CodeQL workflow (gin-gonic/gin)

The CodeQL workflow from gin-gonic/gin, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

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Source: gin-gonic/gin.github/workflows/codeql.ymlLicense MITView source

What it does

This is the CodeQL workflow from the gin-gonic/gin repository, a real project running GitHub Actions. It is shown here with attribution under its MIT license.

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

The workflow

workflow (.yml)

# For most projects, this workflow file will not need changing; you simply need
# to commit it to your repository.
#
# You may wish to alter this file to override the set of languages analyzed,
# or to provide custom queries or build logic.
name: "CodeQL"

on:
  push:
    branches: [master]
  pull_request:
    # The branches below must be a subset of the branches above
    branches: [master]
  schedule:
    - cron: "0 17 * * 5"

jobs:
  analyze:
    name: Analyze
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    permissions:
      # required for all workflows
      security-events: write

    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
      matrix:
        # Override automatic language detection by changing the below list
        # Supported options are ['csharp', 'cpp', 'go', 'java', 'javascript', 'python']
        # TODO: Enable for javascript later
        language: ["go"]

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

      # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
      - name: Initialize CodeQL
        uses: github/codeql-action/init@v4
        with:
          languages: ${{ matrix.language }}
          # If you wish to specify custom queries, you can do so here or in a config file.
          # By default, queries listed here will override any specified in a config file.
          # Prefix the list here with "+" to use these queries and those in the config file.
          # queries: ./path/to/local/query, your-org/your-repo/queries@main

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

The same workflow, on Latchkey

Removes redundant runs and caps runaway jobs. Added and changed lines are highlighted.

# For most projects, this workflow file will not need changing; you simply need
# to commit it to your repository.
#
# You may wish to alter this file to override the set of languages analyzed,
# or to provide custom queries or build logic.
name: "CodeQL"
 
on:
  push:
    branches: [master]
  pull_request:
    # The branches below must be a subset of the branches above
    branches: [master]
  schedule:
    - cron: "0 17 * * 5"
 
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  analyze:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    name: Analyze
    runs-on: latchkey-small
 
    permissions:
      # required for all workflows
      security-events: write
 
    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
      matrix:
        # Override automatic language detection by changing the below list
        # Supported options are ['csharp', 'cpp', 'go', 'java', 'javascript', 'python']
        # TODO: Enable for javascript later
        language: ["go"]
 
    steps:
      - name: Checkout repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
      # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
      - name: Initialize CodeQL
        uses: github/codeql-action/init@v4
        with:
          languages: ${{ matrix.language }}
          # If you wish to specify custom queries, you can do so here or in a config file.
          # By default, queries listed here will override any specified in a config file.
          # Prefix the list here with "+" to use these queries and those in the config file.
          # queries: ./path/to/local/query, your-org/your-repo/queries@main
 
      - 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.
Cancel superseded runs when a branch or PR gets a newer push.
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