Unknown inspection id in meta information

Last modified: 01 April 2025

Reports unknown inspection ids in metaInformation.json files. It contains additional information about inspections declared in the current plugin. The presence of inspections in this file is optional. An example of such information is a list of corresponding CWE IDs. Entries in metaInformation.json with unknown inspection ID will be ignored at runtime. The presence of such elements could be a bug or outdated information.

Locating this inspection

By ID

Can be used to locate inspection in e.g. Qodana configuration files, where you can quickly enable or disable it, or adjust its settings.

UnknownIdInMetaInformation
Via Settings dialog

Path to the inspection settings via IntelliJ Platform IDE Settings dialog, when you need to adjust inspection settings directly from your IDE.

Settings or Preferences | Editor | Inspections | Plugin DevKit

Inspection Details

By default bundled with:

IntelliJ IDEA 2024.3, Qodana for JVM 2024.3,

Can be installed with plugin:

Plugin DevKit, 243.26483