CodeQL workflow (typeorm/typeorm)

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

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

What it does

This is the CodeQL workflow from the typeorm/typeorm 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:
  push:
    branches:
      - master
    paths-ignore:
      - "docs/**"
  pull_request:
    branches:
      - master
    paths-ignore:
      - "docs/**"
  schedule:
    - cron: "21 14 * * 2"

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

jobs:
  analyze:
    name: Analyze (javascript-typescript)
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      security-events: write
      packages: read

    steps:
      - name: Checkout repository
        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0

      - name: Initialize CodeQL
        uses: github/codeql-action/init@99df26d4f13ea111d4ec1a7dddef6063f76b97e9 # v4.37.0
        with:
          languages: javascript-typescript

      - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@99df26d4f13ea111d4ec1a7dddef6063f76b97e9 # v4.37.0
        with:
          category: "/language:javascript-typescript"

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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

name: CodeQL
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - master
    paths-ignore:
      - "docs/**"
  pull_request:
    branches:
      - master
    paths-ignore:
      - "docs/**"
  schedule:
    - cron: "21 14 * * 2"
 
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  analyze:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    name: Analyze (javascript-typescript)
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    permissions:
      security-events: write
      packages: read
 
    steps:
      - name: Checkout repository
        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
 
      - name: Initialize CodeQL
        uses: github/codeql-action/init@99df26d4f13ea111d4ec1a7dddef6063f76b97e9 # v4.37.0
        with:
          languages: javascript-typescript
 
      - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@99df26d4f13ea111d4ec1a7dddef6063f76b97e9 # v4.37.0
        with:
          category: "/language:javascript-typescript"

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