detekt/detekt v2.0.0-alpha.4

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2.0.0-alpha.4 - 2026-06-13

This is an alpha release of Detekt 2.0.0. Is built against Kotlin 2.4.0, Gradle 9.5.1, AGP 9.2.1 and is tested against JDK 25.

Notable Changes

• Support Kotlin 2.4.0 - #9218
• Add new rule LeakingSessionBoundType - #9242
• Apply the indent_style configuration to all the ktlint wrapper rules (previsouly this was applied only to the Indentation rule) - #9315

Breaking Changes

• Expose Glob-to-Regex functions in psi-utils - #9340
• Make Detektion immutable - #8583

Changelog

• fix: prevent ArrayPrimitive crash on unresolved types - #9364
• Update ktlint documentation links - #9354
• Fix PrintStackTrace nested call detection - #9352
• Fix unused import false positive for companion object member extension properties - #9349
• Accept punctuation after a link - #9341
• Fixes UnnecessaryFullyQualifiedName false positive with explicit import shadowing - #9329
• docs: fix KMP type resolution task names - #9316
• Stop publishing ktlint-repackage - #9314
• Stop exposing ktlint's StandardRule to detekt-rules-ktlint-wrapper consumers - #9313
• Include ktlint-repackage in ktlint-wrapper JAR - #9312
• Declare DGP compatibility with Gradle's configuration cache - #9311
• Forward languageVersionSettings to KotlinAnalysisApiEngine.compile - #9305
• docs: add ForbiddenImport configuration example - #9302
• Fix UnnecessaryFullyQualifiedName clashes with kotlin package name - #9289
• Remove excludeImportStatements from Deprecation rule - #9287
• Improve repackaging of Analysis API dependencies - #9285
• MaxChainedCallsOnSameLine - Fix AA type leaks - #9261
• SuspendFunSwallowedCancellation - Fix AA type leaks - #9256
• feat: Add exhaustive option to OutdatedDocumentation rule, also improve error messages - #9255
• Excluding generated sources by default - #9251
• Move FileProcessListenerExtensions to :detekt-test - #9212
• Improve SuspendFunSwallowedCancellation - #9208
• Cli filters - #9200
• Allow single-argument Boolean generics in NonBooleanPropertyPrefixedWithIs - #9173
• Remove Config.parentPath - #9036

Dependency Updates

• Update Poko to v0.23.1 - #9371
• Update slf4j monorepo to v2.0.18 - #9324
• Update agp to v9.2.1 - #9268

Housekeeping & Refactorings

• Update test to avoid typealias to compiler-required annotation - #9361
• Remove unnecessary compileOnly dependencies - #9318

Contributors

We would like to thank the following contributors that made this release possible: @3flex, @BraisGabin, @ChristophyBarth, @FletchMcKee, @Lucas-FManager, @ShubhamWorks02, @Will-thom, @e5l, @fru1tworld, @jonapoul, @luanpotter, @matejdro, @mirkoalicastro, @nchen000, @ninebolt6, @paulkagiri, @travisMiehm