Issues

• Performance: optimize repeated entry-point handling in function-analysis fixed-point computation

  uber-go/nilaway#509 · Filter by author ririnto opened on Aug 12, 2026
  2

• Feature request: To see a progress in fixing issues so it could be fun.

  uber-go/nilaway#477 · Filter by author dd84ai opened on Aug 2, 2026
  3

• Bug: exclude-file-docstrings not excluding files it should exclude.

  uber-go/nilaway#408 · Filter by author hu3bi opened on Mar 7, 2026
  2

• Detect optional db struct

  feature structinit
  uber-go/nilaway#405 · Filter by author tchaton opened on Feb 7, 2026
  1

• False negative: nil dereference not detected when function is called through a function variable

  uber-go/nilaway#387 · Filter by author yd-beep opened on Jan 14, 2026

• False positive with distributed nil-checking guards

  false positive
  uber-go/nilaway#378 · Filter by author sonalmahajan15 opened on Dec 8, 2025

• False positive: function returns non-nil value together with error

  uber-go/nilaway#365 · Filter by author manXcoder opened on Aug 28, 2025
  1

• nilaway consume all memory of system eventually on ~11 MB project

  driver
  uber-go/nilaway#359 · Filter by author BhautikChudasama opened on Aug 7, 2025
  5

• Fix nil append to slice and its subsequent access

  false positive
  uber-go/nilaway#356 · Filter by author sonalmahajan15 opened on Jul 23, 2025
  1

• Initialization of a map behind a function barrier fools nilaway

  uber-go/nilaway#343 · Filter by author rwinograd opened on Jun 24, 2025

• Add object sensitivity to struct field handling

  enhancement
  uber-go/nilaway#339 · Filter by author sonalmahajan15 opened on Jun 23, 2025

• Nil Receivers assignment to interface False positive

  uber-go/nilaway#337 · Filter by author rwinograd opened on Jun 20, 2025

• False positive in populating a slice using another slice

  false positive
  uber-go/nilaway#336 · Filter by author sonalmahajan15 opened on Jun 11, 2025

• Add support for iter

  false positive
  uber-go/nilaway#317 · Filter by author sonalmahajan15 opened on Apr 5, 2025
  1

• False Positive

  uber-go/nilaway#314 · Filter by author roccoriu-six opened on Mar 28, 2025

• Detecting Nil-Initiated Fields in Constructors

  uber-go/nilaway#301 · Filter by author k-omotani opened on Feb 19, 2025

• How to correctly utilise nilaway

  uber-go/nilaway#299 · Filter by author mahinkhankishizade opened on Feb 11, 2025

• False Positive when using errGroup

  uber-go/nilaway#296 · Filter by author QianKuang8 opened on Dec 5, 2024

• False Positive when error is not returned from function

  uber-go/nilaway#295 · Filter by author QianKuang8 opened on Dec 2, 2024

• False positive due to nilability of x determined by the value of y

  enhancementfalse positive
  uber-go/nilaway#292 · Filter by author sonalmahajan15 opened on Nov 4, 2024

• Add Support for SARIF Format Output in Standalone Mode

  driverenhancement
  uber-go/nilaway#290 · Filter by author FarsheedS opened on Oct 26, 2024
  2

• False positive in tracking conversion from value to pointer receiver

  false positive
  uber-go/nilaway#284 · Filter by author sonalmahajan15 opened on Sep 30, 2024

• Add support for rich effect functions via function pointers

  false positivegood first issue
  uber-go/nilaway#277 · Filter by author sonalmahajan15 opened on Sep 4, 2024
  2

• The method encapsulates nil detection but cannot recognize it

  needs triaging
  uber-go/nilaway#260 · Filter by author fidding opened on Jun 25, 2024

• False negative in contract support

  false negative
  uber-go/nilaway#259 · Filter by author sonalmahajan15 opened on Jun 21, 2024