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'switch' statement has missing branches

Reports a switch statement on a variable of the type enum or union when the statement doesn't cover some value options from the type.

Locating this inspection

By ID

Can be used to locate inspection in e.g. Qodana configuration files, where you can quickly enable or disable it, or adjust its settings.

JSMissingSwitchBranches
Via Settings dialog

Path to the inspection settings via IntelliJ Platform IDE Settings dialog, when you need to adjust inspection settings directly from your IDE.

Settings or Preferences | Editor | Inspections | JavaScript and TypeScript | Switch statement issues

Inspection ID: JSMissingSwitchBranches

Inspection options

Here you can find the description of settings available for the 'switch' statement has missing branches inspection, and the reference of their default values.

Ignore switch statements with a default branch

Option ID:

ignoreSwitchStatementsWithDefault

Default value:

Selected

Suppressing Inspection

You can suppress this inspection by placing the following comment marker before the code fragment where you no longer want messages from this inspection to appear:

//noinspection JSMissingSwitchBranches

More detailed instructions as well as other ways and options that you have can be found in the product documentation:

Last modified: 18 September 2025