codeql workflow (goreleaser/goreleaser)

The codeql workflow from goreleaser/goreleaser, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

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Source: goreleaser/goreleaser.github/workflows/codeql.ymlLicense MITView source

What it does

This is the codeql workflow from the goreleaser/goreleaser 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)

name: "codeql"

on:
  pull_request:
  push:
    branches: [main]
  schedule:
    - cron: "0 2 * * *"

permissions: read-all

concurrency:
  group: codeql-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true

jobs:
  analyze:
    name: analyze
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
      matrix:
        language: ["go", "actions"]
    permissions:
      actions: read
      contents: read
      pull-requests: read
      security-events: write
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
        with:
          persist-credentials: false
      - uses: github/codeql-action/init@99df26d4f13ea111d4ec1a7dddef6063f76b97e9 # v4.37.0
        with:
          languages: ${{ matrix.language }}
      - uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@99df26d4f13ea111d4ec1a7dddef6063f76b97e9 # v4.37.0
      - uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@99df26d4f13ea111d4ec1a7dddef6063f76b97e9 # v4.37.0

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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

name: "codeql"
 
on:
  pull_request:
  push:
    branches: [main]
  schedule:
    - cron: "0 2 * * *"
 
permissions: read-all
 
concurrency:
  group: codeql-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  analyze:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    name: analyze
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
      matrix:
        language: ["go", "actions"]
    permissions:
      actions: read
      contents: read
      pull-requests: read
      security-events: write
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
        with:
          persist-credentials: false
      - uses: github/codeql-action/init@99df26d4f13ea111d4ec1a7dddef6063f76b97e9 # v4.37.0
        with:
          languages: ${{ matrix.language }}
      - uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@99df26d4f13ea111d4ec1a7dddef6063f76b97e9 # v4.37.0
      - uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@99df26d4f13ea111d4ec1a7dddef6063f76b97e9 # v4.37.0

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 (2 with the matrix expanded) 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