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Bump CodeQL actions together and group them in Dependabot (#7253, #7257, #7258) #7275

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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-action must 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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  • A good first issue: YAML-only, and CI tells you when it's right (the Analyze (ruby) and Analyze (javascript) checks).
  • PRs that change .github/workflows/ from a fork run fine. A maintainer needs a token with the workflow scope to merge them.

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  1. costajohnt commented on Nov 1, 2026

    @costajohnt
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    Hi! I'd like to pick this one up if it's still open. Plan is to move all three github/codeql-action steps in codeql-analysis.yml to 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?

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