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<p>Breaking backward compatibility:</p>
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Improve violation message of ImportOrder.
Author: gianmarco
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/8315" class="externalLink">#8315</a>
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<p>New:</p>
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Line break must be present after `{` of non-empty block in switch rule.
Author: Monu Chaudhary
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/17565" class="externalLink">#17565</a>
</li>
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New Check: IllegalSymbol to forbit emoj in code.
Author: smita_1078
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18065" class="externalLink">#18065</a>
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<p>Bug fixes:</p>
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False-positive: Suppress indentation check when quotes start at the left margin.
Author: Mohit-Sharma
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18228" class="externalLink">#18228</a>
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UnnecessaryNullCheckWithInstanceOf ignores redundant null check for complex cases..
Author: MonuChaudhary14
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/17137" class="externalLink">#17137</a>
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False-negative: Member names with underscores.
Author: vivek-0509
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/17842" class="externalLink">#17842</a>
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<p>Notes:</p>
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Define violation messages for all violations.
Author: surajgojanur, Zaheer Ahmad, achyuth8055, lithops-zty
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/15456" class="externalLink">#15456</a>
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Enforce file size on Java inputs.
Author: lithops-zty, avadhutmali, AsthaDhapodkar, Brijeshthummar02, HamzehAdawi, Carbon14-48
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/11163" class="externalLink">#11163</a>
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SarifLoggerTest.java to use verifyWithInlineConfigParserAndLogger.
Author: kairav mittal, Tasneemmhammed0, surajgojanur, avadhutmali, Krish-876, Adam Gamil, Carbon14-48
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/16361" class="externalLink">#16361</a>
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Use buildkite CI.
Author: Ayush Singh
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/12721" class="externalLink">#12721</a>
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Updating properties in Input files to mention all default properties,.
Author: surajgojanur, Zaheer Ahmad, achyuth8055, Abdo Soliman, developer4949-code, gianmarco, avadhutmali, Eric Tao, HamzehAdawi, Carbon14-48, Newjin
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/16807" class="externalLink">#16807</a>
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validation of versions is not working as expected anymore.
Author: ayushactiveat
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/12711" class="externalLink">#12711</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix xdocs Examples AST Consistency Test (Reduce suppressions list).
Author: Adam Mohamed Gamil, surajgojanur, Zaheer Ahmad
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18435" class="externalLink">#18435</a>
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XpathRegressionXxxxxxXxxxxxTest should have 3 test methods.
Author: Adam Mohamed Gamil, Tasneemmhammed0, Aman Baliyan, achyuth8055, lithops-zty, MiriyalaJayanth-19, daksh, Krish-876, Eric Tao, Carbon14-48, ayushactiveat, surajgojanur, Zaheer Ahmad, Parthib Basu, Akshat Gupta, pirzada-ahmadfaraz
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/19064" class="externalLink">#19064</a>
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Enable IDEA inspection JavadocBlankLines inspector.
Author: SteLeo1602
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/17298" class="externalLink">#17298</a>
</li>
<li>
Update all job that uses 75% or memory to use 90%.
Author: ayushactiveat
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/19436" class="externalLink">#19436</a>
</li>
<li>
infra: Update Semaphore CI os_image from ubuntu2004 (deprecated, brownout phase).
Author: vivek-0509
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/19431" class="externalLink">#19431</a>
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Migrate remaining test files to use getExpectedThrowable instead of fail().
Author: achyuth8055, avadhutmali, pirzada-ahmadfaraz
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/19176" class="externalLink">#19176</a>
</li>
<li>
Rethink purpose of package section in Check module documentation .
Author: Suryanshu Agrawal
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/13194" class="externalLink">#13194</a>
</li>
<li>
Add missing property examples to XDocs for Checkstyle Checks.
Author: developer4949-code, avadhutmali, Suryanshu Agrawal
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/17449" class="externalLink">#17449</a>
</li>
<li>
job no-error-pmd is failing with likely memory problem.
Author: achyuth8055
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/19394" class="externalLink">#19394</a>
</li>
<li>
doc: fix grammar and capitalization typos in GSOC.md.
Author: Mustafa Enes Kayacı
</li>
<li>
Improve documentation about external DTD loading.
Author: avadhutmali
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/10791" class="externalLink">#10791</a>
</li>
<li>
Organize openrewrite staticanalysis composite recipes by groups as it is done on
openrewrite website.
Author: Carbon14-48
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18673" class="externalLink">#18673</a>
</li>
<li>
Refactor ViolationMessagesMacro::constructMessageKeyUrl to use UrlEncoder.
Author: Krish-876
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/13490" class="externalLink">#13490</a>
</li>
<li>
POM Property Names.
Author: Carbon14-48
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/12508" class="externalLink">#12508</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix existing cases of `getFileContents()` usage.
Author: Hariom, gianmarco, Roman Ivanov
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/11166" class="externalLink">#11166</a>
</li>
<li>
XMLLoggerTest.java to use verifyWithInlineConfigParserAndXmlLogger.
Author: yn-mi12, Adam Gamil
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/16360" class="externalLink">#16360</a>
</li>
<li>
Trailing comment alignment test fails with tab-based indentation in test input files.
Author: Parthib Basu
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/19063" class="externalLink">#19063</a>
</li>
<li>
Stable failure of several circleci jobs.
Author: kairav
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/19234" class="externalLink">#19234</a>
</li>
<li>
Update doc for SuppressWithPlainTextCommentFilter.
Author: ayushactiveat
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/11199" class="externalLink">#11199</a>
</li>
<li>
create xdoc documetation page to explain details of Xpath support.
Author: ayushactiveat
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/9074" class="externalLink">#9074</a>
</li>
<li>
Remove Experimental from XPath Filter.
Author: ayushactiveat
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/11597" class="externalLink">#11597</a>
</li>
<li>
Potential Typo in Running > Command Line > Usage by Classpath Update.
Author: Priyavarshini13
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/15292" class="externalLink">#15292</a>
</li>
<li>
JavaNCSS : Explain Counting.
Author: Hariom
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/15080" class="externalLink">#15080</a>
</li>
<li>
MissingNullCaseInSwitch: cases that not obvious how to fix in right way.
Author: Roman Ivanov
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/19173" class="externalLink">#19173</a>
</li>
<li>
Example of validation for Large Constant Collection.
Author: achyuth8055
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18931" class="externalLink">#18931</a>
</li>
<li>
Exclude external and generated files from spell checking.
Author: avadhutmali
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18453" class="externalLink">#18453</a>
</li>
<li>
Add instruction to exclude resources files for IntelliJ Idea.
Author: pirzada-ahmadfaraz
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/19087" class="externalLink">#19087</a>
</li>
<li>
Forbid usage of Truth's `StandardSubjectBuilder#fail` method..
Author: ayushactiveat
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/11315" class="externalLink">#11315</a>
</li>
<li>
All contribution and development documentation should live in GitHub.
Author: Suryanshu Agrawal
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/14542" class="externalLink">#14542</a>
</li>
<li>
test to check indentation trailing comments are vertically aligned.
Author: Carbon14-48
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/17128" class="externalLink">#17128</a>
</li>
<li>
Re-enable inspections that were temporarily suppressed for Qodana.
Author: ayushactiveat, avadhutmali, pirzada-ahmadfaraz, Youssef Alaa, daksh
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18926" class="externalLink">#18926</a>
</li>
<li>
update XdocsExamplesAstConsistencyTest to skip from detecton of diff name of
constructors.
Author: Anushree Bondia
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/19000" class="externalLink">#19000</a>
</li>
<li>
doc: fix grammar in cmdline (caught, Generates an output suppression XML).
Author: Hasita Pattapu
</li>
<li>
Resolve CheckerFramework violations.
Author: Daniel Gao
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/14084" class="externalLink">#14084</a>
</li>
<li>
doc: Add 12.x to JRE version table in index.xml.vm.
Author: Paul King
</li>
<li>
Re-enable and Monitor `YAMLSchemaValidation` inspection.
Author: atharv
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/14806" class="externalLink">#14806</a>
</li>
<li>
Add Check Support for Java 21 Pattern Matching for Switch Syntax: RightCurly.
Author: Parthib Basu
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/15033" class="externalLink">#15033</a>
</li>
<li>
Metadata/Xdoc generators do not handle {@literal} and incorrectly handle {@code} with
XML special characters.
Author: vivek-0509
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18993" class="externalLink">#18993</a>
</li>
<li>
Remove from whitelist file odd words that came from test imput files.
Author: Brijeshthummar02
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/5741" class="externalLink">#5741</a>
</li>
<li>
update XdocsExamplesAstConsistencyTest to skip modules with no properties.
Author: Brijeshthummar02
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18999" class="externalLink">#18999</a>
</li>
<li>
All checks should be used.
Author: vivek-0509
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/19045" class="externalLink">#19045</a>
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section><a id="Release_13.3.0"></a>
<h1>Release 13.3.0</h1>
<div class="releaseDate">28.02.2026</div>
<p>Breaking backward compatibility:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Clean up grammar for discontinued preview feature (pattern matching for switch).
Author: vivek-0509
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18146" class="externalLink">#18146</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>New:</p>
<ul>
<li>
NewCheck: UseEnhancedSwitch.
Author: Octavia Togami
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/15180" class="externalLink">#15180</a>
</li>
<li>
New Check: GoogleNonConstantFieldNameCheck to enforce Google Java Style Guide member
naming.
Author: vivek-0509
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18494" class="externalLink">#18494</a>
</li>
<li>
new Check: LineEnding.
Author: atharv
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18109" class="externalLink">#18109</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Bug fixes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Indentation check regression with "new".
Author: vivek-0509
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/9719" class="externalLink">#9719</a>
</li>
<li>
Empty line separator is not enforced in `package-info.java` file.
Author: MonuChaudhary14
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/17541" class="externalLink">#17541</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Notes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Enforce file size on Java inputs.
Author: AsthaDhapodkar, Adam Gamil
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/11163" class="externalLink">#11163</a>
</li>
<li>
Re-enable inspections that were temporarily suppressed for Qodana.
Author: vivek-0509, ayushactiveat, Youssef Alaa
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18926" class="externalLink">#18926</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix PMD 7.1.0 Violations.
Author: vivek-0509
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/14870" class="externalLink">#14870</a>
</li>
<li>
Add missing property examples to XDocs for Checkstyle Checks.
Author: Tasneemmhammed0, Krish-876, Adam Gamil
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/17449" class="externalLink">#17449</a>
</li>
<li>
Pitest: examine and try to remove infinite loop mutations.
Author: Parthib Basu
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/5673" class="externalLink">#5673</a>
</li>
<li>
Remove from whitelist file odd words that came from test imput files.
Author: Brijeshthummar02
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/5741" class="externalLink">#5741</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix xdocs Examples AST Consistency Test (Reduce suppressions list).
Author: avadhutmali, Isha Singh
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18435" class="externalLink">#18435</a>
</li>
<li>
Resolve violation from RegExpDuplicateCharacterInClass inspection.
Author: Youssef Alaa
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/11590" class="externalLink">#11590</a>
</li>
<li>
SarifLoggerTest.java to use verifyWithInlineConfigParserAndLogger.
Author: Tasneemmhammed0, avadhutmali
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/16361" class="externalLink">#16361</a>
</li>
<li>
Resolve Pitest Suppressions - java-ast-visitor.
Author: Youssef Alaa
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18031" class="externalLink">#18031</a>
</li>
<li>
Conver test from XpathFilterElementTest to SuppressionXpathSingleFilterTest to use
inlined config in Input files.
Author: daksh
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/11440" class="externalLink">#11440</a>
</li>
<li>
Update `JavadocCommentsTokenTypes.java` to new format of AST print.
Author: avadhutmali, Eric Tao
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/17882" class="externalLink">#17882</a>
</li>
<li>
Expand "Writing Check" to include XPath support.
Author: ayushactiveat
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/5978" class="externalLink">#5978</a>
</li>
<li>
Top comment should 'Compilable with Java22'.
Author: ayushactiveat
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18939" class="externalLink">#18939</a>
</li>
<li>
False positive: indentation inside of constructor parameters inside try block.
Author: Parthib Basu
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18614" class="externalLink">#18614</a>
</li>
<li>
Updating properties in Input files to mention all default properties,.
Author: Tasneemmhammed0, Adam Gamil
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/16807" class="externalLink">#16807</a>
</li>
<li>
Resolve error-prone violations.
Author: Youssef Alaa, Daniel Gao
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18599" class="externalLink">#18599</a>
</li>
<li>
Organize openrewrite staticanalysis composite recipes by groups as it is done on
openrewrite website.
Author: Roman Ivanov
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18673" class="externalLink">#18673</a>
</li>
<li>
Define violation messages for all violations.
Author: MostafaAbdulazziz
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/15456" class="externalLink">#15456</a>
</li>
<li>
Find way to keep qodana yml in config folder.
Author: atharv
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18882" class="externalLink">#18882</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix typos and improve grammer in testing techniques guide.
Author: Anushree Bondia
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18518" class="externalLink">#18518</a>
</li>
<li>
doc: Add DESCRIPTION token example with AST tree - Issue #17882.
Author: vivek-bandi
</li>
<li>
Clone `SpongePowered/Configurate` once SpongePowered/Configurate#617 is merged.
Author: Zaheer Ahmad
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18327" class="externalLink">#18327</a>
</li>
<li>
Documentation examples for RegexpHeader and Header does not have any header.
Author: Anushree Bondia
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18868" class="externalLink">#18868</a>
</li>
<li>
Activate Java 21 migration recipes in OpenRewrite CI.
Author: ayushactiveat
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18789" class="externalLink">#18789</a>
</li>
<li>
Consolidate `no_output_timeout`.
Author: Vincent Potucek
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18889" class="externalLink">#18889</a>
</li>
<li>
Resolve CheckerFramework violations.
Author: Daniel Gao
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/14084" class="externalLink">#14084</a>
</li>
<li>
migrate IDEA inpection in CI to most recent version.
Author: atharv
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/17104" class="externalLink">#17104</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix comment.
Author: Vincent Potucek
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18880" class="externalLink">#18880</a>
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section><a id="Release_13.2.0"></a>
<h1>Release 13.2.0</h1>
<div class="releaseDate">05.02.2026</div>
<p>New:</p>
<ul>
<li>
new Check: NumericalPrefixesInfixesSuffixesCharacterCaseCheck numerical prefixes,
infixes, and suffixes should be lowercase, except for "L".
Author: Aman Baliyan
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/16678" class="externalLink">#16678</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Bug fixes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
False-negative: HexLiteralCase does not throw violation on Hex float literals.
Author: Aman Baliyan
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18653" class="externalLink">#18653</a>
</li>
<li>
False positive: JavadocParagraph reports violation when `<p>` is after tags.
Author: Aman Baliyan
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18486" class="externalLink">#18486</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Notes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Documentation examples for MultiFileRegexpHeader does not have any header.
Author: Anushree Bondia
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18809" class="externalLink">#18809</a>
</li>
<li>
Update `JavadocCommentsTokenTypes.java` to new format of AST print.
Author: Yukti Nandwana, VidytBhuolia, talha atif
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/17882" class="externalLink">#17882</a>
</li>
<li>
Redundant `tokens` property in `CustomImportOrder` of `google_checks.xml`.
Author: pirzada-ahmadfaraz
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18612" class="externalLink">#18612</a>
</li>
<li>
Resolve error-prone violations.
Author: Kairav Mittal, Brijeshthummar02
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18599" class="externalLink">#18599</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix SpotBugs UWF_FIELD_NOT_INITIALIZED_IN_CONSTRUCTOR warning in IndentationCheck.
Author: smita_1078
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18843" class="externalLink">#18843</a>
</li>
<li>
Split openrewrite-refaster-rules ci job into two jobs.
Author: Youssef Alaa
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18856" class="externalLink">#18856</a>
</li>
<li>
Enable pitest EXPERIMENTAL_MEMBER_VARIABLE.
Author: ayushactiveat, Youssef Alaa
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18836" class="externalLink">#18836</a>
</li>
<li>
Add validation for single commit in pull .
Author: Vincent Potucek
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18819" class="externalLink">#18819</a>
</li>
<li>
Update all pitest profiles to have mutationThreshold=99.
Author: ayushactiveat
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18845" class="externalLink">#18845</a>
</li>
<li>
Resolve violations from spotbugs sb-contrib 7.6.0.
Author: Youssef Alaa
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/13351" class="externalLink">#13351</a>
</li>
<li>
Convert regressions that use maven-checkstyle-plugin to CLI based.
Author: vivek-0509
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/11602" class="externalLink">#11602</a>
</li>
<li>
Define violation messages for all violations.
Author: Kairav Mittal, Adam Gamil
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/15456" class="externalLink">#15456</a>
</li>
<li>
dependency: bump pmd.version from 7.20.0 to 7.21.0.
Author: Zaheer Ahmad
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18801" class="externalLink">#18801</a>
</li>
<li>
SarifLoggerTest.java to use verifyWithInlineConfigParserAndLogger.
Author: Suryanshu Agrawal
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/16361" class="externalLink">#16361</a>
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section><a id="Release_13.1.0"></a>
<h1>Release 13.1.0</h1>
<div class="releaseDate">31.01.2026</div>
<p>Breaking backward compatibility:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Remove deprecated method CheckstyleAntTask:createClasspath().
Author: Kairav Mittal
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/12556" class="externalLink">#12556</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>New:</p>
<ul>
<li>
ImportControl: add module attribute to allow/disallow module imports.
Author: vivek-0509
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18329" class="externalLink">#18329</a>
</li>
<li>
New check: MissingOverrideOnRecordAccessor to require Override on record component
accessor methods.
Author: vivek-0509
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18368" class="externalLink">#18368</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Bug fixes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
false positive invalid tag JavadocType .
Author: Kairav Mittal
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/16087" class="externalLink">#16087</a>
</li>
<li>
IllegalTokenText reports false positives for Unicode whitespace characters without
escape sequences.
Author: vivek-0509
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18790" class="externalLink">#18790</a>
</li>
<li>
Inconsistent behaviour of `Indentation` check.
Author: Saad
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18118" class="externalLink">#18118</a>
</li>
<li>
VariableDeclarationUsageDistanceCheck doesn't handle method definition properly.
Author: vivek-0509
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/13038" class="externalLink">#13038</a>
</li>
<li>
Indentation: Lambda in Enum causes error loop.
Author: vivek-0509
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/11103" class="externalLink">#11103</a>
</li>
<li>
False-negative: SummaryJavadoc:forbiddenSummaryFragments for tab-formatted code.
Author: pirzada-ahmadfaraz
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18644" class="externalLink">#18644</a>
</li>
<li>
False-positive RightCurly in google_checks since 8.20.
Author: Anushree Bondia
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/6807" class="externalLink">#6807</a>
</li>
<li>
Google style: Override is required on explicitly declared accessor method for a record.
Author: vivek-0509
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/17561" class="externalLink">#17561</a>
</li>
<li>
Add missing checks to sun_checks.xml: DeclarationOrder, FallThrough, OneStatementPerLine.
Author: vivek-0509
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18559" class="externalLink">#18559</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Notes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Documentation examples for MultiFileRegexpHeader are not in valid regex form.
Author: Zaheer Ahmad
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18556" class="externalLink">#18556</a>
</li>
<li>
Update `JavadocCommentsTokenTypes.java` to new format of AST print.
Author: Ayush Singh, NiMv1, Yukti Nandwana, asqwklop12, Avanish Gupta, Anushree Bondia, Hamza-Azeem12, AsthaDhapodkar, Rohit Kumar, Adam Gamil
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/17882" class="externalLink">#17882</a>
</li>
<li>
Dedicate `rewrite` recipes.
Author: Vincent Potucek
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18795" class="externalLink">#18795</a>
</li>
<li>
Define violation messages for all violations.
Author: Avanish Gupta, Kairav Mittal, 0xChaitanya
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/15456" class="externalLink">#15456</a>
</li>
<li>
CLI '-s' option does not match by data from '-t'.
Author: ayushactiveat
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/7523" class="externalLink">#7523</a>
</li>
<li>
Split openrewrite-recipes in two groups to always run in CI in less that 15 minutes.
Author: ayushactiveat
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18748" class="externalLink">#18748</a>
</li>
<li>
Do not use cause excpetion message durging wrapping.
Author: Youssef Alaa
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/13023" class="externalLink">#13023</a>
</li>
<li>
Resolve violations from spotbugs sb-contrib 7.6.0.
Author: Youssef Alaa
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/13351" class="externalLink">#13351</a>
</li>
<li>
Convert regressions that use maven-checkstyle-plugin to CLI based.
Author: vivek-0509
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/11602" class="externalLink">#11602</a>
</li>
<li>
Resolve error-prone violations.
Author: Aman Baliyan, MonuChaudhary14, Youssef Alaa, Brijeshthummar02
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18599" class="externalLink">#18599</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix xdocs Examples AST Consistency Test (Reduce suppressions list).
Author: github-actions[bot], Zaheer Ahmad, EKansh Mittal
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18435" class="externalLink">#18435</a>
</li>
<li>
Add missing property examples to XDocs for Checkstyle Checks.
Author: ayushactiveat, Krish-876
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/17449" class="externalLink">#17449</a>