GitHub Code Quality: IOException "No space left on device"

Beginne mit dem Job Analyze (javascript-typescript) und seinem Schritt Perform CodeQL Analysis, untersuche dann den protokollierten Aufruf codeql database run-queries und die Warnung über den Speicherplatz auf der Runner-Festplatte. Ermittle, ob die Action diesen Fehler behandeln kann oder ob das Problem vollständig auf die Kapazität des Runners zurückzuführen ist; als erledigt gilt die Analyse, wenn sie zuverlässig abgeschlossen wird oder die Einschränkung klar dokumentiert ist.

Hi, first of all, thanks for your continued work on GitHub infrastructure including Actions and CodeQL, really great!

I just enabled GitHub Code Quality in a medium-sized monorepo of ours, and the new action immediately failed during the Perform CodeQL Analysis step of the Analyze (javascript-typescript) job, running into low disk space issues.

This is a well-known issue with GitHub Actions runners, seemingly because of a reduction in available disk space on the runners in 2024:

• https://github.com/actions/runner-images/issues/10386
• https://github.com/actions/runner-images/issues/9344
• https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/26488
• https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/26493

Errors reported in the logs below include:

1. Severe disk cache trouble (corruption or out of space)
2. Failed to write item to disk
3. IOException "No space left on device"
4. Warning: The Actions runner is running low on disk space (664.8 MB available).

Job: Analyze (javascript-typescript)
Step: Perform CodeQL Analysis

Run github/codeql-action/analyze@v3
  with:
    category: /language:javascript-typescript
    upload-database: false
    output: ../results
    upload: always
    skip-queries: false
    ...
    wait-for-processing: true
    token: ***
    matrix: {
    "language": "javascript-typescript",
    "category": "/language:javascript-typescript",
    "build-mode": "none",
    "runner": "[\"ubuntu-latest\"]"
  }
    expect-error: false
  env:
    CODE_SCANNING_REF: refs/heads/main
    CODE_SCANNING_BASE_BRANCH: 
    CODE_SCANNING_IS_ANALYZING_DEFAULT_BRANCH: true
    CODE_SCANNING_WORKFLOW_FILE: ...
    CODEQL_ACTION_FEATURE_MULTI_LANGUAGE: false
    CODEQL_ACTION_FEATURE_SANDWICH: false
    CODEQL_ACTION_FEATURE_SARIF_COMBINE: true
    CODEQL_ACTION_FEATURE_WILL_UPLOAD: true
    CODEQL_ACTION_VERSION: 3.31.2
    JOB_RUN_UUID: f2ed4aa8-134b-4876-9080-a782525ac55e
    CODEQL_ACTION_INIT_HAS_RUN: true
    CODEQL_ACTION_ANALYSIS_KEY: dynamic/github-code-scanning/codeql:analyze
    CODEQL_WORKFLOW_STARTED_AT: 2025-11-01T07:54:35.059Z
    CODEQL_RAM: 6920
    CODEQL_THREADS: 2
    CODEQL_PROXY_HOST: 
    CODEQL_PROXY_PORT: 
    CODEQL_PROXY_CA_CERTIFICATE: 
    CODEQL_PROXY_URLS: 
While resolving threads, found a cgroup CPUs file with 2 CPUs in /sys/fs/cgroup/cpuset.cpus.effective.
Not performing diff-informed analysis because we are not analyzing a pull request.
Extracting javascript
Finalizing javascript
Running queries for javascript

  ...

  Starting evaluation of codeql/javascript-queries/AngularJS/DuplicateDependency.ql.
  Starting evaluation of codeql/javascript-queries/AngularJS/DependencyMismatch.ql.
  Starting evaluation of codeql/javascript-queries/AngularJS/IncompatibleService.ql.
  Starting evaluation of codeql/javascript-queries/AngularJS/MissingExplicitInjection.ql.
  Starting evaluation of codeql/javascript-queries/AngularJS/RepeatedInjection.ql.
  Starting evaluation of codeql/javascript-queries/AngularJS/UseNgSrc.ql.
  Starting evaluation of codeql/javascript-queries/DOM/DuplicateAttributes.ql.
  Starting evaluation of codeql/javascript-queries/DOM/MalformedIdAttribute.ql.
  [1/99 eval 10m19s] Evaluation done; writing results to codeql/javascript-queries/AngularJS/DependencyMismatch.bqrs.
  [2/99 eval 10m19s] Evaluation done; writing results to codeql/javascript-queries/AngularJS/IncompatibleService.bqrs.
  [3/99 eval 10m19s] Evaluation done; writing results to codeql/javascript-queries/AngularJS/DuplicateDependency.bqrs.
  [4/99 eval 12m16s] Evaluation done; writing results to codeql/javascript-queries/AngularJS/MissingExplicitInjection.bqrs.
  [5/99 eval 12m16s] Evaluation done; writing results to codeql/javascript-queries/AngularJS/RepeatedInjection.bqrs.
  Starting evaluation of codeql/javascript-queries/DOM/PseudoEval.ql.
  [6/99 eval 4m21s] Evaluation done; writing results to codeql/javascript-queries/DOM/PseudoEval.bqrs.
  Starting evaluation of codeql/javascript-queries/Declarations/ArgumentsRedefined.ql.
  [7/99 eval 23.4s] Evaluation done; writing results to codeql/javascript-queries/Declarations/ArgumentsRedefined.bqrs.
  Starting evaluation of codeql/javascript-queries/Declarations/AssignmentToConst.ql.
  Oops! A fatal internal error occurred. Details:
  com.semmle.util.exception.CatastrophicError: An error occurred while evaluating num#AbstractPropertiesImpl::MkAbstractProperty#c6cb71fa/3@i19#1ab1e1wp
  Severe disk cache trouble (corruption or out of space) at /home/runner/work/_temp/codeql_databases/javascript/db-javascript/default/cache/pages/38/6c.pack: Failed to write item to disk
  The RA to evaluate was:
  
      {3} r1 = INVOKE HIGHER-ORDER RELATION construct<AbstractPropertiesImpl#5654241c::TAbstractProperty,0> ON <AbstractPropertiesImpl::MkAbstractProperty#dom#d09da573#prev_delta>
      return r1
  
  (eventual cause: IOException "No space left on device")
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.pipeline.MetaPipelineInstance.wrapWithRaDump(MetaPipelineInstance.java:212)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.pipeline.MetaPipelineInstance.exceptionCaught(MetaPipelineInstance.java:182)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.scheduler.execution.ThreadableWork.handleAndLog(ThreadableWork.java:593)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.scheduler.execution.ThreadableWork.doSomeWork(ThreadableWork.java:410)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.scheduler.RecursiveLayer$RecursiveWork.doWork(RecursiveLayer.java:514)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.scheduler.execution.ThreadableWork.doSomeWork(ThreadableWork.java:396)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.scheduler.execution.ExecutionScheduler.runnerMain(ExecutionScheduler.java:710)
  	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)
  	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
  	at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
  Caused by: Severe disk cache trouble (corruption or out of space) at /home/runner/work/_temp/codeql_databases/javascript/db-javascript/default/cache/pages/38/6c.pack: Failed to write item to disk
  (eventual cause: IOException "No space left on device")
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.caching.RelationCacheImpl.lambda$create$0(RelationCacheImpl.java:87)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.caching.byhash.disk.OnDiskStore.put(OnDiskStore.java:136)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.caching.byhash.interfaces.HashBasedCache.putIfPresent(HashBasedCache.java:29)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.caching.byhash.evict.Evictor$ItemHandle.writeToDisk(Evictor.java:723)
  	at java.base/java.util.ArrayList.forEach(Unknown Source)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.caching.byhash.evict.Evictor.writeSelectedItems(Evictor.java:1059)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.caching.byhash.evict.Evictor.reduceMemoryUsage(Evictor.java:459)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.alloc.MemoryManager.reduceArraySpace(MemoryManager.java:342)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.alloc.RigidArrayAllocator.allocateArrays(RigidArrayAllocator.java:178)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.alloc.RigidArrayAllocator$1.<init>(RigidArrayAllocator.java:216)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.alloc.RigidArrayAllocator.preallocate(RigidArrayAllocator.java:211)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.alloc.MemoryManager.preallocate(MemoryManager.java:491)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.caching.PagePrimitives.parseItem(PagePrimitives.java:90)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.caching.byhash.disk.OnDiskStore.prepareLoading(OnDiskStore.java:275)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.caching.byhash.disk.OnDiskStore.getItem(OnDiskStore.java:193)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.caching.byhash.evict.CacheChainPartialMetadata.getItem(CacheChainPartialMetadata.java:62)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.caching.byhash.interfaces.HashBasedCache.getItem(HashBasedCache.java:44)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.caching.RelationCacheImpl.getPage(RelationCacheImpl.java:291)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.caching.PagedRelation.getPage(PagedRelation.java:93)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.relations.IntArrayMatcher.switchPageTo(IntArrayMatcher.java:158)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.relations.IntArrayMatcher.locate(IntArrayMatcher.java:429)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.relations.IntArrayMatcher.locate(IntArrayMatcher.java:447)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.relations.IntArrayMatcher.matchTuple(IntArrayMatcher.java:522)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.relations.UnionRelation$UnionMatchCache.matchTuple(UnionRelation.java:135)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.caching.TuplePool$ComplexNumberer$NumberSink.addTuple(TuplePool.java:658)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.relations.BaseIntArrayRelation.map(BaseIntArrayRelation.java:88)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.relations.AbstractRelation.deduplicateMap(AbstractRelation.java:138)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.caching.TuplePool$ComplexNumberer.lambda$doNumbering$0(TuplePool.java:444)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.relations.writers.RelationWriter.withSink(RelationWriter.java:72)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.caching.TuplePool$ComplexNumberer.doNumbering(TuplePool.java:440)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.caching.TuplePool.lambda$doNumbering$1(TuplePool.java:245)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.caching.TuplePool$ComplexNumberer.doWithBranchLock(TuplePool.java:540)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.caching.TuplePool.doNumbering(TuplePool.java:233)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.ast.IMBConstructDatatype.doNumberingStreaming(IMBConstructDatatype.java:165)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.ast.IMBConstructDatatype$1.evaluateSink(IMBConstructDatatype.java:142)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.pipeline.HOPStep.generateTuples(HOPStep.java:57)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.pipeline.SimpleHeadStep.lambda$forwardInitialize$0(SimpleHeadStep.java:32)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.pipeline.HeadEndDispatcher.headEndWork(HeadEndDispatcher.java:75)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.pipeline.PipelineState.doSomeWork(PipelineState.java:88)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.pipeline.PipelineInstance.doWork(PipelineInstance.java:79)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.scheduler.execution.ThreadableWork.doSomeWork(ThreadableWork.java:396)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.scheduler.execution.ChainingWork.doWork(ChainingWork.java:30)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.scheduler.execution.ThreadableWork.doSomeWork(ThreadableWork.java:396)
  	... 6 more
  Caused by: java.io.IOException: No space left on device
  	at java.base/sun.nio.ch.UnixFileDispatcherImpl.write0(Native Method)
  	at java.base/sun.nio.ch.UnixFileDispatcherImpl.write(Unknown Source)
  	at java.base/sun.nio.ch.IOUtil.writeFromNativeBuffer(Unknown Source)
  	at java.base/sun.nio.ch.IOUtil.write(Unknown Source)
  	at java.base/sun.nio.ch.IOUtil.write(Unknown Source)
  	at java.base/sun.nio.ch.FileChannelImpl.write(Unknown Source)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.alloc.IntArray.writeToChannel(IntArray.java:223)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.alloc.IntArray.writeTo(IntArray.java:149)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.relations.ConcreteIntArrayRelation.serialiseToDisk(ConcreteIntArrayRelation.java:51)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.caching.PagePrimitives.serialiseItem(PagePrimitives.java:75)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.caching.PagePrimitives.serialiseItem(PagePrimitives.java:26)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.caching.byhash.disk.OnDiskPack$Appender.writeItemToSelectedLocation(OnDiskPack.java:337)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.caching.byhash.disk.OnDiskPack$Appender.selectLocationAndWriteItem(OnDiskPack.java:310)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.caching.byhash.disk.OnDiskPack$Appender.writeFromRam(OnDiskPack.java:255)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.caching.byhash.disk.OnDiskPack.store(OnDiskPack.java:224)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.caching.byhash.disk.OnDiskStore.put(OnDiskStore.java:126)
  	... 47 more
  
  Error: Error running analysis for javascript: Encountered a fatal error while running "/opt/hostedtoolcache/CodeQL/2.23.3/x64/codeql/codeql database run-queries --ram=6920 --threads=2 --expect-discarded-cache /home/runner/work/_temp/codeql_databases/javascript --min-disk-free=1024 -v". Exit code was 100 and error was: Oops! A fatal internal error occurred. Details:
  com.semmle.util.exception.CatastrophicError: An error occurred while evaluating num#AbstractPropertiesImpl::MkAbstractProperty#c6cb71fa/3@i19#1ab1e1wp
  Severe disk cache trouble (corruption or out of space) at /home/runner/work/_temp/codeql_databases/javascript/db-javascript/default/cache/pages/38/6c.pack: Failed to write item to disk
  The RA to evaluate was:
  
      {3} r1 = INVOKE HIGHER-ORDER RELATION construct<AbstractPropertiesImpl#5654241c::TAbstractProperty,0> ON <AbstractPropertiesImpl::MkAbstractProperty#dom#d09da573#prev_delta>
      return r1
  
  (eventual cause: IOException "No space left on device")
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.pipeline.MetaPipelineInstance.wrapWithRaDump(MetaPipelineInstance.java:212)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.pipeline.MetaPipelineInstance.exceptionCaught(MetaPipelineInstance.java:182)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.scheduler.execution.ThreadableWork.handleAndLog(ThreadableWork.java:593)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.scheduler.execution.ThreadableWork.doSomeWork(ThreadableWork.java:410)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.scheduler.RecursiveLayer$RecursiveWork.doWork(RecursiveLayer.java:514)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.scheduler.execution.ThreadableWork.doSomeWork(ThreadableWork.java:396)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.scheduler.execution.ExecutionScheduler.runnerMain(ExecutionScheduler.java:710)
  	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)
  	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
  	at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
  Caused by: Severe disk cache trouble (corruption or out of space) at /home/runner/work/_temp/codeql_databases/javascript/db-javascript/default/cache/pages/38/6c.pack: Failed to write item to disk
  (eventual cause: IOException "No space left on device")
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.caching.RelationCacheImpl.lambda$create$0(RelationCacheImpl.java:87)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.caching.byhash.disk.OnDiskStore.put(OnDiskStore.java:136)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.caching.byhash.interfaces.HashBasedCache.putIfPresent(HashBasedCache.java:29)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.caching.byhash.evict.Evictor$ItemHandle.writeToDisk(Evictor.java:723)
  	at java.base/java.util.ArrayList.forEach(Unknown Source)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.caching.byhash.evict.Evictor.writeSelectedItems(Evictor.java:1059)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.caching.byhash.evict.Evictor.reduceMemoryUsage(Evictor.java:459)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.alloc.MemoryManager.reduceArraySpace(MemoryManager.java:342)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.alloc.RigidArrayAllocator.allocateArrays(RigidArrayAllocator.java:178)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.alloc.RigidArrayAllocator$1.<init>(RigidArrayAllocator.java:216)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.alloc.RigidArrayAllocator.preallocate(RigidArrayAllocator.java:211)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.alloc.MemoryManager.preallocate(MemoryManager.java:491)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.caching.PagePrimitives.parseItem(PagePrimitives.java:90)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.caching.byhash.disk.OnDiskStore.prepareLoading(OnDiskStore.java:275)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.caching.byhash.disk.OnDiskStore.getItem(OnDiskStore.java:193)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.caching.byhash.evict.CacheChainPartialMetadata.getItem(CacheChainPartialMetadata.java:62)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.caching.byhash.interfaces.HashBasedCache.getItem(HashBasedCache.java:44)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.caching.RelationCacheImpl.getPage(RelationCacheImpl.java:291)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.caching.PagedRelation.getPage(PagedRelation.java:93)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.relations.IntArrayMatcher.switchPageTo(IntArrayMatcher.java:158)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.relations.IntArrayMatcher.locate(IntArrayMatcher.java:429)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.relations.IntArrayMatcher.locate(IntArrayMatcher.java:447)
  	at com.semmle.inmemory.relations.In
  Warning: The Actions runner is running low on disk space (664.8 MB available).

Suggested solutions

The github/codeql-action could either / both:

1. Use less disk space
2. Clean up unused tools to recover disk space eg:
   • https://github.com/actions/runner-images/issues/2875#issuecomment-1163363045
   • https://github.com/actions/runner-images/issues/10386#issuecomment-2269439585