ci: bump github/codeql-action/init from 4.37.3 to 4.37.6

[dependabot]

Bumps github/codeql-action/init from 4.37.3 to 4.37.6.

Release notes

Sourced from github/codeql-action/init's releases.

v4.37.6

• 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.yml to align it with the suggested path that is used elsewhere. #4070

v4.37.5

• Fixed a bug where a network error while streaming the download of the CodeQL bundle could terminate the init Action instead of falling back to downloading the bundle before extracting it. #4061

v4.37.4

• This version of the CodeQL Action adds support for the tools input for the codeql-action/init step to be specified using a github-codeql-tools repository 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 to toolcache to always use the CodeQL CLI version that is available in the runner toolcache. For Advanced Setup workflows, the value provided for tools in 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

Changelog

Sourced from github/codeql-action/init's changelog.

CodeQL Action Changelog

See the releases page for the relevant changes to the CodeQL CLI and language packs.

[UNRELEASED]

No user facing changes.

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.yml to align it with the suggested path that is used elsewhere. #4070

4.37.5 - 03 Aug 2026

• Fixed a bug where a network error while streaming the download of the CodeQL bundle could terminate the init Action instead of falling back to downloading the bundle before extracting it. #4061

4.37.4 - 29 Jul 2026

• This version of the CodeQL Action adds support for the tools input for the codeql-action/init step to be specified using a github-codeql-tools repository 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 to toolcache to always use the CodeQL CLI version that is available in the runner toolcache. For Advanced Setup workflows, the value provided for tools in 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.

4.37.2 - 21 Jul 2026

• The new address format for the config-file input that was introduced in CodeQL Action 4.37.0 is now enabled by default. In addition to the format described there, the remote= prefix can now be used to explicitly indicate that the input refers to a remote file. All previous input formats continue to be accepted as well. #4023
• The CodeQL Action can now make use of configured private registries in Default Setup to retrieve CodeQL configuration files from remote repositories that require authentication. This will allow customers to store their CodeQL configuration in a single repository that can then be referenced by Default Setup workflows in other repositories. We expect to roll this and other, related changes out to everyone in July. #4007

4.37.1 - 16 Jul 2026

• Upcoming breaking change: Add a deprecation warning for customers using CodeQL version 2.20.6 and earlier. These versions of CodeQL were discontinued on 1 July 2026 alongside GitHub Enterprise Server 3.16, and will be unsupported by the next minor release of the CodeQL Action. #3956
• Update default CodeQL bundle version to 2.26.1. #4019

4.37.0 - 08 Jul 2026

• Update default CodeQL bundle version to 2.26.0. #3995
• In addition to the existing input format, the config-file input for the codeql-action/init step will soon support a new [owner/]repo[@ref][:path] format. All components except the repository name are optional. If omitted, owner defaults to the same owner as the repository the analysis is running for, ref to main, and path to .github/codeql-action.yaml. Support for this format ships in this version of the CodeQL Action, but will only be enabled over the coming weeks. #3973

4.36.3 - 01 Jul 2026

No user facing changes.

4.36.2 - 04 Jun 2026

• Cache CodeQL CLI version information across Actions steps. #3943
• Reduce requests while waiting for analysis processing by using exponential backoff when polling SARIF processing status. #3937
• Update default CodeQL bundle version to 2.25.6. #3948

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Commits

• 5595cca Merge pull request #4071 from github/update-v4.37.6-6a9359a1b
• ec9c757 Add change note for PR 4070
• 45c8742 Update changelog for v4.37.6
• 6a9359a Merge pull request #4070 from github/mbg/remote-address/change-file-default
• 065cdc0 Change DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE_NAME
• f99dd5a Merge pull request #4066 from github/dependabot/npm_and_yarn/js-yaml-5.2.2
• 1804b21 Merge pull request #4068 from github/mergeback/v4.37.5-to-main-d1ba80a1
• 3020a2f Rebuild
• 93c3a5a Update changelog and version after v4.37.5
• d1ba80a Merge pull request #4067 from github/update-v4.37.5-1cd4d01d5
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[wbreza]

Bump is correctly pinned, but merging it alone red-fails the CodeQL workflow.

What stood out

• Pin is authentic — the new SHA dereferences exactly to the v4.37.6 annotated tag, and the previous SHA to v4.37.3, so the version claim in the title is accurate.
• Sibling steps left behind — autobuild and analyze in this same workflow still point at the v4.37.3 SHA, and CodeQL enforces strict version equality between them.
• Already reproduced on this branch — the Analyze check on this head SHA completed with conclusion: failure.

Top issues

• [F-001] CodeQL sub-actions left at mismatched versions, taking the scan down — .github/workflows/codeql.yml:40

Improvement opportunities

• [O-001] Group CodeQL action updates so sibling sub-actions bump together (Recommended) — .github/workflows/codeql.yml:40

[wbreza]

[F-001] This bump moves init to v4.37.6, but autobuild (line 45) and analyze (line 48) in this same workflow still point at e4fba868fa4b1b91e1fdab776edc8cfbe6e9fb81 (v4.37.3).

init stamps its own version into the config it writes to RUNNER_TEMP, and the sibling steps enforce strict equality on that value — any difference, including a same-major patch delta, hard-errors rather than warning.

The Analyze check on this head SHA (90053ea) already completed with conclusion: failure:

##[error]We were unable to automatically build your code. Please replace the call to the autobuild action with your custom build steps. Loaded a configuration file for version '4.37.6', but running version '4.37.3'

Merging this PR on its own takes the CodeQL security scan down on main. Land it together with #605 (analyze) and #607 (autobuild) so all three sub-actions reach 5595ccaf912efad79be6eef63a5619ff05969be3 at once.

The pin itself is correct — 5595ccaf912efad79be6eef63a5619ff05969be3 dereferences exactly to the v4.37.6 annotated tag. The only defect is the co-merge requirement.

[wbreza]

[O-001] (Recommended — optional, not required to merge)

Dependabot tracks each uses: path as a separate dependency, so init, autobuild, and analyze arrive as three independent PRs (#604, #607, #605). Whichever lands first leaves the workflow in a mismatched, failing state — which is what happened here.

A group rule in .github/dependabot.yml makes all three arrive in a single PR and prevents the split from recurring:

groups:
  codeql-action:
    patterns:
      - "github/codeql-action*"

While editing those lines, the three CodeQL pins carry major-only # v4 comments, whereas 82 of the 86 action pins elsewhere in this repo record the precise version (for example # v7.0.1 in ci.yml). Tightening them to # v4.37.6 would match the dominant convention.

[dependabot]

Superseded by #617.