Unreachable 'case' branch of a 'switch' statement

Reports an unreachable case branch of a switch statement.

Example:

/**
 * @param {('foo' | 'bar')} p
 */
function foo(p) {
    switch (p) {
        case 'foo': break;
        case 'bar': break;
        case 'baz': break; // unreachable
    }
}

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.

JSUnreachableSwitchBranches

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: JSUnreachableSwitchBranches

Inspection options

Here you can find the description of settings available for the Unreachable 'case' branch of a 'switch' statement inspection, and the reference of their default values.

Don't show this warning in the context of a dynamic type

Option ID:

ignoreInDynamicTypeContext

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 JSUnreachableSwitchBranches

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

Inspection Details
By default bundled with:	CLion 2025.2, GoLand 2025.2, IntelliJ IDEA 2025.2, JetBrains Rider 2025.2, PhpStorm 2025.2, PyCharm 2025.2, Qodana for .NET 2025.2, Qodana for Go 2025.2, Qodana for JS 2025.2, Qodana for JVM 2025.2, Qodana for PHP 2025.2, Qodana for Ruby 2025.2, RubyMine 2025.2, WebStorm 2025.2

Last modified: 18 September 2025