Avoid Explicit RAISE SHORTDUMP in Application Logic

WarningSecurity & Robustness#EC NO_RAISE_SHORTDUMPRemote Enabled

Overview

Avoid RAISE SHORTDUMP.

ATC Finding Message: Avoid RAISE SHORTDUMP; prefer graceful class-based exceptions

Rationale

The statement RAISE SHORTDUMP deliberately triggers an instant runtime crash and short dump in transaction ST22. Triggering intentional crashes bypasses standard cleanup handlers, cancels asynchronous update tasks, and leaves database locks dangling.

Best Practice: Raise standard class-based exceptions inheriting from CX_STATIC_CHECK or CX_NO_CHECK. Allow the caller or global exception boundary to handle the incident gracefully.

Non-Compliant

" Anti-pattern: Forces instant ST22 crash
RAISE SHORTDUMP TYPE zcx_fatal_error.

Compliant

" Clean ABAP: Structured exception allowing caller recovery
RAISE EXCEPTION NEW zcx_fatal_error( textid = zcx_fatal_error=>c_system_unavailable ).

Suppression

To suppress findings for this rule, append the pseudo-comment to the statement:

" Standard pseudo-comment:
... "#EC NO_RAISE_SHORTDUMP

" SAP CI_ prefix format:
... "#EC CI_NO_RAISE_SHORTDUMP

Related Rules

• Avoid Raising System Exceptions Directly (CX_SY_*) — #EC NO_RAISE_CX_SY
• Ensure AUTHORITY-CHECK Precedes Sensitive Business Operations — #EC PREF_AUTH_CHECK
• Check sy-subrc Promptly After AUTHORITY-CHECK (CWE-862 Authorization Bypass) — #EC PREF_AUTH_SUBRC

Technical Details

• Native ATC Class: ZCL_SKYLINT_NO_RAISE_SHORTDUMP
• Implementation File: zcl_skylint_no_raise_shortdump.clas.abap