Sonar has decided to put its guiding engineering principles into writing and share them with customers. These principles aim to set clearer expectations for product changes, improve operational efficiency within the company, and bring new capabilities while staying focused on their mission of helping developers write better code. The company is also restoring the ability to customize rule severities in SonarQube Server 10.8, with two modes available: Standard Experience Mode and Multi-Quality Rule (MQR) Mode. Both approaches for classifying issue types and assigning issue severity will be available going forward, allowing customers to choose which is more suitable for their business needs.