/17298" class="externalLink">#17298</a>
</li>
<li>
Update all job that uses 75% or memory to use 90%.
Author: ayushactiveat
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/19436" class="externalLink">#19436</a>
</li>
<li>
infra: Update Semaphore CI os_image from ubuntu2004 (deprecated, brownout phase).
Author: vivek-0509
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/19431" class="externalLink">#19431</a>
</li>
<li>
Migrate remaining test files to use getExpectedThrowable instead of fail().
Author: achyuth8055, avadhutmali, pirzada-ahmadfaraz
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/19176" class="externalLink">#19176</a>
</li>
<li>
Rethink purpose of package section in Check module documentation .
Author: Suryanshu Agrawal
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/13194" class="externalLink">#13194</a>
</li>
<li>
Add missing property examples to XDocs for Checkstyle Checks.
Author: developer4949-code, avadhutmali, Suryanshu Agrawal
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/17449" class="externalLink">#17449</a>
</li>
<li>
job no-error-pmd is failing with likely memory problem.
Author: achyuth8055
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/19394" class="externalLink">#19394</a>
</li>
<li>
doc: fix grammar and capitalization typos in GSOC.md.
Author: Mustafa Enes Kayacı
</li>
<li>
Improve documentation about external DTD loading.
Author: avadhutmali
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/10791" class="externalLink">#10791</a>
</li>
<li>
Organize openrewrite staticanalysis composite recipes by groups as it is done on
openrewrite website.
Author: Carbon14-48
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18673" class="externalLink">#18673</a>
</li>
<li>
Refactor ViolationMessagesMacro::constructMessageKeyUrl to use UrlEncoder.
Author: Krish-876
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/13490" class="externalLink">#13490</a>
</li>
<li>
POM Property Names.
Author: Carbon14-48
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/12508" class="externalLink">#12508</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix existing cases of `getFileContents()` usage.
Author: Hariom, gianmarco, Roman Ivanov
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/11166" class="externalLink">#11166</a>
</li>
<li>
XMLLoggerTest.java to use verifyWithInlineConfigParserAndXmlLogger.
Author: yn-mi12, Adam Gamil
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/16360" class="externalLink">#16360</a>
</li>
<li>
Trailing comment alignment test fails with tab-based indentation in test input files.
Author: Parthib Basu
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/19063" class="externalLink">#19063</a>
</li>
<li>
Stable failure of several circleci jobs.
Author: kairav
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/19234" class="externalLink">#19234</a>
</li>
<li>
Update doc for SuppressWithPlainTextCommentFilter.
Author: ayushactiveat
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/11199" class="externalLink">#11199</a>
</li>
<li>
create xdoc documetation page to explain details of Xpath support.
Author: ayushactiveat
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/9074" class="externalLink">#9074</a>
</li>
<li>
Remove Experimental from XPath Filter.
Author: ayushactiveat
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/11597" class="externalLink">#11597</a>
</li>
<li>
Potential Typo in Running > Command Line > Usage by Classpath Update.
Author: Priyavarshini13
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/15292" class="externalLink">#15292</a>
</li>
<li>
JavaNCSS : Explain Counting.
Author: Hariom
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/15080" class="externalLink">#15080</a>
</li>
<li>
MissingNullCaseInSwitch: cases that not obvious how to fix in right way.
Author: Roman Ivanov
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/19173" class="externalLink">#19173</a>
</li>
<li>
Example of validation for Large Constant Collection.
Author: achyuth8055
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18931" class="externalLink">#18931</a>
</li>
<li>
Exclude external and generated files from spell checking.
Author: avadhutmali
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18453" class="externalLink">#18453</a>
</li>
<li>
Add instruction to exclude resources files for IntelliJ Idea.
Author: pirzada-ahmadfaraz
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/19087" class="externalLink">#19087</a>
</li>
<li>
Forbid usage of Truth's `StandardSubjectBuilder#fail` method.
Author: ayushactiveat
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/11315" class="externalLink">#11315</a>
</li>
<li>
All contribution and development documentation should live in GitHub.
Author: Suryanshu Agrawal
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/14542" class="externalLink">#14542</a>
</li>
<li>
test to check indentation trailing comments are vertically aligned.
Author: Carbon14-48
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/17128" class="externalLink">#17128</a>
</li>
<li>
Re-enable inspections that were temporarily suppressed for Qodana.
Author: ayushactiveat, avadhutmali, pirzada-ahmadfaraz, Youssef Alaa, daksh
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18926" class="externalLink">#18926</a>
</li>
<li>
update XdocsExamplesAstConsistencyTest to skip from detecton of diff name of
constructors.
Author: Anushree Bondia
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/19000" class="externalLink">#19000</a>
</li>
<li>
doc: fix grammar in cmdline (caught, Generates an output suppression XML).
Author: Hasita Pattapu
</li>
<li>
Resolve CheckerFramework violations.
Author: Daniel Gao
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/14084" class="externalLink">#14084</a>
</li>
<li>
doc: Add 12.x to JRE version table in index.xml.vm.
Author: Paul King
</li>
<li>
Re-enable and Monitor `YAMLSchemaValidation` inspection.
Author: atharv
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/14806" class="externalLink">#14806</a>
</li>
<li>
Add Check Support for Java 21 Pattern Matching for Switch Syntax: RightCurly.
Author: Parthib Basu
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/15033" class="externalLink">#15033</a>
</li>
<li>
Metadata/Xdoc generators do not handle {@literal} and incorrectly handle {@code} with
XML special characters.
Author: vivek-0509
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18993" class="externalLink">#18993</a>
</li>
<li>
Remove from whitelist file odd words that came from test imput files.
Author: Brijeshthummar02
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/5741" class="externalLink">#5741</a>
</li>
<li>
update XdocsExamplesAstConsistencyTest to skip modules with no properties.
Author: Brijeshthummar02
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18999" class="externalLink">#18999</a>
</li>
<li>
All checks should be used.
Author: vivek-0509
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/19045" class="externalLink">#19045</a>
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section><a id="Release_13.3.0"></a>
<h1>Release 13.3.0</h1>
<div class="releaseDate">28.02.2026</div>
<p>Breaking backward compatibility:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Clean up grammar for discontinued preview feature (pattern matching for switch).
Author: vivek-0509
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18146" class="externalLink">#18146</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>New:</p>
<ul>
<li>
NewCheck: UseEnhancedSwitch.
Author: Octavia Togami
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/15180" class="externalLink">#15180</a>
</li>
<li>
New Check: GoogleNonConstantFieldNameCheck to enforce Google Java Style Guide member
naming.
Author: vivek-0509
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18494" class="externalLink">#18494</a>
</li>
<li>
new Check: LineEnding.
Author: atharv
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18109" class="externalLink">#18109</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Bug fixes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Indentation check regression with "new".
Author: vivek-0509
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/9719" class="externalLink">#9719</a>
</li>
<li>
Empty line separator is not enforced in `package-info.java` file.
Author: MonuChaudhary14
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/17541" class="externalLink">#17541</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Notes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Enforce file size on Java inputs.
Author: AsthaDhapodkar, Adam Gamil
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/11163" class="externalLink">#11163</a>
</li>
<li>
Re-enable inspections that were temporarily suppressed for Qodana.
Author: vivek-0509, ayushactiveat, Youssef Alaa
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18926" class="externalLink">#18926</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix PMD 7.1.0 Violations.
Author: vivek-0509
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/14870" class="externalLink">#14870</a>
</li>
<li>
Add missing property examples to XDocs for Checkstyle Checks.
Author: Tasneemmhammed0, Krish-876, Adam Gamil
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/17449" class="externalLink">#17449</a>
</li>
<li>
Pitest: examine and try to remove infinite loop mutations.
Author: Parthib Basu
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/5673" class="externalLink">#5673</a>
</li>
<li>
Remove from whitelist file odd words that came from test imput files.
Author: Brijeshthummar02
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/5741" class="externalLink">#5741</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix xdocs Examples AST Consistency Test (Reduce suppressions list).
Author: avadhutmali, Isha Singh
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18435" class="externalLink">#18435</a>
</li>
<li>
Resolve violation from RegExpDuplicateCharacterInClass inspection.
Author: Youssef Alaa
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/11590" class="externalLink">#11590</a>
</li>
<li>
SarifLoggerTest.java to use verifyWithInlineConfigParserAndLogger.
Author: Tasneemmhammed0, avadhutmali
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/16361" class="externalLink">#16361</a>
</li>
<li>
Resolve Pitest Suppressions - java-ast-visitor.
Author: Youssef Alaa
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18031" class="externalLink">#18031</a>
</li>
<li>
Conver test from XpathFilterElementTest to SuppressionXpathSingleFilterTest to use
inlined config in Input files.
Author: daksh
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/11440" class="externalLink">#11440</a>
</li>
<li>
Update `JavadocCommentsTokenTypes.java` to new format of AST print.
Author: avadhutmali, Eric Tao
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/17882" class="externalLink">#17882</a>
</li>
<li>
Expand "Writing Check" to include XPath support.
Author: ayushactiveat
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/5978" class="externalLink">#5978</a>
</li>
<li>
Top comment should 'Compilable with Java22'.
Author: ayushactiveat
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18939" class="externalLink">#18939</a>
</li>
<li>
False positive: indentation inside of constructor parameters inside try block.
Author: Parthib Basu
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18614" class="externalLink">#18614</a>
</li>
<li>
Updating properties in Input files to mention all default properties.
Author: Tasneemmhammed0, Adam Gamil
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/16807" class="externalLink">#16807</a>
</li>
<li>
Resolve error-prone violations.
Author: Youssef Alaa, Daniel Gao
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18599" class="externalLink">#18599</a>
</li>
<li>
Organize openrewrite staticanalysis composite recipes by groups as it is done on
openrewrite website.
Author: Roman Ivanov
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18673" class="externalLink">#18673</a>
</li>
<li>
Define violation messages for all violations.
Author: MostafaAbdulazziz
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/15456" class="externalLink">#15456</a>
</li>
<li>
Find way to keep qodana yml in config folder.
Author: atharv
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18882" class="externalLink">#18882</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix typos and improve grammer in testing techniques guide.
Author: Anushree Bondia
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18518" class="externalLink">#18518</a>
</li>
<li>
doc: Add DESCRIPTION token example with AST tree - Issue #17882.
Author: vivek-bandi
</li>
<li>
Clone `SpongePowered/Configurate` once SpongePowered/Configurate#617 is merged.
Author: Zaheer Ahmad
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18327" class="externalLink">#18327</a>
</li>
<li>
Documentation examples for RegexpHeader and Header does not have any header.
Author: Anushree Bondia
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18868" class="externalLink">#18868</a>
</li>
<li>
Activate Java 21 migration recipes in OpenRewrite CI.
Author: ayushactiveat
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18789" class="externalLink">#18789</a>
</li>
<li>
Consolidate `no_output_timeout`.
Author: Vincent Potucek
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18889" class="externalLink">#18889</a>
</li>