qlty check in Qlty Cloud is flagging eslint issues that aren't present when running it via Qlty CLI

[samaisthorpe]

Question

When running qlty check via Qlty Cloud in GitHub actions, a large number of TypeScript related eslint issues are raised such as this:

These issues are not raised locally after running qlty check via the CLI. This gives the impression that for whatever reason Qlty Cloud can't find the project's tsconfig.json (although I'm not entirely sure what's causing this).

How to reproduce (optional)

No response

Expected behavior (optional)

The results from qlty check in Qlty Cloud should match the results from running it via the CLI.

CLI Version

qlty 0.539.0 macos-arm64 (a9eee4f 2025-06-02)

Information about Qlty configuration and environment (optional)

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config_version = "0"

exclude_patterns = [
  "*_min.*",
  "*-min.*",
  "*.min.*",
  "**/.yarn/**",
  "**/*.d.ts",
  "**/assets/**",
  "**/bower_components/**",
  "**/build/**",
  "**/cache/**",
  "**/config/**",
  "**/db/**",
  "**/deps/**",
  "**/dist/**",
  "**/extern/**",
  "**/external/**",
  "**/generated/**",
  "**/Godeps/**",
  "**/gradlew/**",
  "**/mvnw/**",
  "**/node_modules/**",
  "**/protos/**",
  "**/seed/**",
  "**/target/**",
  "**/templates/**",
  "**/testdata/**",
  "**/vendor/**",
]

test_patterns = [
  "**/test/**",
  "**/spec/**",
  "**/*.test.*",
  "**/*.spec.*",
  "**/*_test.*",
  "**/*_spec.*",
  "**/test_*.*",
  "**/spec_*.*",
]

[smells]
mode = "comment"

[[source]]
name = "default"
default = true

[[plugin]]
name = "eslint"
version = "9.26.0"
package_file = "package.json"

[[plugin]]
name = "ruff"

• OS: macOS

• tsconfig.json:

{
  "compilerOptions": {
    "types": ["vitest/globals"],
    "target": "ES2020",
    "module": "commonjs",
    "lib": [
      "es2020",
      "dom"
    ],
    "declaration": true,
    "strict": true,
    "noImplicitAny": true,
    "strictNullChecks": true,
    "noImplicitThis": true,
    "alwaysStrict": true,
    "noUnusedLocals": false,
    "noUnusedParameters": false,
    "noImplicitReturns": true,
    "noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": false,
    "inlineSourceMap": true,
    "inlineSources": true,
    "experimentalDecorators": true,
    "strictPropertyInitialization": false,
    "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
    "esModuleInterop": true,
    "typeRoots": ["./node_modules"],
    "paths": {
      "@helpers/*": ["./lib/helpers/*"],
      "@constructs/*": ["./lib/resources/constructs/*"]
    }
  },
  "ts-node": {
    "require": ["tsconfig-paths/register"],
    "compilerOptions": {
      "paths": {
        "@helpers/*": ["./lib/helpers/*"],
        "@constructs/*": ["./lib/resources/constructs/*"]
      },
    }
  },
  "exclude": [
    "node_modules",
    "cdk.out"
  ],
}

eslint.config.mjs:

// @ts-check

import tseslint from 'typescript-eslint'
import stylistic from '@stylistic/eslint-plugin'

export default [
    {
        ignores: ['cdk.out/*', '**/*.js', '**/*.mjs'],
    },
    ...tseslint.configs.recommendedTypeChecked,
    ...tseslint.configs.stylisticTypeChecked,
    stylistic.configs.customize({
        commaDangle: 'always-multiline',
        braceStyle: '1tbs',
        indent: 4,
        semi: false,
    }),
    {
        languageOptions: {
            parserOptions: {
                project: true,
            },
        },
        rules: {
            '@typescript-eslint/unbound-method': 'off',
            '@typescript-eslint/no-empty-function': 'off',
        },
    },
]

[brynary]

Hi @samaisthorpe -- Thanks for this report. Can you please provide a URL to the Project on Qlty Cloud as well as a URL for the PR?

[samaisthorpe]

Hi @brynary, thanks for getting back to me. Sure!

Qlty Cloud Project: https://qlty.sh/gh/Webgains/projects/recommendation-service

Unfortunately you won't be able to see the PR as it's a private repository, but I can provide any details you need.