

25.1.12 (30 June 2025)
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**Bugfixes**

* DVT\-23240 Fixed StackOverflowError in XVM51



25.1.11 (18 June 2025)
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**Performance**

* DVT\-23116 Speed\-up rule XVM\.4\.28

**CLEANUP**

* DVT\-22376 Move the location of rule generated heap histograms to \.dvt/\.profiling/verissimo

**Features**

* DVT\-22737 New rule\: R\.1397 Do not assign a variable multiple times in design elements
* DVT\-22883 New Rule\: R\.1399 Functions should have a single return statement

**Enhancements**

* DVT\-21341 Memory Monitor\: Change heap histograms and logs location to \.dvt/\.profiling/memory\_monitor/
* DVT\-22297 Verissimo API\: Add support for SystemVerilog parameters
* DVT\-23061 Add parameter to R\.1369 to skip specified variables
* DVT\-23063 Add parameter to R\.1381 to skip specified types
* DVT\-23095 Add parameter to R\.1164 and R\.1198 to skip failures in inactive generate blocks
* DVT\-23096 Add parameter to R\.1164 and R\.1198 to not flag selects done with other variables

**Bugfixes**

* DVT\-23050 R\.1387 should fail for sized and unsized literals
* DVT\-23062 R\.1381 should fail for sized and unsized literals
* DVT\-23073 Fixed NullPointerException thrown when launching Verissimo in DVT IDE for Eclipse and the active editor file is an HTML report
* DVT\-23090 XVM51 False failures for multiple method calls with ref arguments
* DVT\-23091 R\.1164 & R\.1198 False failures for guarded select with literal values
* DVT\-23117 Fixed IndexOutOfBoundsException thrown when opening a Verissimo HTML Report with links to build config files
* DVT\-23149 Fixed NullPointerException in R\.1224 for certain dynamic arrays, queues and associative arrays



25.1.10 (28 May 2025)
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**REMOVED**

* DVT\-23023 Remove \-disable\_print\_not\_applied and \-ignore\_lint\_not\_applied verissimo\.sh arguments

**Features**

* DVT\-22642 New Rule\: R\.1392 Do not use unnecessarily package qualified names
* DVT\-22817 New Rule\: R\.1034 Do not wait for variable that is assigned in parallel thread
* DVT\-22829 New Rule\: R\.1398 Do not assign X or Z literal values
* DVT\-22851 New Rule\: R\.1068 Do not use '\.' and '\.\.' in include statements

**Enhancements**

* DVT\-17015 Ability to specify 'apply\-on' attribute for <paths> tag in Verissimo waivers XML file
* DVT\-22956 "Failure Message" text box from DVT IDE for Eclipse waivers editor should be resizable

**Bugfixes**

* DVT\-22442 R\.1080\-R\.1107 Failures disappear after incremental build and reapply 
* DVT\-22916 R\.1381 should fail when left hand side variable has smaller width
* DVT\-22917 R\.1378 should fail for literal without any width specified
* DVT\-22952 SVTB\.7\.12\.3\.1 Auto\-correct is not correctly performed when there is a space between the module name and \#
* DVT\-22975 R\.1381 should fail for return statements
* DVT\-22981 BadLocationException is thrown after build



25.1.9 (13 May 2025)
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**Features**

* DVT\-22641 New Rule\: R\.1386 Specify type and direction for all module and interface ports
* DVT\-22648 New Rule\: R\.1396 Do not leave DUT input ports unconnected
* DVT\-22780 New Rule\: R\.1395 Macro arguments in arithmetical expression should be enclosed in parentheses

**Enhancements**

* DVT\-22055 Linting markers are not updated correctly when an entire line is deleted in DVT IDE for Eclipse
* DVT\-22789 Disable the Add Code Waiver option for hits on line 0
* DVT\-22790 Automatically save the modified file after adding an inline lint waiver

**Bugfixes**

* DVT\-22673 XVM\.2\.1\.1\.1 False failures for virtual classes
* DVT\-22853 SVTB\.7\.14\.0 Auto\-correct should fix external implementations located in different files than declarations
* DVT\-22912 Fixed BadLocationException in SVTB\.7\.1\.4\.4 auto\-correct



25.1.8 (2 May 2025)
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**Performance**

* DVT\-22738 Speed\-up exclude\-path pre\-waivers

**Features**

* DVT\-11038 & DVT\-13383 New Rule\: R\.1394 Do not use files irrelevant for design elaboration
* DVT\-22218 Add auto\-correct for R\.1197
* DVT\-22248 Add auto\-correct for SVTB\.12\.11
* DVT\-22287 New Rule\: R\.1388 Do not use non\-integer variables as loop indices
* DVT\-22288 New Rule\: R\.1389 Use the same variable for initialization, step and condition
* DVT\-22289 New Rule\: R\.1387 Do not use case item expressions of different width than the case condition 
* DVT\-22668 New Rule\: R\.1391 Do not call functions inside loop statements
* DVT\-22746 New Rule\: R\.1393 Do not use type imports

**Enhancements**

* DVT\-22541 Add original message and match indication in the waivers editor
* DVT\-22622 Add predefined custom template for rule performance statistics
* DVT\-22636 License\: Log idle wakeup triggers
* DVT\-22739 Add support for environment variables in exclude\-path pre\-waivers
* DVT\-22784 Add parameter to R\.1375 to specify checked operators

**Bugfixes**

* DVT\-20432 SVTB\.31\.3\.0 should fail for empty 'always' and 'begin \.\.\. end' blocks in generate blocks
* DVT\-22691 R\.1318 False failures for range selects on method calls
* DVT\-22776 Improve description of R\.1378
* DVT\-22815 Fixed NullPointerException in SVTB\.1\.1\.10



25.1.7 (9 April 2025)
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**Performance**

* DVT\-22728 Improve performance of rule SVTB\.27\.10\.1

**Features**

* DVT\-22251 New Rule\: R\.1379 Do not assign negative values to unsigned variables
* DVT\-22252 New Rule\: R\.1377 Do not make multi\-bit connections to primitive gates
* DVT\-22260 New Rule\: R\.1385 Do not assign an integer to an element of different width
* DVT\-22274 New Rule\: R\.1380 Do not use selects on time or integer variables
* DVT\-22275 New Rule\: R\.1383 Do not use '\|' or '\|\|' instead of 'or' in sensitivity list 
* DVT\-22285 New Rule\: R\.1381 Do not assign to a variable of the same width as the operands of an addition or subtraction
* DVT\-22543 Ability to import existing ruleset in the ruleset editor
* DVT\-22599 New Rule\: R\.1382 Object printing should be guarded with a verbosity check
* DVT\-22655 New Rule\: R\.1384 Signal has multiple drivers for custom nettypes

**Enhancements**

* DVT\-22417 Add parameter to R\.1067 to skip checking specified methods
* DVT\-22565 Size of tag annotations in DVT Eclipse report should be adjusted dynamically
* DVT\-22621 Add parameter to SVTB\.10\.24 to skip comparisons to bit selections over enum
* DVT\-22663 Improve auto\-correct sanity checks error handling in batch mode
* DVT\-22687 Add parameter to SVTB\.2\.14 to allow using relative paths

**Bugfixes**

* DVT\-22514 Do not print the compilation output after auto\-correcting in batch mode when using the \-log argument
* DVT\-22556 SVTB\.5\.13 False failures for enum\.name() used as function arguments
* DVT\-22615 R\.1318 False failures caused by packed types used as value for type parameters
* DVT\-22633 Wrong severity reported for compilation rules when generating ruleset documentation
* DVT\-22658 R\.1353 False failures when the coverpoint covers a function call
* DVT\-22660 R\.1355 False failures for wildcard bins
* DVT\-22710 R\.1067 should fail for plusargs calls outside expressions
* DVT\-22720 R\.1358 & R\.1373 False failures for always\_ff blocks



25.1.6 (26 March 2025)
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**Performance**

* DVT\-22558 Improve performance of XVM\.4\.21 and SVTB\.5\.11\.2\.1

**Features**

* DVT\-22253 New Rule\: R\.1375 Do not use bit\-wise logical operators with different widths operands
* DVT\-22261 New Rule\: R\.1376 Default case item must be the last case item
* DVT\-22283 New Rule\: R\.1374 Inout ports should always be connected
* DVT\-22286 New Rule\: R\.1378 Do not use zero width based literal numbers
* DVT\-22434 New Rule\: R\.1373 Do not use event controls in always\_comb/always \@(\-) blocks 

**Enhancements**

* DVT\-22217 Add parameter to SVTB\.2\.1 and SVTB\.2\.6 to allow module declarations in the same file with the design hierarchy parent module
* DVT\-22373 Verissimo API\: Add support for method call arguments



25.1.4 (12 March 2025)
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**Performance**

* DVT\-20279 Speed\-up incremental compilation triggered after auto\-correcting multiple files in batch mode

**Features**

* DVT\-22247 New Rule\: R\.1369 Do not use comparison operators with real operands
* DVT\-22271 New Rule\: R\.1370 All ports should be connected when instantiating a module
* DVT\-22284 New Rule\: R\.1371 Do not assign to a supply net
* DVT\-22478 New Rule\: R\.1372 Do not use equality when comparing variables to \`wrealXState and \`wrealZState

**Enhancements**

* DVT\-22259 Add parameter to SVTB\.27\.10\.1 to flag action blocks with the same label
* DVT\-22416 Add support for rule tag annotations to custom report API
* DVT\-22438 Add parameter to R\.1176 to specify additional banned methods
* DVT\-22484 SVTB\.31\.2\.0 autocorrect should remove newline after macro definition
* DVT\-22493 Add verissimo\.sh flag to perform auto\-correct for all the rules that support it in a ruleset
* DVT\-22509 Add parameter to SVTB\.27\.10\.1 to flag elements with the same name as a macro
* DVT\-22544 Tag annotation field is too large in DVT IDE for Eclipse report

**Bugfixes**

* DVT\-21780 R\.1318 False failures for parameterized fields
* DVT\-22317 SVTB\.1\.1\.26 False failures for multiline if blocks
* DVT\-22318 SVTB\.1\.1\.26 False failures for multiline macro calls
* DVT\-22528 Fixed NullPointerException in R\.1164
* DVT\-22540 Verissimo waivers include order is changed after adding new waiver in DVT
* DVT\-22555 Fixed NullPointerException in SVTB\.32\.1\.0
* DVT\-22568 R\.1318 False failures for genvar variables



25.1.3 (26 February 2025)
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**Performance**

* DVT\-22324 Improve performance of rule XVM\.5\.2\.1\.2

**Features**

* DVT\-22249 New Rule R\.1368 Module file must include a timescale or a timeunit and timeprecision

**Enhancements**

* DVT\-21785 Add parameter to SVTB\.31\.2\.0 to skip nested macro definitions whose name is a macro argument
* DVT\-22147 Add parameter to R\.1356 to skip checking for types with a width greater than specified value
* DVT\-22216 R\.1168 namePattern parameter should support module name placeholder
* DVT\-22230 Show tag annotation value in the rule description in DVT IDE
* DVT\-22250 Add parameter to R\.1159 to skip comments
* DVT\-22345 Add parameter to XVM51 to allow instantiation through a variable
* DVT\-22351 Add parameter to XVM51 to allow instantiation through reference argument
* DVT\-22366 Add parameter to SVTB\.7\.33 to skip the overrides of empty constraints

**Bugfixes**

* DVT\-21933 SVTB\.19\.5 False failures for XMR used as macro call arguments
* DVT\-22079 SVTB\.31\.3\.0 False failures on action blocks containing include statements after changing file content and reapply
* DVT\-22090 R\.1139 False failures on statements not ending with semicolon
* DVT\-22135 R\.1344 False failures for predefined methods
* DVT\-22231 Rule tags are not displayed in HTML report when the configuration tag is in an included ruleset
* DVT\-22348 R\.1066 False failures for $value$plusargs with format specified
* DVT\-22350 R\.1345 False failures for unsized literals
* DVT\-22386 R\.1365 should fail for non\-unique IDs in the same class
* DVT\-22454 Incremental Linting should run the Basic ruleset if no ruleset file is specified
* DVT\-22475 R\.1066 should fail for plusargs calls outside expressions



25.1.2 (13 February 2025)
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**Features**

* DVT\-22098 New Rule\: R\.1366 uvm\_reg\.update() must be called after uvm\_reg\_field\.set()
* DVT\-22099 New Rule\: R\.1367 Do not call uvm\_reg\_field\.write/poke after uvm\_reg\_field\.set() without an update call in between

**Enhancements**

* DVT\-22134 Add parameter to R\.1340 to specify allowed operators
* DVT\-22136 Add parameter to SVTB\.5\.13 to skip failures inside specified macros
* DVT\-22148 Add parameter to R\.1235 to flag event controls used in sequences not wrapped with fork\-join\_none\.
* DVT\-22181 Add parameter to SVTB\.10\.24 to check enum items used in concatenation operators

**Bugfixes**

* DVT\-21902 SVTB\.7\.38, XVM\.2\.8\.5 should check method implementations of child classes
* DVT\-21924 Baseline report failures have a wrong source code path in compare reports
* DVT\-21950 Incremental linting is not applying all the rules after the project is built in VS Code
* DVT\-22077 Factory instantiation checks\: False failures because create call is not recognized as valid instantiation when passed as argument of push method
* DVT\-22080 Factory instantiation checks\: False failures when push\_back method is called indirectly from the build phase
* DVT\-22178 Fixing a linting failure after opening an HTML report will attempt to fix all failures of the check
* DVT\-22223 SVTB\.1\.0 Tab width from preferences file parameter is ignored when running from DVT IDE for Eclipse
* DVT\-22232 Wrong exit code for verissimo\.sh when there are custom report related errors
* DVT\-22360 SVTB\.5\.2\.1\.1 & SVTB\.5\.2\.9 False failures for genvars
* DVT\-22375 Filtering rules from the ruleset XML generation UI should not clear parameter values



25.1.1 (21 January 2025)
------------------------


**HIGHLIGHTS**

Note: Some of the highlights below were rolled-out in 24.#.# releases for early adopters.

-  Speed-up report generation and filtering in DVT IDE for Eclipse
-  Speed-up linting startup sequence
-  62 new rules
-  Added auto-correct for 3 rules
-  :ref:`Incremental Verissimo linting<Eclipse Incremental Linting>` 
-  New UI for ruleset XML generation
-  Ability to generate modified files instead of altering the compiled source code when running auto-correct in batch mode
-  Ability to generate Compare and Changes report in :ref:`DVT IDE for Eclipse<Compare GUI Report>` and :ref:`DVT IDE for VS Code<Compare features>`
-  Ability to filter linting failures based on :ref:`UVMF custom pragmas<UVMF Custom Pragma Waivers>`
-  Improved auto-correct sanity checks
-  Improved importing an HTML report in the :ref:`DVT IDE for Eclipse<Open HTML report>` and :ref:`DVT IDE for VS Code<Import a Linting Session>`:

   -  Remap failures to source code
   -  Compile the project lazily at the first Reapply action

**CLEANUP**

* DVT\-13621 Deprecated dvt\_sv\_lint\_gui\.sh script
* DVT\-16006 Deprecated the XVM component suffix ruleset configuration

**Features**

* DVT\-7597 New UI for ruleset XML generation
* DVT\-18831 & DVT\-19051 Ability to use verissimo\.sh to start Verissimo in VS Code
* DVT\-21996 License\: Add app info inside display field sent to the license server

**Enhancements**

* DVT\-21601 Change the default implementation of XVM51b to top\-down
* DVT\-21982 SVTB\.1\.0 should accept VSCode formatting settings
* DVT\-22059 Custom rules API\: Ability to get predefined methods
* DVT\-22115 Add parameter to R\.1012 to skip checking coverpoints
* DVT\-22116 Add parameter to R\.1012 to allow at\_least option explicitly set with a value of 1

**Bugfixes**

* DVT\-21962 Linting waivers editor doesn't properly populate the paths regex type
* DVT\-21984 SVTB\.10\.20 False failures for calls as macro parameters inside a macro when skipMacroPatterns is set

