CodeQL workflow (TarsCloud/TarsGo)

The CodeQL workflow from TarsCloud/TarsGo, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

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Source: TarsCloud/TarsGo.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.ymlLicense BSD-3-ClauseView source

What it does

This is the CodeQL workflow from the TarsCloud/TarsGo repository, a real project running GitHub Actions. It is shown here with attribution under its BSD-3-Clause license.

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

The workflow

workflow (.yml)

name: "CodeQL"

on:
  push:
    branches: [ master ]
  pull_request:
    branches: [ master ]
  schedule:
    - cron: '20 20 * * 6'
jobs:
  analyze:
    name: Analyze
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      - name: Checkout repo
        uses: actions/checkout@v2

      - name: Initialize CodeQL
        uses: github/codeql-action/init@v1
        with:
          languages: go

      - name: Autobuild
        uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@v1

      - name: CodeQL Analysis
        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v1

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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

name: "CodeQL"
 
on:
  push:
    branches: [ master ]
  pull_request:
    branches: [ master ]
  schedule:
    - cron: '20 20 * * 6'
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  analyze:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    name: Analyze
    runs-on: latchkey-small
 
    steps:
      - name: Checkout repo
        uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
      - name: Initialize CodeQL
        uses: github/codeql-action/init@v1
        with:
          languages: go
 
      - name: Autobuild
        uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@v1
 
      - name: CodeQL Analysis
        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v1

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Cancel superseded runs when a branch or PR gets a newer push.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