This is the most critical metric for enterprises.
| | Recommendation | | :--- | :--- | | You are on SonarQube 8.9 LTS | Upgrade immediately. 8.9 is unsupported. 9.9 is the LTS replacement. | | You are on SonarQube 9.x (non-LTS) | Stay or upgrade? If stability is key, move to 9.9 LTS. If you need bleeding-edge AI rules, move to 10.x. | | You are on SonarQube 7.x | Emergency Upgrade. You are vulnerable to security exploits. Jump to 9.9 via a database rebuild (do not direct upgrade; go 7->8.9->9.9). | | New Project / Start-up | Start with 9.9. It will be supported for 3 years. Do not start with a monthly release. | sonarqube version 9.9
No software is perfect. As a mature LTS, the community has identified a few edges: This is the most critical metric for enterprises