# Introduction

An issue is a problem in your code that affects its quality. Each code quality attribute is evaluated, for a given language, based on a series of [Overview](/sonarqube-server/10.6/user-guide/rules/overview.md). 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 described in [Software qualities](/sonarqube-server/10.6/user-guide/software-qualities.md).

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 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 [Issue management solution overview](/sonarqube-server/10.6/user-guide/issues/solution-overview.md#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.
* You can tag and comment on issues.

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

* [Issue management solution overview](/sonarqube-server/10.6/user-guide/issues/solution-overview.md)\
  This page explains: how SonarQube identifies, assigns, and synchronizes issues; the issue lifecycle; and issue-related features.
* [Reviewing issues](/sonarqube-server/10.6/user-guide/issues/reviewing.md)\
  This page explains how to retrieve, view, and understand your issues in the SonarQube UI.
* [Managing issues](/sonarqube-server/10.6/user-guide/issues/managing.md)\
  This page explains how to accept, mark as False positive, reopen, assign, tag, or comment on an issue.
* [Configuring issue-related notifications](/sonarqube-server/10.6/user-guide/issues/configuring-notifications.md)\
  This page explains how to configure your account to receive email notifications for issue-related events.
* [Managing security issues in DevOps platform](/sonarqube-server/10.6/user-guide/issues/security-issues-in-devops-platform.md)\
  This page explains how to view and/or manage the security issues reported by SonarQube in your GitHub or GitLab instance.


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