Using severity levels to prioritize your evaluation

Rule authors assign severity levels to rules. You can use severity levels to prioritize which results to evaluate and fix first.
Note: When you create an analysis configuration, you have the option to modify severity levels for a rule.
Icon Severity level Description
Severity icon for rule results Severe This is the highest severity level and indicates that you should resolve the problem.
Warning icon for rule results Warning This severity level indicates that a resource very likely has a problem that you need to resolve.
Recommendation icon for rule results Recommendation This is the lowest severity level. The result indicates a problem that is not serious but one that you should still fix.

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