1. Go to https://sonarcloud.io/ and create an account by signing up with your GitHub

2. Create a token by going to "My Account" > "Security", provide a token name, and select "Generate Token"

3. Copy the token and go to your fork of the repo in GitHub

4. Go to "Settings", navigate to "Security" > "Secrets and Variables", and select "Actions"

5. Select "New repository secret"

6. In the Name section enter SONAR_TOKEN and paste the copied secret into the Secret section.

Create a new push into your repo and verify the Sonar Cloud code analysis passes (or fails without the error "Failed to query JRE metadata: . Please check the property sonar.token or the environment variable SONAR_TOKEN). If you already have a failed run, once the token is added verify Sonar Cloud code analysis passes or fails without the error above.

https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-cloud/managing-your-account/managing-tokens