Issue statuses
As part of the issue management process, you analyze each detected issue and assign it a status that indicates how it should be handled. We call this process "citing".
Note: Users require permission to change an issue's status. Permission can be granted to change from or to any status or only for specific statuses. For example, a group of users may only have permission to change issues in "Analyze" status to "Fix".
| Status | Use this status to indicate that the issue... |
|---|---|
| Analyze | should be reviewed (default initial status). All newly detected issues display this status. It persists until you change it. |
| Ignore | intended for issues found (whether valid or otherwise) in code you don't care about, for example test code |
| Not a problem | false positive; the issue reported isn't valid. Relates to an analysis failure, and is often caused by build integration problems. Klocwork recommends opening a Customer Support Request (CSR) when you determine that a reported issue is a false positive, so that we can analyze the issue and make improvements to the engine, if necessary. |
| Fix | a valid issue that should be fixed as soon as possible |
| Fix in Next Release | a valid issue that is mostly harmless and can be left in the code base without too much risk, but should be addressed sooner rather than later |
| Fix in Later Release | a valid issue that is completely harmless and can be left in the code base indefinitely without risk |
| Defer | a valid issue that needs discussion with others or escalation to (for example) a security team for final judgment |
| Filter | provided for compatibility with older versions of Klocwork filter files |
