I\'ve recently installed SonarQube 5.0.1, but I can\'t find where to mark issues as false-positive. In the drop-down box where this option used to be, the only option is \"Link
In SonarQube Version 5.5:
If you have given "Administer Issues" permission to the project.
Then you will see this option on click of Open.
In 5.0, the "False Positive" action is not in a dropdown:
I have found the answer here: False Positive option don't appear on projects
The issue is that although the admin LDAP group I belong to was granted "Administer System" rights in Global Permissions, it also needs to be added excplicitly to Project Permissions (either per project, or to the default template).