Use per-language CodeQL bundles by default by henrymercer · Pull Request #4244 · github/codeql-action · GitHub

Per-language CodeQL bundles are already supported and have been rolled out behind per_language_bundles_v2. This change removes that rollout feature and makes automatic selection the default for eligible single-language analyses on GitHub-hosted runners on GitHub.com.

The baseline-information check uses a no-op custom configuration to continue validating the combined bundle.

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Low risk: Changes are fully under feature flags, or have been fully tested and validated in pre-production environments and are highly observable, or are documentation or test only.

Which use cases does this change impact?

Workflow types:

Advanced setup - Impacts users who have custom CodeQL workflows.
Managed - Impacts users with dynamic workflows (Default Setup, Code Quality, ...).

Products:

Code Scanning - The changes impact analyses when analysis-kinds: code-scanning.
Code Quality - The changes impact analyses when analysis-kinds: code-quality.
Other first-party - The changes impact other first-party analyses.

Environments:

Dotcom - Impacts CodeQL workflows on github.com and/or GitHub Enterprise Cloud with Data Residency.

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Unit tests - I am depending on unit test coverage (i.e. tests in .test.ts files).
End-to-end tests - I am depending on PR checks (i.e. tests in pr-checks).

If something goes wrong after this change is released, what are the mitigation and rollback strategies?

Rollback - Change can only be disabled by rolling back the release or releasing a new version with a fix.

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Telemetry - I rely on existing telemetry or have made changes to the telemetry.
- Dashboards - I will watch relevant dashboards for issues after the release. Consider whether this requires this change to be released at a particular time rather than as part of a regular release.
- Alerts - New or existing monitors will trip if something goes wrong with this change.

Are there any special considerations for merging or releasing this change?

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Confirm this change is backwards compatible with existing workflows.
Consider adding a changelog entry for this change.
Confirm the readme and docs have been updated if necessary.

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The broader default rollout removes the feature-flag override, leaving release-based rollback and warranting human sign-off.

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What changed in this PR

Makes per-language CodeQL bundles the default for eligible single-language analyses on GitHub-hosted runners on GitHub.com.

Changes:

Removes the rollout flag and makes bundle selection synchronous.
Updates tests for the new default and retained eligibility safeguards.
Updates validation checks while preserving combined-bundle baseline coverage.

File	Description
src/setup-codeql.ts	Uses synchronous bundle selection.
src/setup-codeql.test.ts	Updates default-selection and fallback tests.
src/per-language-bundles.ts	Removes feature-flag gating.
src/per-language-bundles.test.ts	Removes flag-dependent eligibility tests.
src/feature-flags.ts	Removes the rollout flag and environment override.
pr-checks/checks/per-language-bundle-validation.yml	Validates linked bundles after clearing the toolcache.
pr-checks/checks/export-file-baseline-information.yml	Uses custom configuration to select the combined bundle.

Files excluded by content exclusion policy (3)

.github/workflows/__export-file-baseline-information.yml
.github/workflows/__per-language-bundle-validation.yml
lib/entry-points.js

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Just a few minor points, otherwise this looks good I think.

Minor: To avoid diff noise when the required state features of a function change (since I have seen that in a few recent PRs), here's what I generally do / how I intended this to be used:

Prefer using a single parameter for the ActionState (e.g. action: ActionState<...>) rather than deconstructing it with an object pattern.
When refactoring an existing function to use ActionState rather than discrete parameters and updating the entire body to use e.g. action.logger. instead of logger. would be a lot of noise, then add const logger = action.logger; etc. early on in the function body.
When passing ActionState to another function, use the single action object, rather than constructing an ActionState value with only the required features.
If the initial action object in a function (the caller) isn't sufficient and it needs to be augmented with another feature before calling a function (the callee), widen the set of features required by the caller if possible. If that requires too much refactoring up the call hierarchy and the extra state is available locally, then prefer naming the resulting ActionState object with e.g. const actionWithFeatures = extendActionState(action, { features }); and then passing actionWithFeatures to the function.

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henrymercer and others added 3 commits October 16, 2026 13:59

Prepare per-language bundle graduation checks

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Use per-language bundles by default

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Remove per-language bundle rollout flag

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Add Copilot instructions for FFs, and update documentation more generally #4247

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Use toolcache.ts in per-language-bundle-validation.yml

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Take a single ActionState parameter in getPerLanguageBundleLanguage

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Clarify why the file baseline check uses a custom configuration

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Merge main into releases/v4 #4286

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Merge releases/v4 into releases/v3 #4291

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-                  logger,
-                }: ActionState<["Logger", "ReadOnlyEnv", "FeatureFlags"]>,
+              export function getPerLanguageBundleLanguage(
+                { env, logger }: ActionState<["Logger", "ReadOnlyEnv"]>,

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