Summary
User got different Instance ID for the same issue after they moved the entire application source code(Python) to a different directory. What defines the instance ID? Will moving the entire application source code to a different directory cause the change of Instance ID?

Products
Fortify Static Code Analyzer

Environment
SCA20.20
Windows 10

Situation
Why is user getting a different Instance ID when compared to the previous scan, after moving the entire application source code(python) to a different directory?

Cause
In this case, the scanned project only includes one source code. After moving the source code to the other directory, SCA thought the code structure was changed, then generated fpr file with different Instance ID for the same issue.

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Support Article Reference Number (URL Name)
KM000005950