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CodeQL Action Changelog
See the releases page for the relevant changes to the CodeQL CLI and language packs.
[UNRELEASED]
No user facing changes.
4.38.2 - 24 Sept 2026
4.38.1 - 18 Sept 2026
- The CodeQL Action now has experimental support for CodeQL releases for which per-language bundles are available. Per-language bundles support analysis for a single language and are therefore smaller than the combined bundles that allow analysis for all supported languages. As a result, per-language bundles take up less space on disk and are faster to download. We expect to roll this change out to everyone in the coming weeks. #4146
4.38.0 - 09 Sept 2026
- On GitHub-hosted runners, the CodeQL Action now deletes unused CodeQL bundles from the toolcache before downloading a different bundle, which frees up disk space for the analysis. We expect to roll this change out to everyone in September. #4124
- The CodeQL Action now supports CodeQL releases that are compatible with Linux Arm64 and downloads the native
linux-arm64CodeQL bundle when available. #4072- Update default CodeQL bundle version to 2.27.0. #4129
4.37.9 - 26 Aug 2026
4.37.8 - 21 Aug 2026
No user facing changes.
4.37.7 - 13 Aug 2026
4.37.6 - 04 Aug 2026
- Changed the default filepath for the new remote file address format that was introduced in CodeQL Action 4.37.0 / 3.37.0 to
.github/codeql-config.ymlto align it with the suggested path that is used elsewhere. #40704.37.5 - 03 Aug 2026
- Fixed a bug where a network error while streaming the download of the CodeQL bundle could terminate the
initAction instead of falling back to downloading the bundle before extracting it. #40614.37.4 - 29 Jul 2026
- This version of the CodeQL Action adds support for the
toolsinput for thecodeql-action/initstep to be specified using agithub-codeql-toolsrepository property. This feature will gradually be rolled out following the release of this version. Once rolled out, this allows for the CodeQL CLI version that is used in GitHub-managed workflows, such as Default Setup, to be set to a custom value. For example, customers who run into issues with rate limits when a new CodeQL CLI version is released can set the value totoolcacheto always use the CodeQL CLI version that is available in the runner toolcache. For Advanced Setup workflows, the value provided fortoolsin the workflow definition always takes precedence unless the value of the repository property starts with!. #4037- Update default CodeQL bundle version to 2.26.2. #4051
4.37.3 - 22 Jul 2026
No user facing changes.
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CodeQL Action Changelog
See the releases page for the relevant changes to the CodeQL CLI and language packs.
[UNRELEASED]
No user facing changes.
4.38.2 - 24 Sept 2026
4.38.1 - 18 Sept 2026
- The CodeQL Action now has experimental support for CodeQL releases for which per-language bundles are available. Per-language bundles support analysis for a single language and are therefore smaller than the combined bundles that allow analysis for all supported languages. As a result, per-language bundles take up less space on disk and are faster to download. We expect to roll this change out to everyone in the coming weeks. #4146
4.38.0 - 09 Sept 2026
- On GitHub-hosted runners, the CodeQL Action now deletes unused CodeQL bundles from the toolcache before downloading a different bundle, which frees up disk space for the analysis. We expect to roll this change out to everyone in September. #4124
- The CodeQL Action now supports CodeQL releases that are compatible with Linux Arm64 and downloads the native
linux-arm64CodeQL bundle when available. #4072- Update default CodeQL bundle version to 2.27.0. #4129
4.37.9 - 26 Aug 2026
4.37.8 - 21 Aug 2026
No user facing changes.
4.37.7 - 13 Aug 2026
4.37.6 - 04 Aug 2026
- Changed the default filepath for the new remote file address format that was introduced in CodeQL Action 4.37.0 / 3.37.0 to
.github/codeql-config.ymlto align it with the suggested path that is used elsewhere. #40704.37.5 - 03 Aug 2026
- Fixed a bug where a network error while streaming the download of the CodeQL bundle could terminate the
initAction instead of falling back to downloading the bundle before extracting it. #40614.37.4 - 29 Jul 2026
- This version of the CodeQL Action adds support for the
toolsinput for thecodeql-action/initstep to be specified using agithub-codeql-toolsrepository property. This feature will gradually be rolled out following the release of this version. Once rolled out, this allows for the CodeQL CLI version that is used in GitHub-managed workflows, such as Default Setup, to be set to a custom value. For example, customers who run into issues with rate limits when a new CodeQL CLI version is released can set the value totoolcacheto always use the CodeQL CLI version that is available in the runner toolcache. For Advanced Setup workflows, the value provided fortoolsin the workflow definition always takes precedence unless the value of the repository property starts with!. #4037- Update default CodeQL bundle version to 2.26.2. #4051
4.37.3 - 22 Jul 2026
No user facing changes.
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CodeQL Action Changelog
See the releases page for the relevant changes to the CodeQL CLI and language packs.
[UNRELEASED]
No user facing changes.
4.38.2 - 24 Sept 2026
4.38.1 - 18 Sept 2026
- The CodeQL Action now has experimental support for CodeQL releases for which per-language bundles are available. Per-language bundles support analysis for a single language and are therefore smaller than the combined bundles that allow analysis for all supported languages. As a result, per-language bundles take up less space on disk and are faster to download. We expect to roll this change out to everyone in the coming weeks. #4146
4.38.0 - 09 Sept 2026
- On GitHub-hosted runners, the CodeQL Action now deletes unused CodeQL bundles from the toolcache before downloading a different bundle, which frees up disk space for the analysis. We expect to roll this change out to everyone in September. #4124
- The CodeQL Action now supports CodeQL releases that are compatible with Linux Arm64 and downloads the native
linux-arm64CodeQL bundle when available. #4072- Update default CodeQL bundle version to 2.27.0. #4129
4.37.9 - 26 Aug 2026
4.37.8 - 21 Aug 2026
No user facing changes.
4.37.7 - 13 Aug 2026
4.37.6 - 04 Aug 2026
- Changed the default filepath for the new remote file address format that was introduced in CodeQL Action 4.37.0 / 3.37.0 to
.github/codeql-config.ymlto align it with the suggested path that is used elsewhere. #40704.37.5 - 03 Aug 2026
- Fixed a bug where a network error while streaming the download of the CodeQL bundle could terminate the
initAction instead of falling back to downloading the bundle before extracting it. #40614.37.4 - 29 Jul 2026
- This version of the CodeQL Action adds support for the
toolsinput for thecodeql-action/initstep to be specified using agithub-codeql-toolsrepository property. This feature will gradually be rolled out following the release of this version. Once rolled out, this allows for the CodeQL CLI version that is used in GitHub-managed workflows, such as Default Setup, to be set to a custom value. For example, customers who run into issues with rate limits when a new CodeQL CLI version is released can set the value totoolcacheto always use the CodeQL CLI version that is available in the runner toolcache. For Advanced Setup workflows, the value provided fortoolsin the workflow definition always takes precedence unless the value of the repository property starts with!. #4037- Update default CodeQL bundle version to 2.26.2. #4051
4.37.3 - 22 Jul 2026
No user facing changes.
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