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Add ability to print warnings when `failOnViolation: true` and `violationSeverity: error`

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@efegokdemir is already working on this.

Since Sep 25, 2026.

  • #716 by @efegokdemir — open

Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
50/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
java
Domain
build-system

Research direction

Start by locating the handling of failOnViolation, violationSeverity, and the existing consoleOutput workaround in the Maven Checkstyle Plugin. Confirm how errors and warnings are currently logged; done means warnings also appear with the normal console format and relative paths, without duplicating errors.

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Description

enhancement
New feature, improvement proposal
Currently

When there are errors and warnings, only errors are logged

Desired

Warnings should be logged, too

Current workaround

Add consoleOutput: true. However, this has the following undesired issues:

  • No console format/colors
  • It shows full path instead of relative path
  • Errors appear again
Dominant language
Java
Stars
97
Forks
68
Avg merge
2d 14h
Merged PRs (30d)
8

Getting set up

  • No Dockerfile or Docker Compose file
  • Has a pull request template
  • No contributing guide

First steps

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  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

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