CodeQL workflow (npm/node-semver)

The CodeQL workflow from npm/node-semver, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

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Source: npm/node-semver.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.ymlLicense ISCView source

What it does

This is the CodeQL workflow from the npm/node-semver repository, a real project running GitHub Actions. It is shown here with attribution under its ISC license.

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

The workflow

workflow (.yml)

# This file is automatically added by @npmcli/template-oss. Do not edit.

name: CodeQL

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main
      - release/v*
  pull_request:
    branches:
      - main
      - release/v*
  schedule:
    # "At 10:00 UTC (03:00 PT) on Monday" https://crontab.guru/#0_10_*_*_1
    - cron: "0 10 * * 1"

permissions:
  contents: read

jobs:
  analyze:
    name: Analyze
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      actions: read
      contents: read
      security-events: write
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v6
      - name: Setup Git User
        run: |
          git config --global user.email "npm-cli+bot@github.com"
          git config --global user.name "npm CLI robot"
      - name: Initialize CodeQL
        uses: github/codeql-action/init@v3
        with:
          languages: javascript
      - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v3

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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

# This file is automatically added by @npmcli/template-oss. Do not edit.
 
name: CodeQL
 
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main
      - release/v*
  pull_request:
    branches:
      - main
      - release/v*
  schedule:
    # "At 10:00 UTC (03:00 PT) on Monday" https://crontab.guru/#0_10_*_*_1
    - cron: "0 10 * * 1"
 
permissions:
  contents: read
 
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  analyze:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    name: Analyze
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    permissions:
      actions: read
      contents: read
      security-events: write
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v6
      - name: Setup Git User
        run: |
          git config --global user.email "npm-cli+bot@github.com"
          git config --global user.name "npm CLI robot"
      - name: Initialize CodeQL
        uses: github/codeql-action/init@v3
        with:
          languages: javascript
      - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v3

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