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TaskMissingDescription

plugins/gradle/resources/inspectionDescriptions/TaskMissingDescription.html

2025.3-rc-2519 B
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Detects registration of tasks without assigning them a description. Suggests a quick-fix to add a description field.

Example:

tasks.register("generateDocs") { // reports method 'register'
    // Build logic to generate documentation
}

After the quick-fix is applied:

tasks.register("generateDocs") {
    description = "<caret>"
    // Build logic to generate documentation
}

Best practice described here.