'continue' or 'break' inside 'finally' block

Reports break or continue statements inside of finally blocks.

While occasionally intended, such statements are very confusing, may mask thrown exceptions, and complicate debugging.

Example:

    while (true) {
        try {
          throwingMethod();
        } finally {
            continue;
        }
    }

Locating this inspection

By ID

Can be used to locate inspection in e.g. Qodana configuration files, where you can quickly enable or disable it, or adjust its settings.

ContinueOrBreakFromFinallyBlock

Via Settings dialog

Path to the inspection settings via IntelliJ Platform IDE Settings dialog, when you need to adjust inspection settings directly from your IDE.

Settings or Preferences | Editor | Inspections | Java | Error handling

Inspection Details
By default bundled with:	IntelliJ IDEA 2024.3, Qodana for JVM 2024.3,
Can be installed with plugin:	Java, 243.26483

01 April 2025