<section name="Release 12.2.0">

<div class="releaseDate">30.11.2025</div>

<p>New:</p>

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Include full check name alongside ID in XML violation reports.

Author: ivanmalutin

<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18088">#18088</a>

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Java25&#39;s import-module support.

Author: stoyanK7

<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/17919">#17919</a>

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<p>Bug fixes:</p>

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JAR for 12.1.1 is missing org.slf4j package.

Author: Allon Mureinik

<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18074">#18074</a>

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RedundantImport does not work with module imports.

Author: stoyanK7

<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18171">#18171</a>

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`PatternVariableAssignment` gives error when assigning to field (using `this.`) with

the same name as pattern variable.

Author: ivanmalutin

<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18132">#18132</a>

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Drop support in checks for no-longer-compilable preview feature - Pattern matching for

swtich.

Author: stoyanK7

<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18104">#18104</a>

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</ul>

<p>Notes:</p>

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doc: clarify behavior of NewlineAtEndOfFileCheck regarding extra blank lines.

Author: EKansh Mittal

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Resolve Pitest Suppressions - main.

Author: vivek-0509

<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18026">#18026</a>

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Improve wrapping in web site.

Author: vivek-0509

<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18110">#18110</a>

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resolve PMD warning during execution.

Author: Amit Kumar Deohoria

<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18070">#18070</a>

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XMLLoggerTest.java to use verifyWithInlineConfigParserAndXmlLogger.

Author: vivek-0509

<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/16360">#16360</a>

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Update `JavadocCommentsTokenTypes.java` to new format of AST print.

Author: vivek-0509, github-actions[bot], Mithun, vishalup29

<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/17882">#17882</a>

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doc: mention ANTLR regression report.

Author: stoyanK7

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Refine newly added reuse of metadata and xdoc to simplify Javadocs.

Author: SteLeo1602

<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/17746">#17746</a>

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Updating properties in Input files to mention all default properties,.

Author: vivek-0509

<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/16807">#16807</a>

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Define violation messages for all violations.

Author: vivek-0509

<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/15456">#15456</a>

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<li>

Convert eligible classes to records.

Author: Amit Kumar Deohoria

<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/17299">#17299</a>

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doc: explain how to use CLI generated xpath.

Author: pascofire

<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/17114">#17114</a>

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<li>

Update SuppressionSingleFilter examples to use all properties.

Author: Talib Hussain

<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/16729">#16729</a>

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<li>

Website Generation doesn&#39;t automatically reflect new changes to checks.xml and

checks/&lt;type&gt;/index.xml.

Author: smita_1078

<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/17691">#17691</a>

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<li>

Java 22 test files that were marked as compilable but are not.

Author: stoyanK7

<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18097">#18097</a>

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<li>

Special color for property links.

Author: stoyanK7

<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18117">#18117</a>

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<li>

Inprove website rendering.

Author: stoyanK7

<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/16243">#16243</a>

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<li>

Add check to prohibit Windows line endings.

Author: Brijeshthummar02

<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/893">#893</a>

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<li>

Complitaion jobs in CircleCI do not pick up all files.

Author: stoyanK7

<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18092">#18092</a>

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<li>

Run regression testing in CI over openjdk25.

Author: stoyanK7

<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18089">#18089</a>

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Add Java 25 compilation to CircleCI.

Author: stoyanK7

<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18091">#18091</a>

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<li>

Add `async` and/or `defer` attributes to site scripts.

Author: stoyanK7

<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/18045">#18045</a>

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doc: Add extra section about &#39;Performance Regressions&#39;.

Author: stoyanK7

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</ul>

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