Attempts to update project failing

[hazendaz]

org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'jdk.internal.loader.ClassLoaders$AppClassLoader@5ffd2b27-org.sonar.server.plugins.ServerPluginManager': Initialization of bean failed; nested exception is Plugin Findbugs [findbugs] requires at least Sonar Plugin API version 10.14.0.2599 (current: 10.11.0.2468)

Getting issues like this and not sure how its getting downgraded as dependency tree does not show that. Happens with 9.x as well.

Additionally if I try latest sonar version it fails with non descriptive error.

Not sure what is causing the issues but would like to get fixed as project was considerably out of date.

[gtoison]

How are you getting these errors (and what are they exactly)? I mean, how are you running SonarQube (with orchestrator from the integration tests? which version?)
There were so many changes recently that I lost track

[hazendaz]

ok so on this, if I update the sonar artifacts (9/10) to the latest which are currently sitting in renovate dashboard as closed, the error pops up that it says it wants older version. I cannot see exactly where that was happening from. The message up there is what it states, switching it slightly back then it works fine. So using 10.14 for example, I'm struggling to see where 10.11 comes from.

Yes there were many changes, renovate stopped working because there was account issues. I fixed those and builds started working so I launched all. Looks like still many more to go. nodejs section in this tends to be that way as it seems nodejs teams release constantly every time a file is touched.

[gtoison]

The sonar artifacts should stay on the version corresponding to the earliest SonarQube supported, which is 9.9 LTS. For a given SonarQube version there are several related dependencies (the plugin API, the java plugin, the java version) and they need to be on the right version.
Upgrading the plugin API or the java plugin to the latest version is not a good idea because they are usually released before a compatible SonarQube server exists.
The matrix build here overrides these maven properties so there's a full build (compile, unit tests, integration tests) on multiple SonarQube version, currently 9.9.7 and 10.7
In the end the release is executed the default (non overridden) versions from the pom.xml so these should for the earliest version, or it will break compatibility with SonarQube 9.9

Now regarding the nodejs section, it is not functional in its current state and I could not find the time to look into it.
It was added to automate the "SonarSource part" of the release process which used to involve posting a release message on their forum, plus creating a pull request here: https://github.com/SonarSource/sonar-update-center-properties/pulls
Now they have dropped the requirement for the forum post, and I'm doing the pull request manually.
At the very least the renovate pull request should be throttled (or grouped?) because there isn't much point cluttering the git history with all these commits