Mismatch in @PathVariable declarations and usages

Reports @PathVariable parameters that are declared in the method signature but are absent in the URL path or vice versa. The quick-fix adds the missing parameter.

Example:

  @RequestMapping("/path/{myVariable}/")
  public String handler(@PathVariable String name_is_not_equal_to_myVariable) {
    return "...";
  }

After the quick-fix is applied the result looks like:

  @RequestMapping("/path/{myVariable}/")
  public String handler(@PathVariable String myVariable) {
    return "...";
  }

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.

MVCPathVariableInspection

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 | Spring | Spring MVC

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 MVCPathVariableInspection

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

IntelliJ IDEA 2025.2

Inspection Details
By default bundled with:	IntelliJ IDEA 2025.2, Qodana for JVM 2025.2,

Last modified: 18 September 2025