# Introduction

When a coding rule is broken, an issue is raised. The issue affects one or more software qualities with a varying impact level, called severity, as inherited from the rule.

The following applies:

* A new issue is automatically assigned to the last committer on the issue line - the author - if the author can be correlated to a SonarQube Community Build user. You can reassign the issue.
* The issue context locates the issue in the code. The *primary location* is where the issue message is displayed. *Secondary locations* may be shown to help you understand the issue. Paths through the code (execution flows) are shown from the source to the destination (sink) when the issue originated upstream.
* An issue is assigned a status that changes during its life cycle. In particular:
  * You can accept an issue to fix it later (status: **Accepted**).
  * With the corresponding authorization, you can set an issue to **False positive** if you think the analysis is mistaken.
* Depending on the instance mode, you can customize a [#severity](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-community-build/code-metrics/metrics-definition#severity "mention") level for a given software quality or type.
* You can tag and comment on issues.

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## Related pages <a href="#related-links" id="related-links"></a>

* [solution-overview](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-community-build/user-guide/issues/solution-overview "mention")\
  This page describes how SonarQube Community Build identifies, assigns, and synchronizes issues, the issue lifecycle, and issue-related features.
* [retrieving](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-community-build/user-guide/issues/retrieving "mention")\
  This page describes how to retrieve and filter issues.
* [reviewing](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-community-build/user-guide/issues/reviewing "mention")\
  This page describes how to view and understand your issues in the SonarQube Community Build UI.
* [managing](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-community-build/user-guide/issues/managing "mention")\
  This page describes how to accept, mark as a false positive, reopen, assign, tag, or comment on an issue.
* [fixing](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-community-build/user-guide/issues/fixing "mention")\
  This page describes how to get suggested fixes for your issues.
* [subscribing-to-notifications](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-community-build/user-guide/managing-your-account/subscribing-to-notifications "mention")\
  This page describes how to configure your account to receive email notifications for issue-related events.