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Dependabot opened three separate PRs to bump github/codeql-action from 4.38.0 to 4.39.x: #7253 (init), #7257 (autobuild) and #7258 (analyze). Each one fails CodeQL with:
Loaded a configuration file for version '4.38.0', but running version '4.39.1'. All steps in a workflow that use
github/codeql-actionmust use the same version to work correctly.
All three steps live in .github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml (lines ~51, 62, 76) and must be bumped together. Separate PRs can never go green, so this will happen again with every CodeQL release.
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- One PR that bumps all three
github/codeql-action/*steps incodeql-analysis.ymlto the same version (pinned SHA plus# vX.Y.Zcomment, like today) - In
.github/dependabot.yml, add a group to thegithub-actionsentry so future bumps arrive as one PR:groups: codeql: patterns: - "github/codeql-action*"
- Once merged, close build(deps): bump github/codeql-action/init from 4.38.0 to 4.39.1 #7253, build(deps): bump github/codeql-action/autobuild from 4.38.0 to 4.39.1 #7257 and build(deps): bump github/codeql-action/analyze from 4.38.0 to 4.39.1 #7258
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- A good first issue: YAML-only, and CI tells you when it's right (the
Analyze (ruby)andAnalyze (javascript)checks). - PRs that change
.github/workflows/from a fork run fine. A maintainer needs a token with theworkflowscope to merge them.
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costajohnt commentedon Nov 1, 2026
Hi! I'd like to pick this one up if it's still open. Plan is to move all three
github/codeql-actionsteps incodeql-analysis.ymlto the same pinned SHA for the current release, and add a Dependabot group so they get bumped together from now on. Could you assign it to me?