Code scanning - action workflow (argoproj/argo-rollouts)

The Code scanning - action workflow from argoproj/argo-rollouts, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

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Source: argoproj/argo-rollouts.github/workflows/codeql.ymlLicense Apache-2.0View source

What it does

This is the Code scanning - action workflow from the argoproj/argo-rollouts repository, a real project running GitHub Actions. It is shown here with attribution under its Apache-2.0 license.

Below, Latchkey shows a faster, safer version produced by its optimization engine.

The workflow

workflow (.yml)

name: "Code scanning - action"

on:
  push:
    branches: [master]
    paths-ignore:
      - '**/*.md'
      - 'docs/**'
  pull_request:
    branches: [master]
    paths-ignore:
      - '**/*.md'
      - 'docs/**'

concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true

permissions:  # added using https://github.com/step-security/secure-workflows
  contents: read

jobs:
  CodeQL-Build:

    # CodeQL runs on ubuntu-latest and windows-latest
    permissions:
      actions: read  # for github/codeql-action/init to get workflow details
      contents: read  # for actions/checkout to fetch code
      security-events: write  # for github/codeql-action/autobuild to send a status report
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      - name: Checkout repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v6

      # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
      - name: Initialize CodeQL
        uses: github/codeql-action/init@v4
        # Override language selection by uncommenting this and choosing your languages
        # with:
        #   languages: go, javascript, csharp, python, cpp, java

      # Autobuild attempts to build any compiled languages  (C/C++, C#, or Java).
      # If this step fails, then you should remove it and run the build manually (see below)
      - name: Autobuild
        uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@v4

      # ℹ️ Command-line programs to run using the OS shell.
      # 📚 https://git.io/JvXDl

      # ✏️ If the Autobuild fails above, remove it and uncomment the following three lines
      #    and modify them (or add more) to build your code if your project
      #    uses a compiled language

      #- run: |
      #   make bootstrap
      #   make release

      - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v4

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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name: "Code scanning - action"
 
on:
  push:
    branches: [master]
    paths-ignore:
      - '**/*.md'
      - 'docs/**'
  pull_request:
    branches: [master]
    paths-ignore:
      - '**/*.md'
      - 'docs/**'
 
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
permissions:  # added using https://github.com/step-security/secure-workflows
  contents: read
 
jobs:
  CodeQL-Build:
    timeout-minutes: 30
 
    # CodeQL runs on ubuntu-latest and windows-latest
    permissions:
      actions: read  # for github/codeql-action/init to get workflow details
      contents: read  # for actions/checkout to fetch code
      security-events: write  # for github/codeql-action/autobuild to send a status report
    runs-on: latchkey-small
 
    steps:
      - name: Checkout repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
      # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
      - name: Initialize CodeQL
        uses: github/codeql-action/init@v4
        # Override language selection by uncommenting this and choosing your languages
        # with:
        #   languages: go, javascript, csharp, python, cpp, java
 
      # Autobuild attempts to build any compiled languages  (C/C++, C#, or Java).
      # If this step fails, then you should remove it and run the build manually (see below)
      - name: Autobuild
        uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@v4
 
      # ℹ️ Command-line programs to run using the OS shell.
      # 📚 https://git.io/JvXDl
 
      # ✏️ If the Autobuild fails above, remove it and uncomment the following three lines
      #    and modify them (or add more) to build your code if your project
      #    uses a compiled language
 
      #- run: |
      #   make bootstrap
      #   make release
 
      - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v4

What changed

Run on Latchkey managed runners with one line (runs-on), which apply the fixes below automatically and self-heal transient failures. This example uses latchkey-small; pick the runner size that fits the job.
Add a job timeout so a hung step cannot burn hours of runner time.

This workflow runs 1 job per trigger. On Latchkey the same minutes cost up to 58% less than GitHub-hosted, with zero queue time.

Actions used in this workflow

actions/checkout github/codeql-action