📢 upcoming v3 deprecation, v4 now released 📢

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Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
10/100
Issue type
Documentation
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Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
github-actions, node.js
Domain
ci-cd, documentation

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This issue is a deprecation notice rather than a scoped contribution task, and it names no files, tests, or entry points. Read the linked changelog and migration context first; the issue does not define a concrete change or what completion would look like.

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Description

Notice of v3 deprecation

Node.js 20.x (the runtime used by CodeQL Action v3) reaches end-of-life on 30 April 2026: https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v20.9.0. To keep the Action running on a supported runtime, we have released CodeQL Action v4, which uses Node.js 24.

For more information, please see the Changelog post.

Deprecation warnings

Starting this month, CodeQL Action v3 will begin to emit warnings to the workflow logs that v3 will soon be deprecated.

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If you have questions, encounter issues while migrating, or need more time, please leave a comment on this issue. We’ll be monitoring feedback and can help where possible. Thank you!

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